Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-29


ronalee ana how much hard "olA
there i aoo1t stage lie Its "osA'
work, Work. l-ase lad - prrpa4e
lie parts n nay entire roper tore sinse
last March Two months Deioie MI
Darrett's death, 1 sgned a hse-sear
contract with hlIn, aud alter bis dfatn
/ DECIDED 10 star myself.
~Nhxn one III your eharaet ers DO
you most elloy paying. asked the
reporter.
We'll, | believe ! love every single
one OF Shakespeare characters, she
sad. Shakespeare women are such
perfect characters TO me, but oe-
seve I ike Rosaiind best, although
love 10 play juliet. opheiia used 10
le. my fayor.te when l was with MIR.
tooth and when l was with Mr.,
Barrett, too. l remember the first
tine l played ophelia. ] Aesitated
about takAls the part, because l had
aeyer been able 10 sing at all and
didn't see how | could go Through the
mad scene. Bat Ar. Barrett told me
90 get a singing teacher ana learn
that song; 80 / did My teacher
wanted To come TO hear me the frat
night, bat l eoaxed him To wait until
the second. The first night the ex-
c.temenr carried me through all right;
but the second night l broke down.
and rushed OFF The stage IN Mysteries.
Everybody heard me screaming and
crying, and MIR. Barrett rushed out OF
his dressing room TO see what was
the matter. What ais that girl?'
a.. ,I.A hAs hos
key my mad said. oh, has she?'
ne returned. i strongly suspected she
| had lost her head After that l used
10 disturb the entire performance Of
Hamlet before the mad scene, by
| drumming on the plano trying to
get the right key in which to sing
| that song.
/ think the most dramatic thing In
which I ever played was Robert
| Brown.ng's The Blot in the 'Scut-
cleon." l played Guendolin when Mr..
Barrett brought IL out. 1t seems as II
Mr.. Barrett's Tresham was the most
| thrilling thing l ever saw. At his
| death In the last scene, IL always az
| fccted ine sc trembled. But we never
could get any audience to 1t. II WA
no deep and subtle that people woul
not try to follow 1t, and II you miss
n single word OF IL you have lost a
necessary part OF the play. The peo-
pie haven't become educated to such
a high standard yet. There are only a
compai alive few people who read
Browning anyway, and less that make
any attempt to study him. But
think people are coming more and
more to understand Shakespeare. When
you appear in one OF his plays now you
| come before IN audience that under
stands it thoroughly. Many OF them
have w.ven 1t rs much study and
thought as you have and you must
know exactly what you are doing, or
else expect to be criticised severely. !
really think the culture OF people may
be judged by their knowledge and APP
probation Of Shakespeare. l think
legitimate irama il securing a
stronger foothold every year. 1t is
| true that only fraction Of the peo-
pie appreciate such a thing yet, but
that fraction IL becoming larger and
, larger every year. While a majority
of people prefer "a Brass Monkey" and
that sort OF thing, yet the demand for
Shakespeare never decreases and never
will"
do you have much difficulty in
memorizing your parts?" asked the re-
| porter.
mo; very little. You see I was
brought up in a German boarding
school. Germans are nothing II not
thorough, and I was made to men,
orize everything attempted 10 study
That drill has been Of wonderful bcne-
| fit to me in my stage work. I think
can memorize comedy easier than
can tragedy. but perhaps that is
because I enjoy comedy more than
do tragedy. Miss Anderson once
told me that I ought TO be a COM
medinnne. Speaking of memory, Miss
| Marlowe has the most wonderful men,
| DRY. She not only knows her own
| part, but all the other parts. Such
Instances are very rare, but Miss Mar
lowe is n very rare young woman.
suppose You know we age rivals?''
and Miss Gales beautiful eyes twin
kled mischievously. 1T isn't dan
gerous rivalry though. and think
we each stimulate the other to do
better work. Mr.. Barrett once said
| that we needn't worry. that there was
| room enough on the stage for both
| OF u.s." And with this the beautiful
| young actress. who is the successor oi
the queenly Mary Anderson. excused
herself to meet some lady friends who
were waiting for her in the parlor oil
the hotel.