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TRAINING FOR THE STAGE
rade;" Mr. Mansfield, who, in the long
speeches of Henry V., frequently so mis-
places and misproportions his emphasis
that the finer shades or larger powers of
the Shakespearean text are lost. If our
stage were to be wholly given up to trivial
and unimportant plays, such a want of the
best technical training might not much
matter, though still it would matter. But
the demand for the best dramas has not
wholly disappeared, and there is no know-
ing what the future may bring forth.
Whenever Shakespeare or Goldsmith or
Sheridan is " revived," and when a Ros-
tand is born to us, we shall need a corps
of actors trained with the finer precision
and larger style of the Conservatory which
is attached to a great theatre.
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