New-York tribune., 1874-12-26
THE DRAMA.
BOOTHS THEATER
srArxrnA HERON As LADY MACBETH.

uvsoe dra matte sisters that le Stage had with
rreyoss loss an one That must promptly he repaired
This the beginning Of the dst2mp1r IL nas shee
raeed with great vi ncncc. course has beeu sporadic
First Miss Clara Morris hdr,. fortn In BrO0klyh' III
hight wig Then Miss C.rOtts Lclerc1 h'shed OUT IN
Boston Then Miss .e,nin n incl injO Wow, amongst
the tuachine sbop> OF British Manchester Ihen 'he
hardsome Ro EytiLge and tue lovely elade NsiSou
las II seep enough hal aircai' been murdered oy
those pretty faces both to be upon the
trail OF the miserable Ddncan dJ Macbeths in snort
non mn IN al directions and by one they try IL
and 1zzle-.hriil Of indignant JIraon seem 10
echo all round wekin savn1 IN accents OF ningod
inpaifence and commano. Iufrm Of purpose, give NE
the daggers!"
Last Sh, in Booth, Thee er those implements werc
given to Matilda II ron. aud distinguished actress
made 1t manifest that the L Cy Macbeth epidemic is
powerful upon veterans TIC young ladies' are lou
to have 1t all to them elves. Mss GDn is across the
sea aud 40 is Ms. Glads;ane: : hui no playgoer need
GOV be surprised il shorty ne behods the tiara OF
AIRS. Lander. the noddng planes Of Mrs. Farren, or
the sanguinarN Kilt of Mrs. MelindI Jones. Lady Mac
beth has. evidently, gut to be Interpreted. and Miss
Cushmau's Oe made good; ant since the storm
up" and both the IL ,trons and the damsels must
have q whack at the contested character, why the
they essay the shall have II over and
get to rest Miss UerOns pcrfo! last night. was
very far from settling anything unless perhaps, II
might have been hn Spectators These she exhausted;
the subject che did not Ms' Hrron in her day, has
been actress Of toat one was
Miss Heron She s plays 1t, but her performance Of
Il longer interesting il was This actress
never conceived character in poctIcal spirit, and
never Interpreted Que in symmetrical manner. She
was actual, or she was nothing a had tremendous
vitality woman, and thronGn her ftvorite medium
ruined virtue with itSelf-sAc flashed her fiery
spirit food of emotional splendor Hlr greatness
greatness Of al imparsioned, demInstratve lawless
sensibity. Seen IN The 'phs OF her spirit when that
spirit was fully aroused, she was like the vast inky,
soam-decked sea, angered by tempest, tossing and
caglng under mdDIglt sky She suggested all manner
Of strange and awfL images. embodied
frenzy. People felt the effect OF 4 prodgieus force.
and called its manifestations great aetna. Miss Heron
IS now somewhat lpsed Into the vale OF years. and
1.-THE glow which hel spirit u;ering faint and
low" She CLEANED little. then. night
but she steadily out of port AMI therefore, out OF
Shakespeare "MLcJeth" not any of Its important
parts, play that aapts itself to the natural schoOl
or the actual" school, the "cOliOqual" school Of
acting. The persOuages ideal, aud Lady Macbeth
Is intensely so; and no iuat OF French ease or
snuOus, willy italian smoUthuess inspired Irish
olarney will stand the place Of her majestic SOUL
denddrveD, peOped wi horrors. and wrung with the
hopeless anguish OF remorsc. Miss Heron,-liSe many
Others in this weary and troubled wOrld-walks upon
pathway that is tDlckig strewn Will aOrns. We should
not smooth away thorn bv writing false estimate
Of her performance OF Lady AdcJe. Viewed as ideal
IL vastly incorrect: viewed as piece of execution
1t was rough unequal, sometimes lIicrOus, and some
times painful. The old mannerisms that suited we'll |
enough with OGmiUe-the singsOng eoeutlon. the redun
dancy OF gesture the conorOns OF the the
syratlOns of body the sudden vagoike poses, the
intelligDie, cOnvulsve sef-cOmmuDings-were all |
again exhibited: ana their dazng effect heightened
by q commiDgng o. suffering sensbility, full Of self
consciousness and very agoDizng These things are all
out Of place OF Shake spearean ideal
which should be sharply cut. intense, winning. |
beautiful aud terrible in It's beauty While however
Is impossible accept Miss utronS Lady Macbeth even
- action aad form. there evidence, in the per-
scna:ion Of physical vigOr and utal clearness and
poise that wholly Unexpected Miss Heron could
not at her meridian, have acted Lady N1c0et@ IL hes
wholly apart her nature and her style aud Whal
abe could not 10 in merlan sac should not be ex-
pected to Bu with part tha' is suited 70 ner
oeranent sne might yet redwaken the public
enthusiasm. Her friend welcomed her isst
night In exceedingly cOrda! manuer, aud when she
called out at tue end OF the first act anu presented
with baskets OF flowers. they cheered her WIN shouts
of pleasure at is ;he first time, sne said, shat
loved Sew.York nas sirewn my path with flowers" We
hope it may not the No for Matilda Heron
than for another can anything
"brrz back the hour
ofglory in the grass tbs Tower"
out there may be an iumn practical success IT, IN
resuming her ploessun she guides with taste and wis
dom the voons 0f her genius, and the Efforts ot her
industry
vandenhoH acted Macbeth with an access energy,
The cast same as wnen "Macbeth" was done |
for Miss Cushman except that Mr.. c. b. Bishop acted
the Watch, and Mr. Henry Weaver acted Bdnquo;
both being notably good. Mr.. c. R1slne did quite |
eleverly little bit Of the Drunken Porter.
King Kalakaua arrived l the theater lat after Miss
Heron had made her hrt appearance and was reading
the letter and the pu0lc applause for the honored
guest came near spollinc Macbeth" Will be
repeated tonight
FIFTH AVENUE TuEATER
In the interest of the pay-gOng public, |
We remind the reader that the last presentations |
Of Sir Giles OreTench by Mr.. E. L. Davenport will |
be given this afternoon and evening They ought not 70
neglected Nextwees at this theater. will be devoted
20 "Pygmalion and Galatea," with Miss Carlotta |
Leclercq as the heroine; and week after next that |
actress will perform In The Palace OF Truth" On the
ith OF January Mr. L Davenport will return to the
FIFTH Avenue, appearing Shyloek. All these plans
full Of the promise OF innocent and exalted
pleasure and Mr. DAILY ght wei! excaim with Chrsto-
cher sly, Now, God be thanked for my good amends"
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett is in Hamilton,
Miss Kate Field acted, last night, at Bridge
port. Conn.
Miss Emily soldene intends to return to
EnRlsnd next June.
Mr. G.. H. Vandenhoff and Mr.. NJ. 81. Barry
more announced ~ coming to America.
The VOkes Family will reappear IN London
tonght, at Drury Lane. In tHe fairy spectacle Of Asd
din"
The Westminster play, this year, was "Tri-
nummus.' 1t was gwen on the l6th aud 18th of De-
eemoer.
Mr.. Creswick took benefit at Drury Lane
rheater, London, on the l5th December and acted
Hamlet
Madame Celeste, the old actress, has been
dangerously H. OF late. aud reported to be still In DEL
tcate health
Mr.. Charles Mathews has been very i'll, with
,al lia,t tn nnlfa %