New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-31

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40, ~ 81 Mr.. Reynolds
omen f-r--..tt Mr. cane
1eHtss OF Alma Hathaway
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Lady Anne Florence RorI-reIl
King Richards page.............. Margaret KiIroy
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THE ACTORS VIEW OF RICHARD III
Mr. Mansfield has had the part OF Richard III in
Als repertory for seventeen years. acted II for
me hrst time on March 16. 1883 in London, az the
Globe Theatre, where it attracted crowds of people
becoming the subject Of deep interest and animated
olscussion HIS first performance Of it in America
was given AT the Globe The1tre Boston. on October
q Iea@ In New York he first acted IL on December
10. 1889 at Palmer's Theatre (Which had been wal
lacks and now is Wallack's again, and since then
he has frequently repeated il here so that 1t comes
70 our public as dramatic presence no less famil
lar than welcome Mr.. Mansfelds own words, stat
ms the view that he has taken Of Shakespeares
tragedy Of Richard III" and explaining the method
that he has chosen TO adopt and apply in his illus
uauon OF ii and in his development of its central
character. might well be attentivelv considered by
SPECTATORS OF his production and performance, and
those words. accordingly. are here reproduced. in
the hope that readers viii be interested and bene-
flied by them
ard III !" either DESTROYS Of pleasing the Tudor
Court Queen Elizabeth being the granddaughter Of
such corrupt aujhorities as Hall HoIingshed. and
more likely from he nen OF that notable enemy 10
ttlcIlard- Bishop Morton.
pa! events Of GosteTs lie Tor dramatic treatment,
and events that it is most dhicuf 10 restore their
follow Shakespeare. Yet surely we may While
deavor in some measure TO make him appear as he
really was, permitting his character 70 form wit.
measured 10y the date of his acts. IN dealing with
lines Of the text:
that am rudey stamp'd
Cheated Of feature by assembling nature
And that 50 iameiy and unfasziona6Io &c.
But it would seem as if the suggestion Of this
known that the slightly deformed highly sen
own 5f.+ Srb .1Iu 49, bsar re- case with
Richard for Rous alone, Of all the historians land
ders were uneven and his features sunall--curtaIn
hnsei Ia dscribinr tbe H@ aef forms On the other
hand we have many pictures notably ne one. one "a al
ciety Of Antiquaries-the painting at Elton
and the portrait formerly in the Bethnal Green
Museum nov in the National Gallery "a, Al G iI
these have been copied ioT present use ana, TN 5a
an the general Characteristics, are Lhe same m ne
derful facility of expression and hrmness; We
80 90 pou'-S o, Sl'p of 6Ser3on5 who danced
m Ki8r exse8ted The actor has preferred
tre-.f- ~ fTcf, as tightly as is D0ssible in view
" the text, upon the deformity Of Richards BODY
speare, has to be adhered TO- although history falls
20 corToborate il Richard old not ssy EqTaIa, me
son Of Henry VI; he did not kill King Henry ne
did not murder his queen, the Lady Anne; ana
p y[ the deaths Of Edward and BIS brother
absolutely no evidence existing ulal fieIlIS
Regarding Lady Anne, HAchaTds ahectlon 10Y .-eI
vas since teEs fS,9rooS Lag beer the SOL
Of his hours OF care ana QanEeI' IN Lllg
case the actor may perhaps be allowed TO suRP0s5e
OF I. az tI 70 eo1ardze the result of his WOO
. ing by senseless buffoonery, and that, supposlg
erl s-cea,lS ne - Tadv Arne bv The BODY Of her
dead busbsnd's father and the memory of that
dead husband green in her heart 49,
When Rcherd fought at the battle Of IT Te G65
hastened 70 London TO dispatch HehTi. ne tsi La9
the liberty of seizIng upon this fact 10 contrast
MS sfrength. his vast ambition his imperial mind
and reckless courage all fresh in HIM. with the
shakespeare paints hiIn, fourteen years later.
~ and Richard came to London,-Elizabeth Wood
Vile the wife Of Edward, taking up her resldengs
Canterbury 10 crush Falconbrdge. It IS after the
entrance Of Elizabeth and her tram tHa1 We az 81
Henry vi du prison in the Tower Of London must
5,lr ~ Nav between n and p Of the clock and
y.av To- Canterbury with his brother. Wark-
dead king was chested and brought u PauLs :
from whence lie was taken 10 7y . c6Irct
authorities To WHicfriars, The actor las IMAGINED
Mav morning by the budding hedges OF the rwick-
arrar0 road and blossoms Of early spring an
aHIoom and the roofs Of London town the hlEI
walls OF Westminster Palace and the fToWnlIs
towers Of the fortress seen dmly through tAe SUM
NOR haze II is here. by the waysde, that Flcaid
has chosen to await the coming OF Lady anne
Reference is made 10 this on account OF lIs ha.l'3
been hitherto the custom 10 place II In a suev'
TIL last act of the tragedy has also been much
changed. notably Richards evil dream ana tne
has Ioued o produce greater realistic erect nS
following the tale Of history. The hght is taken
II gDT
. ara first Duke OF Norfolk Richards truest friend
has been slain by a bow drawn by an unseen nanQ
after he Earl OF Surrey has been oyerpOWered and
taken Tris0ne~. when Richard, weak with wounds
vanquished by treachery. ne must de or yiel1
. He continued his fCrOrltF. says Mr. Hutton,
his powers and his friends we're taiing-IoT every
one Of his followers was either fallen or hed-he
stood single in centre Of his enemies-he fell fight
The actor in modelling his conception Of the
rbe words Of Mn Iegge- 'The first thought euu-
. gested by a comprehensive survey Of Richards life
triumph Of pure intellect over the most formidable
obstacles II credit the stories OF his physical
def0rUiry. the triumph Of mind is pTOpOTtiOnately
. enhanced And he has also remembered Ma
. do speak Ike ordinary mortals.'
IN arranging the book and in curtailing what
would De an impossihly long play, he has somewhat
. followed The scenario or that very clever dram
. atizcr, COliey Cibber, but he has endeavored
throughout 10 restore the language p hakesDeara
and only where Il has been absolutely Imperative
. ne made very slight use Of Cibber.
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