Mark Twain's Speeches

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Author: Mark Twain ISBN: 1230000417853
Publisher: Variety Books Publication: May 10, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Mark Twain
ISBN: 1230000417853
Publisher: Variety Books
Publication: May 10, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

These speeches will address themselves to the minds and hearts of those

who read them, but not with the effect they had with those who heard

them; Clemens himself would have said, not with half the effect. I have

noted elsewhere how he always held that the actor doubled the value of

the author's words; and he was a great actor as well as a great author.

He was a most consummate actor, with this difference from other actors,

that he was the first to know the thoughts and invent the fancies to

which his voice and action gave the color of life. Representation is the

art of other actors; his art was creative as well as representative; it

was nothing at second hand.

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These speeches will address themselves to the minds and hearts of those

who read them, but not with the effect they had with those who heard

them; Clemens himself would have said, not with half the effect. I have

noted elsewhere how he always held that the actor doubled the value of

the author's words; and he was a great actor as well as a great author.

He was a most consummate actor, with this difference from other actors,

that he was the first to know the thoughts and invent the fancies to

which his voice and action gave the color of life. Representation is the

art of other actors; his art was creative as well as representative; it

was nothing at second hand.

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