The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-17
ecessary; to improvise .bnsiness. Y

necessary; to improvise business to
help out your companion on the stage
at any time by giving him the lines
perhaps-that is, by repeating enough
Of them under your breath sc that he
can pick them UP himself; or 1t may
mean hat you will have to jump from
place to place in your own speeches
until he hits upon n that will bring
you back to the text of your own work
SO that you can go on as you learned
it.
What is the result? This: That the
stock companies include some of the
best and greatest actors of the day.
Not, perhaps, some of the theatrical
people whose names. are o%ftenest seen
on the billboards or appear in fiashy
stage literature. There is a distinction
land a Observation-Disclosures the man
who is put on h stage to represent
a certain character because he is him
self that character, and who only has
to accustom himself to the footlightS
and the audience and then be natural
In order to fill the part, and the man
who, having an individuality and q
character of his own, is able to drop
that personality and u another
so completely that4it fits him as If he
were born to it.
This latter nan is the actor. He.
can play more than one part well. He
As NIlOI IlIItlSSils Which, IiS1 ID y a &Gtd6Cs
he is the mar whom he is represents
ing, though that man and himself may
be as different as different as a be-.
That is acting, and IT. is IN stock that
such ability as that is bred and devel-
Eoped. And because that ability is
there, the audience which goes to see
a stock company play does not see a
ance, but instead, and in the truest
sense, a theatrical performance that.
has the highest claim to just that
anne
In other words, while an audience
which sits and watches an actor with
a world famous name may have paid
its money only to see that man be his.
natural self in artificial situations. the
audience that sees a stock company In
which every actor plays a different
part each week, sees real acting, and.
gets Its moneys worth of What 1T paid
to see.
To put it briefly stock, means act.
ing. You can add another proposition
too and say that acting means work
Do YOU doubt ftp Here lis al sample OF
what would appear In the diary of a.
stock actor, IL he thought 1T worth
while to keep such a. thing as a diary:
BHUp at 8 a. m. and had breakfast; 10
IA. M rehearsal; Up. M, dinner: 1880
Ito 5s30sp. m, studied part; $50 p. m..
shaved; $3.50 p. M. dinner. 7il5 m1..5
went TO dressing room and began
Sance, 8:15 to- HOO p. M. the play.
s1I:30 b. m. ito 1880 d.. m, lunch and
talking with other fellows in the COM
pany; 1890 to51 80 III, m, studied part;
TAO d nn,s turned.Mi In leaving call at
the office for 8 O'clock.
How would you like to work on that
schedule, especially during hot
months?
For the second point suppose we
refer to the stock company here at
the Grand which plays two plays ev-
cry night and two different plays ev-
week and is considered by thesat-,
,rieal people to be one OF the most sue
3cessfui companies In this country, as
an illustration. Some of HI players
whom yon have perhaps seen here
have been IN stock work all the year
mother cities. They have been accus-
toned ia having certain SURROUNDINGS