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Title: Life and art of Richard Mansfield : with selections from his letters
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Winter, William, 1836-1917
Subjects: Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907
Publisher: New York : Moffat, Yard and company
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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on the stage only once, January 8, 1900,at the Garden Theatre, New York, on which occa-sion she acted Eaina, in Arms and the Man, aplay which Mansfield then presented for the last time.Her repertory comprised: Mrs. Florence Lowell Prince Karl Agnes Carew Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Alice Golden Monsieur Lesbia Lesbia Lady Anne Richard III. Letty Lightfoot Master and Man Nora A Dolls House Mariana Vincent Beau Brummell Lucia Don Juan Acte Nero Tessy Tagrag Ten Thousand a Year Hester Prynne The Scarlet Letter Portia The Merchant of Venice Raina Arms and the Man Queen Louisa of Prussia Napoleon Bonaparte Clara Desmond The King of Peru Lady Thyrza Castle Sombras Judith Anderson The Devils Disciple As an actress Beatrice Cameron was exceedinglywinning in the character of Mrs. Lowell, presentingan image of girlish happiness, and she was variouslyable and brilliant as Lucia, Hester Prynne, Nora,and Raina,—the latter being, perhaps, her best per-formance, considered as a work of art, and being,
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PhotoyravJi l>y Marceuu, Xeic York MRS. MANSFIELD AND GEORGE GIBBS MANSFIELD ACTRESS AND WOMAN 359 also, one of the best examples of the satire ofromance that have been seen. She seemed inclinedto cultivate a taste for theatrical parts of a bizarrecharacter, but her natural aptitude was for partsrepresentative either of frolic, pensive sweetness,or deep womanly feeling. Her Lucia was one ofthe decisive artistic successes of her career. Theidentification with the assumed state of a boy, inci-dental to that impersonation,—when Lucia., dressedas a page, follows Don Juan into danger,—wascomplete; the bearing was free, and even martial;the feeling was deep and true; and the utterance ofthe feeling was fluent, musical, and tender. AsTessy, in Ten Thousand a Year, she gave aperformance remarkable for bright intelligence,natural, sustained vivacity, and winning ardor. Asa woman Mrs. Mansfield is highly esteemed for herpatience, placid resolution, gentleness, loyalty, andexecutive facul

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