The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-05-03


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W"ui ul various LIuus u.fpr. aUu vu.
accorded Go" hIsl place uu tUr stage
which Nrr merit EHsr Goo urr Iu mpU
.H... .H Juliet Viola. tlH.uIuu. IHrhtf.
Iu'i.hr lulnvttn lHu Mar, Tudor Hl,
.IH WON thU WtruuHi admiration of tuy
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/ think few people can realize how
fierce has been the strife la regard to
women ON the stage aud how difficult
10 has been for them TO convince IA,
world at large Of the importance Of
their harl-wun position and their
bnenccnt influence upon dramatic art
/ am speaking now of the past Hap.
PLY at the present stage OF dramatic
development womnns standard Is as
high and her position as assured a.
mans.
II was not always 80. Looking back
to the age OF oppression aud intoler.
lncc when In 1860 woman first APP
pcarod In dramatic representations.
We nnd her entrance marked an era
In dramatic Advancement The first
record Of womau's appearance upon
he stage a. December g. 1860 Tho
play was shakespeare "Othcllo." and
the HosdomOuu was played by wom-
an. There has been considerable doubt
is 10 whom this honor belongs Some
have given Il TO Anne Marshall The
more general suppositlon is that Mar.
garct Hughes deserves this right to.
Immortality. We have Pcpys' author.
ny for Il that women appeared In XII
ligrcw's company In London on Janu-
airy 2. 1861. In Beaumont and Flotch.
er's "Beggars Bush"
Their early appearances were re.
coived with great disfayor Dr. Domn
tells rs that the writer's Of the time
denounced the first actresses "a "un
womanish and graceless meaning
that they were ungainly and unfoml-
nine. but that play-actlng In itself
was below their dignity. GLAD | am
TO say" remarked Thomas Brand.
speaking OF these actresses. that they
were Kissed. hooted aud pippin-pclted
from the stage, 30 that ! do not think
they will soon be- ready 10 try the same
again" lie adds that well.disposed
people were rlghtCously Indignant ut
these women. whom Pyrnnc. rigor.
GUS puritan OF the time. called mon
sters."
Notwithstanding the marked dis
favor with which they were first re-
cciyed. reasonable and scrlous-mlndcd
persons could not fail TO see the pro.
priety Of Juliet ana Dcsdomona being
acted by girls rather than boys II
would appear that Immediately upon
this important progressive step the
artistic need for woman's appearance
must have been generally felt
We read that soon afterward ac-
tresses were In great demand II was
found that they not only increased the
popularity OF the thcaters In which
they performed, but that their coop.
Grafton was Indispensable Ia the prop
err presoL,-aon OF any play. They
made possible fullness and beauty
OF Interpretation which had not been
dreamed OF before
Take for single example the wom-
en- OF Shakespeare. They stand a.
vivid types OF truth and beauty. They
are 80 alive with the warmth Of fem.
inlnlty that their expression by other
than women Is In itself monstrous
sacrlloge. a play performed by men
can hardly be- imagined to-day and
the wonder Is that such an absurdlty
ever existed.
The realization Of the necessity OF