The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20

cause while a bad aesor Mr. Brady was
\ gooa En4n8ger and knew Just what 10
Do win a guslla3e pablEe Fie billed him
~eIs Ike a circus ard big audiences razid
RE lis for tire bills. since he aoau-
aaaess she stage Mr.. Brady has grown n
RS own estimation and IN importance with
the theatrical world He now conducts
q press agency for hts attractions and
sends cut street. every week IN which
be tails where they ara and what they
are sEofnx This sheet comes 20 my desx
every week q haF1inxer % good news
that Mr. Brady tells Of himself and tre
ventures ~. controls. Last week the fol-
Iorsr1x a-y-nared and 4 Is the matter cor
taires therein that makes ne take OF ny
has 20 Ar. Brady:
ssCoGueiIln's theory that an actor should
have complete mastery over himself ard
not feel tae part ne Is playing Is dis
pate6 BY Sir Henry Irving. These two
great players have battled over this
question for years. and now James j.
Corbett comes TO SIR Henryss aid and Il
+ two 20 one against the clever French
man After the second act OF A Naval
Cadet on Monday night. Mr.. Corbetr
was called before the curtain. and 10
packed house made snort speech. He
explained that while he did not like 10
leave the character % the Naval Cadet.
he would be unappreciative not 20 thank
this one phrase Mr.. Corbett proves that
he belongs TO the natural school. and Is.
for the time being. the person whose
role ne assumes"
Coquellin. the greatest living comedian.
of the Coincide Francaise: Sir Henry r.
wing. the greatest English-speaking ira
geefian. and Jim Corb@ti. the Telephone
prixeaxhterl Ye Godsl such a combina-
ton. ! claim that nothing hut genius
OF the highest order could have produced
an excuse for linking the names OF two
great actors and that OF prizefghter.
During the past week the death OF
Alexander salvinl has been chronicled.
He died ar the villa o. his parsimonio1s
Old father. Tomasso Saiyini. near Flor
ence. Italy. The younger actor inherit
ed a great deal OF his talent from his
father, but IL was Of a different order.
There was an entire absence OF the TO-
business that characterized the splendid
work Of the elder salvIni. but the quality
Of Alexander Saiyini's genius was not
less attractive He was essentially a
romantic actor. and such characters as
Don Caesar de Bazan and D'Artagnan.
IN the Three Guardsmen." were as I'm
fzhed creations OF their sort were the
Gladiator and Othello IN the hands OF
his father. whose reputation for stingt-
ness was almost equal 20 that Of his act
ing. I called 10 see the old gentleman
at his hotel once in a city where he vas
playing. and was told that he was at
the theater ! followed him there and
found him darning ais tights. He had
a spool OF cotton and some needles and
Was laboriously endea yoring 10 save a
few cents. IL is told that a part Of his
contracts was 20 20 10 the nrst-class
hotels where his managers sent him.
Had such not been the case he undoubt-
eddy would have affected some cheap and
dirty italian restaurant 10 save expense.
Ills magnetism displayed itself in his
representations OF characters other than
that OF T0naasso Salvini.
THE GALLERY GOD.