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The solution of this unadifying Ldtoation is a roviow of the
qualifications required of at c- : n ,£corc::
r.0 doubt dre; i-oe, like scenery, require rehearsal
befora well-verceJ iir'jiii'oolo^ioto and artists if
actors vd;:h to bo n.'turr 1 and at ease, ond -inrhrvps
the time is not f ; r off v/hc-n tiiirj deoir-iblo attention
i.iay be civen to the details of historic oictureo
on or off Ltage. rJhis is entirely a uiatter of time
and ••t:i^e-uen:v;o;j.cnt. By securing a we ok for full
dress relic. i--r:,lc, and by engaging men more cultured
thru those ,vho now endeavour but are wholly incapable
to fill the position of eti r:- mcnc ;_cr or ac: istant
ctage mrm;,,~cr, 'one stage moy -anily be nude complete;.
There were, no doubt, failures of tact on both r,ii cs f but it
took the intractable Colacian to bring Godwin to the realisation
that his position in any professional theatre must be a proca.riouc
one, and that until it v-r.c consolidated ho could do
liutle of v.;;lue.
In tlio yo >.rr; tlvM, followed, Godv;in pursued a nu ber of
pctulii.i towards the theatre* "c undertook more on, ;. .^cuonts to
"r-oviuG" or "^un^rviac" tlio presentation of plr.-yc under London
:iiani"..f e.ioiitc.; he rernajnecl an aBciduous playgoer, of'': n annotati i r ;
his pro;';r!.'ranie in a ^nincr ;:u;:, -cctive of the Bristol controv:rn:/,
and of ^Gj-MUTd thaw's attrclza on raly and Au.jii.jtuc :•• rri •• . He
bec,..j.H-j rcu.L'..fer of ul^c Factor: 1 Pl:;.,vcrc, a society pctronioed
by L£\t'.y Arc.'iibrld Cambcll and fi.-. . rifccl prr'ily b*r cr.br:criptionc,
p .rt.ly by hlic i;alc of . c tc at i j;c r.-rf orn. ncos, and -r-.rtly by
i •;;;_•. no'ijle patrOiioas. ,Io alco co.'itinv.cd v:orl: ;.c n rrcliitcct and
I'ooi.-nor of ."ccor:'tio:\u c