New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-19
THE DAILY COMPANY.
WHAT PARIS THOUGHT ABOUT 1T.

fvpow THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrBUNE.l
'' PARIS. September 3.
The appearance at the Vaudeville Theatre OF inc
DAILY Company has been the great event OF 'he
dramatic world here. To do them honor all inc
Americans and the English who mix good deal in
American society went in evening dress 10 see
them play. Nothing could be moro elegant than
tho generaI aspect of the house and of the saloon
between the acts Nobody could have believed
that in the first week of September. and when the
temperature was of torrid heat. that all the brill
liant part of Ia colonie erdnqee when Is usually az
this time OF the year intent on the partridge shoot
ing festivities in country chateaus' coulo oe
brorcht IN mss three consecutive evenings in
Boulevard theatre. Besides the wealthy and dis
tncu:shed English and Americans. all the actors
actresses and dramatic authors who could possibly
get back to town did so for the purpose OF going
to see the performances of the DAILY company The
French were loath to admit that New-York could
produce highly trained set of players, who had
never graduated In any conser vatore, but had each
learned his or her profession the stage. as Condo
learned the art of war on the field OF battle Inc
French are chary of admitting the merits OF any
kind of art which they have not originated los
tered and perfected, and on learning that MT
Daly's company had character OF its own were
prepared to look down upon it with amiablc pity
NJ. Vitu. the art critic OF the Figaro anu NJ de
po,e of the Gaulois shrugged their shoulders at
what went forward on the stage and wrote on
going back to the Offices of their Journals qu"
sennupant (erme at the American plays at the Nauue
yille;-which as neither gentleman uhders'oou
English was perhaps under the circumstances, IN
eyitable. although "A Woman's Wont" ana
Love on Crutches" ere adapted from two Ittie
French plays of the Palais Royal kind (leje nc
re,,r ms Tupe femme and pdm0m B0iteurl they were
tboupbt too innocent TO be interesting by other
boulevard critics The playgoer here has been
given so much high spice that he can I DO without
IL A drama which is not brlmful OF naughthess
strikes HIM as being rather fat lie also hkes 10
think that charming actresses are ready for any
kind of immortality.
The experienced English playgoers who went 10
see the performances Of the DAILY company were
delighted with them and some OF them were 50
candid as to acknowledge that there is not in any
London theatre such a homogeneous ana well
trained set of actors and actresses. Admiral Maxse'
who 10 a great patron of the drama in all its FORMS
is of opiniou that the DAILY company Is in these
resnects the nearest IN the world TO the trahcas.
The French critics thought Miss Rehan's attitudes
and figure things for painter or a Sculptor 10
study | heard Benjamin Constant say that DC
would give a good deal to have her as model IN
his studio 1t ic very rare to see such scuIp'ura
arms as hers ON the stage Miss Dreher was un1or-
tunate in her cOstumier. But certain unpleasant
affects of her dress were lost sight of as she warmed
70 the mart in which she was cast. Miss Kingdom
did not appear-which those who had seen her IN
the United States thought a great pity. think
Nav Irwin is as good soubrette as there is at the
Francois. although perhaps, her gayety is not so
communicative as that of Jeanne Samary /
shOnld like TO see Mrs. Gilbert as Mrs Gamm'dqe III
an adaptation of David Copperhed. she mas
the PHYSIQUE of a lone and lorn matrOn Her
effects are more strongly comic imam tuOso ol
Madame Jonassin when she Is acting the part Oh q
cantankerous duenna, cross aunt OF Care-claIeu
| mother. The two most successful members OF the
| DAILY company here have been Lewis ana MISS
Rehan. In low comedy IT would not he posSioo u
| find in Paris anything better than the former.
Rut il would he idle to institute "a comparison
| between him and any well-knOwn French actor, he
| being very peculiar and having strong lndlvidu-
| atty. He had what may call visible as wen as
| an oral articulation One could see, as well as
| hear what he was saying This is a great accom-
| nlishment for an actor. Mr.. Evarts has the same
accomplishment dare say tFe gTea' ah np that
! having to speak to people ID the VIDE forum.
great many of whom were too lar on 10 near thell,
| they cultivated the art of speaking 10 the eye AZ
well to the ear. his may DC the reason WHY
they all shaved the upper up. ,,
think the ladies of the DAILY company shower
that there can be such thing as dramatic ait
without eXtravagantly hne clothlne; nau iV . x
talk with Mr.. Lewis about the bad effects on the
drama of costly raiment III pieces that are not spec
tacular Actresses here trust far too mt 10 dress
and not enough to talent-a reason why the actors
| who have not yet got TO the wrong side OF forty
five are as rule superior to the young actresses
The former because they study hard ana tiust 10
talent go improving; the latter, trusting to dress
| rather IetrOgrade. Mr.. Lewis greatly re9retlel
| that he did not see the Coquehns. who saw him.
| They came all the way from Orange in Provence,
where they had been acting III play OF Terence III
the old Roman theatre TO attend Inc performances
OF the DAILY company