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A FEW WORDS ABOUT ACTRESSES- 393
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The Life Of An Actress Is To The World A...
study all the will work occupy _pertaining her ! As to a tne " leading _" line , " " which lady she is very will tast wide liave e will in to its foe do and includes muchtliat is _worthlessHer
imperfectl ran revolte after ge nig , d ht foy y under bad studied literature her parts own ; , and self and -condemnation , false perhaps sentiment , when will as . ; find she she she the has p wi lays ll condition the act new chance ni and ght of
re of representing and concentra those that tk > n she wishes , for she their adequate portrayal destroyed pose akeTo foy ni the ht preparations " Portia , " necessary or for " Imogen future _" -work may she foe her is compelled happy op to
m . -g portunit for the ni y , ght fout following as " her memory _* she will is fousy scarcel -with y foe a long free To , to weary yield new all herself part this absolutelto the better work of the present . escape
y s he must ore co try nsp t icuous o become place a " , but tar , " simp not l for y because the vain it -g is lory onl of y holding foy this and do the
-system that she is enabled to choose her own characters thing best th would at in her be achieved lies . Awhile , the ultimate ago the youn end gained g actress , if felt she that could every only
the acting act well mu . effluence st But foe this found of end , her or is those intellect only creations a beg and inning heart in which . , will A she proper onl has y foe sp stored here useless for up very
treasures great can work _disadvantage to independentl her . The , for y writer circumstances ; the , dramatic the painter can artist in , any the this cannot other case . wholl time artist Herein y deprive in lies fact a ,
the actor and actress of their function , at very , perhaps , should when their have powers the advantage are developed of seeing and their cultivated work , , and when themselve the public s the
fair benefit accruing from it . What we have already said we think will correct an erroneous
impression There cannot which possibl exists foe , that a greater the life mistake of an than actress this is . an Cert easy ainl one y a .
few the p L laces ondon may theatres foe found y where where onl it is ieces an easy of a calling liht . and In amusin some of g y pg
nature difficult are and produced where these , , the same characters ieces are in which repeated are week neither after long week nor , p
making , the study of new characters rarely required , in such theatres ber as these who it is gain easy the almost rather to idleness questionafole . But good for of the thi very s extreme small , num how
can labor many have and almost to work impossible in all the and degrees heart foetween -sickening fair drud and gery possible . A
woman , who has received just the ordinary young lady ' s home and school training , and who finds herself thrown foy some misfortune ducation
recourse for on her a governess own to resources the , and stage , shrinking . without She is the from young systematic anything , has good e like looks servitude , good necessary voice , has
she and manner foe able , and to thoug nil parts h possessing that do not no require particular much taste of the or talent latter . , may to raise her
There _vok is . xi no . deep satisfaction in her work , no love of art 2 d
A Few Words About Actresses- 393
A FEW WORDS ABOUT ACTRESSES- 393
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1859, page 393, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021859/page/33/
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