Evening star., 1915-10-10

ing and studying It throughout the
No two audiences are alike. and one
ng degrees. For example. there 10 the
lily audience that Invariably laughs
nd applauds at the wrong time and in
he wrong places; There is the cold.
there Is the discriminating audience
with powers OF appraising the worth
Of q player and play. whose response
always arrives at exactly the Psyche
Individuals in an audience never
count. 1t is the unit-en masse-that
we play to. Mr.. Jefferson, I believe.
that he often found sort of secret
pleasure In picking out one person in
front and watching. as opportunity Of
fered. the effect Of his work upon that
whether or mot he was playing up to
the usual right key. But personally
1 think this a dangerous guide for
most Of US to go by. Ono particular
pleased at anything or everything. and
his neighbor may be Of cynical turn
and a sophisticated theatergoer, who Is
never moved to enthusiasm.
play does not weigh the relative shares
that the author and the actor contribute
to his enjoyment The player who has
the skill to draw q vivid picture Of the
ing the public considerably to properly
understand the authors purpose Yet,
often. the actor gets the entire credit
for q new stage creation, and vice
the theater with totally wrong idea
Of the intrinsic values Of the characters
drawn by the author and the interpre-
tation Of those characters by the
players.
O. p. Hegkfe. one Of the finished and
subtle actors of the stage today. made
his first appearance in America in 1907
with Ellen Terry as Juvenile lead In
Nance Oldneld," on a tour which in
cluded Washington. Boston and other
large eastern cities. In 1912 he made
personal triumph In The New Sin" in
New York and Chicago.
Mr.. Heggie was the original tramp In
Haddon Chambers play OF Passers
BY" and studied the part by sleeping
out for q fortnight on the Thames En-
bankment with the waits and strays of
London When the dress rehearsal
came Charles Frohman objected to
Heggie's makeup as too realistic. but
II was finally allowed to pass and his
appearance as the derelict will long be
Iremem bered.
He has had varied and versatile ca
reer. He spent four years in Australia
with Charles Hawtrey's comedy COM
pany and has many interesting remini-
Besides his extremely quaint Judge
Botai as The Man Who Married q
Dumb Wife" and his irresistibly wist-
fui %Androeies ~, in shaws play. M
Ounce Quiz In "A Midsummer Nights
Dream" and as DR.. bennington in Ber-
latter author recently sendins him an
autographed copy of his plays TO the
one and inimitable." Mr.. Hegsie was
selected by Barrie. Shaw, Galsworthy.
appear in their plays at the Reper-
toire Theater In London. where he
made a personal success In Justice"
'Prunella," "Misalliance" and other
plays.
LaeAaye's wit-Apropos Of the caus-
tic wit of Wilton Lackaye. the follow
ing Is told: A dramatic student wrote
him asking: "Who 10 the greatest
American actress?' who is the great
est American actor?" What would
you do II you were criticr' Lackaye
replied to the nrst: Mrs Fiske": to
the second. "Modesty forbids." and to
the third ''Resign."
A New Poll P1ayer-A new member
Of the Poll Company Will make his
debut tomorrow night He Is Robert
L Taggart. q graduate Of the famous
Alcazar Theater stock company Of San
Francisco. who has also played long
engagements at the Baker Theater,
Portland. Ore; the Olympic Theater.
Spokane. and the Seattle Theater. Seat
tie. Wash.
This is not Mr.. Tagsarts first ap-
pearance In Washington. although II IL
his first opportunity to appear here in
stock. He was a member Of the origi-
nal cast Of THE Prince Of India"
which had its FIRST performance on any
stage at the National Theater some
years ago. with William Farnum. EN-
NETT Corrigan and J. E Dodson in the
cast.