London Days a book of Reminiscences
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I am speaking of him now as an actor, not as an actor-manager. When I first saw him, I thought him the worst actor there could be in the world. I was young then, but I had seen much fine acting, great acting. I had grown almost to man- hood under the great art of Edwin Booth. Hamlet was the first part I saw Irving play. I suppose that, even then, I knew the lines almost as well as Irving himself. I thought he was speaking Choctaw, or Yorkshirese. His vowels confounded him. They confused me. The... effect was distressing. After Hamlet I had seen him, during '79, in revivals of SIR HENRY IRVING 193 "Richelieu" (which did not impress me much), "Charles I" (which did impress me), "Eugene Aram", "The Bells", and one or two other parts.
It was on November 1, 1879, that he produced "The Merchant of Venice." This was the first of the "great productions" at the Lyceum under his man- agement. His reign actually began then, for then he began fully to exercise his powers. The Tubal scene revealed all Irving's defects; they stood be- tween his Shylock and my eyes and ears; they barked at me, jumped at me like grotesque mani- kins ; I sympathised with the old lady who is reported to have said, after an hour of Irving's Hamlet : "Does that young man come on often?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I am speaking of him now as an actor, not as an actor-manager. When I first saw him, I thought him the worst actor there could be in the world. I was young then, but I had seen much fine acting, great acting. I had grown almost to man- hood under the great art of Edwin Booth. Hamlet was the first part I saw Irving play. I suppose that, even then, I knew the lines almost as well as Irving himself. I thought he was speaking Choctaw, or Yorkshirese. His vowels confounded him. They confused me. The... effect was distressing. After Hamlet I had seen him, during '79, in revivals of SIR HENRY IRVING 193 "Richelieu" (which did not impress me much), "Charles I" (which did impress me), "Eugene Aram", "The Bells", and one or two other parts.
It was on November 1, 1879, that he produced "The Merchant of Venice." This was the first of the "great productions" at the Lyceum under his man- agement. His reign actually began then, for then he began fully to exercise his powers. The Tubal scene revealed all Irving's defects; they stood be- tween his Shylock and my eyes and ears; they barked at me, jumped at me like grotesque mani- kins ; I sympathised with the old lady who is reported to have said, after an hour of Irving's Hamlet : "Does that young man come on often?
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Arthur Warren to read onlineMoreLess
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