Recollections of a Player (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

James Henry Stoddart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 133095453X ISBN 13: 9781330954539

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Excerpt from Recollections of a Player

These reminiscences, and although wishful to heed the request of his children, - that he would make for them, as a precious leg acy, some account of his life, - it was not till strongly urged by the present writer that he consented to undertake this task. Such persuasion was warranted, for no actor was ever more genuine than Mr. Stoddart, and no professional life was ever more exemplary than his of the ad mirable virtues of perseverance, self-de nial, sincerity, fidelity, purity, and truth. The counsel upon which the veteran finally acted was that he should write freely, as if in a letter to an old friend, whatever of the past he might happen to remember; and in so writing he has made old days to live again, and voices to Speak once more that have long been silent, and faces to smile upon us that have long been cold.

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Excerpt from Recollections of a Player Spectators, even of the most hardened kind, suddenly found themselves impressed with the power of goodness and the dignity of virtuous human nature, and moved beyond control by the spectacle of strife, in a good man's heart, between the sense of justice and the sacred passion of paternal love. The theme is simplicity itself. The actor's treatment of the theme was that delicate exaggeration which produces the perfect effect of nature. A result so uncommon, gained with such facile ease and by means so simple, might well cause surprise. Since that night Mr. Stoddart has been recognized, by multitudes of contemporary playgoers who were almost heedless of him before, as one of the leaders in his profession. Old playgoers, however, were not astonished by Mr. Stoddart's performance of Lachlan Campbell, for to them Mr. Stoddart had long been a leader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 133095453X
• ISBN 13: 9781330954539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 351