Duse and the French (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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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.

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