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Mr. Clay Clement Talks of the Actors Art
Even Bad Acting Cannot Ruin Shakespeare's Plays Actor-Dramatist Tells of His New Hay Based on Life
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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, 1908.
MR. Clay Clement, who is to opesT
today at tho Marquam Grand
Thoater, In a repertoire ot plays 'that
brings hack the days of ambitious' act
ing by those now only a memory, has
pronounced ideas of his art and talks
rntertainingly about them. ' -'
"Plays," said Mr. Clement - last
evening:, as ho sat In his room at the
Portland, "are like the sea. "When the
breeze blows light and variable we
.have comedy; when there is a good, Btlff
wind, wo have drama, and In the
tempest we get Tragedy. To carry the
llpure to its conclusion we may liken
the actors to ships light sailing craft
for the first; schooners and heavier
draft -vessels for drama, and the big
ocean liners lor tragedy. Each vessel
ie under tho direction of the flag ship,
but each has a pilot of its own. Other
wise there Is sure to bo disaster, to one
or all of the fleet."
"Then you do not believe in the actor
losing himself in the character to the
exclusion of all else?"
"To a great extent,' yes. Rut there
must always be the little man up in
the pilot house to keep the craft sail
ing in the right way. That is what we
call intelligence. Lr-ar is a good ex
ample of what happens to even a sublime
mind when the pilot is thrown overboard.
At the very first clap of thunder in
l.ear's brain the pilot is killed. From
tlinf moment he is like a great ship in a
ten "est with no hand at the . wheel.
8' . espeart 'rime. !f never ;o uncovered
mo .jumrtn soul and Joi. world look
upon it. wrought to passion uncontrolled
a s 'n the character of I.ear. Tho. old
Kir.b foolishly divides his kingdom be
tween his daughters, and when one of
them piques him with an honest expres
sion of her feelings, casta her off and
trusts his age. his fortunes and his honor
to the other two. When he finds then
heartless he tries to assert his authority,
but finds he has no authority to assert.
"Tho tempest to which he is subjected
has its ruling law. Its pilot on duty, but
J. ear 'has thrown his to the sea of In
discretion, and so Is driven about in the
howling sea of passion to utter wreck j
and destruction. It Is a wonderful trag
edy, too great to be acted, as Charles
Lamb says. But it teaches the actor this
lesson, to keep the little man up above
on watch ail the time if he would not
go to pieces on the rocks of overdoing."
you have written a number of plays,
Mr. Clement. Does the same law hold
good in the construction as in the pre
sentation of character?"
"In a measure, but not wholly. The
playwright has a chance to revise his
work. The actor, once he has con
cluded a scene, cannot go over it again.
He has exhausted the opportunity, and
it must stand as it is, good, bad, or in
different. A man writes in his study.
He may tear a poesion to tatters and
paste it together again a hundred
times, until it is luminating, logical.
Or he may discard the conception alto
gether. No one is the wiser. He works
In secret, and is not obliged to let
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his right hand know what his
lnft ' has done. In acting he has
his audience before him at the
very moment of presenting his idea
of the feeling or passion supposed to
be portrayed. If he fails to present It
properly he cannot ask the audience
to sit still while he goes over It
in another way so that he may get
his idea home. He must go on to some
thing else, and If he has dimmed the
light of the language with a smoky
understanding, a portion of the whole is
lost and cannot be recovered during
that performance."
"Which is the most ' important fea
ture of a play, the drama itself, the In
terpretation of It, or the general pro
duction?" "That Is like asking which Is the
most necessary or Important function
of a man, bis heart, his brain or his
stomach. One without the other Is
futile. The trinity holds-good gener
ally throughout nature. But If you
were- to ask either of the three domi
nant functions of man which is su
preme, the answer would come pat
enough 'I am."
"The brain has little respect for the
heart, and the Heart despises the stom
ach. Let one of them slip a cog and
the others are Immediately in distress.
So with the play. I have said that a
good play cannot be ruined by bad act
ing or loose production. This is true
in a sene.
"Shakespeare has been butchered In
the most atrocious manner, time out
of mind, yet he goes on his way tri
umphant. That is because his plays
are beyond the power of man to de
stroy. But when any one of these
great dramas has a proper presenta
tion the text is found to contain a
thousand new beauties- hitherto undis
, covered.
