New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-10
TIE ADnRFSS.

last evening Mis-, Anna Dickinson stepped out alone
before the footighs made her reply 10 the critics.
as announced in the advertisement. With her hand Ia
| OF new sDaper cuttings she began in sad voice;
ANA Dickinson scarcely knows herself tonight before
you. / think ii have known for anything among
you-and doubt a great many men and women mere
Tonight have listened many times on the lecture
p,atform-f / have been known Tor anytAlnE aslohE
You. think have been known as deiendrr OF INC
wronsed and the oppressed. Applansel CandilIy mn
honestly really know Of no more utterly Nt'.s,n an, h
Oppr scd person IN come respects IN ms Town 49,
woman who stands before You lAppal'e Ihs noI'a
Of Yesterday saws here ME DI,Ai''rou sf1tirg
slip in her hand until she came TO t.e lis.i-r ,
that she had been treated with tenderness Wy lHe
critics" when She stopped with the remark VIII stop
| there" and the slip upon tie tablet - ,.
viii try she resumed To talk Of Anna Dickinson to
who never anew ner. Cauddly ami frankly, good
friends thinK that nay long years os ne %blic
dId Tor me kindly, a generous, Ir,ei n1,
criticism, Judgment ~ thT tnGs ., ,t r. ~ nor
necessary to 20 over all The grounds why cant
t." The s s oH me ss 81 Nav last at the
Globe Thcaer Boston believe T. has been Asserted
10y the Tord that object to the criticism OF ne rIiur
the critics that treated me so kindly lLauShsrI
No. object simply and only 10 dehoeFale iasn,a
tOn-uothing else. When made nv nrsI appell-
ancc in Boston. COOL stage manager here 90 my
Not a kindy-dsposed audience; audience WHICH rs
The World editorial day or So thereafter was
indsposed to any in that, AT least was
the inference tn be drawn RON the editorial $50 -.
nv friends 20 the theatcr 10 supper; my az
tncul Ny of successful performance hiS always
been dis aud think this audience VII l''liI{ !. y,
Scf,r|a new venture The audience wei disposed
/ and cba. when the cur ain goes down. II
saw. I'VE may nope for Dejt,r things in the see
oud act" The curtain eocs NJ aud iaIlS on 'Hit 7I
IL may stay place hoping for better things 10 tAe
third act now if the third act weaIlcs and draeS
upon You, then you see prope Eetuh- tl'r MI '''i
c0aIs and melting away out 81 the doors and rntrcrs
TGe curtain goes MP on the fourth act ana II me
fourth act be win the majority OF the an leneg
bad. those Who are sim WAITING, INV III
taer Is that far ar9ertioai Lsn'J te ,
inst art in Boston. Now, VIII read with Your
patience word two Of what my gooi friend me
am not here - word IL defense Oi my play
or my 5iayiHg-not At all. by pay ana
any word OF IAiut. lApplarsc.l / am here, ~ sly
only in my old caiacci-is champion Of 'he uu'n ''nd
OF the Oppressed.
Here followed a some what long extract from The
World after reading which Mis-, Dickinson said You
should hear what eminent! clear, d,passiouate
tender critic OF The TRIBUNE wrote Of ~
II the social welcome be alone considered, her stage
lasted - minutes. Il Is thm ussue 81 l.Ne
prose dialogue tHc story Of Anne Bolcyi inv"'in
l. persons. Il is not relieved 10y ,ironE ara
matte iurIdcHt Scenes in Henry VIII, ana
Axe Crown" cmboy it, substance ana are beii r.
Tie language Lacks rieyat on. Most or the char
actcr, political coAun!l uns The impression leii -
his toudncSs for deca plf1icn uad good grounds. 4Ae
lasi scene Tom Taylor, play Introduced by
Mrs. kJuShy.'
