. On the art of the theatre . ! the human body refuses to be an instrument,even to the mind which lodges in that body. Thesons of Los rebelled and still rebel against theirfather. The old divine unity, the divine square,the peerless circle of our nature has been ruthlesslybroken by our moods, and no longer can instinctdesign the square or draw the circle on the grey wall 48 JULIUS CAESARAct II. Scene II. Before you like or dislike this design will you do me the fairnessof reading Act II. scene ii. Its an exciting scene, and will repayyour pains. Then, if you are an actor-manager and y
. On the art of the theatre . ! the human body refuses to be an instrument,even to the mind which lodges in that body. Thesons of Los rebelled and still rebel against theirfather. The old divine unity, the divine square,the peerless circle of our nature has been ruthlesslybroken by our moods, and no longer can instinctdesign the square or draw the circle on the grey wall 48 JULIUS CAESARAct II. Scene II. Before you like or dislike this design will you do me the fairnessof reading Act II. scene ii. Its an exciting scene, and will repayyour pains. Then, if you are an actor-manager and you dislike it, mU youdesign a better? If only one of these so-called actor-manager-producers, who never have really produced anything, wouldlet us all see him designing anything, Im sure we should all bemore than willing to applaud his honest endeavours and perhapshis achievement. As it is, he has to call in people to do hiswork for him. Hence the awful expense—hence the patchworkremits—the dishonesty of the whole \_Face fiage 48. THE TRANSLATING INSTRUMENT before it. But with a significant gesture we thiillour souls once more to advance without our bodiesupon a new road and win it all back again. This is atruth which is not open to argument, and a truthwhich does not lessen the beauty which exhalesfrom the dearest singer or the dearest dancer of alltimes. To me there is ever something more seemly inman when he invents an instrument which is outsidehis person, and through that instrument translateshis message. I have a greater admiration for theorgan, for the flute and for the lute than I have forthe human voice when used as instrument. I havea greater feeUng of admiration and fitness when Isee a machine which is made to fly than when I seea man attaching to himself the wings of a a man through his person can conquer but/little things, but through his mind he can conceiveand invent that which shall conquer all things. I believe not at all in the personal m
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