Author : Victor Mapes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267449323
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (493 download)
Book Synopsis Duse and the French (Classic Reprint) by : Victor Mapes
Download or read book Duse and the French (Classic Reprint) written by Victor Mapes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Duse and the French The artistic career of Madame Duse in America resulted in so strong and pervading a stimulus to dra matic art, that the paper herewith presented by Victor Mapes, recounting the actress's recent first appearance in Paris, her apparent failure and ultimate triumph in that self-arrogated capital of all the arts, will be of especial interest to the members of the Dunlap Society. Madame Duse's visit to our country is not yet remote enough to have lost its interest, and the memory of her triumphs cannot be recalled without a thrill. Her methods, free from all that is bizarre or theatrical, the tones of her voice, the unobtrusiveness of her efiects, and the towering and convincing force of her creations, ofiered an example in the art of acting which will long continue to exert a beneficial influence upon the work of the men and women of our stage. The fact that among English-speaking countries she was virtually discovered in New York, is significant of the taste and discrimination of our theatre-goers. She played. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.