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Japan, a record in colour (1901)

Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 54

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res, and someof the expressions of the actors were extraordinarilygrotesque, just like a Japanese picture-book. Butwhat struck me most of all was the absolute autocracyof the little manager, or whatever he called himself—the Czar of Russia or General Booth was not in itwith him for power! He threw… … Art and the Drama dexterous and masterly for anything, and called forthmy unfeigned admiration. The greatest living actor at the present moment inJapan is Danjuro—in fact, I should say that he is oneof the greatest actors in the whole world ; and in orderto give a true insight into the many…

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