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A DRAMATIC CRITIC " out of the bill," repaired, with much curiosity, to the Museum to see Adri- enne the Actress, cast with Miss Eliza Logan as the heroine, and Mr. Keach as Maurice de Saxe, He found the perform- ance, as a whole, anything but to his taste, and expressed his displeasure with un- sparing frankness. But of Mr. Warren he said : " Mr. W. Warren, who played the role of Michonnet, has seemed to me exceedingly remarkable. [Italics in the original.] He acted the part of the old stage manager with versatile talent, and I have applauded him with the whole house." And after a sweeping expression of disgust concerning the various anachro- nisms in dress, he was careful to add, " I do not allude to Mr. Warren, who was irreproachably costumed." My contemporaries will heartily commend my insistence upon the greatness of this artist and the greatness of his product, and the readers of the younger generation [ 58 ]
WILLIAM WARREN must submit to a recital which is, after all, nothing but a bit of the history of the American stage, with a margin of just attribution to a rare actor. Think for a moment upon the marvel of it all, — so trebly wonderful in this day of the sparse- producing player, — remembering that Mr. Warren's record stands equally for the highest skill and the richest productiv- ity. Imagine the mental speed and acu- men, the temperamental sensibility, the extraordinary power of memory both in acquisition and in grip, the complete mas- tery of all the symbols and tools of the profession, the huge mimetic and plastic gift, the vis comica, all of which are in- volved in the almost perfection with which the total feat was accomplished. Here was an unrivaled exemplar, also, of the docility and facility which were once supposed to be essential to the equipment of a great comedian. It was a part of the scheme, a condition which he accepted as insepa- [ 59 1
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WILLIAM WARREN<br />
must submit to a recital which is, after all,<br />
nothing but a bit of the history of the<br />
American stage, with a margin of just<br />
attribution to a rare actor. Think for a<br />
moment upon the marvel of it all, — so<br />
trebly wonderful in this day of the sparse-<br />
producing player, — remembering that<br />
Mr. Warren's record stands equally for the<br />
highest skill and the richest productiv-<br />
ity. Imagine the mental speed and acu-<br />
men, the temperamental sensibility, the<br />
extraordinary power of memory both in<br />
acquisition and in grip, the complete mas-<br />
tery of all the symbols and tools of the<br />
profession, the huge mimetic and plastic<br />
gift, the vis comica, all of which are in-<br />
volved in the almost perfection with which<br />
the total feat was accomplished. Here was<br />
an unrivaled exemplar, also, of the docility<br />
and facility which were once supposed to<br />
be essential to the equipment of a great<br />
comedian. It was a part of the scheme,<br />
a condition which he accepted as insepa-<br />
[ 59 1
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