Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-05
RICHARD MANSFIELD.
The Eminent Trsacdian al GroenwalPs Opera
House This Week.
RlCHARD MANSNIMLn MEDNES-

DAY NIGHT.
The greatest living actor MIR Richard
Mansfield Will appear at GrccnwhllH
opera house "Wednesday night iu Beau
Bummcll" MIR MousdelG appeared In
Galveston last Monday and the Calves
ton News Says;
Probably the most exquisite pcrfor-
mauon- exquisite So the word ever
witnessed In the fremont opera house
was given last night by MIR Richard
Mansfield In Beau Brmmrll'
IL is too much to say that lac las at
uiucd the perfection of acting. for per
fpCtiuu lies beyond the utmost of human
cnJLWyor, but he who reaches higher
MUST climb over Richard Mansfield lie
has created q character that Is not mHtclr
pd iu dramatic snurc aud built around
II un impcrsonntion that towers to cqunl
stature. Il would bee pleasing to critical
curiosity TO know just what Mr. Mans.
field thinks Of his own work. 10 is the
rule of masters la any art tu think they
fall short of their ideals but d should
be- q source of pride TO the actor 90 know
that whatever faults may lic In the scope
OF his VXaCtmr splfvstccm, the public
detects no shOrtComing
Beau Bummcll' ns portrayed is the
prncdiest iop that ever tool, Huii ur
set a fashion. No king was ever ~ alb
sOute monarch of his realm. aud none
or more consistent of his department.
lie hUsks Ia the light of his own cliul
gcncp, because there ~ mo- light brighter,
and hc wurships ut his own shrine be-
cause it Is the type of nll that In his
sphere A. tu be- udured. This character
iu itself s Sufficient 10 test the power Of
uu actor 10 bee bored with mrieit of
success and TO live only To feed upon
the sweets of srlt-ccutcd fayurs, 90 main
tain with uuynriug consistency the
the character of the model of society
To be- always the same imperiurbHhlc
exquisite. 10 be- iawncd upon with annoy
ing persistence and % rcbuke with thc
privilege of royalty oil that does NOT
cumpurt with nn ideal etiquette, and yet
never 10 Doe rulllcd, never to drop Into
the natural being and normal action
such is the task required of Beau Brun-
nell iu the first two acts of the play.
but the actors work rs bnrry begun
| here Ills muu's heart beats through
| the walls of his artificial cloak aud IN u
| simple web of love he inuglrs his best
standards of social prOpriCty and loses.
/ in q moment Of distraction, the one
| thing that hus maintained his position,
| the one foundation stone upon which he
/ has erected "a rpcndid mansion of straw,
/ he loses the princes favor and rs pub
! licly 'cut ON the Man. Then the
unthOs begins Then do his hpartstrihrH
/ of humiliation.
Then too. Is developed the mnnte
/ noblpncss of the painted iOp aud he re-
! fuses 20 permit the sacrifice or Two low
! ing hearts though by their union his
own is rendered drsolute aud his only r'-
mnning means of support the very thing
| that makes his airs possible IN removed
Next comes the chagrin Of debased
/ social position and the modification Of
| discovery and then nbiect poverty. the
| hunger und the suffering ana at lust the
| mental decay, with a dryeling imaginu-
| ton. cOnlunue MP lac splgndors Of the
/ past 10 mock the misery Of the present
| That man of modern timus should
| feel aud do all this would of course be-
| impossibe But in mildpr degree mon
] have felt and done these thiugE in all
| ngcs. The jos Of success and the sor-
| row of defeat are none the less because
! the Minis are unworthy. aud Ia depict
| these joys and sorrow Us the province
| of the actor He does IL with such
! fidelity that the sympathy of the auditor
/ IN his. and the splendid thing of fashion,
whether az the topmOst IF his power or
the lowest ni his despair, is one 10 bc nd-
! mircd-neycr 10 be comfOried or pauO-
| nizcd.
The range Of the character Is the
| element Of opportunity and from ils
| most fastidi0us beginning 10 its most
unhappy ending II Is maintained with
only such consistency az genuine great
ness can invest
/ The performance was success as
| the delighted expressions Of packed
! house attest Mr. Mansfield Is supported
by a most capable company II would
/ be pleasure tO give each one a de-
served word Of praise, but Il is suiiici-
| cnt 10 sny-and thus save time aud
| epace that they really support the star.
This they could not DO without them
selves being stars, less 10 magnitude, but
the same in qunlity.