New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-20
THE DRAMA.
Mss ANDERsON As JULIET.

MISS ANDERSON As JULIET.
Il WAS as Juliet that Miss Anderson achieved
srr., success IN the West and it i'm I'll, part that
&c oeued last evening The second week OF her engage
lent 40 the Fifth Avenue Theatre. after week OF lux
orions rhetoric and romantlclsm Pauline large au-
aieucc received her warmly. 10 mus be cold audience
that viii NOT give her a hearty greeting when she first
catches tie eye in any character Tor she j. very good 10
look M she has all the charms OF youth and beauty in
freshest bloom be colder audience SUI tnat viii
not grow warm welcoming her when her first worlds
heard Tor though her figure is fine and her face lovely,
her greatest charm her voice, deep rich ana perfectly
uoduated 10 often that enunciaton SO perfect as
hers is heard on our stage. Not a word a whisper
Is lost from first 10 last and back seat is as good
as one In the front row. An actress who before
she E ,ueteen-the play bills advertise her age rather
cons.icuousy-Las learned how 10 talk so as
20 be- heard distinctly In every part OF the
house has certainly made good progress IN her
art Bl voice her too vel n Jtate; II IS a
most too mellow and mature TO be az all grisl. WHAT
she c is grace that subtle beauty OF motion. In TIC
balcony scene she looks like Jtte although she talks
like u elder sister, bat she doe, not act like the daughter
OF "a Cluu.ct Juliet certainly is not lay figure but
Nj, Anderson has much action lhat she IS sometimes
almost lotesque. she throws herself about the ball
couy as though 1t roomy as a prairie.
Her voice. happily, is not in keeping with
her gestures and her geDudeyions In the opening
Daquv j, is deep and ric and only moments
for instance u the asides to the Nurse, has II gr's
tones Perhaps the best effect produced this scene was
the rendering of the single sentence, stay but little,
WI come again" These SIMPLE words, spoken with
on ok breath and ucable tenderness were enough o.
make every OLD boy who heard them young again.
But Dr. takes mo-e than the charms Of youth
and lovelness and a delicious voice to maze
a good Juliet II takes much fus poetry throughout.
realized and refined; aud that Miss Anderson does not
seem To have although she may 10 have it OF
these days Her Juliet reminds one OF Charles Reade's
heroiues thar constantly In motion, and ksswith
much scrpcuune agility. There too much bouncing
and romping and k.sshrOving al tine end " the bal
couv scene IL the scene with the Nurse the old
womau's bones rubbed ana sucn hot love Is made,
merely TO induce her 90 say what she was
sure 10 tell in the end, it not Juliet.
bur Julia Dodd. that bending over the
chair and huggng the crOne. But many faults Will be-
pardoned in one who has fine presence as Hiss
Anderson has In the support there was considerable
good timber albeit there some undenable sticks.
NJ PiymptOn, ~ Romeo would 60 well TO bear in mind
the Frars words Wisely aud slow; they stumble that
ruu SO fast" lie Is somewhat too agile and Light
hearted. Mr. J. g. Studoy MrrcutO, ami Mrs. Ed
ridge as the Nurse We're excellent Merc4iiO's grim
humor after he was stabbed was especially fine. The
Performance, a. a whole. remarkably smooth.