WHAT AN ACTOR SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2008, 5 June 1885, Page 2

WHAT AN ACTOR SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

.•'.. John Hollingshead, the London theatrical manager, in an interview,, nays, "1 contend that no person, man or woman, hits a right to enter the unless he, and particularly she, has physical beauty. I want in a woman a pretty face, sympathetic voice, a lissome figure, and a good presence. With a man it is the same. Ho should be handsome to succeed. A handsome jemt premier has a much larger income than one of. Mr Gladstones Secretary's and a livelier time, too. A Grecian nose, a wellc'ut mouth, a nicely curled moustache, a pair of soft eyes (hazel for a choice), small feet and hands; hair, color indifferent (red barred), but carefully brushed, five feet eight inches, unexceptionable tailor, and there you are. A fashionable jeme premier may rise to £3O a week, Brains? No consequence; none whatever. Good manners are much more valuable." "I" said the interviewer, "have laughed till the tears rolled down my cheeks at Mr Terry's drolleries. Mr Toole would put a screw in a good temper; so would Mr Penley,' Mr Hill, or Mr Paulton ; but do you call themgood types of physical beauty'/"''Ah, that is quite a'different matter. A low comedianneedsnophysical charms; indeed they would rather clog his progress inhis profession. A snub, nose and a wide mouth is often worth a fortune to a man. No; a surpassing genius or a low comedian are exceptions to my rule."