| Show lEdwin rE Edwin Booth B n b in Vienna l lu s J 3 u u u u u u u u u u u Leo o the successful young oung I actor recently recounted the Interesting episode of Edwin Booths advent In n the city of Vienna some dozen years ears ago RaO I was one of n a L party of students and actors who attempted after nth r Mr Ir Booths first appearance at tho the Stadt theater to take the hors horses a from his hits carriage I and drag him to hl hll his hotel The Tho eminent tragedian demurred at Rt our proposal but gave us tho the satisfaction I of oC standing hat In n hand before us until we had d ourselves hoarse Edwin Booths was the grandest first night perhaps Vienna had ever eer seen lIe m Ham Hamlet Hamlet Hamlet let was WM the bill hill and everybody of rank and position in the Austrian capital capilli I was present front from the emperor down to tho the poorest students student of at the gymnasium In who had mortgaged their very ery clothes to pay Ja the entrance fee Two Toro of the themo most mo t Interested observers of ot nil were Adolph and Ind the two popular Idols of tho the Vienna since at nt this time Such enthusiasm I have hate n never ner vcr seen In a 1 theater not even en when the season before Tommaso the Incomparable incomparable parable Italian tragedian first opp appeared ared before an Austrian audience When the ever corning last act net came and the august presence of oC Booth tilled Ailed the stage In the last touching scene of It masterpiece I saw aw tears of oC deep emotion streaming down the time faces of and AA A who wore were leaning over the tho back Jack rail of the tho auditorium transfixed Booths achievement on n tho the follow Collo following hag ing evening almost t outshone tin tilt glory of tits his first l nihl From l lI to Othello was iv n tier fur cry mind tb the critics rilles had hall written flatly enough that Un the American 1 um er 1 inn af actor groat n nil tf 11 wan could not possibly bridge such diverse e char with success Well nt lit th the j end nd of 01 this title never tu performance all aU tho the octets actors of ot the city early finished f trop own labors of or th lb night huddled together In a dense delle di nife pack PIlote at nt the tho back buck of or the this house home and when hell the limo curtain roll foil they broke faith Into such cheers leading the u I Ilmo base hao never heard before nor exp CP lt et to again within the walls of f a 1 theater filch Fuch a It flat fact had never nOVer been b Je m n by any German actor and It fairly electrified the tho critics and Anti mummies of or the Hie Austrian l that Mr h Booth was as 1111 In 11 the second And mor more difficult character ns its he hud had proved in III the t test st role rale of ot hamlet Hamet Needless to say lilY that Mr Booth both was Bras wasat Brasat at nt ones one the time Idol of lit the city As AI he walk od oil tl t the P boulevards the this populace cleared cle red redI I tho the way for him ns as they did fur for royalty Whenever ho he left hl his 1111 hotel hot 1 he was waa j I greeted with the cheers of the students I I rpt re nt red by all nil mid Hurl wits constantly honored with dinners receptions tendered by the greatest at artists Huts and patrons of art In ht the th capi caplOn tab On the night of hid hl last performance In n the this i r It was waw tho foremost actor of the th 0 nero her r man mail tongue tolu who d him the gold Kold golden Koldon en on wreath of laurel present by b th the actors and actresses of ot my native city Never wan waR the star of till the famous t Theater eo so moved by lIy the work Of a n fellow fello artist ns us when Mr Ir Booth appeared on evenings at liS u Othello and lag Ingo lemma II a actors of ot often otten often ten said In ht after years carll that these theRe two interpretations stamped him hint us 1111 the the grante greatest t r of the modern moll ern stage t se anti nOlI that ever afterward have to 10 b I placed I second lelond to la Mr tr Booth even In u tile the which both During Mr Ir Booth stay In a n certain critic asked Herr lien what ho thought of 01 Hamlet It In la one onu of tho the most mOlit perfect art or urea en tons lion II tho rho stage ha hai haa over ocr uon ho re roo replied replied plied piled nut But wont of Mr r Booths his iila ls Interrogator then pronounced Ah Aim h hrell replied rell lid That hat Is I the th I should mIl like to play r lav t Each Kach I night u Mi hit engagement found I all ail til the adore actors of ot the Viennese WIre stage hanging over the I rail of n the time Sin It Theater Theoter es liS won soon ng nil th their lr work Will was tin nn Ishad drinking In tile the Inspiration of oC Mr It Booths presence nce All 11 grades lAde of QC the profession ilon In n nightly nd ad Ill 1101 from Cronl roam and down dOlln to the merest melet novices novice When Whan loath left Vienna all the play piny pin ore of the local stag und and nil all the time atu stu students dents dont of ot time the city elt were at time the station 1111 lion with thousands of ot the populace to cheer cher him end nd with him Rachel all nit the great player players of a 11 hall hail as ElS stars or stock sleek stars star In Vienna enn each hall had accomplished artis artie artistic tic iii 1111 But Edwin heath Booth was the th first foreign player flayer to In the Austrian capital with financial profit as nR well trell ns us artistic Time The Stadt Theater was packed 1 carte night of ot ht his hh with the elite of the capi capital tat tal |
