New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
rus. ,AMIYG OF TIE sHREw IN LONDON
WHAT ENGLISH CRITICS THINK ABOUT AMERI-
CAN ACTORS
rcom The SATURDAY. Review.

WHAT ENGLISH CRITICS THINK ADooi nASA'
. CAN ACTORS
From The SATURDAY. Review. ,,,-.
IS -g,rr..ms,..o "a rs. Au1ustin Days version
VI .ue "la....s me s"rcw a. .ho na'.' tss,owru
u.on n OF Inc Now AorA pupno wnen piouuoeu ias
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- ~ arl.slo svcaCt., Ia inc eiass VA ~ Nv
.nr,ua. 10 lneD. nsnter snsAs .oAe -
eoneS roo comedy OF INC hestoratIon tney nave
~ .,,eyea the nignest uisuncuohL ING 20, On
inc snrew" IL perhaps ono oI 'hos 49, ,S ou inc
.rcs lamp haa Ia MS when ie insistea on , .n9
,.,xu.s Oh tae nom the stag, au -
The art Of the actor who aspicu ~ @ ntrra Never
M..n qaaiI.iy detormii,eu ne p noeIis Illusion In
,,,ess 80. - iaisc eieniet VA poeasS , az test
ming of me sirew~ sui:icien- inueeu, 10 ,oo'
-, .,I,so Capacity U. the Day Company IN ths unve
non and Il must admitted mat IL Is nary ~ Tand
lno oI snaAspeae nvIe not recognize in tues
ard OF excellence, who woWd no. 10 ,r.nsccnded
SaS,s performance Interpretation tnat ntca,ion
his ideal 1t was altogether com arose points. of
OF the players art. Hero ana thelo aaoS0 ein INIT
Course that were of questionable value OF saan ne
they DO not In the least affect the er, "a iop Is
noya,ion As A whole. Mr. Days acting version ~
anv res meets a shakspearean restoration, though
there is nothing of the restoer as ne ~ H.
sno,rn in the SKIN and good taste tha , 1sii IN
@ ,ru any student of Eiizabethan literature ldi ~
Recommendation of Mr. Days inclusion OF thg in the
.cencs and his introduction OF muslcai ih,ei"u rho
scenes as,gned banouet scene of the last act. Inc
chorus of the boys led by Miss ST. quentin, VIM e
bishops should he upSrsd rom i'm accord With tra
tion and the character OF BlshoP nI,,, ohIn IN
charmlngy sung, by the %syM to propatc stick
that OF the No deence of the induction is needed
II belongs 10 the play, and ought never ~ old MAY
ua,rcd 70 lapse from its presentment. Iho Vu IN
Nc &, nothing If not retrospective might ht
ably find the Christopher sly OF hr. o. aracteristc
little too alert, little docSnt frank "a sack Only
s;mnle slow witted creature as sly Is,' convinced
wou u ~ aH1cndmentn Mr. Gilbert plays the par %
tho awakened tinker with feDnic actHS' accents
an a n1eernatura intelligence uhti IA. st,ipn
she sit,ston In this he departs from stag horoms
On the other hand nothing could be NOR ora tho nag,
than mis- bearing toward tnc while his acting
rnintcrested spectator Of the play Is eNoc tba
does not forget that the plays ths and he is care
fI not TO exaggcratc into obstructive elemend h
grunts and snores his Cad Sliding TO- the floor
and awkward stumbling to his seat 0os ,rai that
njuctons Of their host to me paSrr1i rnore him The
Situation is completed by the whimsical anu onei0'
iudicious by play Of Mr. James Lswls a. 90 crticism
IT, tr,nsate into the measured language Oh
A., tmnresson of the fire. the strength, the Ncrsa'S
~ Miss Ada Rehan's tmpeIsonatioh OF ha'," e 10
not POSSIBLE If the chill Of most unlnS, sH rich and
complex inevitably leads TO baiemen, III dnrdnr
md In calm in the later of submlssoh qu.mo
h nroccss Of being schooled by the stlng OF retru
cho's fantastic humor, Miss Rehans ka'naIno no,
marvellous demonstration OF art of Mr. John
Drew's Petruchio and Mr.. Charles Fishers bapl -
ocmod rather 10 enhance the unique force and charm
=, ang In the second and third acts, and supplied
striking proof that the actor VINO uieais NJ s n
competition or succumbs 10 II, mas nUens ~ MISS
ar.ist I'm him Thus the supreme moments Oh MISS
Geban,s acting--if such may he ctcd IRON 9 "
tormance so exqusitely IN keeping. so vtany cons
tent-were precisely those where MISS fnoe9e Hhnr
.e tbe sweet and gracious Blanca Mr. CharleS flsrI,
.nd Mr. John Drew were also aScendent vi couIs
these arc chiefly what called situations, as II,
Tho lively scene where Katharine houts biahTs anu
Rantista lnerposes and where, subsequently, ha VIA.
rIne,s Ching al Petruchio eliminates In dehancc b
,ba whole woolng of Petrucho. and the erotesquo
scenes between the two in Act W. on INC Ini ~
petrucho's house. equally convincing ana dcsh.
mi Miss Rehan very happily suggested throughou1
that temperament not mere temper, YVES the souri,
of KathaIines shrcwishneSs. Under all her spehuiu
pride of bearing and freakish ontbust OF passion e
Innate womanllness of her nature was appaff,I ~
PctrIcho worked miracle. save in the eVes Oh M
faint hearted srutors and the general vulgar MI
John Drcw's PetTuchiO completely responded 10
IIazlItts conception of tho part 1t was piaYci IN
the spirit Of mastcrfu selfcOnfdence. with nntrhg
vjyacity and a flow of animal spirits that ceased nor
until the final triumph. when Katharine Is command"d
10 appear before Lucentos guests The slight touches
progress of his experiment given with decatc a't
as also his sense NJ thu humOr OF IT, me i'aD-
tista of Mr. Charles Fisher was excellent In al re.
spects Tho humor OF tho serving man Glnmo fonnh
q representative OF original method In Mr.. James
lewis whose drv enupcatiNn OF pont and diveTtnC
hv-plav alike admirable. Tho Grcm!O OF MI.
Charles Iecercq In respects y peasant
variant from IN" conventional rae. OF stage cravbarls
The amusing speech in Act III. dNscrintve OF tho
wedding was a notable exempir OF picturesque utter
snre For the rost. Mr. Otis Skinner acroa
ahIn Tncentio Mr.. FrN'iNrct Bond as Tranio.
spirited Mr. Joseph Holland. rs HOrtenso. was
GOOD representative of the fcrvid lover and MrS Gil
tert- is needless 10 AL that Is desirable in
tho small part Of the housekeener Curtis.