New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-18
GEyEvIEyE WARD As sIEPHAYIE.

u;l,ir with long strides, aud to-day ho stanGs an
artist of high Iank
GENEVIEVE WARD IS SIEPHANlE
MISS wAID's REMARK ,BLE SUCCESS IL BOSTON,
P.,ULIAE.TiEs IF HrH ACING-A THOUGHTFUL
IDEAL A>p WONDERFUL n8AMAItC ART
lFHr,A STAFF coEEESrONDESr o9 The INRCSEI
Po rox F.b. IG.-Mss Gencv,eye Ward lately
tliIct her engage mcnt, # one week, ar toe Giobo
Tleur.. Il was a brilliantly successful eli -a1e-
ID nt, and II might vantage IL Y have lasted
nlch longer Ms Ward acted Msoaau'ie. in " For
IT,, Sic Noi.'-the ply thtt was the spiJect'0t Ter
re..,t lawsuit against Mr. Waa"k shr first ap-
pr...l L.yc on TIA" I'm Irst.-gy.Hg h-t first per-
.,im nee # >i,3,aljs IN tins country-Ila she wIs
welcomed br a nuucrons and brilliant audience.
rue attendance o. ne c ma night was stl lar! r.
ard ea,h nght thTouglOut the week the Theatre
aA> crow 3D. Even the tempest OF tie II h INST.
he ram tell here il torrents thIt day could not
keep an eager uuultGGe away from lie theA'Ie'
H..,.or q. tie ma Lee nor AGAIN ~ the evening
va. il possible u obtain seat III no
.ou.c, al,rr the cnr;aln had rsen. Ire
cess of Mi. Ward il , .y0Dd question; and II IS
%. a-.o,t rNr.p. pn1l charl'ter After srel1g her
p.rioin.uc- Of >t.PtWit, no D1e can feel surpr sed
= tle ,urrs,ii ana determined energy with which
,.,,. col,r>t.. Ir. Naliack's infringement m'n her
.i,,.oi nr,perty in the piay Of F,rget NJ Nor.'
10 her ia. opportunities provided by The character
me- serlal p.cullar, unique and 0t absolutely Yial
im.ort No dramatic artist was eyer better bttelby
a part than Ms Ward is fitted by NsphaaiG AMI no
Other actress the stag of today coCd act 1t as
~ n Il, She does. those who saw FORGET NJ N0t"
~: WauacHs Theatre would scarcely know it fot the
sane prce on secug Mss Ward IS its heroine. Tue
-Nil and the clarm Of Miss R'Se CognlIu are nor,
iuaecd, forgotten, and of course they are not
rndrrvaiu.a; bat Is Cardinal Wosny remarks.
C.-l!a!' spcrf,rrlu,3 Of >t'oaaae charming Tor
a., ,'qaIrcy AMI for lis yO.a;iie, seusnous. ms
IN r,oIs vi.a,i.y. 81 81 Wards performance IS
LrIiaid VITA intellectual character, beautiful
.;ith refinement nervous and ,trrl-Ike with H.
ami.aulr pup use and icy glitter. fca.fuy intense
ai passion painfully true 10 nm All c'ing ideal OF
lcll..,. ad n las splend!dly trLNc. Ard II Is a
: inIng .Xamplc of ductIle nd various at. Such q
.yora easily ta'l"S I,s rank among the great achieve
u cut, IF ne contemporary stage.
l. /, not mc"ut, III thus defining the nature OF
'ii.s Warts sIc,n3s, 70 Intlnte that Miss ward
i.d.....ii.. ia actua life 81 those q1al.ieS-fa!r.
! ,a1s ,ul ,o;.e,--J; winch Shptoti' IS destitute
,n The Iay II Il simply meant that M > Wlrd
po...>.s in copiodS alum .ance certain peoH' AZ
.oia.tt., OF uow.r AMI b'au,y, uLon
Nh.ca maj the part OF >t'pAdRie -
rrrl. ne. points II assimilation heCwoea tho
as.,t. aii the par. 60 SIS IN an Imperial force ot
a.sr,cr iutei'rc;au br, laney. au !1rlfy OF nhhd'
r,,l VIII. perfect elegance of MINERS. a profound
~- f-auOa eel q. and unerrIG thtu'lOn' ~ I'd the
r,a.Ions OF motive and con !uc IN that VASE network
oe D.. ar,r .uc' ch IS the social iabr.r HtePha"e
,-,,-.. all these attributes; and all these Miss
Ward SUPPLIES. VITA tho lHxIriant adequacy and
lr..c If nature, Bu Stpiuie snperad! Is 20 the-ea
bI.,cr. moclug cynic. N, tnnly yeI!el by aTu6rial
Ill vity and logically rradiaut trou natural harI-
mess OF he.rt coupled with an insenslblItt 10 ga
+, ,..s that has been engeniere by crue "xperI-
r.r. os human S- ,hue-s THIS. wi am inJ'-
Teal touch of the .ima freedom, whether II joy or
wrath. wrich gueS with bang hav'lL neither >"ul
nor .clence, the actress d Is 10 suppy-lhd dO'5
sl,:,ply-by her art ~ interpreted BIZ Sis, Weird tie
cn:,,artrr is reared lOt upon bIss Or unchaNIlty
bu. upon a basis Of intellectual pervefSlon. ms
>,,rleui. has fJlOwr,iat first with sel-oon,'lnpt.
a,.,.r,y,rd with suilrn md har'nc, finally TIA the
~ o,j I.ill AM hardIhuod OF reckless deiance--a
lie Of cr.m, She IS au1acioI', unscUlpolous'
c,u,l. = crn.unmatc t!ctIclln; almost SKIES N
f.ot vet = siren in knowledge and capacity TO ne
tL,. arts of her sex; cap ble of any wickedness to
,ccropl,sn an end. yet trivial enough to have no
.,,e,.ar eud in view than the renyestturo OF her.
o.lr with soc al recognition; cold rs snow; I'M
u;a.,llc as the GI.ye; remoIseess; wicked; bur,
u,ah al this Gepravly capable, at least, 81 self
,it, cop.bie of momcntarv regret, capable of
10
of tbe innocence she has lost. and thus not alto
getber beyond the pale of compassion. And SIZE -,
in exteraalS,-in everything visible and audible
n @ VERY ideal OF grace and melody.
In the presence Of an admirable work OF art the
ob,efyer, of course. wishes that it were entirely
WUthy of being performed, and that it we're ~
tiIely clear and sound US TO Its applcability-in
moral sense or even III an intellectual sense-to
human life Art does not go very far when 1t stops
short merely at the revelation of the fehcIfous
powers of the artist; and it is not altogether neht
when it tends to begue sympathy for an unworthy
object and perplex a spectators perceptions as to
good and evil. Miss Wards performance OF
Aphane brilliant though it be- does not redeem tho
character from its bleak exile from human syIapa-
thy. The actress, to be sure, has managed BY
scheme of treatment which is exclusively nee
own, 10 make StephaHie. for TWO
three Moments piteous and tOrlorn; ana ner eN
ession of THIS ev8nescent anguishoceuring 'h .ne
appeal to SIR Horace Re'by her friendly roe IN tue
great scene of the second acts wonderfully Suo'e'
That appeal, As Miss Ward makes II, Is oeguh ID
artifce is allowed to become profoundly sincere 10
stunned and startled into a rccOl OF resentment oy
a harsh rebuff and subsidies through hysterieai
a Anfr.