New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-23
THE DRAMA.
,nS u,cxrrr AS LADY MACBETH.

,,ps UACKETT AS LADY MACBETH
r,,oro i an old rhyme which touChngly says lll"'
.urs Gill il very ILL., And nothing Will improve w.
n. A., sac tbc Tuillerie, And waddie through 'iio
TouvreD The dilemma of Mrs. HacActt aPPe''iS ~
no even more perplexing than that u -','' 1T
s,ncc nothing will content her but TO VAIN 10
os Lndy Macbeth and Lady Mdcbeh happens f,lo1
one of the parts that cannot DC s'i, '-,,o,,o-
With Mrs Hackett however, can ma a''u"S
WIZ IL, ,o,, Iikethe ancient Mariner she
is from time to time, oppressed WIN 'h' ,ior1
st+ororce and aware of her victims whose o"io'u'
aost;nv Il i 70 listen At long lnterNas-sonlc-
go from the stony meadows and hucNleoeIIS
no+cbos of cultured New-England, sometimes IlVN'
the peaceful agricultural regions OF western Nc"
.York where perpetual Seymour smlles-the huShS
tones of Mrs Hacketfs Lady Macbeth are suuocLS
heard TO murmur Gire me the daggers Vha' Do-
ing her peculiar and obviously wrong pfohuhcl'-
toni. and so the community is advised 'haV inns
,osolnte aud formidable performer is again IN har-
ness Last night that well-knOwn voice broke the
silence of the Academy of Music. 1t was Weuulng
that the oraeular tar interrupted, IN lhe poem VI
Coleridrc; it is the joyous march o. SANTA C,"u'
that is arrested by Mrs Hackett in Lay Aacoem'
There i no escape in the one case, any more 'hii
+bera was in the other We have, therefore, Sceii
Mrs Uackett as LdIy Macbeth. The auu!eh'c'-"
very numerous one filling the Academy oI -lu'ic o'
the lower foors-receivedhe her with many inalN9 Va
kind interest These acclamatlons go ior Whai 'nCS
are worth Mrs. Hackett-an amlabie III" hlr'"S
lady.-is. as an actress, like spor'Sn'n WIN 80
ennty gun. who would shoot his bird, nut has ho'n
inc 10 shoot with Neither In aspect nor III io'i0'
nor in voice nor in that sort oil persoh'ul'S
al. fascination of acting did Mrs Hackett indicate
that she was equal to her seli-lmpoSeu TASK
talk about the conception OF character
,vonld he idle when the execution was 30
opeer as TO leave the design entirely lhlehhl'e'
Mrs Hackett appeared to have a very dlstlhcV III
fcntion hut as her voice could nOt-lh' ioI III
stance. the scene after the murder-be hearu oe-
ond the first ten or fifteen rows III the housF tho
conveyance of it was absolutely Ineffective ana ho
bodv conld possibly have known WHAT inc ACTRESS
meant The accepted idea is that Lay Macoe"' do
Shakespeare painted her, should have the e'alho"i
&c fasc,notion Mrs Hackett embodied an eIocu-
tionist-and the popular feeling win regSIu 70 '''
strine of person need not be suggested. Every nhe
49, be uttered seemed to be viewed with
regord 70 its sound Il hear a knocking
1,as accompanicd with sufficiently long pause 10
enable the lady to determine its locality ana "heh
she said il wasin the south entry she renewed heI
own doubt as well as that of the auditor ID Hon''
The intention to make little tbree-peny points was
or,iors indeed. all along the course of this work
When this Lcdy Macbeth saw the bloody hahu9 VI
her husband she did not see the daSse's 'Aa' 'D''
hold tin the moment to make a point by ASKING
obout them. u hear knocking was followed
nv n pause of half a minute 10 determine
xybatber tins sound came from the north entry
az tho aouth The exit into the chamber OF the
,ourdered Duncan was not whit impressive ana
showed no sense whatever of what Lday Hd'ot"
means On the throne Mrs. Hackctt had no uls-
,,tv. in her delirium of sleep no poetry. II was
o1togetber possible to understand what mas dIlVch
this amlable lady to posture IN TINS style OF Oh
1ba+ Grounds she can possibly suppose that
This ASSUMPTION is worthy of the pubic re-
gard. The probability is that Mrs hacKet'
mistakes-as many persons do, and have ever done
the capqcty of feeling for the capacity OF convey
inc tn others 1t is vital and formidable error
The truth about her performance was clear, ana
oppbt TO be sta.ed-it was bad, tircsomo and pre-
sumpuous and certainly ought MOTTO be repeated
Mr. Barton Hill appeared Macbeth. Ut
need not be said that he Is
practised actor and a man of tried and
moved talent But his Macbeth was dreadful. lie
snoed his face by the bad dressing OF It; he over
land the part with Cestlculatlon; he IhoutheN ana
The mart hui never indicated its manlIncSs. MT
Edwin Thornc hOWled and Sn0r1cd through
'liocduF and somebody snaricd ana It.-
Iowed in BqruO. We don't know whether tins
sscrepa is TO be repeated, but, II So let 10 be Done
S",oeyv6ere Else Mrs HacEett is a very gentle ana
lady and very Ieyerent Of the views Of her
famous husband the great COMEDIAN II ne { ui4
b"ye seen tie exhibition Of last night, he would
have said as say now. Here rue Ior Sou-
and here's some Tor me-"