Word: comedians
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Every seat in the Globe Theatre was taken last evening on the occasion of the initial performance of the "Oolah" by the comedian Francis Wilson and his company...
...speaker began by saying that in order to attain art, you must have the instruments; the instrument of a comedian lies within himself; it is his body. his life. The comedian must, when he produces a character, enter completely into its spirit. He must penetrate the impressions conveyed by the author, and at the same time give the character as intended by the author and not as conceived by himself...
Articulation is at the same time the lowest and the highest aim of the comedian's art. It is that which is at all times necessary, especially when one appears to the public. The theatre is not a room: it is necessary to speak loudly and audibly on the stage, and never in a tone of every day conversation. Even if you recite, do not speak as if you were addressing friends. Art without style is no art at all. Play a character as the author intended it should be played: give life to every scene, make it full...
...comedian must at all times remain master of himself. He must see what he is doing. He should carefully study his role, and enter into the personages he is to portray. The saying if you want to make me cry, cry yourself," does not apply to the comedian. A comedian need not be intellectual: he must only know...
...those who heard M. Coquelin's entertaining and instructive lecture in Sanders Theatre yesterday afternoon cannot fail to appreciate the good-will which prompted him to speak before us. To Professor Cohu and the Conference Francaise belongs the credit of bringing the great comedian here. To M. Coquelin the thanks of all members of the college are due for the pleasant hour he devoted to lecturing before them...