The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02


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B. dramatic education, either in money
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years of persistent and intelligent Ia
Dor. Il is u grevous mistake to sup
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| .tilS nal' WORK VIII ,ha AK; elthei an &c,
tor or an actress All the coaching and
all the work that might be squeezed
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SO far as filling some subordinate"
niche in a play IS concerned, almost
anybody not a downright idiot may be
rna1 e"ll'e,eia. , put lS lhr n9r",'lHs
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potn DRAINS ana i SPECIAL aptitude at
bottom.
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impress upon aspirantS for the stage
rhey arr, 50 s.turatad with the conyic-
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dlno"h' OF auElee OF counsel rom ilie
expert Will serve to turn them aside
from their ambition. Most OF them eN-
poet to become stars at once. With pur-
blind and logged st,,piIlity they insist
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t" make them great: or course o"ih
| Tho methods Of Belasco set the LAY .i,au
world laughing. But they have been the
methods III Il way. OF tn" expert aud the
non-eXpcrt stage manager for years. 1t is
both he theory aud the practice !hat wo-
men should be trained Ike animals of the
four-footed variety. with whip. There
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intellectual attachments and acute sensi-
hil.ties but the rule is. metlphoricalsy to
/ reduce them with cab. II IL the only
way of getting them out OF their saif-
consciousness. OF subiuing Their pig-held-
ed self-esteem, of suhordlnat!ng insufter-
able vanity to a smoothly working intel
| lectua and physical mach ne. Every ex-
pert stage manager applies this theory.
and the best have prAct.ced it successfully
III beating the crude material INTO dra-
matte shape.
When Belasco was dramatic teacher in
| the academy he followed the same meth
DDS observed while training Mrs. Carter
methods OF the whip and club and alter
nate praise and comfort--iust as the
sportsman trains a setter dog: as the
Snowman trains a trick mule. a perform
ing horse or elephant. Max Freeman. Ben
Teal and all the rest follow the same
is mostly of the m-uth. This is especially
the case in the training of women for the
stage, the latter being more susceptible
to fear, and proving more tiactabie under
the lash.
They tell a good many amusing stories
about the Belasco days at the academy.
One afternoon young woman came i'll to
see Mr.. Sargent to get excused from an
evening rehearsal She had bandage on
her wrist, her face was abnorma.ly red on
one side as il it had been recently slapped.
and her dress was so.led by frequent con-
tact with the floor:
oh. nothing serious is the matter" she
said. only j don't feel equal to rehearsal
this evening"
Whats the matter With your WRIST
asked Mr.. Sargent.
'N-nothing particu.a r-you know this
WAS my afternoon with Belasco.
But she braced up later. and turned out
for rehearsal in fine fett.e.
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