Joseph O'Meara

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Joseph O'Meara
Realizes An artistic, happy combination of the skilled Reader and the trained Actor

MANAGEMENT
THE CENTRAL LYCEUM BUREAU
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA




ALL skilled actors are good readers.  Few professional readers are good actors.

These twin arts are emphasized in the highest degree in the work of
Joseph O'Meara
who has attained a recognized and honorable place among the artists of the American stage.

Mr. O'Meara is one of the best prepared readers and impersonators in the country.  He brings to his platform work an experience of almost fifteen years of acting in the leading dramatic companies of the United States.

His extensive experience, splendid talents and close association with the foremost exponents of the dramatic art enable him to give an unusually artistic, clear and natural insight into the arts of reading and acting, as adopted for lyceum work.




Repertoire — Drama, Comedy, Tragedy
Miscellaneous programs of the best and most attractive in literature, including the monologue arrangement of two plays.  Programs that will delight, charm, amuse and thrill.

Lecture-Recital—Shakespeare's Characters and What They Teach, a most practical and brilliant lecture-recital—potent, live and real.  Vital questions forcibly presented, energetically analyzed and eloquently discoursed.  Scenes from the great poet's plays impersonated.



Personal Endorsements from Leading Members of the Dramatic Profession
DEAR MR. O'MEARA — I remember with great pleasure seeing your excellent performance of a difficult role in the play of Threse Raquin in Boston.  This performance has always lingered in my memory as an achievement that was quite remarkable and out of the common.

Believe me,   Sincerely yours,
MINNIE MADDERN FISKE.

MY DEAR MR. O'MEARA — I congratulate the lyceum upon having secured your services.  The stage's loss is their gain, for there are few so well qualified and equipped for the work as you are.

I am very sincerely yours,
BERTHA KALICH.

MY DEAR FRIEND — I don't know whether to congratulate you on the move you are about to make or not — for clever young leading men nowadays are very scarce and far and few between.

While I am in doubt about the wisdom of your move, I am quite positive and certain of the wisdom and good fortune of the lyceum field in securing you, for you are one of the very few young men upon the English speaking stage who applies a thoughtful, studious knowledge to his work — who looks upon the actor's calling as an art, and it is an art that taxes the very finest intellect of man.  I predict the greatest possible success for you.

MCKEE RANKIN.



Critical Comment

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME —
Mr. Joseph O'Meara appeared before the University in an ambitious and difficult program.  He faced an audience that was severely critical.  At the conclusion of the program both the Faculty and students were unanimous in declaring Mr. O'Meara's work among the best ever seen at the University.

JOHN CAVANAUGH, C. S. C., President.



THE LYCEUM WORLD —
It was my privilege and pleasure to hear Mr. Joseph O'Meara at different times, including a full evening of recitals, and I do not hesitate to assure those in search of a real artist, who can entertain all ages and all kinds of audiences, that Mr. O'Meara will meet all expectations.  In this work, true artistic conception and animated, yet poised, execution are essential.  Mr. O'Meara has marked ability along both lines, while a splendid voice, dignified bearing and deep feeling enhance the value of his work.

ARTHUR E. GRINGLE, Editor.

Mr. O'Meara has a large bass voice of vast power, and he uses it with the utmost intensity of dramatic feeling.  His deep, slow, solemn tones are particularly resonant and noble.  In the monologue treatment of the play David Garrick, his flexibility of voice, in depicting the various characters, male or female, was admirable.  The skill with which he made the picture within a very limited space of the stage was something extraordinary.

J. S. VAN CLEVE.



CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MUSIC —
Joseph O'Meara has succeeded in combining in the most attractive and artistic manner the intelligence and analysis of the reader with the charm and delightful appeal of the actor.  In my opinion he ranks first among the best of readers and interpreters.

A. J. GANTVOORT, Manager.





Some News Notices

CHICAGO, MUSCIAL LEADER
—One of the most pleasing and certainly the most brilliant function of the season was the reading of Byron's Manfred.  Joseph O'Meara was the interpreter.  He was greeted by an immense audience and applauded as have been but few performers in late years.  The scenes from David Garrick were given an admirable presentation.  In Hexenlied, of Ernest Von Wildenbruch, which closed the program, Mr. O'Meara rose to tremendous heights.


CINCINNATI, ENQUIRER
—The intensely poetic lines of Manfred were given as fine an interpretation as could well be conceived, and held the audience spellbound.  At its close the reader received a veritable ovation.  The scenes from David Garrick were given an admirable presentation.  The various characters, as they were presented in turn by the reader, received their just due of prominence and individuality.  At the close of each scene Mr. O'Meara was repeatedly recalled.  The climax of the program was the Hexenlied of Ernest Von Wildenbruch.  In this number the reader rose to most intensely dramatic heights.  His voice, a well modulated barytone, full of resonance and power, depicted the various shades of feeling in a masterly manner, which compelled the admiration and breathless interest of the audience.


COLUMBUS, OHIO STATE JOURNAL
—Mr. O'Meara is an actor of finished manner and has a fine voice, capable of expressing all degrees of emotion.
His interpretation of the very difficult verses was always intelligent and clear.  He has a splendid articulation and good command of his voice.
In the scenes from David Garrick, Mr. O'Meara gave a vivid portrayal of the famous characters in this ever-funny comedy.  He succeeded in depicting a drawing room full of people, each with their marked idiosyncracies.



LOUISVILLE, COURIER-JOURNAL
—He acts with a naturalness that adds great dignity to a part that easily could be made unattractive.


ROCHESTER, HERALD
—Played Marat better than the character was ever before given in this city.


BROOKLYN, STANDARD UNION
—Gave a finished and thoroughly artistic performance.


TOLEDO, BLADE
—Pinero has drawn the character with a master hand and Joseph O'Meara gives it life and color.  The most artistic performance seen this season.


CINCINNATI, FREIE PRESSE
—Mr. O'Meara proved an artist of great equipment.  Besides possessing a sonorous and flexible voice, he knows thoroughly how to appeal to and fascinate an audience as reader.  His art of characterizing is remarkable.


SALT LAKE, HERALD
—Joseph O'Meara is the embodiment of Don Enriquez De Palacios, and does a magnificent piece of work.


DENVER, REPUBLICAN
—As the pastor in Magda, Mr. O'Meara made a strong impression by the dignity, force and restraint of his acting.


CINCINNATI, ENQUIRER
—Mr. O'Meara is a fine reader.  His years of professional service on the stage, his thorough knowledge of the interpreter's art, his fine presence and his refined delivery were well exemplified.


CINCINNATI, COMMERCIAL-TRIBUNE
—Mr. O'Meara's stage training was very much in evidence in each number, which, despite the versatility of the program, was splendidly interpreted.  He rose to great heights and closed amid tumultuous applause.


SAN FRANCISCO, EXAMINER
—Mr. O'Meara played with fine dignity and invested the part with appealing nobility.


BOSTON, HERALD
—The Michaud of Joseph O'Meara was a delight to witness.



PERMANENT ADDRESS, JOSEPH O'MEARA, NORWOOD, OHIO

THE EBBERT & RICHARDSON CO. CINCINNAT!