The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-15
ANIfSI NEVIS.

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.,n, uuerrus indications oil mo orH"h'Aa'
ton. ,,.,o, .ho ,,ocs and
.i',t she .4 tat gives to her performance
VIC t,r the multitude that X new. We're
80 s.= utply roarso the pt'er oil ue gutter
ss1 alum. would offend Us.
~, ia essentially delicate. Tho protect OF
.'n.,o1 Ia always apparent through tho
.lra.eoloey Of the street. aud VIZ Ike the ma
w. i'm spits of the offensive wrappagcs Of
-, art. which il wears with naive inno- |
.,o',, Of their sisninHucc.
Van ,elll remember that Maoaulay. In speak |
Tim theatre at the time Of the Restoration,
.,ss ,ho, nothing delighted an audience 40
.',.n as 10 hear an apparently innocent girl |
..s, mteru'o to the lascvious sentiments
IN i, was obvious she cou d not understand.
ronbtes- audiences will always retain some
,.i,,, This sumo morbid taste. But have no
r.s'lv ready. A friend OF mine who had a
-,,, fin, Psyche in his front garden found
Nst,t failed tn attract any attention until one
s.e, rorkman stuck short black clay pipe
,r,, i,a mouth. never heard. though. that he
1,avany aesthetic conclusions from the incl
ient
puttho little woman at the Broadway shows
NJ tor continually we penetrate and disregard
he personu illusion Of the stage and fasten
npon what Is organic and elemental behind it.
Tho p,ay 81 Uncle Danl" will not plcase tho
,e,p.e of the metropolis who make theatre
s,inea profession. 1t is written squarcy and
slllg down to the popular demand. There
~, ,.v,hic throis in it. no revelations Of
.,.r,t misery. no sexual contributions. none
cline private pangs that are forced out Of gen
,s,..rl h.on., hv inherited vice. Itisaplay
.., ,,toi.v nf circumstance. with "A patent
,,r,,n a rat.nt street heroine. an immcmorial
haul a standard rescue. and old time virtue
,..,,I.,, nj last. md everybody DYING. AS
t,s rur..ry formula proyides. I'm a not of
60
Sn.b story cxeites only the super,ilious
.,,,amtt Of the blasd playgocr. who desires
,.w.,n.ations. not old delights.
,,tvotthf- rlnv will catch tho noorle. Tho
,,I,.,r5,. that is mot wholly uuint,lli,ent sees
,,,,,,t,r, I'm the drama that il fresh.
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Dramatically not tho Mot nor the incidents.
a., h.. ana mild ronox of nature. TINT sin,ln
real AZ pur, realism that runs through tho
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/ N,s Of nre. Rnpbaelito paintinp-thos. cxoui
MO unpretentious dabs Of n rroat nrtist VIII,
un,ousrlouslv nuts himself into "A color study
And which is exhibited 10 MS in n rustic frnm,
made Of bark and leaves
What amazes me Is that most ~ tho critica
observers have confined their attention who'll,
a,be frame.
The grand simplicity Of TJ.cie Daov ia Xix.
4 !, u,,ol,shod ,,,rar,id Al NJ ,r,,,,,i',.
v.o seems clearly to understand the pocassi
a-, Of the hour. purpo,ely avoids any thenir,
fermentation Of his work He ia les, the her,
p, s,,'., ,.,c,,,re thsr ibid ,,'.
aynan. always a little astonisLcd at wba. i
stng ON around him.
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ee new dramas. We are co clad 10 nav,
rally Of any kind that we arc consentinp Ia d,
vhout the Illusion upon which the theatr
U,r,..
hat the best Efforts Of our plnvhouse for tn
hsitwenty years have been cxuonded in an IN
sang at,ompt to dcprI4o mn audience Of M
rgltaud tl. power to exercise It's own imnpl
tnon. lis sccnc r9iutar H.. co-t4mor il
rahaniean. and now ne hnck playwright
have las nothing ut..i. ,-iisl thu farcv.7r res,