New-York tribune., 1886-01-10

unfostens her gown in front and takes 1t on and
stands before an amazed house III the naked SIM
nIictv of uncovered arms and shoulders, wlile the
rest of her body is more less clad in the eingne
white Of very scanty undergarments. HOW iar l"
she going ~ was the not unnatural query ot 'no
ladies in the stalls. Margaret with all its ceiepIS
is not part of great opportunities; Df such as ,ner"
arc and notably the last mad scene IN prison. MISS
Terry made every use.
What the French call the cloa of the pieco IL the
extraordinary fourth act deyotel wholly 70 'no
Walpnrgis Nacht, which in Goethe poem mas iitOie
and 10 the Lyceum version nothing, 10 40 WIN ''o
action. But it is one OF the most ingenious anu
,,,o imuressive EXAMPLES of scenery and machinery
and well-trained human beings workihs toge'nei
to one end which anv stage has supplied. Every
body agreed they had never seen anyth'h INC ~
Tho weird naturalness-if such word may he used
If tl,o witches imposed little even on the scep-
.ooI sor,s of n fashionable irst-night audience.
rho stoac is built up INTO the summit OF the
Fraction visible at first only by dim, uncertain
IioLt Airy forms fit by. 9ud So diaphanous arc
tho dr,pcrcs which just suihcc to hide the sofia
flesh beneath. that you accept their movement
through the air as n genuine mode ot notoh' Inv
stare fills aud empires with startling suihehheSs'
UsoIiyf,phrlcy arrives amid thunder ana Hgnthlhg'
is hailed as a sccntrcd sovcrcign aud IONS K'ig
in the hcllish revels that are going on FIRE asn
from earth as well air the rocks neit III tho et
vent heat sureRs and squrals of laughter as II rom
tLo damned echo through tho voil; the groups
brcal, into dance Faust covers before tho plo"hy
vision OF hargayet and as the curtain de jcehdS th'
stage glows will: blood-red flame.
And vet the whole ia as unlike rs possible 10 the
usu,l sham horrors of theatrical contriVahcc. Mr'
Irving who is | doubt not, the soul OF IL all mas
r,oJe il real and at the same times leaves yon
r,dcr tho boIief that il all has purpose, II yon
co,,ld hut make out what it is. People viii 90 10
see this rs they will 90 to SEQ the SWORD oi "e""S-
t,btIes flash firo-a stream of fire when MS h'a"o
touches tho blade Of Valentine III his ""el wiz.
Faust They Will 90 to see and teei the pat"'' -
Mis-, Terry's Margaret and will spare Il worn III
cordial admiration to the Idts"t"e OF hr' "leA-
o,acr. so ,tirring a bit OF acting that we all won
lcrcd why he was not cast for Faust Ap"'e a'i'
they :, III 90 10 study and admire the Meph'oPH t''
for ,vhcn everything has been said for tho m"Shin-
CONGO Of tho mounting lat cost was 'o'u' VI
sGo OOW. and the attractiveness Ol the story IN"
Tho brilIiancy of the misc-en-sconc ~ whole t'i"
ror,,ins something more impressive than al ihc'e
,o the imagInnlion of the spectator. u Is th't
c,urt red figure and the sinister splendor oil inc
ro.s and the touches OF dramatic gcnluS WHOM 40
90 iho making Of Mr.. lrvinGs Mcph's!Optis HIS
epcccss was never in doubt albeit he played % ono
of the r,ost dllicult audiences that could W'l pe
cotton together in London. The reception OF tho
nIav mart from Mr.. IrvinG's share III H. was hot
rver enthusiastic at the beginning, hnt the h"nsh
,,o,,ed ~ srrue followed scene. Hnd the applause
J,r, and after tho last three sctS WIS cordial ana
pVulDn gcd.