The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-19
ANNA DICKINSON.
Her Appearance m Han,itt atthe oPera
uouSe Last Night.

Her APPEARANCE ~ Hnniitt at the 0PerA
uouse Last Night.
Miss Anna Dickinson gave Hamlet" al
The oper, House last night, appearing in the
| title role, supported by her own company.
Miss Dickinson is woman OF superior in
tellieence, OF quick perception and ready
trasp, OF great seli.possssSion aud unbounded
courage. These qualities shaw strongly in
2er represe utation OF Shskespeare's most IN.
teresting creation. Miss Dickinson has seen
The stape Hamiets OF her time, and though
hers Is no II. 70 imitation, 1t ~ suggestive oil
her exemplars. Sufficiently unlike either, IL
Ia suggestive OF Edwin Booth and L. L.
Davenport, and in some features seems to be
vigorous protest against the blonde, ial
Hamlet OF Fechter.
Ia thsstage business there aresone effective
CLEANS OF originality, but these relate essen
tally. to position and add little II HnythinE
to the most familiar, II not the accepted,
conception OF the character. For. though
writer's Of speculative turn have written en-.
certainly aud instructiyely on this never old
theme, and still agree to disagree, there is
upon the stage and with playEoers concep-
don which has come to be regarded as the
Hamlet, and Of living actors Booth Is nearest
10 the thought. Moving, theA, for the most
part, 10 familiar grooves, Miss Dlckinson restb
under the primary aud very great disadvaL'
tAge OF constant comparison. Last evening
she was suffering from an increasing hoarss'
ness, yet 1t was apparent that she has the
constitutional disability OF q voice iusutti-
cient In volume, lacking in Ilsxibility and,
In critical situations, In sympathy. She ir-
creases this defect by permitting herself to
drop into a monotony OF delivery which
mars the lines aud pains her audiences
very great blem!sh not beyond her power to
remove.
Miss Dlckinson's Hamlet Is, however, very
far from common place. In fact 1t is PEI.
iormance OF great merit. ltshows TO good
advantage her native intelligence. She has
,tuiied to learn the great dramatists true
meaning, and the rendition OF the text shows
mastery Of the elocutionists art. She isalways
graceful; sometimes iorCible, as Ia the areas
scene and in the toInpat with LdcrteS, where
she comes very near the great dramatic re-
auirements. She fails TO make the most
OF the scene before the players, but she
Is very far from doing that badly. Indeed,
though there Is no spark OF genius In her ac.'
ing, she does nothing badly. Her most seri-
Gus fault Is such as she cau never overcome.
She will always be woman, and she is not
likely 10 rise TO such height ~ that her au-
dience will forget she Is not OF the sex that
LdDilets are made Of. An intelligent lady
put it very appropr ately last night whtnl
she said Miss Dickinson makes good
Princess of Denmark. The Pince was
not there, but In his stead q too boytsh NO
man who did perhaps as well as any VIC
man could, and better than very mary men
OF long experience on the stage miss Dick-
inson has improved since her first appear
ance as Hamlet. The audience which was
ana Ter than II should nave been, though
hi Moulded some Of the most inte!li-
gent OF our playgoers, gave frequent mani
Iestations OF pleasure, and more applause for
announcement. Thesupport was fair. 0phe-
la miss Loduski Youngl was particularly
GOOD In the mad scene. Tho Fiat Grdre Dig
ser MI. John sutherland) did his pat well.