New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-08
MUSIC AND TIE DRAMA.
,,cS ANDERSON AS GALATEA.

ma .aSiDu seldom
40 substantial and brilliant as that "hion ""S
Gained al Booths Theatre yesterday m'etnUO
49, MARY Anderson, IN her performance OF Go'o''o
In appearance she was literally statue ., oo 49,
The simpe Creek dress, the perfect dignity VI .lo
eo,,ro the graceful bearing and movement 'n'
bi., lovlincss of face and person, the eager or'
..,,,rtenance the sustained rcpoSe OF the Ni''''
..rso,o}t, al these combined to make inns
TIT ;,,,,,o IF ideal womauhoOd a least 10 .n'
owes and a, iov TO the Imagination. IN a''Ion' i.
,,;o sba was so entirely right, 50 easy ~ 'iE'
can't and so finely mOdulated, as To PI""u'' or"
Icon uuhrokon till the end, that best e''o' u
illu.iop-that crown and flower OF dTanaHc inccii"
.r,-v,b,rh causes the observer to forget all the
orr whereby it is created. The EXPRESSION q. 'n ~
q the newborn GGlOtod had the fresh
ness of childhood and bloom OF the opening lo9''
N,t . yestise Of self-consciousneSs marred H. III
tboscuI that shone through the honest face, OF III
tbe ouality of thought and feelings that perNaoeu
cvery tone of the frank gentle and softly mo'lca'
,.oico Truth was IN every look; sincerity IL
over, tome and each point Of the delicate dry ana
o1oost sadly playful humor that is the latent pun
,cpcv of many of Mr.. Gilbert's charming hheS'
- through tlis perfect method. brought out with
4he clear glitter Of the stars IN a winter sky
7, Icrmoments of revere there was the sweet
crawl. and winning heples ness of da2ed enid
T1,o horror and CONSERVATION, al sight OF the
,l,uohtcfed fawn. were neither eXtTaYagant nor
trivial The gentle compoSure the qulet gee ana
+b diversified clccution Of the droll comedy-sccne
with old Cbrgs0s, made II so richly and obviously
bnmofou. ,hat it passed amid constant echoes OF
rippllng laughter. In the two OF three passionate
o1tbur,ts that she permitted herself to make, her
of the higher tones of her vOice-oiten peIllous
o. her i'm moments of em0tion-was hrm ana
trpe aud such as added one climax 10 another the
last b.,1c greatest of all. Our stage has not pre-
so,tad , finer traq1c picture-looked at merely as
ricture-thln that Of her sudden supphcauon 10
Cyoisoa 20 spare PggmGlOR. Finally her pathos'
I'm the closing scene, is of the true QUALIFYING
pathos Of condition, that flows from broken hear
and not from wounded pride. No enforcement couIu
he better Of the meaning of tins piece
the hard, affecting, lamentahle truth that the
hottest affection the most beautiful fidelity and
the grandest selfSacrdco are almost always poured
nut rpou q worthless nature and that the deepest
and dradle ST wound TO love is-knowing itself cast
avay-to feel also, that il was never understood by
is object.
Mis-, Anderson has never, within our knowledge,
presented a piece Of work so nearly faultess as this
There were bemishes, but they were wholly super
fetal. There was q certain turn, up the stage III
the first act. which caused the words 10 be swal-
lowed. The concealment Of the face, at the end OF
that act was a disappointment. There was tlnge OF
tIelacrvleo-o IN some of the v0CaSm Of tie second
net. TIL. us. Of the hlood-stUncd handkerchief was
a. the la Of it, careless because oiuless. And the
actrcs. i, not invariably right in using her voice
s. as 10 INA lie IT carry without making 1t either H.
distinct OF harsh. Some of Ler words were lost.
But in her development of the spirit OF GG'aeo and
iu her dramatic execution, II would be hard to name
n flaw How lovely that spirit is, the public is not
now 10 learn. The play Of "Py-malou and Gala'ea
like most Of Mr. Gilbert's plays "a very sad one;
To- il makes us feel the hardness OF world IN
which Innocence, goodness aud loneliness are often
strange d..zens and curse 10 their pJesesor; but
il, also play Of noble intellectual and spiritual
6bre
The cast of the comedy included
Mr. William Harris as Pypaaiion; Mr.. r.
l. Downing as LucjpDe; Mr.. n. b. Norman as
CbrVSos: Nj. !. L. Coleman NujoS; Mr. i. CuulcT
"a iocriso>: Miss Alice Brooks |yPi2cd; Mrs. ~
penuOyer a Daphne; and Miss Grace Logan as
Murine The htlf-amd-cd and hal'-SatlTcai sense
OF pIavfulLa-s that marks the earlier mood Of PB9-
roion was we'll expressed by MIR. Harms, but his
sur. rise az the miracle OF the v'yitcd statue was
extremely faint, and lie did not al a.E Time indicate
depth of passion for the sculptor TRANSPORTED work
Perhaps the intangible drift and the dehcacy Of the
whole subj "a have ciudcd MS study. such Things
have OCCASIONALLY been known 10 happen with act
oTs of TIE poetic drama. Mr.. Norman was excel
lent a. the coarse and readily saia"oUs repr0Date
old ChTysOs-d CharaC ct suggested rather than
drawn. The other performances we're III various -
Crtes pIIuial 10 behold. PyEaaUOu and Galdtcd
is announced for repetition next Saturday after
noon. and everybody should see Miss Anderson III
tins piece, VINO cares to ucl IA a part that she
can entirely command. Last night she appeared as
|uia, ~ The Hunchback.'