The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-03
1HtSFrfEN1S.
Boo,h'. Theatre" Jane shore"

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FORK was "'lohueu Ins' h'sht w.'n many 'lr'uih-
s'ah'tS oil interest anu save 'h"' thr was IN
lnsunerao,y ho' ono anu henuuiehcc At poo'n
lhehtre ieH lhe ulSeohlorto l us humpers anu
ehthushsm' IL may DO saiu thW inc nrs'
performance OF Jane Shore was most
sa's'"''orS cNcn" As 10 usuH ~ WIS
th"atfe' 'ho management spared no pains
10 give its undertaking 6clat. The boxes
-, 1-o,o1 ,,,h American ea.s ,,d Jia,tn
"riV Ni"Pc" ""i 'N."Vt' '"n n"H7' ''"" u,s.'
guishcd persons looked out between. When
Mr.. II. u. Palmer entered one o, the apartments
Ill.,. ,,,,,,.,1 a., ,.r,,,.,ro Ill :, IT,,i :,
mus i'Suun'" "to olsn'7.I" p'"'ou ii"'i W
the Chief and when Mr. Tooker came down
u 'y Thn a,ot II wV,ro.'eu mn, w,'" "o'oo'
ar. iHe "u"'enc' was an o'ei ""',n''"s o"''
~ w.. ,.,i,,,,,, nos e,oro-,,,s an,
Mss warn Wv'onio was kpn'r"us o"c,
the nlny WV, was prc,,y we'll determined hy tho fact
,ba, the vast a.semblase sat out it. five ac,s
heroically. in spite Of tho temperature. Mr.
Wus's version ~ the old story IL essentially
,,t.,, ,rl,,, 49, vail rso,vr No. 7, "a
ulHeIen' from ho"c "c"-AhoNn p'"s' ~ -
history Of Jane shore from the death
Of the King to her eNpiaiion. The
drama lacks the quick successive action
I.o,,a,t,'soanos 7, r,odo n,ore ,,ra.er,io,.
dramatic scenes IL Is naue more pre'eh'lous
at the expense OF brevity and continuity, and
the length OF the best speeches made 1t drag
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somewhat hea'i'y III uii.s' AS ser'es Vi s'ass
pictures IL cannot be too highly praised. and the
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Iee'suv W " w p, ,oisria . W., ur hy no
nate Jane Sort ,"hoso nIserIes were " Ho
nlnthHs u p''ttoria a,,ioavorol 70 ,,.ka
n irau'a ,ftar the hivh- ttnpuinr sem. hstori.
NM 49, H. - -, a., trn,yi 49,,
ca. hoLe, my ~, naS e,,, IA W.
r n.,. 81 ma heroine The langna.e ia
disuinei and sonorous, tho chArarters are
1917. ts,ri,,i atn arI ,ba in'idents 10
~ w. ,,t = 30, ~,
MIS- Wari's irnnefsanati"n was a strongly
marEsd one Her misery in ali lis shades
49, ~, r,i,nanfiv e.rressed In Tone
AMI an,t"n AMI facial exnrossion and her
Hnu ag'pn az. ht"rsf"r.s ~ r9i,.,hont mai
~ e,,in herself win knowinJee ati eXpari.
| .nrat MAJ She has what we tall personal fna;-
I Ehb n any I InH ufbg r5nt INTO the word
NH h lips nav be- Iouitsdi MIS- Ward,
-" shn triumnhrd M all did So
| hv virtue OF int"liixence and hard work. She
6n.tt She eomman3cd tie respect OF ali who cared
iass Tor The inIiviluaIity Of the player than tho
| rh0rae,rr ~ The ideal persOnaee There will
| he no idle words suun about her youth and
| beanty Th0se Who undertake 10 write
! sb"H",' NJ Wari's rarfNrmSnca will have
To- write about Jdne Shore. Her scene with
ner ba ~ from court istlnyoi her
Sm1 nHs =, ,ond aJvnniare II is n r"esonable
one and combines the Suppression 81 tho now
school with the oNpreSstOn Of the old. In the
Manifestation II grief she exces. but not In III
.xl,rrsslOn of suffering She never lost herself
e",rtul I'm " bc. heni minm ~ Ushion
IJcr tr,1mIh anpeared To he the triumph II
iii ra,b"r Than Of snnsibiltV Her tnients
w. w. .h1nid saw take n sombre Channel. But She
iocks IN" p~rs0nal dignity. the force Of enthu-
siasm. and tho swing oi Impulse 10 be- wholly
- Ins.an1 Ia tho iniricaeirs and efY4,tiy'ness
- triyiaI hy-piay. Her Jane Shore made the
i,ntrnssion uuon us of a woman whose con-
seience was more operative than her Judg-
n,nnt Size is weighed down and weak
@ned 10y self-conscious penitence. and
sGe is pursued hy human Vndiotivcness