Year: 1909

Dressing in the seedy costume of a street musician and without a spoken word or a gesture, he actually makes a character study of a rather stupid absent-minded sidewalk player. Rinaldo ambles on without a glance at the audience, slowly stakes a position in the center of the stage. After a momentary pause he quietly raises his violin and begins to play. His face is absolutely expressionless except at such momenta as it lights up with flashes of half-enthusiasm during a spirited passage of music, then lapses back into blankness.