... is for the poet to speak in drama. It wants his vision, his larger con cept of life and conduct, the alchemy of his words. The stage wants too the due speaking as well as the due writ ing of blank verse. The old actors used to speak blank verse as though ...

... delightful performance as the young lady who woos a very fickle fortune at the fantastic Kinema City by teaching stars how to speak the King's English, and she has a fine artistic grasp of the part's bustling possibilities. No doubt site will develop the ...

... Tearle's voice and bearing are equally impressive in the part of the King. He is able, without effort, to make every word he speaks perfectly audible, and his gravity and dignity fulfil every need. The same mav be said .of Mr. Gill's Exeter It is a part ...

... Hannen'j Overton is again a i-.ipital piece of work, as also is Miss Constwjce Cuin- mings's Alice, except in parages tfiat she speaks in a tone $o con versational as to be almost in audible. She should also correct her pronunciation of the man-ser vant's name ...

... revival here. The character of Mr. Dulcimer is by no means an easy one to play and requires delicate handling. It therefore speaks well for i Raymond Lovell's interpretation that he invests it with just the correct touch of Machiavellian subtlety without ...

... from the point of view of a Shakespearean production the performance is poor. All but a few of the actors proved unable to speak blanjc verse clearly. The dresses are an extraordinary mix ture of ancient British, ancient Roman and Elizabethan, while the ...

... sincerity. Of Mr. Hioks's gay \oung-oldlsh Charles, and Julia Neilson's stately and deliberate grandmamma there is little need to speak. Both are in the tradition of the best English j comedy. Miss Neilson's voice i still as richly-toned as in the old Hypatia ...

... Christine, in pleasing contrast. Carl Barnard is not ably good as the film star incognito. Particularly notice able is his fine speaking voice which he uses to full advantage. Daisy Bindley gives a sound characterization of Mrs. Angst, the homely wife of the ...

... This latter actor is well-suited to the part of the excitable artist, but he tends to become difficult to follow when he speaks excitedly. His acting, however, is admirable. Alan Webb gives a clever and amusing performance as Ernest. A neat character ...

... had evidently treated her badly. Oliver turns up again as a visitor in Merrivale's house, and when he finds Violet will not speak to him. he rushes off and consoles himself by faking a chorus-girl for the night to a neighbouring hotel, where he bolts from ...

... knowledge, and Natasha Malakoff, a brave, resourceful Russian, tortures Phyllis, his wife, in the hope of compelling her to speak. The situation is saved by the arrival of the police and the discovery of the diamonds. Natasha tries to take poison and rushes ...

... JJcnson, Herbert Tree, and Robert Atkins, without obscuring its story in any way. Theodo/e Komisarjeveky, however, has, so to speak, cut the knot by dividing the text into two acts and giving what is practically one cenc sculptured wings, a low architectural ...