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Show j I Dramatic j Comment Eleanor Brent who w 11 be Every won an in Henry W Savage s company th s season s d fferent from any other actress lever heard of She d dn t ha e to buck parental oppos t on to go ng on the sta-e Every young woman ot whom there is record got on the stage on y atter combat ng or defy ng parental oppos t on M ss Brent alone w as a ded and encouraged Her father was the late Dr Armstrong a prom nent phys c an m Wash ngton and pro f essor at George Wash ngton univer s ty and her mother was French Her mother had great dramat c and ar t st c talent and was fore nost m an ateur theatr cals n Wash ngton She was never on the profess onal stage but wished her daughter to become an actres W th that dea n i ew the daughter s educat on Tvas d rected iTom early childhood she was taught mus c and danc ng and elocut on and dra nat c act on Her tra n ng along these 1 nes cont nued w th other st d es unt 1 she entered college and took up the study of n ed c ne Before she was graduated n n edicine she went on the stage M S3 Brent says that of the many profess onal teachers of dancing afod mus c under whom she stud ed not one was so talented or efficient as her mother She bel e es her mother could have been one of the world s greatest actresses M ss Mizz Haios who is San in Henry W Savage 3 product on of the operetta of that name has wr tten to the Savage office from Budapest that she s co n ng bacl w th a new dance she bel eves soc etv will tal e up en th s ast cally next w nter bhe found t an oner the Hunar an peasants It can be danced by one or by several couples n the latter ca e forn ng a set and M ss Ha os bel eves it w 11 be ome all the ra"e S e has asked f she na) ntrol co t n Sar Firthern ore she anno nces she has 1 0 cu el son e bea t f ul Huugar an cos t n es an 1 na vely asl s, f the oflice w II foo the b 1 It w 1 Da d YVarfte d wow ltorte cou t y aga n ne sea on n T e uct o ee v s n t ose c es that cou d not be lnc uded ast season s i lne ay e ce y ce eb ated h s one thousandt appea a e as e ovab e old Heb ew pedd e S mon Le n s comedy T 3 as q te an 1 e erne n v e v of t e fac at ns an es a e n e ndeed e e an art st s nb e nowada s w th e s f chang ng t s e In t eat ca a as g no lo ge a season to ou d ou sue a e na ka 0 to a of pe for Jin es Bu M Warfle d un ke man a to s wocan a tepayng o oepa o any g eat lenq of me auses stagnaton of e op n on hat e onge one p a a a pa eg eate ha pa s ou d be ome n a anls j Dd jo e e h n tha a t e grea actors vere ea an ous n e few po r obser e Mr Wa ed eotj How na e One O ne ap wo bu sua on o e n ein ea g eat acto 3 not a a he po lte a to s tha we a e na of and see everv da ean n n ke Boot and I ffer so e p a e an parts and t ey P a ed en s d d but t e pub c lo d t em bes o e pa t Thev o ed Boo bb Ham e nl as Ot e o d Jefte so a Rp Van Vnke Tec e opast t fitted e e so a t es e bes nd so . 0 0 g ea os a t g ua 1 t e T e e an e den fle en T e sf ea ness 1a n e a o o e pa t e e don u ppo son eone ou d e o ng e ted & a es oda R p Van Vt k r nnd congnoc Ve 00 s And t e easo a a e s no Jefferson o p aj o J st e e be a e ea (Continued on Following Page) Dramatic News And Comment (Continued from Preceding Page ) actors played one part for car. A great actor must do this to be great ! If It Is a conscientious performance he will never tire of the part if an actor itels me hat he ls tired of a part, then ! I knot, t at he Is a toad actor His per . forn ances ought to improve, ought to i ' grov. ore mellow and more human the ! longer he plays It And Just so the p bile never tires of it i Janet Beecher who Is to play one of j the leading- roles in David Belascos pro duct on of The Vanishing- Bride which i will open the season of the Belasco the ater New lork, ls authority for the! statement that acting helps, woman to! 11 e It has always been a fact pretty: generally understood that one s own ex 1 periences in real life contribute to the ! delineation of character on the stage, but ! here is an actress who also derives a i ! comfort from act ng- that is Invaluable I to her tn her daily routine of life. Her ! Ideas are Interesting j If you live in such a way as jou would Ike a other women to 11 e the strength yo have developed and the Ideals ou ha e cherished reach the women In front she says The greater the strength and the finer the Ideals the more complete and satisfy Ing the message It ls quite possible for a woman cast for an Ins gnlflcant part, speaking few and commonplace lines to send across the footlights a tremen dous message of clean, fine, forceful llv ing I have received such messages If an actress comes upon, the stage with a feeling of frlendl neas for the persons whom she Is to entertain her food will reaches out and encircles them know that for I have been within that circle Those who walk upon the stage hating their parts and loathing their audi ences as mistaken plajers sometimes do get baric uhat they send and failure threaten them hat Is much worse than any personal failure ls that they have radiated destructive thoughts. ! Not that T beltee the character ops I plays influences ones Hing One can rlay an adventuress without the si ghtest i Inclination to become one In fact It Is i apt to cause a repulsion In the player for the character and all s milar charac Iters But what t do mean is that It af I fects us only in the way we approach the playing- of the character In that ! sense the stage ls a most admirable I school for dally life |