The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-14

teeth to porcelain and chalk, and running
the pink tints of the ear and chin.
Stuart Robson says that Nat Goodwin is
"stringing" all the comedians into pathos.
After he gets them landed he will go back
TO comedy and cave them high and dry.
Otis SINNERS His Grace De Gram
mont" in which this finished actor has
made an instantaneous hit as a star, is in
the line of Beau Brumrdel," and is said TO
be the most gorgeously staged production,
in the way of costumes and scenery, Of any
romantic drama on the road Mr.. Skinner,
whose work in "Magda' and as Shylock in
the Merchant of Venice played here by
Modjeska last spring, is Well remembered,
will appear at the Grand one week from
tomorrow, playing His Grace De Gram
mont" three performances, and closing
Wednesday night with The Kings Jester
in which his success was no less striking
than in the former piece.
Recent visitors to Craig-y-Nos, PATHS
castle in Wales, intimate that the rules for
running the establishment are peculiar, not
to say unusual, according to the code of
hospitality. For instance, no matter how
dark a day may be, the electric lights are
never turned on until $50 o'clock, and are
turned off at 1890, leaving guests nothing
but candles to illuminate their way to the
a~bominably complicated folding beds with
which the house is furnished. Patti and
sive wines at table, and guests are pro-
vided only with the commoner and cheaper
brands In the billiard room the prima
donna and Nicolini each has a table, which
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provided for their use-
Discussing the much-debated question
whether good acting results from feeling
or training, Henry Irving recently. said:
The young man DESTROYS of becoming an
actor must avoid embracing the mischiev-
Gus idea that acting is merely a matter of
feeling; that a part to be interpreted is
merely a matter of feeling; that a part is
to be interpreted merely as he happens to
feel at the time Of its portrayal. l have said
that acting is a science, and therefore the
actor should try to make 1t as exact a sci
ence as possible. He should study every
facial expression, every gesture, every in
intends TO employ in the delineation of his
role before he takes to the stage, and
should know just how he is going to speak,
look. walk and gesticulate in every phrase,
and not trust 10 feeling to inspire him to
do these things after he goes upon the
stage"
Indianapolis and Louisville will be the
don which will have the Ada Rehan COM
pany. The appearance of this great organ
ization at English's Opera House, Oct. %.
SO and 81, VIII be a dramatic event. The Op-
portunity of seeing SO great an actress as
Ada Rehan is not often offered. 1t is a
pleasure for the cultured, who are not in
the habit Of attending theatricals. Miss Re-
OF her best work., and there is no charac-
ter in which she better shows off her YER
satile genius than as Katherine. in Tam
ing of the Shrew." Brilliant as Miss Re-
han is in modern comedy, fascinating as
she is as the interpreter of the poetic and
ciful Shakspearean comedies, in none of
these does she reach such a lofty height of
dramatic and artistic achievement as she
attains in the role OF Katherine.