New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-04
MISS ANDERSON AS PAULINE.


Miss Anderson has set before this public sin
another image OF beauty and nobeness in woman stu
another representative type of the experience Of q
womans heart On Monday nightat the stirTheatre hs
appeared as Pauline in the old comedy OF The Lady Of
Lyons" aud her exquisite impersonatior Of that delicate
character was seen with delight by numerous ana
brilliant company. Like her previous works. this per.
Torrance consplcuously shows the power and value Of
devoted earnesness in the service Of ART for lis ova
sake In other hands The Lady OF Lyons has often
seemed to be trivial affair. In her hands it is shown
be worthy OF he best thought hatc be expended upoa
it, This on the very threshold Of achievement, vie.
tory.
It long has been critical custom to derds
this comedy but the custom is neither just visa
There Is no doubt mprObablty at the basis Of It's plot;
III of its incidents such an Of
sentiment in its spirit must naturally repe the cold
hardened, conventional mind aud there Is distinct
tlnge OF artce in its language Yet embodies rep
resentatve experience and 1t presents exalted ideal
OF the passion Of love- and Of human nature affected
by that passion, which IL OF almost universal sgnih
cauce II can easily be turned into rilcule-but what's
there In life that cannot Its story Ike that OF Buy
Bias" for example, or that OF "Ihe stranger Is tho
story OF mans idoatrY for woman, and what came
OF it and this theme been the easy prey Of the
scorner.
"The Lady OF Lyons" can readily be spoiled By
iusincerity In tho stage treatment OF It. II eI.
acts profound earnestness and apt suitability
IN those who represent It. When acted IL
the right sprit-as It was last night Is truthful ten
der, pathetic. and deeply impressive The oxiFava-
gances arc forgotten. The occasional tawdrness OF the
style passes unnoced It cannot indeed. be said ths
Buwcr has treated the theme OF setsacFhce Tor loves
sake with the sawart strength and IA the large broad
manner OF Victor Hugo, a. shown in such book %
The Toers Of the Sea ," but certainly he has treated
IL we'll IL was mis- faVOrite theme. IL runs throiga
many OF his works. Tho novels OF " Godolphin-'
Z. Harold" and Zanoui" might particularly be cited
as examples OF his ideal. Magnanimty, seltsaenuce,
devotion dignity. sweetness-these are the elements Of
character and conduct that he aimed especially to en
toll; and these attributes much exemplihed By Paa
line az by her lover are extollcd with passionate rerTa
IN The Lady OF Lyons"
Miss Anlersons ideal Of Pauline Is intultiyc rather
than reflective. She has, evidently, given careu
thought 20 the artistic form and expression OF the WORK.
but she assumed the nyestiture Of It's spit spen
taueously aud without meditation OF effort tho coa
elegance the unconscious haughtine,s, the ley refine
pleut and tho pure an beautiful simplicity Of PddiMt
nature are exact elements of her that her mere
presence before anything Is said or done. at once ef
uains and inses tho Circumstance that suu oma cf
Fate IL character This effect in acting surely oughs
never to be overlooked-for, indeed. tho whole '1a
question OF tho matter depends upon It's presence oTm
ab,cnce. 1t is what tho actor Is, far more tnsu
what tho actor does, that conquers III tue realm W
human feeling The rich and royal nature tnh
burn, beneath Miss Andersons acting Is the GROWING
glory OF it, and thi, Will give to her permanent SUD
noble fame through whatever years OF conquest remain
before hor and long after the petty voices OF contempo
AIRY detracOn are silent in tho dust. Her quality hAe
her career is unique aud incomparahle L"oh sucees.
performance OF hers only deepens this conYictohi anu
In presence OF the finished work ot art when sue pro
sen,od last ngh work that charms By every grace o.
audit All
IL Is but simple justice that this judgment sbOu1 Oo %
pressed with all tho emphasis OF sincerity hau NJ,
foreign actress come hero and played fade rs h''
Anderson plays IL. the performance would be hsed w
every hand as revelation OF genius aud beauty h.
actress has conveyed simply the Of he,
heroine. but. back of that experience tne rSs
what woman eudures aud suffers when slc I'es "a
subject Is upon which IL seems almost ~ bsr
touch. III the cold manner OF critical
treatment of those two cottage scenes MISS ahIess
not only expressed the resentment OF wOuuueu snst,
tho struggle al proud spirit to suhdsc Ps,nS los,
love the Devil lpIed, affecting sense OF lmpeuuIns ,J
and sorrow tho ecstacy OF eNultatlon over vnSsss
worth and the sharp, bghtinS sense OF rregGoS her
\ own spirit by deep, sympathetic iniiuV Da,.,n,
displayed tho whole pathetic picture OF ~nt powsut
umincd the whole dark abyss OF human Stet D,ioas
the first Gotta sceue-havlng made mos' iPJinS,
change IN the tcIt-she gives supremacy 70 I,rt "a
bride IL Is only the close that she aoHs tno an AZ
speak; but when that moment comes her lives
the pitcous helplessness Of an angelic woman u csn
ana suffers in VAN is more pathetic than any nsta
say and has meaning that no true man eau
except with huWlnty anu ave- IIueI VI "''S
acting has never seen In this part - cha cur.
Mss Anderson was eight times called peI"Io ~ 6nh
tain with plaulits and cheers The picture W aasI,e
acr, when duiine Is discovered sitting Dy tho Mr.
will long be remembered Tor It's tXll'l.o ,as first
Forbes Robertson acted Claude H'ioHe TOT ,i"bsd
time in his life, aud he aocOhpaissunl Iii bs
delicate task with artistic discretion His VOTE IN hs
Improved BY more rapid execution, ITis IS
thri act Mr.. Hoycr as BcdWSCdht, ana l'i making
GJaris commended those dsasrceaOle pltS ~ last IN
them which they ought 10 be, geLtleInen' ~ - MIRA
manner The Ter feeling and natural w., g,
Bugton wero plcasingly displayed ~ Wy i'c,re de-
Motto Mr. Joseph Anderson, by his quiet ~ luls
eanor aud speech made an exccllent effect IN tsS re
part OF GdsDdrd Some OF the scenery set 70 90"
viyaI WAS ancommOny picturesque and trH'huL