The Actor And His Art
The Actor And His Art
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But it was real, it. was not repulsive; it was alarming, but not frightful. This was art, and excellent art, too.
There was the stroke of genius, the Nttle touch which makes a picture by Teniers or Jan Steen a masterpiece. The spectator, amused or terri- fied, was never disgusted ; he never felt impelled to rise and leave the hall. Mark that, I beg; we must never make our audience feel anxious to leave. What I say may be commonplace J but I, for my part, fail to see how a theatre can be maintai...ned without an audience.
But, cry the purists, is that the only object of the theatre, — amusement.^ Then make it an exhibition of women !
I do not say so. Not that I am opposed to exhibiting women, if art is to find a profit in it ; that is to say, if, by exhibiting them, we excite a purely theatrical pleasure in the spectator's breast, and not a pleasure of a lower, I might say, more shameful kind. But I do not forget the maxim, Castigat ridendo mores ; only I would not omit one jot or tittle of it.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But it was real, it. was not repulsive; it was alarming, but not frightful. This was art, and excellent art, too.
There was the stroke of genius, the Nttle touch which makes a picture by Teniers or Jan Steen a masterpiece. The spectator, amused or terri- fied, was never disgusted ; he never felt impelled to rise and leave the hall. Mark that, I beg; we must never make our audience feel anxious to leave. What I say may be commonplace J but I, for my part, fail to see how a theatre can be maintai...ned without an audience.
But, cry the purists, is that the only object of the theatre, — amusement.^ Then make it an exhibition of women !
I do not say so. Not that I am opposed to exhibiting women, if art is to find a profit in it ; that is to say, if, by exhibiting them, we excite a purely theatrical pleasure in the spectator's breast, and not a pleasure of a lower, I might say, more shameful kind. But I do not forget the maxim, Castigat ridendo mores ; only I would not omit one jot or tittle of it.
What to read after The Actor And His Art?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Abby Langdon Alger to read onlineMoreLess
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