The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

~ bAoO GAOOuS 1NOJIlI0S.
sister, the great Mrs. Shdon.. were dr.v.
ing Shakespeare with somethng Ii-,o ,,..
sonable becomlngness.
Mrs. Siddons, as Lady Mscbe,h ah.,.
uohed hoops, and wore her own l,pb. h.,.
WITHOUT powder. plainly braided shou. ~,
neaa She represented the part a. n ,,,,
"isht, nervous woman. and dressed ,, e..
"''ehtuate these qualities. Ken,I,,o NO..
se"erany accurate, though he is s,,1 :,
nave played Othello in the upif,rua
nri'!sh officer Of his own day. N which .,.
'harles Lambs much vauuta,i y. rsia.
,aso, would be a correspond t,or,o
MS drcss OF n London banI, cler,, ~ ,-m
hcmb'e's llotspur, too. looks III,
uheh hussar Of 1900 or thcr,,b,,. a.,
"' the other portraits I have s..r ., ,..
as ''afhiet' Cato. King John, R.cb,rI
.'" " rupuious regard for tie u, ,,s
proPer III adornment. Lamb says =. rr.
-, ~ '""i' His picture as Hamlet hv {
'V"has Lawrence shows the then ,,.,,
t cHch uress with, oddly enough
"'sn pI'tieh nat that might be n ,lr.sl d,
~ tiIc ftath"red atrocitv knox
u the earlier enactors Of "classc,I, 80,
edy. J. -. Booth dlspI,ys r. "N
as Richard a similar suryiv,I ~, r..-
cred unfittest. How long a h,d 49,,
a-dyinS. The truth is man, n,.
nave been small men and hay,. cl",r 49,.
,'naciousIy, perhaps. to such t.,,.
height on the stage.
l snail not continue the line t,r,bor ..
'hr nineteenth century. EImfi,J ~
II LONDON stage from 1913 T., ~.
"Hu""S very appropriately dressed ~ sc
u''i'r"us character portraits. N, r,ar
! "..'S' 'harieS kean, Edwin Eooil ,o.n..
cialy at Booths Theatre. rrv,,..
'''N'"' daN producers ~ Snltc>r.,-
$50 " nave Strlrcn To- attain the 'i..o..
""Srec OF scenic II s,r,nri,r .,rr.
IN 'heir offerings. Tndiv!du,r fam, -,
"n'h ldetlizatiun have been p,...,i..J ,-
III general from the bc,,nu.r- g., st.
.'eduE management Of CoN..t G,rl..
800 10 the present time artists l,,a Wei
N'n on" another TO produce a so,,.a. ,,.
~ inc spirit asd the real or pu,.t.,r ...s
"l tho Play involved.
''"""p'E no girl Of the tine Of J....t o.
'"''''' '"hat"ver that time was So
~ 50 'NIulsi'cly clad as Wa N.fv g..
IN y Ll''li Terry. 10 real SCOT u( H.
''"' I, MicDeth whenever that vlsl va
80 oarparic as Sir Herbert Ire. or .,.y.m
no contemporary Of Viola va, ever 9
lively 10 behold AS vas Adelaide N.'>-r
' i''ANit4N 4.Sl a.. Tor 'ENI
'"' original as were Carries unI his ron
YET suggested perfectly III, far ..os -.
Iltin or the grim reality of pru- 70 ~
carry times. And that is what ", have i,s
'"hIe to demand From dc.adp 20 ...a.,
VIC "details vary. uccordins {, t.. i,s-.r
VI inc hour, out In" dress I'M. V,''
:" ir essentials suggest ~" tine #s-
nation has set for the plan.
In closing, | wish to protcs, a.. .s
''hs'fulnS Of my words into q pu.. s,,.
domination Of tho eighteenth .ru'-r. .u'
A' dressing Shakespeare a. they tt =
"o"Iu nc UNFAIR to expect them o. 81 p'
of eyes, obviously they mIs' g., .Hs
stage a. they found II.
II PROBABLY would sot have OF ,,.
TICK mead to try for the .or, o.. r."
Vos'umlng that Irving aifcctod -
ms DAY had ever rtainci or ... D. Pc.
me movement was a century a. , p
me growing Tho traditional dr..
'o"k and Fa!staf was Il, l.-,.
Micklin, who lived to 10, G,..
"lh' had something T. de- W.T. t... .
',l't't' "" II was that. a ia. .,.... "
IN" stag" the ~Idnsdowur H..
VITA It's comic Shyinch, and 'r
Hldh'sp"dre's Merchant yet,
Nhyloch N Jewish gabatdlu
'oNent Garden, hr for III, I'm,
apparently t" Gtrriyh'. ,.--r. =
Macbeth aud lis follow Scot, .. POO
TIRE John Komhl,, IN Ia, ,u.'.... .'
ABLY was the GcAt lunovatur ,r ...
ana after him Macready. Ol O.. '
Henderson, famed IN tn hti,r -... .
eighteenth century. rather rl..
on having Performed ten Chlra, . '
same coat.
iTopdDiy, II Coildenlnlur ti.t.~. '