... the public amongst whom we toil. But as the character of a man may be known by the company he keeps, so the spiritual life of any age shall be recognised by its contemporary art. For all art is only the supreme emotional expression- eternal or modish, according ...

... SOCIETY AND THE STAGE. Our readers are aware that personality is no part of the habitual province of this paper. W:Fe have ever striven to keep our columns clear from the malicious gossip vhich, however amusing it may be to the general public, is exquisitely ...

... to their art, or the pleasure or instruction it would give the town, but, what expenses must we be at to fit it for the stage ? what time must we lose to study the parts? and what money will it bring in to answer our pains and expenses ? We may proceed ...

... incompetent people who imagined stage-life to be all glory and gain. Elocution can be taught with varying success. Very few actors and actresses on the stage to-day know the value of their own voices. Voice-culture is an art alone. I assert that elocution ...

... what I con- ceive to be the high moral utility, of Mr Irving's acting. My acquaintance with the Stage and actors is limited, and my meditations on the Stage generally are confined to those few occasions per annum on which I have the opportunity of wit- ...

... in scenery as in stage costume. ?? of us does not remember the murky hall of dubious architecture that only yesterday figured in ront of our tragedies. 4,Italy may be said to have been the parent of staging. The creators of the art in France came ram ...

... you'll soon be forgotten whether you are alive or dead; but, stay, you can't be alive if you're forgotten. Paddle your own canoe, and steer as clear as you can. I'm not a nautical man, but you know what I mean? Stage management ? The easiest and the most ...

... women are always taught to keep their faces covered, tell us that to secure this object they will expose their lower extremities freely; and an interesting parallel to this fact can sometimes be noticed on our burlesque stage, where young ladies, who think ...

... very dif- cult to see how a woman could keep any refinement of soul when playing such diugracettul parts. It could not be denide that the glorification of bIar-lotry, which was thought by some to be a sign of high art, was undermining that wholesome repugnance ...

... pro.. v r. go es l' of ct a-I ceeding. Royalty may be shown in printer's ink, but never in distemper. ?? ie Mwrylebone scene being an exact copyfron a published work may be allowed, while 'Mr. Donne keeps in his desk a copy of tbe manager's explanation ...

... you'll soon be forgotten whether you are alive or dead; but, stay, you can't be alive if you're forgotten. Paddle your own canoe, and steer as clear as you can. I'm not a nautical man, but you know what I mean! Stage management? The easiest and the most difficult ...

... leaving thena only beasts to rater for. When all that is good and respectable keeps away freer the Stage the Stage iusut be degraded, arid the only recoori why the London Stage is so much improved is tins, because cc manymor goo peple ow o totheplay. Moral ...