The morning times., 1895-11-03
PARTS ACTORS LIKE BEST
Their Opinion Is Seldom That
of the Theater-Going Public.
SOME FAMILIAR CASES
SOME
FAMILIAR
Edwin Booth Thought His Ber,
tuccio Better Than Hamlet.
I. Q. Seabrookc's Song.

singularly enough. it is not always tn
most artistic work of the actor that ma Ike.
the deepest impression on the popular
mind. Theater goers invariably single GU
some especial feature OF the artists efforts
and demand and re-demand that, forget
ting, perhaps, what TO him is the more de
| serving OF praise.
Edwin Booth, for instance. is credited with
having played Hamlet as well II not better
than any other actor who ever ASA yed the
part, yet it has been said that Mr.. Booth
| himself thought more highly of his Ber
| tuccio in The Fools Revenge"
Lawrence Barrett's Cassius IN Julius
| Caesar was popularity believed to he
his best performance, although Mr.. Barrett
once told some of his personal friends that
| in his Judgment lis RIcheieu was the best
! thing he did.
/ John McCullough's Virginius will proba-
| bly, live longer in the minds of his admirers
than his Richard III, whHe Mccullough
| was of the opinion that his performance OF
the hunchback monarch was deserving of
the greater praise.
The rule applies without exception TO
performers III all bra nches of the dramatic
art, and particularly to those who sing or
| once may have sung.
Maggie Cline has been on the vaude
Nlle stage lOE IUduN years Dul II is uu-
likely II She will ever sing anything SO
popular as her first great success, Mary
nne Kehoe."
MAGGIE CLINE'S DESPAIR.
In her despair she looked for equally
popular material, and seemed 10 find IL
In Throw Him Down. McCloskey." But
to-day Mary Anne kehoe" is the most
popular song in her repertoire, and Miss
Cline fS parSnnolly n bp ppinipu that at
least ten songs she has learned and rem
dered since are better than her first big
hit.
Billy Emerson. the veteran minstrel.
is Identified with the song beginning:
I'm just as happy as a big sunilower
That mods aud bends in the breCZes,
But my hearts as light as the winds
That blow the leaves from OF the treeses-
MIR. Emerson thinks the popular taste
al fault, for wherever he appears, DO mat
ter how excellent he may think his turn
is. the audience clamor for the sunflower
song.
William Hoey will probably never be so
pleasing to the public as when he sings The
Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo"
In all likelihood Mr.. Hoey thinks his por-
ira val of the tramp better work than sing
ing his well-known song, but the audience
is distinctly disappointed when he fails to
vocally describe the gentleman with the
phenomenal luck at gaming.
Then there is Hughey Dougherty, who
has been a black-face comedian for twenty
years, He has entertained audiences with
q hundred songs, but his Sweet Evaiina"
isby all odds the best liked, and the announce
ment OF his intention to sing that venerable
ditty would draw ten auditors to one If he
were billed to do his Ia tier day work.
ABOUT TEDDY SEABROoKE.
The case is the same with Thomas Q Sea-
brooke, who, aside from his ability To sing
songs. is a comedian of recognized merit.
Mr.. seabrooke has played ill the 'iegit-
innate" and standard dramas, and with sue
cess. He created Deacon Tidd In "A Mid
night Bell and his performance was
surprise to farce-comedy audiences.
He played The Cadi,". ritten by Bill
Nye, and his methods " ere generally COM
mended, but the song The Prouigal Son."
was the feature of The performance that
made the great impression. Then Mr.. Sea-
brooke took up comic opera. In The Isle
of Champagne" his best " ork, i'll his Judg-
ment, as the drunken scene and the tomb
scene, wherein he recites the Joe Miller
jokes, and " hile they were well liked it
was the Song of all Nations that the auditors
recall.
In 'Tabasco" he prided himself on pro-
ducing some excellent effects as a COMEDIAN
but the song Swim Out O'Grady'' is what
the theater-goers remember W it'll the keen
est delight. Apropos of Mr.. Seabrooke
and how Swim Out O'Grady" pursues, it
may be said that wherever he goes he hears
about that vocal effort, and is now inclined
to regret he ever sang ii.
When introduced to some stranger, the
latter W ill make the customary remark in
cidental to an Introduction, and then harry
up Mr.. Seabrooke's sensibilities by laughing
delightedly and declaring, I've heard you
sing. Swim Out O'Grady.' That's a great
song and Mr.. Seabrooke is forced to smile
politely, W hile he mentally consigns Grady
to the bottom of the sea.
HE had TO SING IT.
During a Washington engagement he
was a guest at a reception given at one
of the foreign legations, and because of
his professional success was made much
of. He and a foreign diplomat engaged
in discussion regarding the drama and
the relative importance of tragedy and
comedy.
The diplomat was experienced and
student and was soon was enthusiastically
declaring tragedy to be the Dobler branch
of the art.
Mr.. Seabrooke contended that comedy had
its mission, and proceeded to descant on
the value of the comedian to the COM
munity. He explained the positive ben
efits that accrued TO a mentally overworked
population by the performances of artis-
tbs comic actors, and was in the middle
of a beautifully rounded period when there
was horrible Interruption.
MADE HIM SHED TEARS.
Several months ago there was a village
function of some sort In Larchmont, and a
torchlight parade was feature of the
festivities.
Mr.. Seabrooke Illuminated his cottage,
which was on the route of the parade, and
he and his friends gathered on the piazza
and loudly applauded the turnout.
The fire company of any small town is of
necessity the most superb Institution with
in the towns limits, and the company in
uniform Invariably graces any public occas-
ion.
As the fire company was opposite the
Seabrooke house halt was made and the
Drawn of Larchmont beloved out the first
verse and chorus of Swim Out O'Grady."
Mr.. Seabrooke shed few scalding tears
an d retreated into the house.
Innumerable instances might be cited to
Illustrate the point that it is not always the
actors artistic work that obtains the
rcpuIor raronuftion