The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-22

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You go that man Forres,'' he began
What do you suppose his efect would he
en- an audience to-day " he came back In
his old repcrtoir-' Dickens once remarked
% the pattern ~ Macready's wsistcoat.
such q happy combination IL not likely 10
occur again Probably not: styles have
changed in waistcoats. When Joseph
xilsour appeared In The Movers with q
pink one the stage manager had q nc and
In audience Uttered with derissve mirth.
But would Macready's acting be any Ices
out OF date than his waistcoetr Soma
things about II. ! grant you. would DO fresh
ssd REORGANIZATION, vocal technique
imagination. the unified conception oil char
acter that subordinate all details 10 the
central idea. Az That belongs to the art OF
acting everywhere for all time. But the
old school lung power standard for heroism.
o would that strike us nowP AZ rtdicu-
lous. i tell you-simpiy ridiculous' You
remember how kean ohsed to terrify even
b members OF hs company by the In
describabls violence OF his performances
- SAvtock. and how Macready before he
went on for Shytoek's great scene would
hrAndish Q heavy ladder In tbs wings,
N$ter1ng oaths meanwhile, 70 work himself
w into q state OF painting rage. Those Old
sctors used TO grasp their audiences by the
ecfun OF the neck and haul them up into .
pitch OF emotional excitement. To be heroic
wss TO appear six feet tall, with . distorted
face and the voice oil a mac m~egaphone.
Tragedy was all fire and thunder and re-
yerberating blank verse. They didn't
tmpersonate human beings, these men
they im~personated volcanic eruptions:
Edwin Forrest played Vesuvius. not Viz
Utnsss, and shall We suppose thai We ohangs
our style OF waistcoast but go right on DO
Ing oontented with the same old style
q ramat wear, which u 20 u moro
tnportant!'
here We interrupted. 10 u % much
more important No inquired. III sease
y but amusement while our waistooats-
.x1mss- said tho Pessimist. you're going
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svsFy waistooAt beats . heart. and behind
eyegy drama and every piece OF acting
H. ought 70 % an pdea. the idee OF repre-
oenang NE truly. saneiy. helpfulfy. Nov.
eners's JUST ons way 70 90 that. either for
Qxnmatist or actor--he must follow the
eemion OF his time. As Ptnero. In an sd-
drses on stevenson as q dramatiss. re-
marked. there's at least q sure rule In
playmakng. Q cannot pour new wine into
od bottles. Vrginius. Tor instance. u a
nnpeed OLD bottle IL Won't hold wine. II
oumeoody shoud write q play to-day Just
tae 'vtrginius. every bit a. good OF its kind.
nppody would 60 70 SEQ It. because Tor III 1t
yaopdnt % NE. it would b hopelsssly
s9isd. ARTIFICIAL. And II some actor should
nFaee TO play 7sIn the good old heroic fashion
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