New-York tribune., 1885-09-16
A NEW ROSALIND
auss NARY ANDERSON AT sTRATFoRD-oN-
AVON.
,v,o,, sr.PF CORRESPONDENT OF THE IhdboNh.i
p - .. nox-AyON August 81.

i"i' So hare upop the Avon side,
nNo' ths great light of an immortal
fame had for some time been deepy 'No,'oa
NV uroclamation of the event when oocuriou ''Ss
~ - arst a,nearsnce of Miss Mary Anderson
.s posoJ;ud in Shakespeare's beautiful coheoy oi
y Az Yol Like TT Coming here from SaiS"ul' ',
svhsre had been dreaming in the great Ca a'n''i's
And wandering among the grim Drnd "od,'
stonebenge | found the town placarden WIN NV
name of this far and famous lady the snop ",
doys teeming with pictures OF hef; t"o VI
chief hotels the Red Horse and the p'.
pre-empted by her theatrical manager MI; ~ -.
Z. Abbey, for the accommodation oi ne, ,'anoo,o
compauv every reserved seat in the snakespe"
Memorial Theatre already sold; many lous'"s'
,,ootad for exuected visitors; arrangements nu"'0
for snec,ol railway trans to be run from Le"u'uN
con aud hack on the night of the performance a'u
si,ss Anderson the chief topic oil cohNeis"'io"'
Whenever and wherever people were asscin'ii
stratford is n place that have visited oiteh """
freoucnted long but not till now had cFoi
II aroused In the ordinary course OF lh'hsa Wv
visitor saunters through n solitude 10 the oli'n
place: drops in at New Place. the Gulid Chapv'' "-U
the grammar school looks at GalnsoorouenS ~
.r,,t of Garrick in the rowu Hall drinks glass
of beer at tine Falcon Tavern; has chat win 'u'
eccentric, kindly, pleasant antiquary Ma'Sn"''
amid his wealth of Shakespearean rehcs' eAVi'''
oll Trinity, inside and out musing at the .o'uo "
Shakespeare and stroliing among inc 'hicA si"'o'
in the auIet churchyard walks over 10 oho'toiS ~
see Anne Hathaway's cottage and perhaps " e'
a splg of rosemary from the friendly uanu u 10
occupant Mrs. Baker; visits the memorial i"0'0'
xvhers the library and the picture gallery are
-, Increasing in extent and value perhaps
drives to WIImecote, four or hNe ihnoS
a,vov IN enter the picturesque tlmoeieu
fa,m-bouse from which it is SAID, Mary Arden' 'uc
mother of Shakespeare, was married; ana "hoH
rioht has fallen and the moOnbeans are osthlng
,ba whole sweet landscape in silver dew, tah'S "
hoat nnon the Avon and rows down TO Where
the sp,re of Shakespeare's church and the great
elms around it are reflected oui OF the aeptHS ~
The dark shining stream. Many CAIN "''u
beuefcent hour NAV be passed IN thls way '''u"
these hallowed scenes; but now l found tnat tnc
sne,l Of neoee which commonly rests upon TINS
shrine had been completely broken. Yesterday al
was memory and revere; to-day is all ous'Ie "ho ~
pectatlon Americans, indeed. nave OUT '''V
,dea of the great popularity of Miss Mary Anu 9o"
- Fnc,apd or the sincere fervent interest that IS
fe,t nv the best classes of English people. ia al
her professional movements. She has been upon
+bo English stage for two seasons; she has acted
Portbeaia Pauline Gclatea Clarice Julia and JRid;
opd IN her nractical success she has surpassed the
achievement of any American performer IN iegttl-
mote drama who preceded her IN this land. 1haV
NAV. pelhaps sound like an extravagant statement
when il is remembered that among her predecessors
were Forrest, Davenport, Charlotte Cushtnah' MIS-
Mowatt Mr.. Jefferson, Edwin Booth, ana Law
renee Barrett The fact, nevertheless, remains MISS
Auderson's English career has been attende Wi'a
mile nrosperity as we'll as brilliant reputation
and no dramatic name is at this time more mghly
esteemed in England. rhe question Il not ono OF
greatness OF even of rank. Mr.. Irving MISS Elieh
Terry, Mrs. Kendall, Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft NJ
Toole, Sarah BerDhardt, Mrs. L1ngtry, Mr. wilson
Bsrrett-eaeh has emmeuce aud puoiic ioIio"i1-'
Bnt the beautiful and brilliant woman who c mo
here so modestly who well represents ali tlat Is
best in the American stage and who has so richly
adorned by he. personal worth the aurels gained by
her genuine merit, possesses the afectionate good
will the of whole people, and thus stands in excep-
tional repute have found her name known aud re-
spected and her portrait displayed III remote Sc
cluded hamlets where one would not suppose that
theatre had ever been heard Of When, Therefore IL
was made known that Miss Anderson would begin
her new dramatic season by acting F0saima Ior tue
first time in her life and at Stratford-on-Ayon
for the benefit Of the Shakespeare Memorial
Theatre II was natural that a wave OF excitement,
TO which even mighty London gave some impetus
should soon surge around this usually peaceful Ht-
lie haven of Shakespearean pilgrimage. such
wave, at anv rate, found here; and until to-day
when all is over and the actors are gone ana the
of the London press have retlrned
to the capital and the crowd has dispersed-Strat-
ford has not seemed in the least like Itself Now
it il once moro as silent as coister AMI as sum-
berous as the bower of the sleeping beauty II
the wood. But from this time it VIII pos
oba eor m D,l0uIQ-Delug
associated forever with the pure fame and the
sweet and gentle presence of the authentic queen
of the American stage.
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre will hO,d
nearly 700 persons Its reserved portion contains
$50 seats All of these were sold within an hour
and half of the opening of tho box-ofice on An-
gust 18th. Miss Anderson came down on the 9th.
with her company, and rested at the Red Horse.
and thus she was enabled to devote two evenings
precedent to the performance to dress rehearsal
of the comedy Many social attentions were offered
to her. Under the escort of the Mayor Of Stratford
she visited Clopton HOuse-a picturesque and
famous old place. the foraer residence of the CoD-
ton who was Lord Mayor of London in the reign OF
Henry VIII. and who built the great bridge that
still spans the Avon, hard by the Warwick Road.
She was seen also at the Shakespeare birthplace IN
Heuley-st, where the Misses Chataway welconsI
her as an old friend. But, for the most part, she
temaIned in 5 cusiOn. awaiting what was felt 10
be a very serious professional ordeal. All about
the town meanwhile her professional associates dis
persed themselves to view The relics of the great
poet aud to feet the time merrily, they did in
the golden age" Stratford can seldom have been
so gay as 1t was during these two or three days
never surely was 1t gayer. From London came
down large deputation OF journalists. The trains
brought many eager throng from
the teerring hotels of sprightly bennington. One
party of twenty-five Americans in from
the sylvan hamlet OF Broadway. In more than one
inStance it proposed to hang out banners in the
public streets. Visitors to Trinity Church found
that flowers had been scattered upon the grave
stone of Shakespeare and upon the slabs that cover