Word: speak
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Articulation is at the same time the lowest and the highest aim of the comedian's art. It is that which is at all times necessary, especially when one appears to the public. The theatre is not a room: it is necessary to speak loudly and audibly on the stage, and never in a tone of every day conversation. Even if you recite, do not speak as if you were addressing friends. Art without style is no art at all. Play a character as the author intended it should be played: give life to every scene, make it full...
...talk is to modulate; give your words the proper coloring. To say everything is to say too much: true art lies between. Speak so that the most vulgar prose may sound like the most refined poetry...
...French gentleman in every sense of the word; an intelligent actor and a profound scholar. He is one of the leading Molieristes of his time, his criticism of Tartuffe being considered a remarkable piece of work. As M. Coquelin is a complete master of the subject he will speak upon, his lecture cannot fail to be of interest to all those desirous of knowing the art of the true comedian. In order to avoid a crowd only those having tickets will be admitted. Members of the university will please apply to Mr. S. A. Bayer, 39 Grays, who will...
...probable that two or three public meetings will be held by the Verein during the winter, at which gentlemen well known to the students will be invited to speak in German on some timely subject...
...open to all members of the University, and all are invited to participate in the discussions. A student who has spoken twice from the floor becomes thereby eligible for membership. The easy access to the society must prove an additional incentive to men who desire to learn to speak well...