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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3191, 15 September 1917, Page 10

"A vitally important point in the- production of any play is to get thu actors to thoroughly l>eliove in thejudolvs. Une has to bu sincere to niako a success of any part, to look right at the part acd say 1 will impersonate this <■'.& maid just as old maids are—to make as truthiul a ropresentation as though I were a mirror. If this were not the use the audience would be so tliorougly out of sympathy with the whole performance that the play would be gone. It does jiot seem to me that any audience realises how much they mean to a performance. ' Personally the minute I step on thu stage 1 can "feel" my audience. After two or three lines I know whether they are ready to meet me halfway, or whether they are sitting back in their chii|m null mentally remarking 'Uo on, Willie Collier—make us laugh—we dare you to!" When you got an audience that seems to sit forward in their chairs and wants to laugh, the evening's work is easy—but when you got the other type—it is a straight case of figuratively rolling up your sleeves and wading in. This does not apply to comedy alone, it is just as true of straight drama —though I have always contended, and I think that all actors will agree with me, that it is easier to bo a weeping or thrilling success than to bo a laughing success."—William Collier, the Amerian farceur, in "The Theatre Magazine." War troubles have made it increasingly difficult to get foreign artists for the Fuller vaudeville circuit, which difficulty is now further accentuated by the entry of America into the war. However, according to Mr. Ben J. Fuller, "the Australian artists nre standing up to the test," and he is making extensive plans to provide fresnness and variety in another way, by onanisms; more and more revue companies, for which plenty of the best provender is available in America. In the last few months alono Mr. Puller has bought three revues — "Four Ilusbamls," "Night Clubs," and "The Time, the Place, and the Girl." These will shortly be seen in Australia. Barraclough'fi Magic Nervine- cures Tootuache.-Advt.