Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-05
A "ToM JACK" GIRL
LA GARDENiA
MATURE" IN ACTING


William A. Brady has approved ths
scenario OF new play in which he will
star Louis Mann. Tho production has
been deferred until spring because OF
Mr.. Mann's vaudeville success in con-
densation of "All on Account of Eliza"
The new play, designed to present Mr.
Mann in a serious role, quite different
from anything that he has assumed, is
to be the Joint work of Louis Lipsky
and Herman Bernstein, well known
novelists. translators and writer's Of short
stories of Jewish life.
Mr.. Lipsky, well known to the Jewish
secular press, is the author of Where
Childhood Is a MYTH" treating of the
life of Jewish boy brought up in a pro-
yincial American city. He is editor-in-
chief of The Maecabsan and an editorial
writer for the American Hebrew. He
mas written one-act symbolic play.
The Shofar" dealing with the Jewish
nationalstic idea. Another, based upon a
story by Guy de Maupassant, will be
performed this winter by tho American
school of Dramatic Art.
MIR. Bernstein is a translator NJ p,.-
N4NSA9tdAC d4u Was the nrgf
to Introduce in this country the works os
Maxim Gorky and Anton Cheshov. ua
Is the author of "Contrita Hearts " =
mover. Ills magazine stories OF Jewish
me nave won praise from Max Nordau-
israel Zangwill and Henry Van DYKE.
Much is heard about nature. IN act.
ing and about the necessity OF .feelings
on the part of an actor" SAYS Uvs,i,.ss.
winter, dean of dramatic critics. scrh.
point mas been too often obac,,rad -
ignorant or careless reasoning An scfos
VINO abdicates intellectual sunrenacr,
ceases to bo an actor, for he never csy,
present consistent, harmonious work
ylsiu 70 unchecked feeling is to go to
pieces. The actor who makes his suaSsras
weep Is not he who himself weeps. but ha
VINO seems to weep. He will have the
teeling, but he will control il and use ~
ana ne VIII not show it in the manner ~
actual life. Mrs. Slddons said OF bArseJs
that she had got credit for the truth ana
leshng OF her acting when she was only
renewing her own heart Of its rrief. b,yt
Mrs. Siddons knew how to act whatever
were ner personal emotions-for it was
sns VINO admonished young actor saw.
ing, fou feel too much Besides aver,
ARTIST mas characteristic, Individual way.
Ii the representative OF Hamlet viii ex.
press the FEELINGS of Hamlet. will convey
$500 " WIG duQleHCc ana Will mako tha
poetic ideal an actual person, 1t makes M
lIiterence whether no is excited or ouies-
cent Feeling did not usually run awav
with Dion Boucicault; yet he could ACT
paudy ODowd so as to convuIse An
.udlence with sympathy and grief. JEFF
lerson' the quintessence of tenderness.
1ften accomplished the same result Will
Rip Van Wrinkle. In one case the feelins
vas assumed and controlled; In the other.
experienced and controlled. Acting fa an
LFI ana not a spasm; and when You saw
3ooth as Hamlet you saw noble exep1-
lncailon OF that act-the ideal of q poet.
supplied with physical investiture and
o the level of common life"
In the case of the dramatized .Riaht or
Nay' recently presented in New York
Win Guy Standing In the role OF Charley
teele, the departure from the book Is
,ortn noticing. Eugene v. Presbrey, in
is stage version, allows three years 10
lapse between the second ana third
Genes. In the book the period Is eight
lontns, and this extension Of time opena
p the avenue for everything that follows.
teele IS shown in the third scene living
nVlous OF the past, his memory blank
eyond the time when he awoke TO finC
imself in Portugais' hut For three
ears he has lived thus, and in the new
.Vifonment he has become a new man.
lso-and this is the point on which the
hole play hinges-he has fallen in love
ith Resale Evanturel and is beloved by
er. In the book love comes slowly ana
tier Steele has recovered his memory
nd Is in full possession OF a knowledge
the past BY introducing the attach
ent between Steele and Rosalie, while
le former is still unconscious of his
-evious life Mr.. Presbrey has Of course.
nmensely simplded the situation. since
le limitations of the drama necessitafe
lie selection of one dominant motive, the
Election of the love motive seems q
lturai and inevitable choice.
No more applications for membership
IL be considered by the FFiars until
lrther notice. This announcement at
SITS the growth OF the club OF New York
-ess agents. which has become & potent
ctor IN Broadway life. There are now
0 Friars and 200 names are on the watt
& list. In eight months the organiza-
1n has grown from mere handful OF
rents to q solid body OF men. LEASING
abToonas IN the Hermitage.