New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-19
MITSIC AND THE DRAMA.
nonIrsKA AS VIOLA.


c,.,-osroor.,s comedy of "Twelith Night" not
49,, ON the New-York stage since the spring OF
soeo was performed IN Booths Theatre last night
- N,no Modieska in the character OF I'o'G'
tSvast without inapiaity. and gay without ooqne'-
tbess this is the most piquaut feminine character
In shakespeare, aud, excepting in'ogen, the mos
sender and charming OF all his women she mus,
mot he made intense and powerful; she loves anu
.he suf1ers: but she is bright gentle ana paueh''
and abe typiies neither misery nor paS0'"n' oDaAe
sneareghose lapses from verse into prose arc always
significant and al avs made in order 10 serve Pui
nose IN actine-seldom allows Viold to speak augh'
else than the language OF poetry. 1t is cno'o,
character-sligh.er than Rosalnd, alike IN VII ana
IND lint eoually afIectonate and more lovely
Tber is mt much OF IT, but what there is OF IL Is as
,rac;ons rs diamonds The chief point, In acting
T,ola Is the revelation of ful sadness uhder Tue
surface Of innocent glee-the halt-checkeo tear tHa
IS momentaIilv visible through the guiieess p"ent'
pnselish. eager smle of ohildlike happiness
must be n rare nature and beautiful artlst that
can impart this effect.
Nine Molicska's performance OF IL was III
the execution. hnlcai aud al tneS' ~
painfully hustered, thar II left her lueal qui'o ~
do6n,te She has. indeed, played this part only
once or twice before now, and ana as yer si'o -"
n, merg "A herself into the temperament OF IT, Her
nerformance had prettness sentiment, ana consul
arabic snarkle; and ii was, no doubt surchaige"
nth great warmth of feeling-aith"ugh tnS
latter element was suggested
mental perception OF the auuitoi'
tban convened 20 his heart certain FAINT rreso-
lute tome running through the entire worA' nSIIe'
n and left # remote and cola The fine intelligence
If b actress was If course, percepu"le III hei use
NJ the text and IN her management OF the sVase
bnsiness Her slender graceful figure, ana her
,opsive and splri tual cOuntenace. her sympathetic
1,ice her air of soft bewilderment and herrch ana
h.ntifnl nag dress combined 10 make inns
charming image of feminine grace ana sweetness
pnt tuly il might be called by any name
a. we'll as bv that of Iiola Among Its
distinctive pecul arites may be mentioned the lact
4bat Mime. Moaje,ka's FjOia makes her first en-
trance in a boa and thereirom dlsembark' upon
d. bore OF Illvra also that the chlei scene wiih
Irpo in Act Ill she h rselt sings 10 harp accom-
,onimept the mouTnful melody, GONE Away
Deathp In Di0lQ even more than III RoSdhHd' thl'
actress is impeded as To the delivery o1 tue text
nv her foreign accent and cadence. W hat we chieny
rrm. mbar IN her two ohakeSpearean per-
formauces is the loneliness OF thu stage PIC
tures that she personally makes, Irrespective oi
action or speech. Her acting Is poeucaI but II
lacks the vltaIty ana bn nancy VIII IL 10 ny III
ter,re on OF dramatic Poetry, are nOlspphSa oIe-
and the lack of winch neItle persona. cA"Iin ht
mechanical fencitY will supply She was iecc'Nru
WIrh abundant favor DY the audience last hiSIl.'
being once recalled upon the scene ana seN Id
times summoned before the curthi Inc Gu v
auxiliar performance that rose above med octliN
was that OF HalrJio bv Mr. Grtltas The tnli
cast Is 81 JJlneG: