New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
CAST OF a PAz1srAN Ro,,AHcE.~
VERSATILITY N ACTING.

Fzs-sM. IN that tncistve speech OF his about Hon
CT rerseiy remarks that "detraction VIII not suffer
b." The nan q genlus.-such e man. for example
IS Richard NsnEHeId.-unust expect - learn that
----h, BY almost daily experience r he were
Z -ype q nediocrity he would cause disturbance
20 TIE ccIrposure Of conventional minds. and the
-cioe % dey-action would remain silent. Being
what ne Is. exceptional person. ne has been, like
carries Surface, though IN q different way. a
-se Cf great uneasiness 10 many worthy people
Ike every great actor OF whom there Is any
-rd. this performer has pecliartieE striking char
Gcre-ts-ics- ard these are the denoteueuts Of his
ds-ircLve personality These attributes ara called
--z-ze-tE--E which are not uauEerisEls a. al
r. --zr-e-.su being conscious a1ecfatio1 Of ar
-scs- manner. but ways that are parts of the
sc-cgs being and perfectly natural 70 him. Ike
cr-=- great actors Furthermore. he Is original and
creative he SEXES upon many subjects and passes
-zp.5ly from ere part 70 another. This vii never
4 .ss Lcrd JEFFREY said about Wordswo-Jhs tx
---xcrr9 and 60 ne IS declared n he not 50 much
a. z--c- as s clever sJaEe-ularager, dependent on
r-sz- establishment fer public interest that his
acting -o-Id never awaken He has shown the
salcr. ard had TIA fortune 70 distinguish himself
e almost e--e-v branch of the dramatic art, rom
comic opera and melodrsns 70 light comedy and
- --zzedy-p-8vtng himself 20 be one Of the most
-srsz-e actors that have adorned the stage in our
tine and accordingly u e discovered that we
~ does not merge himself in the character, and
therefore r1st me sctor possesses no versatlLty.
81 ---s the stream. Honour Is mere scutcheoh
TIE observer Of theatrical affairs. however, viii
perhaps remember he muses. upon nose
rszz-.ss ~ o7frion rhz. this actor has had 2
career = over twenty-five years and that his Prac-
--zI -epertory has comprised nearly thirty parts
-z-Ft-K through q wider fed than has been occu-
pied t- any actor q our time except Henry irving.
Tr= mere mention q them IS instructive. and Z
cF-- 70 carry useflr suggestion In Shakespeare
NJ Mansfield has acted Elo'ster- Brutus. Shyloch'
aid King Eerry y, and he IS now studying Mac
-e-- and FaIsta- IN tragedy, aside from Shake
rrr md
p --r---5-znz his chief par mas been. and con-
---=s 20 be the dual one of Dr Jskyu and Mr-
Trle IN comedy he has played many partst-re-
aiming --r present use. Fyra00. bT-uI2el- 'HeF-
and AI-esre- His miscellaneous list has in
~.g5-z andre Jad0r, II his oVn. play ~ Monsieur
- ----ozz-7- 70 peculiar Eenrleness and Piqlancsl
Prince Henry iu 'Old Heidelberg Beaucalre-oI
which part ~ gave q very oeautful perI'rfll4ll-
p --rs---l. f1 Arms and The Man DICK Dlaseol
ri .--= Devils Disciple F0-r-oisier- IN lI7
F-z- rs--.--- Prince kari. Don Juan, in his own
,z--.r-r --z- II that name TiJnouse, IN Ten
Thousand Year. Koko. Nick Nedder. Humphrey
Logan =-u.h-as Radon. Den Pedro XIV and
r"-r-- U--z1d 4 few ~ those parts he has dis
-z-sr5 but .r the portrayal Of all of them
through successive seasons De- has revealed an
-s---.-aIrr grasp ~ diversified character and an
@---s- rl---=oldented command ~ the means q
eTr~-~e'~- ar.
H--er1--s cool hard. brittle. lnrlsIye acting o.
p r-s-r-t and with that might contrast the tragic
-e~o-se ~ Richard. when, In the spectral throne
rr after The murder of the princes, the red rays
.t pho setting s-r |au upon tce g-ilty Kings right
land. ~r with -ra- compare bis awful frenzy -
-e--- .e- -re dream. rs mistakes one OF
r7sC--z @H~ ger another ghost or such an 2o-
server r-fertea~e 70 consider the exquisite sht7ess
his Eoau~aire and the charming grace NJ ms
Fsa- F--r.reI. ~ con-rasted with the haunted
7sTa-- ard ouvsIs misery ~ BIS B-urEs, when
e'zrEt-z rho vacant throne after the murder OF
cesar So-e years have passed since he acted Prince
E-~.- r-- mar rv--ef whimsical. charming iu1per-
To-s-.o- ~ -rfvzr-Cls youth and playful. senti-
-sta- humorous character IS sJill remembered for
e '-cvsrt e1ercv n rartg-ous description snd IT'S
rrr blending - feeling with mfrth- Some % he
.~o7erts ~ that perCo-1nanos Ghe speeches More
i-e NAV nos re straight. when look At z Z
I'D vc--a~- .sEessfer SPOTS E0st you want %
-sE ne e coward" The limitations ~ tire opera
singers .T-at raUrlresst 7 TWO men, INT she
'f re hoft.f might he So against rho death scene
~ Irar Tire Terrible with effect o. decisive sig
10 sr0r. nor would a. 20 amEs fer the analyst ~
se'EE 10 watch The shifting expressions of MI
Gs~sfez-e face when ~ e. acting Jekyll- and when
rear fsrelrtver doomed wrerched. ard lost Great
DarriuE sorerer from his last friend. and 20
-e-rrsre n with tfe effect produced hy him az the
.--r.sf % rFe-risL
Ny Esrs6e.ds NondArfuI delivery ~ Hyde s
egostrophf % Ls1yon. EhylocEs sdIuration 81 re-
fe1ge snc thc eloquent outblrst Of the grlef 81
Dor Carries over the dead body = his murdered
-oHFa6e. stlI fresh in renem1rsnce- and p
fhsce tairgs o. nor prove versstility- then versa
fiT rllsf DO srraef hing altogether elusive of f.i
eeost- The dictionary says that ,eTsatIit. IS at