The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-12

ovcr TIE head * ,is a,.G.i+ncc. st that
time tlr trag1.ica ..a TO Ill Il ,laa 50
,,l.t 10 autopsy WA na"ess;ry. or the
audiei,ca went home @r;nEhllng.
Taesr;s played exclusively a IN part
p!&y. aside from the chorus which h ia
troiUced ii "a reception given 10 DiouE-
siu.. Un held the center Of the stage
and gave d dialogue with himself till he
got tired. and then the chorus came III
and sang .'ThesUwGncc River" or''Dnn-
dee" TIE cloruscs i'll those days were
not attractive.
Horace said that Thespis was ii bad
actor am! not worth the salt he ate on
his scenurv. have little notice of the
work of Ihcspis. as written by Horace.
from which ] make excerpts. There is
nothing | find that makes IA better ex-
celpt than something from Horace:
'.rhespis with his company played
here yesterday to q small house hereto
fore used for storing oats. He played his
own play and even failed up on that at
times. 1t was called. How Greece Was
Tried: or. Render Unto Greece That
Which Is Greasy
I'm this tragedy Mr.. Thespis dies by
his W hand. but he is too long i'll lead
ing up to this point. Very few people
We're out. and they were not ont SO much
as they would have been had not Thespis
made popular prices.
We do no. reproach him for the
money he has taken out Of the town. for
be will use it wisely. it is said. The
Troy laundry will get the most of it. we
opine.
The tragedy played here is IA stolen
piece. but the thief: WAS not Il crime: it
was ely Il m~islcineaIior. 1t was not d
great play III the first Place. and Thespis
with a road company has not elevated it.
THE .Attica papers al speak Of Thespis
in Il friendly way and call him The
Child Wonder. though Eo is forty-nine
years of age and dyes the whiskers ca
his jokes.
"Ihespis needs IL new play with some
pop to it. The writer is now working on
one that would bring out the abilities of
the great tragedial and give him IL
standing so that he could. with better
support. play a return date at times.
Now his company is constantly thinned
ont BY the police and filed up from the
corn fields along the roads.
'.Thespis also drinks too much. Our
reporter called to see hiin yesterday. but
was told that he was resting up for the
evening" That will not go with the
Grecian press. The walk from his last
stand was not an arduous one. and if he
ever expects to succeed he must show
more consideration for the press.
"A little more scenery and less realism
about tha frost bitten feet Of the support
would help Thespis. and a little more
dignity or more clothes iii the chorus
would bring out a better class of people.
The twelve men who saw the play last
evening agreed to tell their wives that
they had been serving on jury and
couldn't agree.
'.Thespis claims that bis entire chorls
is composed Of Young lads. but a man
from Attica came on here to look for his
wife and took L of the chorus home in
his buggy weeping bitterly"
Collcy Cibber was born in 1871. Thes-
pis had severely criticised the tendency
of the people, and so aid Cibber POO
years ago. They were the sa,nc things
that are gr,nnbled about now. There
are many reasons why audiences are
criticised get fro, the stage. but it is
the same with press, pulpit and presi-
dent. And yet how necessary an audi
ence is to all of Us! We cannot demand
that the audience shall be best pleased
with what least pleaseS us. There are n
good many elements in an audience. and
it wants all kinds Of things in two hours.
just as the reader wants news. sport,
hu,nor. poetry. opinion gossip. weather,
arrivals, departures, science and lawn
tennis III d p~aper-tor two cents.