The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22
The QUIET DRAMATIC METHOD
THINGS TO ILLUSTRATE, 1T IN
THE ACTING or A PLAY.


ODstreDfTONW "a EehiOW WuO eOO
Around . Table TO Reach = CTR
close by His Side -Imitatieu Jsiifty
When the author OF q play has written
enough matter to Ill about three hours In
the acting, and has tied and united all the
,r,s.loyers' knots, there still remains the
question how to get the pair together for
matrimony. The last obstacle to the union
has been removed, and the curtain must
fall in a minute or two. but the two nave
no, vet been brought actually into each
o,her's arms. The audience u already
r,,,lins for departure. Its attention cannot
bs ~reeaine d unless something unusual 10
done. 10 uis Evan Shipman s device at
,ba and Of darcy OF the Guards Is ingeni-
ans. The hero has been wounded by the
heroine and his right arm Ia In q sling.
He has wooed her in vain. but now h Is
ready TO yield. He remarks hat he Is dis
shled for military service. and her reminder
that he is still capable for gentler duty
ia conveyed in the naive reply: We'll, /
left YOU one arm The actor and tho
actress stand side by side, facing the su-
d,ence. with their backs to a table. and
the mans wounded arm next to the girl.
In real life he would instantly play the
devilAsh and gather her In with his single
available t~entacle. Fortunately for drama
,ists. things do not have to be really natural
on the stage TO look as though they were.
Mr. Shipman makes his hero saunter o
the table. approach the heroine from the
other side and give her a half hug with his
left arm. The audie noes at the Savoy are
amused by the man ouvre and laugh heart
iy till the curtain is do wn.
The most successful portion Of this only
new play introduced here last week In
English is not the one In which the hero,
an officer Of the British army, receives his
wound from a Philadelphia maiden. who
"a irving to convey information to Wash
,neton at Valley Forge. although that
episode causes a stir at the climax Of an
act. A preceding scene OF smoking,
drinking and singing by relocated officers
ma kes the deepest as well az the happicst
IMPRESSION. The result Is ascribable partly
10 the agreeable solo voice in the ballad Of
sally in our Alley and the chorus voices
In ,uneful harmony. but more yet to the
actors counterfeit Of good humor drawn
from long clay pipes and a ~capacious punch
bowl. Every man Of the eight enters
into the spirit Of the revelry In a way to
suggest that the beverage Is not cold tea.
but something that cheers and does
inebriate. But nobody gets drunk. All
are nicely and neatly exhilarated. Every
one seems TO nave his own Sally in some
alley that he sings to, N his heart melts
with the punch, his soul floats with the
smoke. n his face beams with the fire
from both pipe and glass. Any stage
director will tell you after he has seen this
representation Of polite oarousal, hat 1t is
the result Of much care and skill.
Henry Miller. who acts the hero in -D'Arcy
Of the Guards" does not strive for con-
spicuousness in that genial assemblage
OF the regiments officers. He IL one Of the
two who sit with their backs TO the audi
enc-, and their acting is pantomimic. Mr..
Miller is at no point in the play insistently
forward His performance IL delightfully."-
un,heatnc. From the lightness Of his Irish
accent through the Irish ardor and au-
dacity Of his courtship and even to his
physical struggle with the girl spy he
mounts no stills and rises to no buncombe
He gives an illustration OF naturalistic
acting that Mr.. Sargent and Mrs Wheat
croft should send their pupils to see. II
j. in accord with the simplicity Of Mr..
shipman's comedy and is excellent dramatic
arr. II is Of a kind to he appreciated by
a large proportion Of the people who go to
Broadway theatres. but will it's quietude
answer the purpose OF popular entertain
mant In houses where the gallery demands
noise. and even the parquet Is not averse
o. heavy emphasis? Few actors like to
resist the demands Of their audiences
Hardly any o. them car afford 20. When
NJ Miller goes To Kankakee and Kokomo
won't his MAJOR DArcy speak louder.
move more aggr--sively and strike poses
If -chesty- heroism;
Their. was a trace Of sense Ia the foolish
ne-s of the reoent London newspaper ar
tols which aid that English actors return
from the Uuited States regretAbly coarsened
But the same deterioration is observable
when they get back from travel through
Ifeat Britain OF it, foreign %proyincs-s
To chang u not wrought Ia Philadelphia,
b~tDu OF Chioago any more than II IL
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ullo-s tle aciOf plays IN the chsap~f-pno.
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