Miss Dickinson here sail: In the course Of the play
this evening AHae B1ieyl did say 10 HearT tie VIII,
Your Majesty doth right We'll know in saxon painness
this is q ie"" IGreat applause
Miss Dickinson then continued reading from TIE
TRIBUNE criticism r. follows:
are feeders Miss Dickinson went through it with mas
enme force AZ points "e ISo,, Se fc ls''e
stiuct-,Ome idea Of execution and much Will
! In art she was cillow. Hcl presence .s
a Queen was puny. Her voice often nasal and TIM
! her walk Onc-'idcd. Her Attitudes were mostly
crouched. Her emotion was thai OF tAr mind and
OF the heart she does noe born. but she
glmts. The lace was ofsen SET N a stare
| was li.d on the apo-trophe To Jnle >eyaDur and
an cXpo,tulation W.T.: Lor9 Percy. Ta,y sounded Ike
walls rom Martaas Vineyard with tn" brethren In fail
possession. HID Miss D.cau-ou adopted the stage III
you'n might have brcuur a ilr actress IL j. not
easy how he could ever become am agreeable one
ii.r performance Nls po.th rA" Mi"h OF l".,'oh'!
character, uut Il lacked IA, aiIDu;r, tHIt c.arm'
CHARGING DEIIBEEArE rALSlFICAItJN.
Miss Dickinson continued: l wish To- say That in my
experience have yet find uteIl gent actor stag
| manager who Eas been pleased with tie parts
rs they have been cast. l DO not read these arti-
! clcs at au To sit in any Of Judgment to
what Mr.. Winter. Hr. S,hw"D any NeW-Iogk critic
- fI cr ' Of ba1ir"jU- tbay tcre lsi sincere In
they wrote concerning tue play ahd the player
! falsdcation. Tho first time 1 loot
! pennd tne lool!igIrs was when went y
Boston. had four rehearsals. My manager again VIII
testify through what unnm5ored trbu!ations mad 10
pass have the name ui being strong woman, OF
c3riLG very At;lc villa; IS sad or Thought OF ne.
was mere III boston ID an eHllitS new piece
entirely untred i1ie; so worn with study 80 ~
teiy miserable that IN the two weeks had lost seven,
! teen pounds IN WeiHhi, was without iOod becaG'e /
could not swallow it. without sleep because could not
! D.. "a "A
the end OF the first act. Twice l sad, good, but
the thrd act sun said looking hlndiy acrOs. tAc foot
lights seeing That woman had left his or
! done, give justice TO myself while / give gen
crosby to Others. VIII not YET can
tus success" But when the curtain Iel the tIIrd
act with 5000 people applauding, standing with brin
ming call me before the curtain nye successive
times with shouts ana Outcries, | SAID, This a sue
solitary exceptions, asserted it to be a sue
/
bccyng 70 10 be success until they got TIE NeW-1crk
papers > O'Clock on tie next afternoon. Laughter
don't object 10 these critics mere saying am hidtOu,
10 fr over their own Initials tbat that Boston
audience regarded me failure. Ii did not. Every
man and woman went out Of tIat house knowing thtI
with al my cruiitcs imperiections had the cle
mens Of what would 20 10 make successful actress
And object 20 the deliberate ia>uOd OF the SeH-i OAK
critics wuen they say IL was a i-lInre.
in Boston steady constant hearing there, thp papers
having asserted mat gained night yught-albOrdtcIy
! (Iud no knows better than he bow renue
! and double-r,fnc the Kings Engisll made false
statement concerning NE ana my protest wheh a.
sor.ed that the article when had been published III IlE
TRIBUNE ma eyulent it declared That objected 70
! the treatment gwen me, when the treat
ana uneqayocay just! Now alter had been playing
successful DislAra' eAIaSriHtht "a boston uteI ie
NeW-Engiand papers mad spoken most kindly OF mc-ny
/ good friends, 1 make II di-passiouate Question
| do. for a who is conceded to stand at the
two-coumn two weeks after Ia nd the al
most universal Judgment OF the newspapers aud audl,
play and Oh ihe highway 10 triumph IL was not
generous, u Was not manly, Il was not just tAppiuscI
Miss Dickinson then reviewed the criticisms o: news
papers outside OF NcwN Ork 20 show, sine claimed how
nearly yersa had been The lyuraue opinions olLcrpay
and of her representation wherever had acted
The Philadelphia papers, she saa, with the exception Of
In The words Of me ITEM have no hesitation IN pro-
noun0uncmg II 70 be of the very best historical
ulpers one al, make tne assertion. Now this
lnay hSe sraiultous piece ~ yani' o my part
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