"The king of playwrights -was wise
enough to select in the first place a story
of deepest interest. Everybody, from
childhood to the grave, is Interested in
the account of a being in the clutches of
adversity. If the victim is Innocent and
possessed of virtue, his case is ail the
more pitiable and the interest is deep
ened. Shakespeare's stories hold even
when his poetry and sublime reasoning
are lost In the reading. Then he was
obliged to 'set the stage' with language
rather than with painted clothes and
movable waters. He had no such contriv
ances and so described the place where
the scene was taking place, as in 'Lear,
when Edgar leads hie blind father to the
cliff:
There is a cliff, whoia high and bending
head
Looks fearfully in tho confined deep;
Bring- mo but to the very brim of It,
And I'll repair the misery, thou dot bear:
With something rich about me; from that
place
I shall no leading need!
"What scenic artist can sot depict a
scene? One feels dizzy with the thought
of this wretchedness creeping to the edge
of such a precipice to plunge Itself to
death. Shakespeare had several hours'
time in which to present a play, and so
cojild paint his scenery in his lines, that
would not be possible nowadays. This
element helps out the story he tells
greatly. If the scenic production is bad,
the lines are-there to save the situation.
Then the music of- the lines cannot be
suppressed, even In the mouth of an In
competent. So the play succeeds in spite
of acting and production, often. Yet the
measure of such success Is far from the
point to be desired."
. "In your new play that you are prepar
ing for production, what model have you
followed?" . .'
"The model of nature as nearly as pos
sible. The Law of the Trail.' I call it.
The scenes are in Alaska, and cover
some hundreds of miles' travel - by a
small party of men and women, such
natural men and women as seek gold In
the teeth of terror. I carried a pack over
the Dawson trail, .and have used experi
ences bom of that Journey to make vital
the story I tell. Men bulk big In the
frozen north if they survive the heart
ache of the first few weeks.
"It is such men I have Introduced Into
the drama. The law of nature is the
same. The hairsplitting technicality is
lost in the widespread view of right and
wrong which lies about primitive society.
"I tell a continuous story of struggle,
not only for gold, but for-love and the
control of self. . It is plain, rugged, and I
believe true to the country and the peo
ple who-are making it habitable."
Three of the plays In Mr. Clement's rep
ertoire are of his own writing "The New
Dominion," "A Southern Gentleman" and
"The Law of the Trail." "In Hampton
Roads" Is his dramatization of Charles
Eugene Banks' and George C. Cook's fa
mous war novel. He has two other plays
under construction which, when complet
ed, will give him a complete repertoire of
his own plays, produced under his own
management ,and all with characters of
a distinct type for his portrayal.
Madame Blauvelt to Sing in Portland
MME. LILLIAN BLAUVELT, who
will appear here In a- song re
cital March 18, needs no Intro
duction to local music lovers, for her
fame is world wide For the past few
years Mme. Blauvelt has been appear
ing with her own operatic and concert
companies, both here and abroad, and
this will be her last recital in the West
for several seasons, as Mme. Blauvelt
will at the conclusion of the tour
make a prolonged stay in Europe for
the purposes of study An American
woman, Mme. Blauvelt, has carved for
herself a niche in the world's temple
of musical fame. Her voice, of mar
velous purity and sweetness, is well
suited to the class of music which she
has arranged for thlB recital, a selec
tion of songs that will prove unusually
enjoyable to all. The groups will in
clude Italian, French, German and
English, the latter comprising the folk
sengs of England, Ireland, Scotland
and Wales, as well as some of our
own home favorites. Critics are unan
imous in their opinion that Mme. Blau
velt's voice has a trinity ot attributes
possessed by no other singer In the
world, brilliant intonation, accurate
enunciation and fluent execution. Many
great singers are deficient in one or
the other of these Important details.
Mme. Blauvelt will be heard In . a
grand concert song recital at the Helllg
Theater on Wednesday evening, March
18, under the direction of the Helllg
Theater management. Mall orders from
this city and out of town will be re
ceived beginning Monday, March 9. Ad
dress letters and make checks and
money orders payable to W. T. Pan
gle, manager Helllg Theater. These
orders will be filled In order of their
receipt and returned before the regu
lar box office sale opens on Monday,
March 16, at the theater.
