. The Italy of the Italians. ctors by Eloquence nature. Their easily-excited temperaments, and Dramatic their inclination towards expressive gesturexpression. language, their eager eloquence of speech, aswell as a great inherent facility in the contraction of themuscles of their face, endow them with rare scenic it is perchance owing to this natural disposition of thepeople that Italy has so many good actors. Nor do theyrequire to go through a long training. Indeed, many of thosebest known to-day in the Peninsula have attained their highrank without special study, and nearly all
. The Italy of the Italians. ctors by Eloquence nature. Their easily-excited temperaments, and Dramatic their inclination towards expressive gesturexpression. language, their eager eloquence of speech, aswell as a great inherent facility in the contraction of themuscles of their face, endow them with rare scenic it is perchance owing to this natural disposition of thepeople that Italy has so many good actors. Nor do theyrequire to go through a long training. Indeed, many of thosebest known to-day in the Peninsula have attained their highrank without special study, and nearly all have revealedthemselves to the public by a curious chapter of , for example, one evening some forty years ago a comedywas played in which a police sergeant had a part. Thispublic official was always hissed in his role, which was dis-pleasing to the audience, but this night he was enthusiasticallyclapped. The author, amazed at this change of front, inquiredwho had interpreted the applauded personage. He was told. i^holo by de Maulu Carlo, Milan ERMETE ZACCONI Playhouses, Players, and Plays 153 Ermete Novelli, and from that day the man who is now one of the best Italian actors, came rapidly to the front. Nor is it only Italy that acclaims him. I Ermete Novelli. was myself present a few years ago when hemade his triumphal d^but in Paris, and theenthusiasm he excited among that cultured, critical public wasindescribable. He is certainly one of the most versatileand original, as well as the most amusing and ductile actorof our day. The public is entirely under his influence, laughingor weeping as he bids or leads. His clear, resounding andsuggestive voice, his tall, pliable person, his mobile facialmuscles, enable him to adapt himself to any bit of a philosopher, an artist at heart, he studies internaland external life with the sharp vision of a is a breeziness and elasticity about his personalitythat makes him attractive at first sight.
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