. "The greatest of these--";. in this manner. Do you play bridge?Tennis? Golf? Are you companionable? Then—if they were proficient in these things—hermanager considered their ability as actors. Thismay sound unbusinesslike, but it isnt. After aday in the country one has more charm and vitalityto give ones audience because of the previous hoursspent collecting those precious things where theygrow. To sway anything your way, you must bethe stronger. An actress has before her at nighthundreds of people, of different natures andimaginations, and in different walks of life. If,she is fresh and aler
. "The greatest of these--";. in this manner. Do you play bridge?Tennis? Golf? Are you companionable? Then—if they were proficient in these things—hermanager considered their ability as actors. Thismay sound unbusinesslike, but it isnt. After aday in the country one has more charm and vitalityto give ones audience because of the previous hoursspent collecting those precious things where theygrow. To sway anything your way, you must bethe stronger. An actress has before her at nighthundreds of people, of different natures andimaginations, and in different walks of life. If,she is fresh and alert she can swing them all intoher mood, but without the full force of her mag-netic strength, half—sometimes all—of them slipthrough the loophole of her weariness or depres-sion, and she says, What a funny lot they are to-night! There is no existence so devoid of meaning asthe one-night stands, none so fatal to progressas any kind of forced and hurried travelling. Itis the instinct of self-protection fully developed 42. BERYL MERCER THE GREATEST OF THESE w 43 and understood that makes an actress or actor wantcompanions who realise the truth of something thatFlaubert wrote, To accomplish anything oneshould think like a god and live like a farmer. Here we played to $32,282 and the autographedprogramme brought in $18,100. It was hot. The doors had to be left open, so itwas difficult to play, the dialogue going like this,I am aunted (Toot-to-o-ot). Farver ad thecall, an e answered it. (Clang-clang!) An Imsure es appier cause e did. (Brr-r-r-r, on!). A mass of fans and programmesmoved endlessly back and forth, right and left, untilone seemed to be rising and falling on a paper time any one on the stage moved suddenly,the rest of the company seemed in danger ofdrowning. As somebody once said of an intenseactor, His skin acted beautifully. Between theheat, the noise, and the incessant waving, St. Louisseemed a sort of friendly hell where patriots weregathe
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