Show forrest as actor acton and anti critic his hia criticisms on Shakes shakespeare peare peaTe were marked by impatience of any reading but that which pleased his own fancy I 1 ra member remember his contending with another actor almost to the point of angry controversy as to whether hamlet Hamiet meant a sea of troubles or a siege of troubles forrest always read the line to take up arms against a siege ot troubles and lest the critics might not understand der stand him was wont to place the strongest stron eest emphasis upon siege he had a reason for forea ev grything ery thing and in his stage business was a most exact and methodical man nothing annoyed him more than to have tho the text of shakespeare recited imperfectly ills his industry wass was boundless he was punctual in appointments hard in money matters and toward the close of his life extremely so he never shirked a engagement his cott constant stant lesion leson to young men was industry ind industry there are stories of his harshness in stage discipline but he be was never harsh except to those who deserved it no young actor of merit was ever baek bark by him I 1 have heard many stories of his ind n and an d his courtesy from one who played with him during the last years of his hid life ilfe 9 and who now is in the front rank of our tragedians fl Forrest he said sald maal wa waal ways c considerate if jhb the business i of the stage age required yow you to go to the front lie he always gave place if you desired to make inake a point fu in av any speech he always acted to you yop and aud you felt always while on the stage that lie he was following you and lind sup pup porting you jt was only to those who were incompetent or imperfect or seemed to lack enthusiasm in their art that his anger broke forth he hated bated sham and cant and folly and in rehearsing a piece would insist upon the actors going th rough through the bus business ne over and over again until they became as perfect as a it was possible post ble bie to be de dle had a perfect knowledge of or stage effect and abd dramatic art on the biage stage he bb never thought of the audience never saw baw it ho he played his part correctly earnestly always doing r the beat beal ho he could he never skip ped the bust business ness or shirked the iines lines perhaps the strongest point in the tho character of forret avld arid that upon which hi bb fame will largely rest reit was that whenever he lie went upon the stage her ber sher nvere wie ten people or benore before him he lie did hig his hi best one of the most remarkable peculiarities of the great tia tra p dianand anil one which probably no one ever suspected was that he be never went upon the tage no matter under what air ir cula cuLi stances without a certain degree of trepidation he soon fo for got it and his audio audit tice rice but this stage fright was waa always there at girst first A Y herald ilerd |