Word: actor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Irving M.A., who has been playing in repertoire during the past week at the Colonial Theatre, Boston, will give an address on "The Art and Status of the Actor" in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock...
...Irving, who has been playing in repertoire during the week at the Colonial Theatre, will give an address on "The Art and Status of the Actor" in the Living Room of the Union next Monday evening at 8 o'clock...
...Chapeau d'un Orloger" is a humorous play, filled with ridiculous situations in which the butler, the chief actor, places himself. He has broken a very old and valuable clock and, fearing the irritable temper of his master. has bribed the chambermaid to say nothing about it, and also to secure a clockmaker to fix it. The clockmaker comes and examines the clock, but on his departure leaves his hat. The butler hides the hat, but it is found by another servant and brought, to the master, to whom the butler tells many lies to clear himself. He again hides...
...Ernem Perrin, the well known Paris actor, who coached the players last year, will again act in the same capacity. A. M. Hurlin 1G., who contributed largely to the musical success of the play last winter, will act as musical director this year. No definite dates for the performances have yet been given. They will probably take place in Brattle Hall, Cambridge, and in Jordan Hall, Boston. On October 15 M. Perrin will meet all the members who wish to try for parts in the plays, and rehearsals will begin soon after that date...
...doing any good when they compare their art with practical human work which supplies a pressing need. The justification of the drama must be found in its power to soften the brutal instincts which lie hidden in every man. Acting today is becoming specialized, and the range of actors is growing smaller. The actors of the past generation were better in Shakespearian roles than modern actors: but today plays are perfectly mounted and the actors excel in showing the problems of every day life. In modern plays there is less outward motion and more exposition of human consciousness, less noise...