The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-22
EBEaETs HIS CUE
| .,nfueAR THEM, BUT "PickS
Psr1X UP" PROMPTLY.

..''sl Defsct-He Studies the Faces
other Players and Counts So as
N when to sp caE'
,..n.tbe most important detail for
!" - masterfn stage technicalities
Or y, ~ q nicking up his cue quick
uo manager knows how i'm
Ply ''i - that that should be done
y 49, y hesitancy in n quick con-
sH', Lotween the lines spoken by
ou aoonle will surely spoil the
,ot;on vay for actors and ac.
u. 20 learn their parts is 10 also
,ho cne as well as their own lines.
~ 4 iswell to tell the uninitiated
n, ono consists of the last few
% the last sentence spoken by the
actor Every part not only con-
, " the actor is to speak, but
NV cne Most stagefolk will tell
-, Il ia more difficult to learn the
ham il is the lines, as they often
: no meaning to the mind.
|crybody in New York who goes to
hooters knows or has seen Joe Hol-
as he is familiarity called. No one
4 suspect, to see Mr.. Hollands rem
Of the parts he plays, that he does
near the cues.
pwpvpr that is a fact. Mr.. Holland
,;tod deafness. His father was deaf,
his brother, Mr.. George Holland,
philadelphia manager, is also slight
kected that way
would seem to the average thinker
Mr. Holland would have found his
n,ity serious handicap in the dra-
! nrofession. On the contrary, so
Irly has he managed it that it has
almost an advantage to him. Triv-
noises do not disturb him, and in
eOuence he is able to give his whole
unaffected by any interruptions, to
Work in hand.
4 course Mr.. Holland is not absolute
stone deaf, A." as the saying goes. He
THAT is generally termed "hard of
hing"
|cw as to how he picks up his cues
b he doesn't hear them.
L studies not only his own part, but
the entire lines spoken by other peo-
when he is on the stage. He COM
these to memory perfectly. So well
! he learn them that he knows just
long it takes for them to be spoken.
tn he is facing the actor of whom he
D get his cue, Of course he can readily
/ when his turn comes by the move
b Of the others. lips or the express
Of the face. He says, though, that
Expression of the face is what he re-
on most, He pays very little atten-
to the lips, because most people
/ a habit Of moving the lips involun-
y even when they are not speaking,
)rick that would easily lead him
Ry The expression of the face, how
j, is sure cue. 1t never fails him
always is the same.
His main reliance, however, is on q
fem of counting. He knows just how
B it will take for each speech to be
He times that speech by certain
bber of counts. When he has counted
|rght number Of times for the speech,
Knows that it is his turn to speak.
+ is absolutely necessary when his
p is turned toward the other actor.
Is, for instance, Mr.. Holland comes
Pie stage, his line is:
well; I've returned"
Ne then turns around to lay down his
and the other person says:
but you were very late in getting
Pk"
Is soon as Mr.. Holland turns he be-
3 TO count. When he has reached
pt' he says in a nonchalant way, no
Eler what is happening:
LNell' aren't you glad to see me
Iohg experience has shown him that
Enis way he picks up his cue just as
mptly and perhaps more so than
pgh he had heard it,
rr hollands adroitness in this line
Oeen the wonder of New York man
's PROBABLY no one else knows Of it,
s Is natural, Mr.. Holland is q trifie
sitlve on the subject.
|ne only drawback that he ever finds
ps system arises from other faults
I us own He has never yet been
sn' mapping except when some stage
!. mace blunder or some unforeseen
'uent occurred. This would only hap
"nen some noise was to be made,
"o ringing OF n bell or the firing of a
III such cases Mr.. Holland sup
~ VI course, that the property man
'~e stage hand is doing his duty. If,
y Ever the property man or the stage
y y. uUes not do his duty promptly, Mr..
' - is left in an embarrassing stu
s'1ppOse' Tor instance, that in the bust
so,. = piece a bell is to be rung. 1t
\. ring when it should. However,
none of Mr.. Hollands business
naturally supposes that it has rung.
- ne calmly says:
|, an, there goes the bell. Go to the
1, nary + And just after he has said
ae bell rings.
n l. some one is to fire a pistol and
~ aOiiahd is supposed to be listening
~ ny !. report with rapt attention, and
F" should 90 off saws cat last no