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that he had visited the Lyceum \vith some friends, after
re;.dinr some very unf vourable reviev/s, and, finding his
impressions no ;'t variance v.lth the opinions of the critics,
had been move to write in the octrees f s defence. Humphrey's
article hi s the subtitle "Voice miO ..notion: ith Reference to
the Juliet of ,: ;iss nry Anderson", and seeks to interpret the
performance in tome 01 a theory of c-ctinc. /otinr: th- t an
actor m.-.y be .aid to have expressed a pacrion when the audience
rihov;s si us of feeling it, he remarks on the existence of two
reactions to HSS Andersen's acting. ?his c ivioion in the
e^ci:a tes of, the perfom. nee oa-.y-eet to hin that too little
attention hns be-, n . -id to "the . o.;er of the voice cs an evoker
of enotion". (Hie description of the voice relates it to
current t ojiiea of raucicpl expression:)* He eventually
arrives at the criteria he would r v>iy to , ctin.-« J re;;nr;oocinr$
an atoent.i.ve and "f« elin^' 1 audience, there are three conditions
e:.. enti•• .1 to ;.rtietic cuccess:
1st '7'iG situations in the ?-