, 1881-04-10
THE STAGE.
The Marquise De Mohrivart in
Forget-Me~Not'"
Mrs, Edwin Booths Recovery
Despaired Of by Her
Physician.
News and Gossip Concerning
Actors, Actresses, and
Plays.

TIE M-ARQUfSE DE MOlll:lN AXE.
Miss Gcncyicvc Wards Stcphd1lc is TN cStrsaor-
dnary performances: and yer, line us 1t is' We
imagine TINT much OF IT'S beauty hts been lost
even to thuse who have admired it most. Hnv-
erlys Theatre is scurccly tho place to see most
Mlyantl:.cously such Il piece us "ForGct- Me-
Not" and surh acting rs thnt Of Miss Ward. The
size and the shapc Of tho theatre are against II.
The finer ELECTS Of such subtle rtstcs nre tncy-
itubiy weakened when spread over so large an
auditorium, and tho acoustics Of tho house are
unfortunately such us not to allow vocal sound
to overcome The size OF tho house also tnilitutcs
against the effect of the facial acting Of Miss
Ward, who paints On tho stage with the dcllcacy
Of II finished artist i'll tito studio, and
Ibis is i'll measure lost when not
easily and we'll seen. The suhtlely Ut cttt-
ph;,ss and tho shading of expression easily
sect, in such n t,lndbox US the Prnee Of Wales
Th.aire--whcre tho picGl. had its long London
run--is missed to Il certain extent by many OF
those who have been witnessing the performs
unces III Haverly's However, with ail these
drawbacks, the acting Of Miss Ward bus made 4
deep impression.
"Forgee-Mc-Not," rs piece Of dramatic n-
gcuutv, is quite rs clcverly cuntrived lis "Di-
plp:nacy,' ul,d, In cur Judgment, its measure OF
popularity will be about the same. Between 1t
and 1.-Two Nights in Home" there is Il slight
similarity. The main itlcts Of the plays resemble
caEn Dt1Cf. DnL luC 71EEAtIACls ~ EHlHN45 4t4~
fereut- ",rwo Nights i'll Rome is like the hand
work Of an apprentice: " Forget Me-Not," lit
balance OF parts, constructive skill, In tho visor
and the deiicacy OF its characterization, III its
crisp Auos., more closely resembles the work OF
the best modern French drsamatist than that
OF the English writer's. Yet, we said the
other day, VIC do not Imagine that this plny over
which there his been SO much iegul contention,
will ever, eSceptiu certain few cities and certain
few tAeafEts, hi ft the !GtsG OF lifE that either
Lester Wallack Or Miss Ward believes it will
have. The reason for this conclusion is foundin
tho character OF tho central tigu=<, tho she
serpent SteltIunis, which Miss Ward presents
with @reat fidelity and eIcctiycness. SftphuHit
&,osnl traits that there can be no sympathy be-
tween her anu her audience. She is thoroughly
wic&cu. There is no OVERWHELMING love III her
the uane OF her own SON arouses, rs She says,
her worst passions. She chalks OUT !. COURSE
which she rcsulutcly determines IL pursue, care
inZ n"thsnE for the misery size causes 50 long us
she gr,atiies her own vanity She takes
possession Of the pure home Of the
I5tctH sharp and carries herself toward its in-
mates with the t'r1ynlo ot Il woman Who hard
sned by the i'sltfetinys Vi M intano.s life, has
bcconle dead to every sensitive, feminine feet
ing. Her ambition is supy 10 step from her
notorious place iutu the bcsl socety,-to becullo
Il grand lA1y, aud she proposes io ito this by
satitts:ug herself As culnIailiUn on pure youn:,
woman. Sicl.!!anic WISHES to be itocuiatcd with
lc.'s tcspectabiiily. She cares not whether her
her {-fce} i'll the eyes OF tile world tlUw to her
uwu level. There is in the course of tho play,
once or twice flash If what might be taken for
repentance FOR her past life. but it is artificial
us her own outward polish. She really regrets
nothing, and threatens, when shr feels herself
secure i'll the household, the lover Of d}icc that
she will iustill into the pure soul Of tho girl,
little by little, all The evil TINT have taught
her. Even when Stsp'!aNicis tltinily brought to
bay she does not express amy reniorsc for the
game sue has bte:1 trying TO p!4y, but
makes her exit, filled with anger on
tho hand because she has betn
caught and Oh tho other an ovcrnsasterl1. fer
ror lest the rcyengc:ul Corsican will aSsasiilatc
her before she escapes from Rome She tukes
with her no touch ug pity.
Already VIZ have recorded 1ur admiration for
the work OF Miss Ward. 1t is u line perform
ancc, revealing the best Of tho French unl Eu-
glish schools Ut Icti1ly. Her present engage
lnenr will continue another week, aud she will
only be seen h:rc in tho r51c of StCplunic. 1t is
IL bc hoped. however, tt,,tt when this gifted
American returns IL this country next season
she will bt seen in some Of her other roles.
Miss Cora Tanner gives grace. sweetness, unl
simplicity ru the character OF lttcc, who is
permitted by the dramatst TO b,rssoul into any
thing approaching, Il Eerunc; Mr.. Frank Cltu,-
ents clcycrly grasl's the churac,er Of Sir ffudcc
And Mr.IioraGe Lewis as the titled rOuc -Nuue0tti
does well.