They listened actively, with their ears, lips, eyes, arms, and legs.

Each listened in his own manner, with nobility, simplicity, grief or rebelliousness, according to the parts which the actor was accustomed to play.
No, the director of the theatre would not suffer the valiant actor, who, in the course of his only too brief career, had shown more than promise, to depart without a word of farewell.
"Chevalier, impetuous, uneven, restless, imparted to his creations an individual character, a distinctive physiognomy.

We saw him a very few days ago--a few hours ago, I might say--bring an episodical character into powerful relief.

The author of the play was struck by the performance.

Chevalier was on the verge of success.