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MADEME LILIAN BLAUVELT.
THE WEEK IN. PORTLAND THEATERS
OOXTIJTCED FROM SECOXD PAGE
powerful and elaborate production of the
famous play "Zaza" for the week directly
following "Graustark" with Izetta Jewel
in the famous title role. Portland thea
tergoers have seen this remarkable emo
tional play time and time again, but never
before rendered by a stock company and
at popular prices. The role of Zaza is an
intense one, and one which calls for the
exercise of every emotional sense an act
ress is possessed of. Miss Jewel has
played it with great success in the East,
and it is one of her favorite parts. The
production of "Zaza" by the Baker Stock
Company will be a rare and novel treat
for patrons of the popular theater.
"NO MOTHER. TO GtJIDE IIEIl"
Xew and Interesting Melodrama Is
Coming; to the Empire.
"An altogether delightful play" Is the
universal sentiment of the immense audi
ences which have witnessed the interna
tional success "No Mother to Guide Her,"
which will be seen at the Empire all week
Rtiirting next Sunday matinee. March 1.
The play has been an Instant hit this sea
son and the press of the surrounding
towns is unanimous In its praise. It has
been given a metropolitan production in
every respect and no weak point is to be
found cither in cast, scenery or costumes.
The latter has oecome a feature of the
attraction and the gowns worn by the
Indies, five in number, are said to be most
beautiful. The piece is brimfull of
comedy and specialties.
bart's new play, "The Wheel of Love,"
would be sentimentalized a bit. But, on
the contrary. It has been virilized rather
than weakened, strengthened rather than
emasculated. The big, wholesome Dick
Seeley of last year Is simply trans
formed into the bigger, more wholesome
Jack Hartley of today. Mr. Gilmore has
shown us that to be a ranchman one
needn't lose all sense of decency or wear
Impossible clothes. He dresses and acts
the part as if he were the real owner
of Rosebud ranch. He will bring his
play to the Marquam Grand for week,
March 1.
"The Wheel of Jove."
Taul Gilmore is so elegant in manner,
so correct in every minuttia of dress,
It was at first thought that his part of
Texas ranchman In George V. Ho-
XOVEITIES AT THE GRAND
Xew Bill Starts Tomorrow With
Many New Features.
Those who want good vaudeville are
promised one of the best shows they
ever witnessed at the Grand this week,
when the new bill begins tomorrow
afternoon. There are musical acts and
any number of comedians, dancers and
novelty people. Gllroy, Haynes and
Montgomery will be headliners. The
present. "The Good Ship Nancy Lee."
a nautical burletta and one of the
funniest acts Imaginable. A few years
ago this act played the Grand and
made one of the record hits In the his
tory of the house. Since then the aci
has played all the big houses of the
East. It is a ral musical and comedy
act and is so guaranteed. "The Kid's
Dream of the Bogie Man" Is the title
of the vehicle of Donnelly and Rolati,
the prima donna and the comic opera
comedian. This act will have elec
trical effects and is one no child should
miss seeing. .
The special added attraction will be
Ramza and Arno, European eccen-
triques. They have an act of oddities
and wherever presented the team have
made a veritable knock-out- It is a
scream of laughter. James R. Walte
& Company have a seaside playlet, "At
Lighthouse Point," which is more pre
tentious than the ordinary style of en
tertainment found in -the vaudeville
theaters. The playlet was. written by
Lawrence Barbour.
Brown and Schomer are a brace of
boys who are dandy dancers and they
can sing. too. Coby and Garron will
appear in "The Jockey and the Tout,"
a racetrack comedy with a line of
laughter that all who ever attend a
track will appreciate. This act gets
under the wire ahead of all competitors
and is an easy winner everywhere.
Then there will be The Plotter pre
senting the Italian and his sweetheart
This bill, as outlined, is one of the
best ever put together by Sullivan &
Considine for the West.
This afternoon and tonight will end
the present programme, headed by the
five Hawaiians and half a dozen other
star acts. There will be the usual Sun
day performances today. This ending
bill is one worth witnessing, as It Is
strqng on comedy.
