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Drama
T. H. | December 28, 1918 issue

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A common criticism of the stage to-day is that actors for the most part do not act, they merely speak lines. It is therefore doubly to the credit of M. Copeau's company at the Vieux Colombier that they succeed in making so vital an impression with a delicate romantic fantasy like "Les Caprices de Marianne." The actors of the Vieux Colombier never "speak lines"; speaking or silent they are always thinking, listening human beings. The art of listening is in danger of becoming a lost one on the part of American actors. Perhaps the "star system" is to blame. A star must have all the lines that are "coming to him," and often those that should be coming to someone else.

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ACTORS; THEATERS -- Employees; ARTISTS; ENTERTAINERS; ACTING; CRITICISM
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