New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-24
GERMNN OrERA.
THE DRAMA.
JANAf >CHIK.

On Saturday, at the Academy of Music.
Janauschek terminated her 6r-t New York engage
meht III English Drama. and took benefit appearing
a. Lazy ndodeh Tonight, aud Tuesday and yedne.
day she VIII ACT In Brooklyn. and cordially hope she
VIII have q liberal hearing. Janau.chek IA a.
actress who deserves to receive from thi, tb.
atrical public the mO-t emphatic t..timonisl. "a
sympathy and admiration Her natural talent.
for the art OF acting strong hne She bn. cnIt
waited those talents with perseyeFng fidelity. She Ina.
always walked in the higher paths the drama she
has worked very hard She haa continually illustrated
high ideals of character and grand phases Of experience
and therein she has exerted steady influence for COED
OF late, by her mastery Of the English Ian
guage, che has achieved intele ctusl yio-
tory, and has materially widened the scope
OF her power to difu-e enjoyment and benent
through the medium Of the stage. These facts substan
tiatc and place upon solid foundation, her claim -
eminence and to the rghtfu reward Of With
the many triumpbs that she while acting in Ger
man, readers have long been acquainted and thoy
have had the opportunity OF estimating for themselves
the OF success that she 0ttains when act
ing In English. To her surprising command OF our Ian
guage her performance OF Deborah bore unmstakab's
testimony which ratified and strengthened by her
subsequent performances OF Mary Stuart and Lazy Mae
beth. These Latter presentations. indeed, presented
greater number OF ngual defects than the former bus
the testimony Of the three make certain
that she is perfectly competent to act In English
fuller and reer command Of the new language Will u
course, lend wings to the spOnsnety Of her acting.
which now is somewhat hampered by foreign medium
OF utterance. Allowance has to he made for that
Of practice which time and toll viii supply Yet
when all needul qualification has been made remains
a definite fact that Janauschek has achieved q
true and brilliant success in her effort to surmoun the
sole barrier that kept her from the empt appreciation
Of American play goers The intense enthusiasm OF her
temperament and the physical force Of her action were
titfl (.rua
the English - and equally they explained her mag
netic hold upon the popular heart. But the mechanism
of her art and the charm OF her intelligence OBJ
scured by the foreign robes which she has hap
PLY aside. To assert however that her victory
already complete, would be premature praise. she
s not yet good actress in English
she was I'm German Her Debor0h-which IL .
superb piece Of aetingmay be fine in the language
asin the other. But this Is not true OF either her Aary
Stuart or her Lady Macbeth. Especially in the latter
PRESERVATION, - which is hard and masculine ana
therein at variance with the plain intention of shake
speare,dOes che indicate mperfectness OF cOncep
ton of the genus OF English poetry. Our great nters
in her success hOweyeT-an interest created and
tanned by knowledge OF the nobleness OF her ambition.
the sincerity Of her ZEAL and the hOroughness OF her
industry-makes it difficult for TO view with critical
mpariality this latest and most ambitious attempt OF
her aspiring mind. The occasion is for encourage
ment and not for censure. Yet, while We cordially
recognize the power that lit up the entire portrare.
together with the occasional beauty of her method and
the melting sweetness OF her feeling and her tones
(as in the banquet scene, which her best.
must not fOrbear TO cay that the Lody
Macbeth OF Shakespeare is,-frst OF all, and
above ALA woman, in the full meaning OF that word
and that neither Janauschek anybody else
coed in reproducing that beautiful and terrible creation
poetic ina ging till the haekneyed stagedea OF the
cnd in female shape be utterly discarded As write
these words conscious OF the verge OF that very
ancient discussion to the relative bearings OF the ha
and the Internal element in this great tragey-and
orbear Our views this point stated not very
long ago, when Macbeth" was brought out by Edwin
Booth They shall not be reiterated here and therefore
forbear disquston, too, the and turbuleps
Macbeth OF Mr. Walter Montgomery I gave us pleasant
gmpses this actors spirit though, and Of his care
fu method and perhaps-had been seen in any place
adapted to dramatic performances and not la the bowling
waste of the Academy OF Muscit might have impressed
truer In conception. "Macbeih" VIII be acted Id
Brooklyn with tho same east Of parts that II had
In New-York. Mr. studley will play hdedUg. DIR.
Mark Smith will play Heeedte. The music VIII %
given by large chorus Much public curiosity has been
aroused by this shakesperean revival of Mr. Dat ana
by Janauscheks representations Those VINO see hef -
Lady Macbeth will great actress IN great ehars>
ter; and,-whatever she pays,-they VIII reeoghD' ~
their presence of the chief intellectual Efforts OF Tue
cotemporary stage Janauschek will act at the Brooklyn
Academy as Deborah, Mary stuart. aud Lady hoeotmu
This week is the third, and will he the last,
OF The Two Roses" at Wallack's rheaer 30 pretty
play, so consigned to thc shell At might wen a ="
echo the moruary surprise Of the nianle tomb'''n
Isoy VERY soon am done for
wonder what begun for"
Mr.. Fox'sexcellent pantomime of B" Wee willie
Wnkie - enters upon its fourth week, a. the Olympic
Iheaer this evening 1t mas been acted TO iu holse
ali along The theater saturday evening was IS
csnsely crowded the first night OF this capat en-
teriament There Is great variety Of M dem ~ .nS
niece and the scenic setting of IL j. contHtodNt na
md often magnificent: while the droery OF mr foNS
tbe Gjouu keen, alive with merrimcnt rom hfs' '"