New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-15
MVSIC AND THE DRAMA
NARY ANDERSON AS BERTHE.

NARY ANDERSON AS BERTHE =,
.,,oor,snt that Miss Anderson Wouiu
IEe IN .no.ber new character-that Oh
-. IN "The Daughter of Roland -s" ho
80 AT Booths Theatre, last nlgn'' ono co..
o. .,',.rous and brilliant aud ences Oh 'n'
HO'' a. Ander.on was received with a wa"
ofnu,ljc flvor such as IS seldom seem - No
~ Ne -f. exact rank Of this actress NO
,,,...,l IN her various efforts "nc''i'' VI -
b-trerin one character than III A..
whether OF 10 she can endure com 50 4 -,
,~.3ecess,-s Wy hich latter test Is '''' oi - H.
p''U' -. 80 ordinary Judgment, there can nc
- Doubt NJ this-that she has caP'"o' N
49,, eat the playgoers OF this tline' III AZ
heaI' o. .,+rv are in mood 10 listen eagerly
,,ss,qe that she may have to give to t'c'
~ imoersonaion enjoyed. accordingly d"
-, o5raptage that fine prestige can mp9I''
ca. ,r,s called before the curtain no less
a., six times in is course an"
~, ,.aiamation that called her was, Obviously
sp0utaue0 is and genuine. 81,
Thi. ropUlar verdict II seemed 10 uR' was a''tl"o
mare 10 the actress than 20 the play ana moro 10
be~ en-acing personality than 10 an eNcrp'''"''
md predomnant display of her chaTac'eI.S'lc
Utilities Miss Anderson's performance OF ber'"e u
I'll his, heroic in ideal and spcndloly elective
in certain points OF execution; vet IL lacks great
svr,-4+b,-.r quality and human substance
and p considerable part Of It Is eiocuu"n.
The owe for Gerald was q cold love. and
tl martial spirit, though fiery and snowy, was not
fl+ as really an integral element OF the assumption
zach ,f the four or five situations afforded for the
actress. however Miss Anderson used her grand
voice with marked skill, and in the casemen-scene
she employed her dramatic faculty over wide
range of changing emotions, with truth and point
,I1.I h. nj inf Of
ts,n,er,nIeDt The effect here III high degree
,,io+rvrsouo and passionate and although the exc
+io, was NOT faulteSs it was that Of weL-studied
art well concealed and so made 10 seem triumph
~ nature To the great credit of the actress It was
neither rough nar extravagant, nor hysteIlcal' ana
vyes altogether free from the painful physical &C
commandments that usual with most temaIe
actors in such emergencies. The scene Is one mai
ov,cts o~rcat mower used with firm and fine skill
aid Miss Anderson met this test II Is almost the
,rly scene Of the drama furthermore. III which
there is a touch of actual feeling
Throughout this piece. indeed there is an IN
reality for which its antiquity OF time and place 90
NOT accou.t The human heart in the uiu th century
vos the same that 1t in the nineteenth and chat
II viii De il. the nineueth Shakespeare could make
Macbeth an actual man. for all the world and Tor
ever But in the story of The Daughter Of
Roland" there is sort Of vagucness which il
very much Ike insincerty; the treatment o.
iDcdert, II sfuse; the style is ornate and swanIprd
with words. The lover talks about a uIa Oh
ki.C-s" The language Is ueifh her blank verse nor
Trose iut il swells with eplhrt and strains with
tf.rr Such stCry-a tale ot Old romaHCe-Cught 10
be tol with perfect simplicity. furthermore,
so1,cv hat ardent interest IN French history l5
necessary % the entire aHd unaloyeJ enollneht OIL
IT, Ms, Anderson. however, truWpLa over most OF
the 4itcI. hes q the piece by .hc ue"Efiuii' pic
t1riaI su. gr,. iou-whioh is embodiment also. 10
some eytrutut the loan ~ ire type of woman ho"d,
pure lofty cIear-eyed gentle bIt -uove All. le-9ic
and sC.~. Grated 10 duty and glorious TeuoWh i ue
character of r0dHt ADGarg. acteu 10y Dir uUiey,
h sort OF Eugene AraM Of The Middle AEc-- fear
Fl fnat his crime vii be discovered. and WJstiuC
.wav with remor,e. There Was considerable guuc
power iu this performance ana al oc point, IN the
Tor,ert4rv col laps+ st BertheS impending curse.
lCUch cd real aud affecting p2tAos lie actors IN
genera did not appear to be- possessed ~ any gym
Eatlv with VII & they We're doing The piece.
icve-th-l.ss-as inspired boy Miss Auder-on's pro-
found frrNor--weut smoothly ana W"li TO as agTet-
able conclusion. 10 might ur Wise o. shHlp.u lie
end ~ a.. first act 8nc 10 cur ont PHI illusions 20
tie Iai-y wherever they Jccur An account o. the
,Iot and a record of the cast have already been
uAnf Id tins journal