Word: actor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: There was a reason why the University should honor one who has adorned the profession of an actor. It is a part of a university's work to draw attention to imaginative literature, which consists largely of plays, both comedies and tragedies. The University rightly honors one who has exquisitely interpreted this part of literature. To elevate young men by speech should be the aim of a university, and this an actor knows how to do. I present to you tonight one who has inspired and elevated hundreds of thousands of human beings, Mr. Joseph Jefferson...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND MR. PRESIDENT: I do not know whether you are aware of the fact, but tonight is an excellent example, that an actor enjoys nothing so much as a good round of applause. First, it shows that I am welcome, and secondly, it gives me a chance to think what I shall say next. I do not mean to say that I have come to address you unprepared, nor am I exactly like Mr. Lowell, who said he got off the best after dinner speeches he ever made, coming home...
With regard to preparation, rehearsal means preparation. It is more important for an actor to be prepared than any other man. While a writer has a chance to revise his work, the picture which an actor presents upon the stage is indelible and can never be gone over again. Therefore preparation is most important and speaking of preparation, an anecdote occurs to me. The last evening that Mr. Florence and I gave "The Rivals" together in New York, Mr. Florence suggested that we arrange our speeches. This I thought to be an excellent plan, and accordingly we prepared our little...
...going to vote agin it and so's my wife. Daniel Webster, when he was a boy, got it into his head that he had to study books. So he went to Boston and never was heard of again." To go back to oratory and acting, many actors have wondered why they have failed in making speeches, and many orators have been surprised that they have not succeeded on the stage. While many of the attributes are the same, as clear articulation, graceful gesture, impressive manner, and magnetism, they separate at a certain point. The orator must be impressive...
...HAVEN, CONN., May 2. - Joseph Jefferson, the actor, lectured at Yale today on "Dramatic Art." He was introduced by President Dwight, and a crowded and fashionable audience was present...