Word: tragedians
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...give some claim to his title of "America's favorite actor." On Monday and Thursday he will appear in "The Gladiator;" Tuesday, "Othello;" Wednesday, "Brutus;" Friday (benefit of the actor), "King Lear;" Saturday matinee, "Ingomar;" Saturday evening, "Jack Cade." This will be an opportunity, seldom afforded, of seeing the tragedian in almost his entire repertory...
...ever. Of the support, little favorable can be said. Miss Storrs, as Georgina, is one of the most thoroughly ladylike actresses we have seen on our stage. Mr. Sothern appears as Lord Dundreary to-night, and to-morrow afternoon and evening; next week he will appear in "The Crushed Tragedian...
...plain that any departure from this rule tends to reduce murder to butchery. It is only a vulgar mind which can delight in blood or in mutilation; we may compare a piece of work treated in a bloody, filthy, or mutilating manner to the ranting of a poor tragedian. There is also another reason for this first principle: if the work is not done cleanly it presents an appearance of bungling or hesitation, and nothing is more fatal than that to the impressiveness of the murder. If the artist does not make it plain that he has treated his subject...