New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-24
MUSIC AND TIE DRAMA.
q, ,nA MORRIS IN ARTICLE A.

,,,s aud sympathetic aud ence. lie WIN 80 .
be.p known. and it was long age accoun''O IL
the most Characteristic exhibitions oi '"s To-,
- of this actress. II remalus one oi hcI oV''
e7.l'., ,'.as o,d i was seem yesterday Z" De
s.r,,.cr and more completely
and finished work than ever .,d
st al d.vs-vhen the weird temperament anu
- -, fro of the actress often sweep hei ln'o
- - ,os st,U they do someunes'' an" 80
- ttontion 10 the structural de1ects OF
- Cora l. not a complex char'. '7'' ho' one
-: ,.v,r Of many aud diverse clements ana u
'D" ,f, upon womiu-ke destinations or
5..t,,s Of feminine tenderness. II Is simply
;o,,te leorarl-hke woman, whose love Is
I,ot as terrible as her hate ana whose
Loart and brain are distracted with con-
-, opotions of love, jealousy remOrse, re-
90 aud sef-contempt. till at last she goes mad
- the pressure of this proTacted agOuy-which
Co. tho most part she must bear with smiling ace
ord calm demeanor. There is no need to retell the
~, ~ " Article A." or 10 particularze the situa
80 m which successfully its heroine is placed
l. i \ shocking story, and she herself is
,oost uDloyely being. But the situations of
The personality give rare opportunity for
Miss Morris to express at least one side of
ber strange nature aud TO this she rises with splen
did power.
Tho force of the Imagination is invoked to inlame
The whole nervous system of sensitive woman
with the conviction that she loves and is deSpised,
aud the resources Of dramatic art then success
fully beSought TO depict the gradual growth OF
,ponomania and the collapse into lunacy. Nothing,
surely Is more affecting to witness than the spec
taee. as it is sometimes seen in the lunatlc
asyluns. of a woman whom love has made
insane. Mss Morris places before us
,vorse si-it than thiS-because she shows the slow
,rocess of The disease with all its cOucomltauts of
evoui.ite suffering At first il is incipient, and is
on y shown m the prop 'nsty TO brood over GER
tgin fixed but unnamed thought. Then comes ca
PRECIOUS and Querul0us temper Then hardness and
yinlictive cruelty. Then. under pressure of pain
mi e&rerienccs. Revision. hy-tercal widncss and
q beart-rendug conflict of self-pty and self-scoTn
Theu the momentary bit dirk and bitter despair OF
conviction that love- once dead in the heart
nj the beloved object. can never he re-
su.cita.cl. even bv love itself Then the
wi.d-bca,t raucor Of a rcsentiul animal. And, at
the last. mental disnte1ation, inhInan gce, and
the babbnngs of impoteut and discounted frenzy.
Miss Morris, acting Cora pours forth this torrent OF
ch1ucirg passion with dlrectneSs Of purpose and
deem sincerity that carry MI before them. There is
far les, IN the usual irregullrity in her executive
9rt-parhaps because irregu'arity entirely BELTS the
rloIic.cr Her appearance is magnificent. The
shining black hair the tawnv complexion, the bale
fu CLEAN Of the h.lf-shut eyes, the
animal ,urgcstivencs Of the shapely arms
the sinrou movements the iissome figure, The al
formations Of ouy OF icy. or tempes uouS aruruia-
ton the depoJemeut Of deadly purpose IN the
moments # intense repose the large dominant
grasp of IA. entire ecenc and situation when In
action. and the pictorial effect of the dark rich.
tropical raimeut-all these attributes are combined
and employed with fine dramatic intuition and
viii rally electrical effect.
Aside from a revelation of the singular person.
atv Of Miss Norris, together with sort Of implied
suggestion of the passion o. love as something that
ought never to be trhed with and that sometimes
NAV stand in great need of human charity, there Is
no result from this performance; and. though IT IS
one of her best it does not show the bes that Is in
her nature uor contribute the best results of dra
matte art.
The execution was only marrcd by occasional
indi,tnctness. and by certain infantile tones
and colloquialisms such Miss Morris hahitu-
ally uses in her moments of unguardcd
circumstances when acting. II seemed I'M
fortunate. Also that the continuity of the imper-
sonation should be broken by proracted nterludes.
Mr. Ii sington, however was enabled 10 give an
excellent concert in these pauscs. An interesting
incident of this occasion the first appearance
here Of Mr. Alexandra Salvini-son OF the famous
Italian tracedian. This youth enacted George
He was badly dressed, awkward in manner, crude
IN method il-at-ease in the stage business, a poor
elocutioGist. and much given to what Lo3y
NacJefh calls flaws and starts by which
we mean in this instance, a-titudinHng and
giving vague stares of specifies emo ION.
"Nugeing7 the irrevcrcut call thi-and he Italian
actoIs use il very freely. Mr.. Salvini performs in
Fneli>h but he has yet to acquire freedom IN the
us. Of tine language ard freedom and grace IN me
management of himself. llo has a deep rch,
strong. delicate voice. a large hGuIc. lace ihat
WI become expressive when, hy-1nd-bv, experience
shall have either -iyen bin some hing 10 expires, or
practice taught him how 10 assume experience
youtilui. eNuberaut enthusiasm, AID an evl tent
sense OF lac significance AID value OF dramatic II IL
atlou 3D. never Ovcr-acteI or got ont OF pro-
portion with be- stage picture; his expression oi
shame ami of surrowml resignation wa truthful
and was quietly effective ana hi- force ana fire. III
The sItIa ion at the last cNf,Wcic >pGn aLcOu,,
justly regulated, and plc'orla,y expressed. Ih' m
dIcat o. maniestlv was that me become good
actor; bat he has much TO learn and something to
forget the former is the arr OF acting; the latter
himself
Tie performance throughout the cast was ccuven-
tioIa iy good. Article Il Wi he repeated next
J u sdar. The characters were dis ubuted as FOL
r"ir DuAane Al Aa a M
In c..,a,tes welsh Eiwirds
I' parsee
Tuiar .............- owen FaHcett
Iv i.c ........-.--.... g. : Robinson
'.I uuat hSSnus
IH I5o,i't Xe-rn
Cora. servant .......... W. H. Montgomery
In ,o,uDcss Attendant. ................W Quieey
Cora Morris
Stne Gerard Virginia buchanan
Nile. daicele --------.--- ti ,, &aleyy
I"ui'e o. s i't
The countess Gabrielle ........... Miss Abbott
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