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lands, Was also placed for rest-Charlss
| Wolfe, the author OF Mot Drum was
Heard" Tobin's literary works, like
those of Wolfe. were unknown until
alter his death. '.Ths Honeymoon
after being refused BY many managers,
. consoling compensation to the many
proprietors of rejected dramas OF our
day. was frat published and played the
year after. Whatever else he wrote
the "Curfsw" aud the "School for Au-
thors"-has long since passed out OF the
worlds sight, and his reputation rests
alone on the play Of last night.
THE Horeymoon'' Is to some extent
. c~ompendiops expression of'.Ths Tam
ing OF the Shrew," in which Katherine
and Pstruchio appear in . co tune and
manners nearer our time. 1t wears the
sams moral. It il full OF the sams bus
tie, animation and rapidly Of action.
1t shows. like 1t, how self-will 10 only
V be got the better of by . stronger
will, but it 10 hardly carried to so poetic
. pitch OF iantastiesl extravaganoe.
Aranza 10 moi "such . mailman In his
sensss', ~ Petruchie. aAd Tiers II 9 vein
OF tsndersr vhumor ane wit peryadls9
his character which m,tigatss the libsr.
ties he takes with his wife aud throws
over ths whole atmosphere of the play
8 certain fragrance OF; grace. II has,
too, . cordial gnyety OF expression. =
well.aimed retort, and bursts Of spirit
and humor that make it = fayorits.
Mrs. Langtry has indeed the disad'
vantage of u yet appearing only in
favorits parts IN favorite plays. There
10 . prejudice in favor of old assoc.ations.
II 10 like pressn thug to ~ the psrsouzotz
an oldsifieDd with his isoe In his mask. !
The mask may bs handsomsr than the
vtsage It ~conceals, but We do not look
on II with equal pleasure. II n there
tore necessary not only shat the define
alton OF the charaHterib by tho pset shall
b OF . doubtful kind, leaving room for
variousi Interpretation, and that the now
conception shall be in itself, natural and
Just, but there IL also needed naturally
brilliant talsnts and q something to
create sympathy With the performer. 1t
varieties OF this sort constitute one OF
the chief -charms OF the drama. aud one
of the qualities which give it. pre-emi-
hence among the initiative arts that
these circumstances icombine in the ii.
tempt made last svsnlng by Mrs. Lang.
try TO give p~ersonation OF Juhana.
Variety In representation 10 an essential
attribute OF the drama. That any two
performers should play the same part
sJactly alike IL almost Q physical inn
possibility. Such il the ambiguity, or
rather pliancy. of language that the
same words pronounced by different
persons will, unless they contain mere
o atement. always affect an audience
differently. TIE look and the voice,
which a nevsr DO the same however
close the natural resemblance or how
ever, exact the imitation, must for e
pr odnce associations in the spectator
corresponding to tlis difference in what
IL seen ami huard. We witness the
acting OF d4fsrsnt performers in = ia
vorite part like that of last night with
feelings somewhat similar to those with
wsich. We visit . tavorIts landscape Ut
different seasons. In spring, in sum-
msr and in autumn-on sunny and
gloomySd sye such n those We have
just had-naturs puts on different
dresses. Still. through her changes. she
10 the same. Aud We would be robbed
Of hall the pleasure tho drama afords
we're it possible tor some stiff, pedantic
rules to gain sway in its representation.
prohibiting all departure from some Sc
tabl,shed standard, fixing the meaning
OF every character in every play and
prescribing the tones. the looks, the
gestures without which the performance
must be adjudgsd counterfeit. Thus -
other men hayS Welcomed In their days
many delightful and different Jullanas
like Ellen y,Tree and Helen Pawcit. 90
last night w Welcomed . delightful and
different Jullans in ours.
The character of Juliana 10 most f.
miliar to Us from Charlotte Cushman's
portrait of cosrss vigor, and the more
refined yet animated picture OF Mrs.
john Husy. whose u~nlorgottsn fame
still sheds . lingertnR fustre over the
name Of Wallack'S.. In the great Char
lotte's approximation domestic
quarrel between an arrogant husband
and . tormsntsd wife was invested with
tho magnitude of q strife between tile
Guslphs and the Ghtbbellnes. Mrs.
Lsngtry's picture approaches more to
Mrs. Hoey'e, and 10 not presented with
the fierce attributes of . national fued.
She presents in Juliana . young and
lovely bride of . bright, sunny but some-
what spoiled nature, - would seem her
own, and to which tho lesson of last
uight might not be OF disadvan-
tags. A. che enters in the first act III
her bridal dress of white satin In ample
folds. with iss silver fringe, no sight
could find . fairer vision. There is
little given to Us hero but to look on her
young loneliness. In the second act, In
the cottage scene, when the lady smarts
under the sense Of injustice, she exbib-
its with much skill the mingled feelings
of spite and gracefulnsss which suit her
Interpretation OF the fair heroine OF
1.-THE Honsymoon." You can see .
smile stealing through her most fiery
bursts, for she loves Aran1a with her
whole soul Though she is forced into this
quarrel, and when he gives her her way
to 60 she makes off a. much with sup.
pressed gaysty as in anger. Her look
Ut resignation seems, toe, almost natural
under the veil OF assumption. The NAL
ice OF the tormented girl never grows
into malignlty or boudsris into boldness
She uses all through only womanly
weapons. andswhan she bows. bows like
4 iantalixed aud worsted lady. not like
a conquered shrsw, displaying sll the
conflicting emotions OF the character
" ith q spiritual grace. Her heart i,
kind aud gooi even at the first, though
her oul may DO scornful md sslf-wilicd
and she has IN Mrs. Langtry's fancy oil
the part too mucs, Of the sensitive 50.
gacity and lightning perception of ,
woman not to teel that, through all hlt
tnrturing, Aransa is ''the man," apt
loves. She could not at first brook ,h,
idea of being va"quisl,sd, yet somehow
or other she half c%onsentlnRly let
Aranza conquer. Considering the shor
time that Mrs. Langtry has been on tn
stage, it Is much to have inspired sucl
keen and general interest. It has beef
often forgotten by many actresses WIN
claim 10 shine with special radiance a
''stars," and equally by those who the,
F, have nurtured into q faith in them q
the expnnents OF the drama, tina
to look the character 10 half til
fight. This it 10 admitted on oil hand
Mrs.. Langtry has done. She rs
brought 10 each of the characters sh
has appeared in, 40 10 that of Julian
last night. that rare beauty, youtI
: aud refinement which naturally be