New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
On a New Style of Acting
Where the Players Appear To Be Headng-Comment on
the New French Play
By Ralph Block

in play
ovnon the acting the last fortnight has Drought " '
is certainly extraordinary and surprising ,,. -. Tho
George Moore has his best to ravish the achievements Oh M
~ Ri. ART 10 be parasitic one feeding another not
~ ~ all hut merely the product of that most elementary
rse that of imitation there time none the less w
~ attended seeking much thrill that baseball fan 0U
dord The dramatic Of La b and Le"es ana i"A
are personalities Habits View OF she Eng, d; forgetf and
M catalogue of the his time and 1t Is only IN
nnpd moments there that he stops 70 stay wv t
When Haz rode higher horse than most 81 ~ , entirely
between the book talked about ART II was &C., - e
from tbe standpoint of the 1t Is pure enof " w
imagination (which throws the mind ouo Oh % IL we're
posed of others and enables ~ 70 l ns about the
at home" Playgoers Hazlts day didn't care Vuppen ~
rlay was performance they were LOOKING lot that not
written about the sNaf
~ rI l. left in it. But own theatres mas nov"
been the thing pervaded the English theatre OF @ sMe
Stars have been chiefly goodLoohg anu th ordinariv
persons well vered tricks of the theatre and more ah M
possessed power hypnotic the willing CROWD
bt made them valuable purely for themselves NOBODY pre-
tends any more Maude Adams is great actress @ S ~
agree she is peculiarly the K1d Oh pei'on i ~ r.
Barrie puts his pays'
It just quality however Of fitting the actor b;rb outfit we'll
orns with elementary tricks of the stage nave neo 'e
casts The discovery Of the type @ mas ob ever seemed
the stage hoO0u' -.
was necessary to go any than that Acting as resu
almost d that speaking loudly expressed passion and speaking softly sx
pressed ordinary Of life THESE ear are +b Voices rose and it
their employers the heroic style say OF ha "a n Of bel
And vet the stage is renewed weekly on % for
ns that mistaken Of feebleness that is mistaken %
restraint
, situation that the which breaks upon the
- IN 4h nrssron of John Drew Of and in lesser
~ Of Norman Trevor Taylor takes on sgnncance | ~
bn to do with the plays in What is actually nspps
t ,se is that the play matter importance one
generation ont most the situations h the ewes Of public
lin unawares whether theory and shaky one at
bcbv personal corporeazing characters MY
Nngue anu NJ prewhough must judgment lacking
own judgment Of MI & Of nv coeagues-s "The
Cav Lord ouex fashion Of acting " hne tnat II mas INV
out all the base and has devoted 'e ene
IMAGINATIVE creation return to Hazt Of throwing the m
itself into the supposed sSon xbI and Mrs siddon did their
of Habits day. hean hoe ~ "a b r.ional
hest 70 accomplish day OF rOmantcsm ana n
- rv forcing actors their mannesm' when they
hasn't done yet or hadn't wh N Cas- George who
last Wednesday journey out Of her own
of comedy familiar haunt Of drama and did 1t WIN SO a &
b actors manner of stereOtyped methods and WIN
so much understanding Of human manners at anu
the critics of whom found her poorly " s" anu
others discovered a hitherto unreveaied W.
sbwn who issued opinion that he did quite against the
Of those persons who claim an expert M % that Of Mr. sSer
win was Bnn who supplied the thrill OF the evening Ana
vet to my eyes did than give discretion ue
Conventional reading fitting the accepted mould Of the actors
method axms and precept revealing his authority
knowledge, warmth Of creative understanding
WHAT really has happened thing that has
w happened Thunder the sign It's genius n
thunder given steadily the most subtle graduation OF
what Of pianist like G0dow is the neSeapa
t ba, dropped its thunder-that with its long
hair its taperg fingers heavily accented rhythm stead
right Of the simplicity that almost unbelievable The actor
talked good deal about Mr. Norman Trevor But Mr.
deal Of the profit the old actor would have
and Miss George devo himself in The
of quietly bh stroke there
COLOR until the entire figure stands
the
of that
charsetsr most pygoers the
part that highly TYPICAL easily lost
familiarity surrounded THE Wooing OF Eve with
though relieved by oilancy
Miss Taylor makes Miss AverOn take on life
vitality Of the interior Of her mind the quite
vitality
Of sensitive imagination 1t true that she has not gone so Tar
antr method Mannertsm still cng
unnecessarily that might be easily shaken Of
bel that Mr. Drew has hidden pon
long elected to play
which
generally gentle which will allow him to approach tho
"The but which
xeng himself further feeling the futly
and vanity Of violence
Miss be
"Llsvstn" Playhouse is
generally understood that when the French play first selected for odue
hands playwright who has his
knowledge Broads he has been lacking
talents This exactly happened previously other plays by
Of the
Minded Witnesses