Confessions of an Actor (1926)

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CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTOR than anything I ever have (lone. I had wanted to put it on in London so much, and one crashing disappointment after another merely made me keener to do so. There was another pleasure for me, and that was because I was doing the whole thing myself. In London I had no producer or director. This added responsibility was really a delight, as there was such a splendid sense of collaboration and helpfulness everywhere. The company was interested extraordinarily by the way in which the production was staged; this was quite new for Shakspere in London. There was always a feeling of good humor and good fellowship on tap. I was explaining one day to the girls who carry on the body of Ophelia in the burial scene that, owing to the extraordinary and suggestive lighting of Robert E. Jones, they would not he recognized as having appeared in earlier scenes. I cautioned them that they should remember that in this scene they were virgins. One of them said to me: