The American Stage of to Day
The American Stage of to Day
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Sothern's repertoire during the season of 1907-8 included " Hamlet, " a Shakespear- ian classic; " Lord Dundreary, " a specimen of early mid-Victorian drama and a monument to his father; "If I Were King, " a modern romantic play; " The Fool Hath Said, " a psy- chological drama ; and '' Don Quixote, " an attempt by an American playwright, Paul Kester, to give stage life to a great figure of world literature. He staged all these plays himself, sufficiently sumptuously and with in- telligent feeli...ng for their different atmos- pheres and demands. To present them all he OUR LEADING ACTOR 185 had to train and maintain a large company, at considerable expense. That Mr. Sothern's acting is without faults or that it realizes to the full his own or his critics' ideal nobody will maintain. He still tends always to drag his tempo. He still falls into his old tricks now and then of recurring over-emphasis, produc- ing an artificial and monotonous effect. He still lacks sometimes what seems almost a phys- ical vitality to master a climax or sweep a speech up to the point of emotional discharge.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Sothern's repertoire during the season of 1907-8 included " Hamlet, " a Shakespear- ian classic; " Lord Dundreary, " a specimen of early mid-Victorian drama and a monument to his father; "If I Were King, " a modern romantic play; " The Fool Hath Said, " a psy- chological drama ; and '' Don Quixote, " an attempt by an American playwright, Paul Kester, to give stage life to a great figure of world literature. He staged all these plays himself, sufficiently sumptuously and with in- telligent feeli...ng for their different atmos- pheres and demands. To present them all he OUR LEADING ACTOR 185 had to train and maintain a large company, at considerable expense. That Mr. Sothern's acting is without faults or that it realizes to the full his own or his critics' ideal nobody will maintain. He still tends always to drag his tempo. He still falls into his old tricks now and then of recurring over-emphasis, produc- ing an artificial and monotonous effect. He still lacks sometimes what seems almost a phys- ical vitality to master a climax or sweep a speech up to the point of emotional discharge.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Eaton Walter Prichard to read onlineMoreLess
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