Word: actor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Professor G. P. Baker '87 spoke on the college actor and his relation to the professional stage at the open meeting of the Dramatic Club yesterday afternoon. In his talk he emphasized the need of plasticity in the college actor, pointing out the tendency of amateur actors to simply learn the lines of the author, and neglecting to correctly impersonate the character. The college actor should remember that he is merely a color in a pattern, a part of a "stock company", not a star of the evening. Professor baker stated that the only way to build up a role...
...open meeting of the Dramatic Club to be held in the Territorial Club Room of the Union this afternoon at 4 o'clock, Leslie Faber, the leading man in "Romance," will talk about the actor's point of view of the drams. This is the first of a series of such meetings, dealing with the practical side of the stage. All members of the University interested are invited to be present...
...pros and cons of the Parsifal question, of considerable moment since the expiration of the Bayrenth copyright. There seems to be a slight inconsistency between the statement that Parsifal as a character is one of Wagner's dramatic failures and the following acknowledgement that a good singing actor can make the role entirely convincing. But all this is not to carp unduly. The problem in all criticism, musical or general, is how to hold the balance true between courage and personal conviction and a broad estimate of different aspects. The unsigned accounts of the individuality and style of Erie Satie...
...With the possible exception of Benchley, J. R. O. Perkins is the best comic actor Harvard has had for years. He alone would make a show worth seeing. In "The Legend of Loravia," however, he is by no means alone. Hodges does a remarkable piece of acting in two contrasting roles; so completely does he differentiate the twins that one almost expects him to walk up to himself at the end and stand beside himself for the final chorus. Freedley makes a fascinat- ing and talented heroine, and wears his clothes and manages his hands with unusual ease and naturalness...
...Johnstone Forbes-Robertson, the well-known English actor, has written an approval of the policy of the Dramatic Association in producing three plays this year. He suggests a variation of the productions, and mentions the advantages of presenting Shakespeare, saying that Shakespeare demands of his actors good elocution and articulation--the greatest assets in acting. W. M. Davis has discussed the practical value of dramatics in colleges, but is strongly opposed to the impersonation of female characters by young men, giving as his reason that such impersonations tend to make one less manly, and force one into being...