The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-09
News of the Green
Room and Foyer.
Some of the More Important
Doings of These. Our Actors.

Frederick Febvre, of the Coincide
Franchise. one of Frances most distin-
guished comedians, is in this country
and has submitted, with unusual pa
tience, to be interviewed His talk, of
course, is principally about stage peo-
pie. or Ada Rehan he thinks she would
be a greater artist If she We're little
less anxious for effect and brought
into her acting a little more feminine
reserve. What NJ. Febvre does not like
is the lack of details In our thea ters.
He does not like the way the actors
cross each others paths, objects to the
way men walk into the drawing rooms
ON the stage with their canes in their
hands and their hats on their heads.
Then, again, he does not like the way
the men strut around with their hands
in their pockets when they assume the
parts of society men. NJ. Febvre argues
that they do not do that in drawing
rooms when they try to be polite and he
does not understand why they should do
IL on the stage.
OF Henry NJ. Dixie NJ. Febvre says he
is simply charming, adroit, witty, ele-
CANT and comic without descending TO
bulfoonery. He likes Rob Roy" the
Case of Rebellious Susan" and 1.-THE
Old Homestead" Denman Thompsons
Interpretation of the part of the honest
old countryman pleased him immensely.
When NJ. Febvre saw half dozen other
productions he says: After having
visited most of the principal theaters
and after having heard the best come
dams of the city, ii appears To me that
in the opinions of all real lovers Of
dramatic art-and everyone knows to
what point the American loves this art
the establishment of Il national con-
servatory of declamation-drama and
comedy-must be most imperious
necessity. There is no art without its
grammar. one does not catch the come
dams art as one does a cold. 1t ought
to be the result of Il vocation and not
the mere choice of profession. The
young people who attack with such te-
merity 4 career which is so difficult and
SO interesting in this sense, that the
last word in it is never spoken, make
me think of those so-called musicians
who play upon the piano waltZes and
polkas without ever having practiced
an elementary scale" In conclusion VI.
Febvre says: why should Americans.
who are the first in many points, show
themselves retrogreSSive or Indifferent
in a matter of art? If they wish to
enjoy, in the pure acceptation of the
word. the addition of the immortal
Williams masterpieces; if they wish to
purify taste and the delicate pleasure
Nhich Cjrais.ts in hearing a beautiful
aEG yliI!e language correctly inter-
pr.tcl oy lCtyrs of education and train
ing. iCt .hGm create as quickly as pos
siule an establishment of SO great public
utility-this COnversatOry, this refuge
of u beautiful language, this last ram
part of good style-and then little by
little they will purify taste and the
vulgar force will remain the property OF
the lowest classes. If not in few
years, it may happen that, in order
to provoke 4 laugh, one will see some
evening Polonius and Ophela. Othello
and Desdemona give themselves up to
the joys of a jig as untimely as it is out
of place"
"Lightfoot's Wife" an original COM
edy of gay Partisan life, by Adrian Bar.