The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-21

ira" are tempting. as a rounding of the
Shakespeare plays of Roman cast. Ham
let" is inviting and Macbeth" is-well,
is q fine play. Why not "Othello?"
I am not suited TO OtheIlo. SAYS Mr..
Mansfield. Besides l am not going to
play the part Of man who kills a wo-
man on evidence as slim as Iago gava
him. 1 would like to play at killing a
woman at all.
Now. this Is an original view OF the
Moor of Venice and it adds to the gayety
OF the little audience.
You know. says Mr. Mansfield. re-
Stunning his CHEEKY wood pipe and sending
forth pretty spirals, Il like to vary Moth
ing kills me like playing the same part
interminably. and even playing the same
kind Of part am thinking Of season
of repertoire.
Why not make combination, a great
and new production as the staple and
Your repertoire IS the trimmings. so to
speak"
That appeals a little. People are al
ways saying, Z liked such and such a
play SO much pity he does not play
it, Well, it is something to think over"
Are you drawn at all toward the
modern schS9ls Of piays-Isben. Suder-
mann. Hauptmann and so on2"
Not much. The fault / find IS the
grossness. seaminess. pessimism that ov-
ercolor them. ] grant you what IS called
natural acting must more and more
prevail bus there are 20 many things
in life that are as unfit for pictorial art.
II is not. however. for ans orc 90 SIT
down and rule ont utterly any develop
ment Of art.
'Naurahsm must have IFS limits ana.
indeed. no naturslism is possible on the
stage without some artifce % make &c
interesting and preseataole 20 ar audi
ence.
1T was Coqueln who said 70 ne that
the hope ~ the stage isy in America and
not IN rummsging for forms 81 material
IL the decsdent schools 0f Europe
And 7 believe with him This vast
country-growing expanding develop.uz
It's tastes. increasing m 1umber 81 its
splendid theatres ~ make room for the
ever increasing audisarcs-must show
wonderful artistic results IN the future
And how they respond TO notable effort
don't care 10 rut il in The way ~ re-
ceipts hut the thraugs who b-ee.ged he
theatres to see Juiius Caesar 0ut Erest
lin St Louis. Chicago. Clereiand-uou
beggar ad5ectlFes Here am tharkfuI
q say. il IS m same And Ue cannot
stay ~ the Herald square beyond aar
allotted seven weeks. The great point
IS that we are giving them o1r very besi
Fl the very best aaF taaf we can rrrse-t
- ard that CHE great puddle appreciates
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And nowhere says Bru-ua with pride
has the actor n aetress fte corslEera-
ton that D. io - nsl in America That
was partly Vhar Coeueiir meant raa
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actor 0r ne actress 81 v-iu respect ara
esteem and posltion I'D asast- z
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