Word: actor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Beerbohm Tree, the well-known English actor has accepted an invitation to address Harvard students under the auspices of the Press Association. The address will probably be given some afternoon about April...
...March 11 and is certain to be a great event theatrically and will partake of the nature of a social function as well. Since he first became a star, three seasons ago, he has rapidly forged to the front, until he stands in the position of a leading American actor who produces American plays and with American companies. His art is such that there can be no denial of his success, and every play that he has produced has been noted, not alone for its literary merit, but for a beauty and completeness of production that are certainly remarkable...
...hard to explain the cause of his unquestionable popularity. He delivers his comedy lines in a rich, nonchalant manner that is characteristic of society men, club men, and men about town. His success is due in a measure to the fact that there does not seem to be any actor at present who can reproduce this manner in the same degree of naturalness that Mr. Drew imparts to every character he assumes. Everything he says and does in modern comedy roles seems so spontaneous that the spectators become oblivious to the fact that he is merely acting a part...
...Carleton, entitled "A Gilded Fool." The play has already made a great success here and when presented at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, had a run of four weeks. In "A Gilded Fool" Mr. Goodwin plays a part that is particularly adapted to his abilities as an actor, which are by no means restricted to humorous or farcical work. As Chauncy Short in "A Gilded Fool" he is called on to act in scenes of pathos, and he shines as brightly in this field as in the realms of comedy. The play has a story with a motive, which...
...4tThe Columbia Theatre will present this week Mr. Harry Lacy in the new play, "The Man from the West." This is a finely woven, well-worked plot with a story of absorbing interest. Each character in the play is of a nature that requires an especially clever actor to properly delineate it, and to this end the supporting company is particularly strong, the role's fitting each as if written for him. Mr. Lacy will have support of the following well-known people: Arthur Eliot, Payton Gibbs, Dore Davidson, Ernest Willard, J. E. Donnelly, Morrell Beane, Edward Maas, James Dunham...