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worthy of topline place and while no
act was featured especially above the
others the show has proved crtie of the
most successful In weeks. The Atlas
Four, the Musical Simpsons and the
pretty and novel little comedy automa
tons took particularly well w,lth tho
public.
The bill that Is to gro Into effect on
Monday has been recruited from the
best acts in the Western vaudeville
field. As usual. Manager Johnson Is providing-
a double feature, the first be
ing: Hlckey and Nelson, In a rattling:
grood and funny burlesque comedy,
"Twisted and Tangled." This act has
been one of the season's vaudeville
successes.
The second feature Is Colby and May
in a ventriloquil novelty act, "The Ven
triloquist and the Doll." This is amus
ing: and clever.
The Three Gardners will put on a
sir.ffing: and dancing: specialty. They
work with full stage and have special
settings of an elaborate and attractive
order.
Feurt and Window, operatic vocal
ists, are among: the best singers in the
vaudeville game, not to mention being
young and attractive.. Jack Symons is
too-well known to need any introduc
tion. For those of short memory it
may be well to recall that he is the
famous minstrel man and that he has
lost no part of his old-time power to
entertain.
Jean Wilson is back again to sin i
the illustrated song and this will be
welcome news as Wilson is by odds the
most popular ballad singer that evei
appeared in Portland. New comedy
pictures will complete the billing.
KING VICTIM OF GOSSIP
Scandalmongers Falsely Charge Al
fonso of Being Flirt.
MADRID. Feb. 22. Special.) Because
King Alfonso of Spain has not affected
to be different from the rest of his sex,
and has always shown himself an ad
mirer of a pretty woman, the scandal
mongers have seized upon this as a pre
text for raising their eyebrows. Those
who know the young monarch, intimately
however, are well aware that it is not
fair to insinuate that he possesses a
flighty deposition, and that the sugges
tion that the royal mother-in-law has had
to admonish him is an absolute canard.
Private Wagons for War Use.
BBRLJN. Feb. 22. Special.) Fifty-two
Lieutenants of the reserve have been
transferred to the Motor Transport Corps,
and will be employed in a periodical In
snection of self-Drooellpd Wfurnna anA
carts in private ownership, which might
De usetui in case 01 war. A vote of JJJ0,-
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of such vehicles as will agree to place
them at the disposal of the War Office
in case of mobilization. It is said that
this step has been rendered necessary by
the elaborate arrangements which have
been made in France for the destruction
of the railways in case of Invasion.
SIR HENRY IN BAD HEALTH
Fear Expressed for Condition of the
Prime Minister of England.
LONDON, Feb. 23. (Special.) Although
the references made in the House of Com
mons to the state of the Prime Minister's
health are generally optimistic, it is re
ported that Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man
is far from well. The strain caused
by his brother's grave illness is telling
upon him very severely. It has prevented
him throwing off the cold as quickly as
the doctors hoped, and the additional de
pression resulting from his inability to be
in parliament ha made matters worse.
Among Liberals, as. indeed, among all
members, the greatest solicitude is ex
pressed. Only now some ministerialists
are realizing how valuable an asset the
Prime Minister has grown to be. There
is a personal affection between him and
his followers that the party has rarely
seen. The feeling wlth which Mr. Glad
stone was regarded was something en
tirely different. It was the outcome of
an admiration for a figure upon a pednstal
an admiration partly compelled by fear.
But Sir Henry is looked upon by the rank
and file as one of themselves, working
on the same level, but possessed of the
rarer Instincts of the popular leader.
PLANS LUXURIOUS AIRSHIP
German Count Believes Problem of
Flight Solved.
BERLIN. Feb. 22. (SpeciaU-Before a
distinguished audience. Count Zeppelin
gave a lecture in this city on the con
quest of the air. After recapitulating the
origin, construction and history of his
three airships, the Count gave startling
details of his future plans and of his new
airship, Zeppelin IV. He asserted that
the new airship would be able to remain
in the air for four consecutive days and
nights, and to convey during that period
12 passengers a distance of 500 miles.
The Count declared that the ship will
be perfectly able to land on firm ground,
and will be fitted luxuriously with a far
containing sleeping and living cabins. The
Count strongly advocates the establish
ment of a permanent airship route be
tween Stuttgart and Lucerne, which he
thinks would be patronized by Knglish
and American tourists.