, 1879-04-03
ADJUSTMENTS.


a nav version Of 4" East Lynn" " wAa submitted
TO the rnblc last night. with Nine. Modjeska ~
tbs unlucky heroine. We understand thas the
Polish Ccuntcsa hsfsaif has licked Il into its
pfetent Ahapc. II 80 tho Indy shows herself to be
II skiful dtanatlAt slle II an afist. The old
acting odltion was mesc'Y prosy, tedious, dis
joshted mass Of sentimental snAlo. dram 4stc ust,
which probably would haze disappeared from tho
boards ong ago had 1t not been for Lucille West-
orn's great ampcrunas'on of Lady habit ind
jnlt. Fms. That thete are de!ctta In tbs version
no" offered ne will admit but 1t IL decided I'm.
pro*ctnent over Ihe old ons. and It wonld not
hssonlsh rs II Mmc. ModjeskA has given tllis
dam atizatlou Of Nts. Henry Woods sensation q
new lcsso Of t!fe. It Is compact. the many
front sccnes hare been d.spenscd with, ami
tha play is coudensed Into nve .acts. A good deal
o. tho cheap n,andlin sent!mentatlfy has been
eliminated. uAd tht khtfs gone 11st!e deeper It
wenld hare l'een st! better. For instance. In tho
scene letween .utns. pfns and her son the dialogue
t. UNNECESSARILY spun out. II would gain strength,
90 le's nau'eatnR. and muc1. moro effective II tbs
es aa nnalsrlaIy cut Thu entling Of Tho Grst act
y happily conceived, iicr hight with Lertson
tsfiGaes ts t1e see"nd sst md on tho opening q
breaking with SIR Frdnc.s. whi!s tn the beginning
q ths fonsth act Ne ate y once Introduced TO her
Of the dtrccsness tho action, and tho continuity Of
ths b. tenolscd drama. VIZ hare l!ttle but nnqasl.
tncd pfa1ao ~ say OF MnG. Mod leekh'A
Interpretation 0t tl.n duutle Character, 1t IL
truthful, effective, and ut times vcrY sympathetic
Thufe ID maturity In tts balance. Aubt!etJ IN Lts
method. nnd 1t poaseanrs a d!stinct intellectual
stamp, No 0n ths slaxa chu better rnrtfxy the
Tenttexptnan than Mudleaka and her innate refine
ment tmpnrts that IuFs spirit Of l9h. breeding 10
hnt ncrsona!fon Of Lady Isa6ef win Ia wUtnan,
gentle nnd refined. pussessthF AtrnnR maternal In.
stincts. She feels dGep1y and sincerely. In the
fourth act where she presents hcsnc'f as the Gor-
cEncss returned 10 take charge OF her own chll.
dfcn. In The hnrno which shr abandoned IN mo.
nenl Of deiitous tealnusy, Mod}eska takes sA'a to
let na see that se lAirsttuR for the Inyc VI tsuse
children. Maternal Instinct cpntroIs her: ata
win risk dutertton, hutn,tlatIon, uxrn acAtl1
ttaef, H. bo near her littln ones She
does not tell us this in het phrase, bnt sho saatua
It. In the hecns with her dying Hut1 khe would
laso been grent hui for tue ittat.tns inlpnaptt By
the dialogue, which Ia of Ito must milk and wuery
snst, and IL 30 lung drawn out as to cxcita smla
ralhet than stnrt a tear. The diving Accne wns
worthy of Modjeshn's best e[1usts. it war carc-
fully elaborated nnd thoroughly telling ArcAi6aIf
tNrtt*ic was ths '~s. thing Mr. Ftank elements
H.. n Eiven ~. lle waH easy. natural and manly.
Ltrtsan Mr. +. T. Mantell rendered t.ls eccentric
Hr. ~! with 1!scEcttan nnh intelligence, md
Mis- T.; Adams IN The saall part Of H1tson
Eavo a Ennd NJ of. s0nbrutte acting.
ttfes 1oscphine haley was sweot and winning a.
HdrtdFa, and would have done muc! bcstor In tho
ecenr wlth tho hunted iichurd Ndre fSlf. i, Ii.
Mil1er) bad he played Ais part With belier appfc-
cIHtion Ut tho situation.