Word: lyn
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...best, as always when subdued, tending to become theatrical when roused to any great pitch of emotion. Miss Mackay's Anne Bullen could hardly have been bettered, portraying as it did the willful, attractive personality of Henry's second wife. But the master characterization of all was Lyn Harding's King Henry. The easy going, blustering, good-natured king, slow to anger, but strong in his wrath when aroused, was played to perfection by an actor who should be used to playing parts that way. The remainder of the cast, with the unfortunate exception of the Duke of Buckingham, were...
...Vitality is the essence of the performance. The Wolsey of Sir Herbert Tree, the King Henry of Mr. Lyn Harding, the Queen Katharine of Miss Edith Wynne Matthison seem to have stepped from the canvasses of Holbein at Hampton Court, so veracious are they in posture and costume. But they do more than fill the eye. The vigor and pulse of their reality and the magnetism of their life touch our emotions and make us understand the human qualities of these princely beings...
Greatest of all in the way of acting, however, was the "Svengali" of Lyn Harding. His personality was the dominant note throughout the play and his impersonation of the malevolent hypnotist was an admirably powerful one. There were times, perhaps, when the effectiveness of his presence was marred by the mechanism of the stage. The occasional use of a green light upon his features, for instance, detracted rather than added to the force of several otherwise highly dramatic scenes...