The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-02
1MrSENEvTS.


Shakespeare Antony and CLEOPATRA ono
is 10 represent il without Cleopatra. Thi. is
the way we usually get l.. Tho o;hdr way IL ~
represent II wi'i,out q Moro AniOly. Thut Is
the way We have |, now
Nhc pcrformaa'r at tho Broadway Theatre
ought 60 he = .tcat doai 'oti". MAN ID. 1ii.8
Rose Ey,irG' 90 ,all Tho truth carrcl t,yo-
thirds OF the we ril uu1n hsr shoulders Tho
remaining tlird a. distributed among bale.
dancers AID scene paiutors.
| cannot mud tho sam" iagll with Mis- Ey-
tiIge's acting Of this di.i lili roo that several
Of my friends have hasieucd to discover.
perceived. first ~ an. that she" looked the
role" a. w say; she ga,e ia vouptuous. ori-
entail aspect thnt cane nearer y, satisfying tie
fancy than any previous impersouution that
had seen.
Then she read her lines with Intelligence and
D'ctir apprehension Of their spirit
Thosn $40 poinl, IN her flNor are very strong
ones. Il H. almost IN imrossihiiity to routea.n;
Cleopatra ON the stage with o CJpiic favor.
Tor thu simple reason ;hai an actress toiuhining
Lcnuty and riuc Intelligence is ne of the rnr,-st
things IN the world
Miss Eyinge posscsans both. She is In my
opinion. the hest rcad"-. especially of Sheke-
spoarc. TINT we have among the three or Jour
conspicuous leading women o. the stage.
Neither Morris nor nnreon can dociaim
Shakespeare W ILL., ana Anderson. who ia hardly
out OF pupiia4". gives u- the tones " th II noble
organ. but misscs many ~ itr ,ralutions Of
sense. Nelson roycr rose 10 tragic heights
She seemed weighed down with her own sweet
hess.
Mrs. Lander r hard and unmusical: Janus
chok is gignn'rslve aud has an un-sbako-
slDgrean accent.
lady frirnd II mine made the r,mark. on
the nigh; tina. Clara Morris played Larry Noe
bdh. 'aat the uet-.~s had more genius than
hriius
This remark. which sounds rude enough to
shallow ears, is. neverthclo -. "a curt way ~ ox-
pressing p truth that must ln evident to every
cultivated person Who hiss seen Miss Morris IN
the part.
That truth is that Mis-, Morris ap9rehonds
without cmprehoudiu.. the character
But Miss Tytinge's defamation has a qualify
Of excellence entirely unlike JnnaGsohcks. 1t
is not IN the craniioso German school. hut. II II
can be- class fed AZ al. belongs 10 the modern
style OF the Paris Con-orydtoire.
IT'S an excellence which is thr result Of study:
the fruit q C. d.s0i ned. patient mind which
weighs every word and unDosou.s the meaning
Of every phrase.
This scholarship "a Observable in her C',o.
petra. AMI place the merit OF Intelligence first
because it Is rarcs'. TINT size simula,.s the
part with saga'ity and enters into the capri
'ious spirit OF the role with aa oriental wan
tonn"ss struck me- as heln, also true.
But noticed tllat this scu-ucus air now Ian
guild and now bursting into fame. which So ex-
nelly reproduced for us the luxurious beauty 81
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passion. Hers il rho s.lnsbnnss y, all.
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AGE were An in,ueriol intellectually o,'1 ,,,-.
friorv loyed her he,,ls.. M. 81, ~, H. ~,
that ned be "hourn.lr ~ tsdd,,t
Miss Etinpe plavs il win tho ,r,,,sn ,h,
sensuons c-nffv- oui.r .,e,tf.,, ,ro,,,, IL,
more conspicuous th,n mo npe,.n
1t is the serpent Of old S1- F." TINT h,s ,.s.
,i,,,.d m. ,,or,ar t.. ,r.i',' '' nn7 NE
about him.
Do not the insinua.iug steal,hv. anil serne,.