The Indianapolis journal., 1898-10-24
ceived an offer Of 500 a week. and he has
the matter under consideration.

ceived an offer Of 500 a week and he has
the matter under consideration
Anyone who is in doubt as to the proper
pronunciation of Richard Mansields new
play should take a walk along Wall street,
where number of venders are selling copies
of the translation of that much-talked-abou
work. for the modest of dime. If the
translation is as unique as the invitation to
it's purchase it should be worth patroniz-
ing. The pronunciations are of infinite
riety, so that the captfous may be satisfied
and even a graduate OF q school of Ian
in Twenty Lessons will find himself per-
fectly at home. They are as follows: Sy-
ran-nO Dee Bar-ga-rack; Cy-ran my der
Ber-je-ra; sir-an-no' Bar-grawk: Sir-ran
Du Bag-rack, etc. The metamorphosis of
Mansf1elds personality is no more remark
able than the transformation that the name
of his play undergoes in the mouths of his
Wall-street promoters.-The Criterion.
The success of Miss Viola Allen as Glory
Quayle in Hall Gaines new play, "The
Christian at the Knickerbocker Theater.
New York, is remarkable. not only in an
artistic, but also in a financial way. The
receipts for the first week were $13 ,249.j0.
The take-in at the box office Saturday even,
ing alone was 81 OO4 These figures beat all
records at regular prices at the knicker-
booker or any other New York Theater-
which Is to give brief season of opera at
English's next week Nov. and g. prom
ises TO be a taste of the real thing in the
way of opera. The organization is COM
plete and is headed by some of the best
known artists who have ever been in
America. OF course, the principal artist is
Clementine De We're, who is at once a most
brilliant singer and a finished actress, and
whose recent success with the Metropolitan
Opera House Company, of New York, is a
matter of record. Her voice is a high So
prano, superbly schooled, and she has
achieved the greatest success all over the
Union. De We're will sing the title role in
La Boheme' in Italian. This latter is the
new opera which has met with enormous
success. Nine. Selma Kronold is the dra-
matte soprano, who will have the title role
in Carmen. In addition to the many fine
singers OF this company, the organization
also carries an orchestra of twenty-six
pieces. a necessary adjunct to a high-class
oDeratic production.
The voice qualities and the vocal endur-
ance displayed by Richard Mansfield in his
performance of "Cyrano," says the New
York Telegram, have been the wonder of
all who have heard him through the phe-
nomenally long and trying role and stop to
consider that he goes through with this
achievement seven times a week. The fact
that he can boast as a braggart in gut
der, sing in barytone or falsetto and die
with a tremolo delicate as lutte all in one
evening. and every evening, is due to Mr.
Mansfields knowledge of voice culture and
his asSiduous practice of his theories. In
this connection it is interesting to recall his
recent remarks on this very topic.
If all those who adopt the stage for a
profession, Mr.. Mansfield said. would
first of all study the cultivation of the
voice we would get very different results
from what we have now. and | think it
would largely benefit everybody, in this
country especially, if they were to culti-
vates the voice. For instance, in the various
parts played by man and a woman, but
especially "a man-because he plays char
acter parts largely-consider what they
nave to accomplish. If / am playing a
great role of Shakespeare, then I need
large body of voice. If I am playing Rich
ard III, as we play 1t, then have to begin as
a young man of character, gradually de-
Veiopng until he becomes old and STEPPED
IN sin, and yet through long hours of talk
ing must have that same immense power
OF voice al the end OF the play that / had
at the commencement, and also must have
an entirely different quality of voice Do
you stop to realize that matter? You stop
TO think that in the old days ii was q we'll
known fact that Edmund Kean, Mr.. KEN
PIE or even Edwin Forrest, when he came
TO the last of the act, and he cried: "A
horse, horse, my kingdom for horse''
was very hoarse. Nobody heard it; he
didn't have any voice left; but to-day we
gradually develop the voice that at the end
of the play we fresh and as voiceful
as when We started. This study of voice
is very important, an all-important neces-
slty. You should be able to produce any
quality of voice. you should study music:
the actor who has no ear for music. and
does not know something about music will
never succeed. 1T does not matter greatly
whether you say ''ah or ''eh.' There are
two different qualities of voice you must
produce, and be able to produce at any mo-
ment.