The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-18
ANUS MEMTs.
THO Ristori matieee-Hor Representation Of
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Tho xistori Matiece-Hor Representation 0i
Elizabeth.
The French theatre few minutes after tho doors
were obened yesterday afternoon crowded In every
part Nearly eighhs OF the audience were OF the
gentlef sex for women flock TO matin6es butterflies
to June; and that occasion they presented about
as brilliant and varied appearance as those floating
lIes Of the vernal field Even The gallery, where tho
opportunity for seeing the performance Is about good
for witnessing parado the City Hall park from Brook
Ign Heights was filled with fair women and few
Elizabeth Ia PROFESSIONALLY tho greatest OF Risoris
impersonations much superior 10 her fhmdra and
Adrenne and Lady Macbeth she IL 10 the most emf
Of The day II she could play nothing else
than that single role she would by that alone establish
her reputation the greatest Of living actresses That
would fix her fame grea, artist certainly as would
Paradise Lost hton's reputation poet the Dvins
Cornedla Dantes, the Eneid vrgil's Nature seems
have intended Rstor for the ideal Queen OF England
whom bards and ronancers had given US, in conrsdis
tinction the strong minded and powerful but In.
tensey selfish. ridcuousiy vain aud supromely disin
gennous daughter Of Henry VIII Everything In the
beauty 70 her apoorypha sirenity. She great
cheat az Louis XIV and needs some rude coaocsst like
Carlyle 10 take OF the robes and plumes with which highly
coorcd history has adorned her and her In her
unsghtly undress
II il with Ristor's representation however We have
to do, and we cannot praise II too hghy. isand we un
darssud TO the fullest the meaning the employ
really grand superb magnificent No one fsncies hsr
acting. Tho delusi0n and illusion are complete We
feel that she is one OF us-a moving living, suffering
womsn--and we are masnetzed and thrilled by her
subtle rendering that we conld do battle In her behalf
sud hate The Spanards and Bacon and love and honor
Essex Ia her In every act Rstori u different
creature In the last act hardly believe shs h
the gay, young hopeful half coqrettsh, haiftender
woman we have witnessed in the first act She seems
bowed by her grief, and broken in hope and spiritto
be a stranger TO our oyes and memory When she es-
claims her COUCH "pista missrioordi0 I" until she
murmurs, so like child that has wept itself TO ex-
haustion Ani,rd del no Roberto, eocom eccors ~ sll
goes out her We forgot every thing but her
woe, her love, her dead adorsd her living passion
and her The the end Of the second act
when her fathers sword and defes Philip her
insult TO Essex and her Indignation nj his rebe,ous
ness swayed all the while by hor great love her male
dcton upon Bacon and her horror at the sound o. the
gun announcing her fayorites execution all such
wonders of dramatic AIT rarely more than once
In lifetime. The audience enthusiastic and called
her out at tho Of every act she rennenty
deserved We sorry to observe that spectators we're
admed 10 the wings OF tho stage so a. 20 DO visible.
aud destroy the Illusion entirely. That may have been
avarice-t certainly was not art We must agan pro-
test against tho delay between the acts II q year or
two supposed to eapse between them the magins-
ton OF the audience could easily accept Il a melan
choly fact But we will not murmar We only remem-
Der Rstors grand and beautiful Improvisation and can
afford to be charitable 70 the few shortcomings OK what
was, on the whole delightful matinee.