, 1881-01-23
u.,v PLAYS" "Zanina'' and Days
~" Nautch Girls-"The
Creole"
Current Dramatic Gossip-con-
~ Events at the Local
Theatres.
,, cothern Came to Create the
''' Character Of "Dun.
dreary.'

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tfasoa 49, fan,ate artists Of the Theatre fran-
11o 1s,.,,,tod In Rachel. From her nme tney
Gus 'saa,sllv declined In excellence. IKE Steps
pa'o s.d .nd ye have reached the last stage
- ".", rc hayereached Bernhardr II
'I ~. "a simply the result OF the cessauo1 =
ro"' ~ - tr,,e taste, for where the demand Is
- ~ +r,nn1y will come. The popularity acqulru
-. 4ha discussion of socai questions on .ue e'se
- - s,ch plays as those OF oumas' Aus1c.' ~ ,
sardou, Joined to the toro1e oscs S,a- op tor,ns
~. ss-sad a,rav the liking for tho nooles iot"s
happ. y 49, French drama in tho ffenen :
" 1ust as in this country 1he ,
pss e.ser f.rnok,'' Lydia Thompson, then fseucn
tAaz aass ,,fre have made Shakespeare an ifnlossl-
..'...-s -s,re xhen some extraordinary ACTOR OF
-.., p4s-ss c,,75osfty such as Booth, McCuliougn,
n.-retr. ar Keene comes up to appear III "''s VI
his plays .,,, +b,t Mile |
pe would not be understood to say 1na. nne.
Rernhardt is not good artistic LOT sne 20 '..s
:osss1,a1t arrtste in her way; but her way is
80. +sav when compared to the grand ways OF
,ts p.rbe,s. the Ristoris, and the Salvlnls' oue
y .h.t 10 generally called now artistic, put "u"t
,sr,tar careful Of the mission OF aoJccu.eos
.r,,,td co artificial Such as she is. she IS to-oas
rho hest thing that mere training eau plooueo
rrsnoe e4cent in her walk, which is exceedne'y
,,nratn1v. She is graceful md pretty IN ne1
rays and gestures Her voice, "nat .ne1o
d If it.-and there Is not very mucn'-2
exceedingly musical, and' save ~ ~
ments where it has to utter passlon| puic e.0
.r,,nathotic. and is always well nodniatoo'
rh,ch shows the result Of exceedingly good elo-
.,,tonarv trai ming. Her eyes, which are 1nas
n,fcentlv BEAUTIFUL swimming In dark otlen'a'
1;oht have been trained with Just as Mtcn care
.s her thin yet pretty hands. They move a.
xsys in accord with those bands, are ALWAYS ao
rnch onen and 50 much closed at certain
passages, upturncd OF downcast at others, WIN na
asymmet1acn euee' 11A@. h..s+o.v- Ell, hands.
hard training can alone oeso"' 49, 1,,a.o,nr
41.,ss-a,.. ,a ,,nch hv rule. as much by the
4oA r.ooh.r;ca1 training as does tha press
enect OF uaeInaI. ,.a.s g.. 10 -eadcr 1o read,
that pFints these lines JOE Ao .eAoe1 s,
We notice that her elocudou anu VOCAL
n,o1,,]a11on fails Of business and beauty
IN nossionata passages It fails because
never feeling the passon1 ene '44se w - -
bY her rupidty OF ut1erance,-a I0pio1eS e
-nest that words become unintelligible, and
slsa. .n - ot s,ch moments of either
nee"'Ue1 VS. esa- -,.sa,,,, looves tneu wholly
comma colon. or sem1co1on lea1>eS @1'S''Al "3'''
without meaning ano empnas7 en- p.sa7 np7t of tho net
ress anatomy which we hayo not notlcea,. snu "a
most e1p1essiyg part oI Mne' ,ar tanmth. II is
utomy 1t Is We refer 70 a ICE - e4 te f'lcd WITH
snapels though rather large, ana II ~, - ~ +"ct
most brilliant md 7a ossi6,r sgf " manu-
tsst,,ns tsst modern dentistry e0oio poss'ol' 'As
Its impossible for any impartial critic to denE
that almost everything that Sarah "a nasiN rnnasa1
SCI Sc s4 as sssf + sz P:
other praise is hers. She dies IN all tne np
piays viii much grace al and naq Seaqg W5 sez 81
SHow beautiful She did that" but We never eyer
for moment believe in the deat1s symPaarn.55s sya ~
with its pains, or feel its sorFoW we sps has be-
miro the skill that SO much TRAINING Aae oe :.
slowed .,,o
1--WE come to consider the dressing n{te OF she she
sc.ess We arc u nnan.e 10 p.h With t the require
ncnts Of the character she assumes ous ou,,5id VIA
the sole yiew Of displaying rich stuH' splehuaa a
nnillinery-and tho skill of her tatlor-a nnrE
being as much beyond cavil as her own art1ncla'
looks. gestures, and movements f.,
"Co1nparison IS not criticism, ses o uan T,ode II
80. In compliance With the custom. VIC sAy ~ -.
Sarah Deruhardt that she i far oe.ier e. tbe
than Clara Norris but that as an artist, 10 11e i
true, glowing, full force Of that word sne ,a ~.
eomparably inferior to her American -; ~ o. ~
Time pains, care. and money can away VA
make Sarah Be1nnardt, but no time. caIe
Mains, nor . none; can manufacture the sym
pathy. the patnos, and the realistic emonon o1s,
played by Morris in very many OF me san, I,
roles that are being played in this Country =!
Sarah Bernha1dt
1t must be admitted, however. that Mile beln
hnrdt is seen in this country under Efy e Etsa &c
dis advantages. The high price e1ncted py he
for her personal services rendered It imposslou
for the management to Surround her Win
eesa F
customed to pl0y In theatre where the mem
bers Of the company in their particular hnes =
Of business-such as Coquelin, Got, MINT
Bzohan. Croisctte, MouncI-Sully. Fcbvre-at
about as fine as herself It IS ~
perfection Of ensemble that produce
the chafm there. Every detai1 and ever
eject Is carefully worked out; every piece Q
business harmonizes with another piece OF Dus
ness; and everything IS done from the clrTyln
IN OF card to the Interpretation Of the strong
est situations with nnlfsh end n finish that con
from the Conscrvatoire. In the house Of Molfel
Bernhardt was but the part of Il system. Ha
che come surrounded by a troupe Of tirst-cla
people her visit to this country would have bee
OF great artistic value because we could ha,
seen illustrated III the peTfcction of ensemble
school Of acting from which instruction cou
bare been reaped- But 3crnhard1's mnnng
had to depend upon her. and her alone, tc dra
him remuneratlve audiences The conscqucn
has been, or is, tha1 Mile Bcr1lhnrdr II he
surrounded by set of actors, with few C.
ceptons, which no sccond-cins American St
travelling through the provinces would dare
present to an American audience US his suppol
One result OF this unfortunate selection
the company Is to be seen In the toilso1neness
each Performance when Sarah Bernhurrlt be
eeH Is OF tho stage; the toflsomcuess eyinc
BY the audience Ia It's rcstlcsness its yawuIr
and In its general air OF wea1incss.
An American audience Booking at Sarah Bcr
hardt resembles somewhat Gen, Hancock VII
ing for the election news Of that Wcdnesd
morning. Housed to expect something which
always coming but never comes, or, when it dc
come, comes always the wrong way. They ke
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