The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17

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and the same persons in the casts with
them. When they came here they
found themselves in entirely new en-
yironments, both as to the stage and
the people O. 1t. In some instances
the parts which they have played were
familiar to them before. but it is not
uncommon for different managers to
make alterations in lines and scenes,
and SO these players have had to re-
arrange in their minds the parts they
once have learned and speak and play
them In different form than that to
winch they were accustomed. Not so.
very different, perhaps, but little
lang often cause more inconveni-
ence than greater ones, and make nee
essary closer attention to the work in
hand.
Not thatsFthe season here has been.
exceptional in this respect. 1t lis h
81 Inc regulation difficulties that con-
front players who change from n
STOCK theater to another and from a
management to another.
NOW just a word as to the attitude
OF the player himself toward the work
OF a. stock company. Awhile ago.
sonlething was said to the effect that
an audience that sits and watches a
STOCK company's performance gets it's
moneys worth, and here is n of the
reasons for that fact-it sees good,
hard conscientious work, done by peo-
PIE who are in business because they
can act. p not because they natur-
ally look like or naturally are any
particular character. These people
like the stage, like their profession.
and SO they are willing to work hard to
do Justice to it. Their anxiety ca an
pear as they should and act as thew
should In the portrayal Of the different
rag that are assigned to them
would be almost pathetic if 1T were
not such serious proposition with
them. They try to do away with all.
n~nake-believe in their plays. There.
is no "just as good with them. Even
in minor details they go to what ont
siders would regard as foolish care to
be exact.
For example: If a man is playing
ID part In which he should ba dressed
In old boots, he finds a pair Of old
boots and wears them; liz clothing OF.
some particular u should be worn
Sny any particular ~perscular person. he
does all he can (and usually succeeds)
ITO get clothes of that cut, not make
shift made by pinnirg up coat tails Or
taking q reef in al shirt. In the per-
8forTla1ce of Shore Acres there were
two notable instances of this. One
Of these was the frost on the window
in the last act. Probably everybody
n stIlS auulGHcS nOIlced that it@WaS
practical frost; that 1T could be rub
bed off. The other was the introduce
tion In the same act, Of a real. live
baby, not al doll or a dummy wrapped
I'M clothing and there are hundreds of
people who will testify thai III was an
exceptionally good baby.
These are little things, trifies. But
they are the best possible example of
the kind of work that stock
does, the minute way in which the
members look after their work in orr
der to have lit exact. Columns might
be written about the care with which
the scenery for the productions has
been prepared but that Isl outside ~
the realm OF the actor himself, and
should be treated seperate1y. IT
which ID extended iii stock ia making
All as nearly perfect as it can be.
With all these things to content
With, all these things To think OF ii Is