The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-11-28
CoULISSE CHAT.

Sarah Heartburn is what the New YORK
variety boys call her.
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anderson was asked ny the waiter, SOUP y NO, |
sir " she ierned ihdighantyi ~ avn the 'cH"ihR |
actress oi tue age "
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Miss Laura Bellini. who appears in Tho |
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a,.,,s m,o "m Thlrtccnih stroc She I've 80 s,
several wears Of musical study In italy and is said to
II turns ont that Sarah Bernhardt brought
letter Of INTRODUCTION from NJ Victor cousin 10
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prcsso, bersclf much embarrassed n, receiving H. not
Wishing 10 SLIGHT NJ ,ousIn and stlIl e.s Ia make
nnd unsnn iad,cs N f,shnn dcciIned 10 ,ttsnd hor
reccntJon Ihc divine sarah regrets Tho neolect as
she brought her conn with her TO This connsry Will
,rh,ch 10 srtiycn 4. sncic,v !" ~ " 800 - w
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There is pending suit to administer the
property Of the late Miss Nelson I'm the Court of
rhnnccTy IL appears that legal questions as 10 The
right OF Miss Nelson as married woman to viii
away her property have arisen and with a view 10 n
nno DISCRIMINATION OF The whale matter IL has bccn
Thought est Inv her Solicitor and executor MIR George
win shortly erect in memory Of Miss Nelson in
,romptcn Cemetery "A very handsome monument Mt n
cost OF c5oo
The New York critics are by no means
unanimous about Bcrnhardts Ph6irc. Tho Sun says:
WMllc Vernbar,i,'s impcrsonatinn Of the character
of Ph6ire was received with the closest attention and
interest It eliccd admiration and respect hut less
enthusiasm than any OF her preceding performances
IL discloscs perhaps ms much Of her art its rliancy
its refinement lis general effectiveness as any other
character that she assumes: but II reaches tile head
rather than the heart coInpcls admiration for external
grace and beauty Of form and In no part touches ono
very deeply ii is a very ncrestlng. study OF ei-
feet and work Of high art throughout, marked by
rarr beauty and eiai'oratencss of gesture by ex.
1uisite elocutlon, aud by all those arts and ei,iow-
u,cnts that are personal To Mile rernhardt The
Times ouotc,l In an adioininp paragraph gives The
highest praise hut the very opposite is the view of
cscribes her love for HJoiytus under the thin veil
| uf his resemblance to Thcseus she acted we'll and
there Is no doubt that love Is her speciality and she is
true artist In It, Iut In her low slow tones In the
announcement there was no feeling and was merely
a mechanical inannersu which she repeated frequently
thepiay whenever she wished be intense.
no Intensity il has the same resemblance that lump Of
Ice has to 4 hot stove. In the concluding part
when she takes his sword she was dcciamatory and
violent not rorcible hut the audience appiauc her
heartily. However, the greatest triumph, far
the audience concerned came to her at the end Of
with eyecrations for evil counsels. The public gave
her ut the end the most fatering tctimonials o np-
M sue na s o, s,'e sine ss n mus
y the whole house recalled recalled again recalled
fourth time and each time she locked her ovcliest
and her best and was most fascinating in her smiles to
the house. Yet, though il may seem extraordinary
r,ar V of ,hcnsanis The planlits were not des"rvc
Her delivery of the lines was undoubtedly full of fiery
| force. lint II WAS the rare From IrDu. not of
phidre. Rage bcgets rage and had the true Phadre
SO stormcd against tho true Inone she would have
s,orme back again 1t was something more forciblc
ihnn rage that drove 1inone To- Instant suicide II
Was coli sarcastic hatred and contcmnt and LITTER
despair which terrified tEnone and sent her To the
lake uni because her mistress was enropel with her
hui because she had come to hate her, ami showed
also that she was about to de- Racine Of course ha
here travcstied the Greek character ami mlsrerre-
uueen would not have visited her own faults upon a
Interior However, even with this defect the terrible
and which undoubtedly were q backhanded wipe
against some literary friends Of his own, are con
Of passion s,ich as Rerna shouted Mt the ton Of he,
b voice. They are fun of intense hatred whitening
a%a gave awe US "s trace must s s sa ID
that thoueh her face lighted mn brilliantly man,
times, yet there was never any anguish in her eye
did she show us any save her love and her rage An,
this last was not the q,eeny rage OF Phere either
10 sum M lern,arit has proved co,clusiyely TN,
when she il not pIayinp love parts or characters of I'M
Irom- Erou TYNE she is out OF sounlings II is pit,
that she win 90 outside or her Lniwick for insid
She IN the greatest actress the world has ever
Vet after ali it is but low plane OF greatness i,
Ii "'''' '.o
Sarah Berpharlt played Iheare last Tues
saws: ..Racne Is always ut his best when he is do
pctinC female passion, and In 'Pha,ire be ha
depicted 1t with rare truthfulness. IIs has not mad,
Il | much however, of his second female character
i Iricie, who according to Virgil married Iippolyl
; after the latter had been brought back to life by tina
bOrrDWrt
q from Virgil by the French poet, but she might hav
been left In the .Encid Some persons in the audi
ence last night probably had In tlays past the goo,
e fortune To witness the phaire OF Rachel and man
. | were undoubtedly familiar with Risori's impcrsona
| tiun. Each OF these celebrated performances hav
: been fortunately described for us ly an accomplshe
i wriler--tl,at Of Rachel by the late Mr. Iewes am
i; thai OF RistorI by Professor Henry Morley. WHO
!; ever saw Rachel pl,y PhiIye declared Mr. Iewes
n may be hardened If he doubt whether he will eve
o sep s,ch acting again The second writer draws
If distinction between the two performances when n
. | states that where I,achei iispired terror Rstol
awok.ns pIty II IL not our plrnose In calling
10 ton fms briefly To Mile Brrnhardt's great prsleces
II sors TO make any needless or offensive cominrsons
Int IT IN nj least well Ia hear In mind how mart IN
been perrormel when we SEES IL performe
anew and many pIay-goers WILL of course
- draw comparisnns In This instance for them
N selves Mile Uernbardt,s convention OF pbidre
At neither grand nor Inspiring but it is highly sympa
tl,etic and wo,panly The key-note is struck In III
openjng scene and the purpose OF the actress as rt
l. yaaed here s horn, ont consistently until The tu
( by her attendants her frailty and Ieebleess awake
!; SYMPATHY at once and her f:yersh manner shows liz
fore She has uttered word the frame of mind and hca
ii in which this Phidre meets Done This is certain
not the Greek heroine OF Eripies hut IL is N won,a
consumed with vain love- longing and there Is NOT
I'd action of her body nor movement OF her hands I'M
he does not helm to make the situation perfectiy clear
each snectator The entrance Of Jh1dfre Is inIec,
maare, III elaborate art by Mile Berplardt and n
re mnression made by II Is ieepenel by the acting I'M
ef | follows Tho scene betWeen tpooue and PLSire
m lnth exceedingly subtle and highly dramatic and
nd or Judgment IL harnonizes with tho actress, ,
,f conception since 1t is chiefly given up to pathet
variety Of her action and the beauty Of her inton