New-York tribune., 1882-04-18

:, ,oNo, the novel for his basis
~ then under Its own h"e' a"
oo .,on made by its author The introaucuon OF 'he
,op the stage OF America ensues I'D 'he na'urai
s"e vents and 1t could not fail TO awaken interest
course y ssented by MI Palmer il announced as the
i~ r. Cazauran. person known to be con-
vorA ~ tho official staff of the Union Square The
nec'oe =. writer signazed only by those qualities
su' s ., taste repudiate and men OF honor despise'
wa ,o,ic epitome OF Mr.. Hardys novel that mas
Inc A. hr this individual s clumsy aud verbose, nut
'een weu be doubted whether any form
~ woad adequately reproduce 'he enec''
Of pa p,,, novel Those enec's are IT'S SOU,
.,reneth Apart from '"en'-'iSco""r0'ou Wv"
end s're"s 'o manner, accessories and elaboraton-
their NV, ,o,us nothing OF moment Viewed as
The s'o'! - handsome and fascinating woman who
bseleo" three very different mcn-a bright scamp.
u rocuse and patient gentle equapio r"'"i
On rbo is o true man. she marles huhoer one
Pn"''p,, ,,o,ears after an exposure OF his depraNlN'
and he u oa 20 be dead She then thinks of marrying
Oh" ,,o mt number one turns up lnoppOrtun'!'
auniOo- nor two shoots him. She finally marres nun
anu 7, "a easy 10 perceive that in this posture OF
poi N, u, 4 trt slender material for drama IL was
ned. treatment of his theme that made the story;
-, that treatment was only possible Ill
,.,re Noble and splendid passages OF
J Il touches Of silent pathos profound suhteues
sho-octor and emotion, and wonderful fencltes OF
III the novel; Mlilth Couiu HVt w P''
49,, lav Fanny Rob6in dragging herself TO the work
.onse helped hither by large dog; the subsequent
.,,os of the animal the writing In chalk upon the
e the delay OF the wagon conveying the corpse the
,,h. interview Of BdUshe6G and Troy, over the open
en altered and much coarsened in this ploy) ana the
soue ruin Of the abors Of Troy at the grave in the
hprchyard-hcse a few OF the points OF the noVei
,bat cannot he given the stage Aud without these
No. is nothing to give. The present piece contains
.oo1; vc;l ev,ta who
Incidents original work used but, as WHOLE
~ "a such a piece as nobody could care
about who does not know the novel,
mud nobody could possibly like who docs. GOOD play
wi, always contain within itself all that is ncediu ior
Its own illustration In this case as in so many OIher
cases We have play that feeby nterprets novel; ana
compels the spectators recourse TO the Original TOT e
dalton OF what is passing before him.
In the element OF character the novel OF far FROM
The Madding Crowd " is exceedingly strong, ana no
adaptation Of il could fail to give some opportunities 10
nctors Batsheba, Gabriel Olk, Bodwood' Poor9TaSS'
Noon and the two SudburyS need only 10 be named 10
the proficient reader OF fiction in evidence OF this The
talks OF tho peasants this story might have been writ
yar nv Shakespeare himself They have not been
.cnaued In fiction except by Scott and George Eliot.
Bqthsheba-fresh bright, tempting coluettish sor.
a, rstie Rosqind-has situations, both romantic anu
,ragica that fairly bewitch the IMAGINATION bo'''o
tvpiAes the pa sion of love in its most terrible ior O
YnOVr
,v,,,cht and has about him the primitive grandeur OF
simple manhood The actors last night aside rom Mr.
DE Bellevile as Troy-who caught and exactly rePlo
duced that type Of handsome shallow s'ihsHHcS7 "N
little or nothing with the material entrusted TO the
care Miss Clara Morris is s'ngulary unsued 10 'hc
character Of Bqnsheba in which there neither norOu
emotion nor any single trait Of fantastic personality
And in fact the person embodied by her is not bdDe0d
at ALL hut another aud different woman
q nassonate morbid capricious. Intense woman who,
torn by conflicting jealousy and love passes ihrouTn
many gradai ions of painful, cruel hidcous suffering In
flese athletic feats OF facial woe MISS MOTIFS was
amazingly and frightfuly powerful and effective But
1he imp souatiOn might be cal led by any name aS Wen
a. by the name it bears 1t is but one more o. h0se
images of useless horror in which the genius OF ms
actress revel II was, however. mos vigorous
lv applaudei. Gabriel OG's strong point Is en-
OuranCt. not dcuOh; aLu MI Ni"It'.
Vanlcnhof naturally, could only d'Nct
him a. the quiet rugged paenf type Of domestic virtue
SO long fam liar to the stage But this was cdpiai
Performance. The piece mounted With care, DaI
requires on y simple rura sceneryn that respct De-
ing welcome relief. " Far From he Madding crowd
hold This theatre for two weeks The attempt TO
put 30 tine novel the stage is commendH1e, and II
will do good n promoting demand for the original
IRls il the east
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