| Show 0 A HARD WORKING ACTRESS Slay Brooklyn Whoso Efforts in The Pharisee Command Attention May Brooklyn who jumped into promi nence the other day through her work as Kate Landon in The Pharisee is a decidedly cidedly pretty actress of medium height blonde and very English The latter is quite excusable for she was born and until un-til seven years ago lived in the land of roast beef and the queen Her first appearance ap-pearance on the stage was at the Comedy theater in London and since the curtain rose that night she has played all sorts of parts from pantomime burlesque and farce to those of the legitimate drama Her little flat on Fiftyfirst street in New York is as cozy a home as one often sees Its walls and the shelves of the cabinets standing about are covered with leaves from her history in articles quaint and curious picked up during her extensive travels In the pretty parlor a grate fire always burns if there is any excuse whatever what-ever for it Miss Brooklyn is a close student of the drama and fond of advancing somewhat implicated theories on nearly everything connected with it She draws a strong contrast between English and American I l 1 g of W > tiyi = = fjm i m f L o I z V 1 j I MAY BUOOKLYN audiences The former she says are much quicker to appreciate those delicate touches which a conscientious actor always puts in his work and are franker in their expressions expres-sions of opinions of plays and players She says the greatest faults of the drama in America come from the lack of skillful stage management and good schools of instruction in-struction An actor she says is unlikely to get in au entire career on the American stage as thorough a knowledge of stagecraft as might be obtained by a few years experience expe-rience in European theaters Actors and critics are alike slipshod in Yankeeland Richard Mansfield is thd best American stage manager she has ever seen Of his merit she is qualified to judge for she was his first leading woman on the road There is only one subject besides theatricals theatri-cals on which it is possible to arouse Miss Brooklyns enthusiasm That is rowing At ono time she was acknowledged to be tto most expertoarswoman on the Thames |
