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Show CZmZZZIZZSZl Wc need more Mgorous American plays. There are only three or four pcr- Vio'nrfnis kam "l tl,e C(lintr' wno nul wri,e hp to the AmeriCail ,as, of '10 P"1,liL' ll118 improved very pi much. Good acting and good plays have JrlfliyS become absolutely ncco.snry. ,rclTcrsoii Needed sni(1 tlmt ll0 olao imi",wl wi,n n witcwah brush, putting on tho colors roughly, with a daub here and splotch there, but thai By WILLIAM II. CRANE. he had to learn to uso mmmmimmmm tha Actor. a ciimcl's-hair brush " ZlZZZZZZZZZmZmiZmZIZmSm because liia luulicnccri jg Sj wanted fino lines, soft j shadows and lights and dclicato treatment throughout, f vl In my earlier days wo went at tho public with a U saxHt 'Qj club anil whackcnl them with tho raw facts. Nothing 0f) li was left to tho imagination. We had a habit, too, of t? . "" 1 'saying, "Well, that third act nlono will savo tho play." TlS, 1 Fancy anyone thinking such a thing now. Hesides, there yV-- ') 1 must bo an absorbing, vivid and coherent story. More- over, it must bo rensonnblo ani an ntcuruto picture of j" p life. Great sums of money also are spent for scenery, fk fwib whereas at one time a grove of ridiculous trees or n BTTf!fi hideous castle painted oa muslin would do ircll enough, ILjWijriy . ..... - . . """yfj |
