The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-25

tenant yhen the war closed and, "Aissr' he
sssdns s NSs h. suffered Is he rs. suc
For, I've Years / did nothing, and Their.
# the odeog; In those days ever looked ss
high as the Frsncais Finally. in the spring
up the few possessons had iei and decided dd
to 20 BACK to BerReac and tell my mother she
r. 10 Sts%ps S SG. ny last :d Ne,
Wen. issS: T. S%a HIM Il. S sS liu:t ~: sRd u.
s.. iss:,las room A Ss VS. standing sRt;'f %
sntsfsd the room he ran toward S me- holding
tho wig In one hand. and. selling me with the
rim Perrinr Perrin had become the. director
OF the theatre only short time before He
FERN %sns sGmn % es 96aT .s pSiT 70
me. and for months have been trying to ind
whfp5 s, ySu c .srs He i nn"t see you nov
bearing Tor the next day. The tSouTSt Of ne en-.
night Psreeac seemed my only prospect.
had oisrsd itself Of which i had never
dreamed. went hack the next morning and
eSese Ssrs o Sa n ,s "a;
he was pleased. and after while promised me
sss wish tH s The 10y
weary walt that followed. For. two months
had no opportunity. and finally. on July =.
Alter that ! risysd Gc" ES,i;;sse IL Il ca
BeIorm M pi saeeeedcd IN sh e" all marion
MounetISullv speaks quite as freely Of those
" sss StS III Va.
In control Of the house, pumas's ~ Etrangere"
t S Snd the
Nrs GARRISON. He played IN some Of Anglers
works and other modern roles.
WI q a N mai faI nH al all "a
when nothing that did male any such i'm:
%ss not ' sptii ss s whs E" ndp. I wa.
given. that made another great success Per-
BEEN acted for thirty TS'Hs and he thouGSs
the role Of the King was suited to me; It wa.
/ liked the best. hate to Actin plays OF the
OF a disguise. Unlss. have a sword hanging
about me I feel as though / were a stranger. TO
my audiences. 1 have no particular choice
mantle plays. only ike Eaipe the best Of all"
In the discussion bstween Co1uelin and
actor so should feSi the part he plays Il Will be-
remem bered that the French actor contended
enter INTO as aeto Of
Mounet-Sully and C2duelin are the two most
famous actors in France, and both received
Theatre Francois, but their views on this sub
ject are widely different.
play part unless he feels it,. Mounet .suliy
said. answering the question with great earn
estness., and the extent to which an actor
can feel tho character he H. playing 10 the
measure Of his success, with 1t. An actor
should study role until he learns what IL
really Is what sort OF q man IL 10 he IN called
upon to represent, and when he knows this he
must begin to feel the emotions Of the charac-
ter and try to identify himsel with It. That 10
the highest achievement OF the actors art
That Is what | always aim to do. am not al.
ways able to do II, but when fall know that
have not succeeded in playing q role As IL
should be given"
Mounet-Sully has seen nothing OF the German
stage. and knows English actors only through
the performance OF Henry Irving's COMPANY.
1t was through IrvinR's performances OF Ham
let," he said, that learned the part was real-
~ O dramatic one. / had read the play ofton
before had seen him In London. but IL never
seemed to me one that could be acted. 1t was to
be given at the Francois. and had read no end
Of books and essays about tho character, When
saw Irving II occurred to me for the first
time that tho character was by no means so
complex as most writer's and actors had be-
lieved IL to be- l conceived him q young
man. crate. impressionable aud nervous. but
not lad. He finds himself in q situation In
which his real nature must be concealed. or
course. the version Of the play 10 by Dumas.
and Is rather free adaptation than transla-
ton. have never seen n performance OF Mr.
Irvtng's company without the conviction
growing stronger that he 10 an incompatible
stage manager. The ensemble OF his per-
formanees Is admirable"