New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-27
THE DRAMA.
MARY ANDERSON AS GALATEE.

The standard attraction that IS offered by Miss
Anderson at Palmers Theatre Is the comedy Of A
Winters Tale This may be every night. ex-
cept Saturday. and also at the Saturday matinee.
Last Saturday evening Miss Anderson impcrsonated
Galatea, while Mr.. J. II. Barnes appeared Pyg-
maliOn; and this performance IS TO be repeated 40
a matinee on Thanksgiving Day. II ought 10 he seen
by al persons who really for the dramatic art
The influence of It IS essentially noble. and therefore
It deeply concerns the public mind. Miss Andersons
portrayal Of Gaatca when she first gave It here In
the old days of Booths Theatre the achievement
which, in the minds Of many people first turned the
tide of admiration strongly In her favor. She was
always charming IN that character She IS absolutely
perfect in It now. 1hc nature with which she has
sufused the part Is, indeed higher, finer and stronger
than the nature expressed In the authors text
stately mind and deep heart flow into It. and they
express love and sorrow, sclfabnegatiOn, and ma
jcstic, though agonized submission TO the doom Of
memorable destiny with such acute knowledge OF
suffering, such profound feeling and such intensity OF
tragic force especially al the climax Of the piece,
could not and do not fail to lift this performance
far above the level Of the play which is its vehicle
in respects. Miss Andcr5Ons acting OF Cab
atca Is flexible substantial, moro massive,
than It used to be- The whole movement Is fluent,
continuous necessarily sustained The elocution Is
beautifully and very perfectly shaded The art Is
absolutely suborllLated to nature, and therefore Is
concealed ArtlessnesS, IN this work, was always
most completely assumed. and this continues to be
a principal charm of it-whence It ensues that tho
performance IS delicious with naive, UNCONSCIOUS
humOr; In Galatea's cOllOquy with Chrys0s, com-
cay presented By the ever-wclcOme comedian, Mr:
J. 6. Taylor But the tragic emotion. partly latene
and partly liberated, remains the conQlenng force Oh
Miss AndeIsOns imper,Onati0n. Her demeanor, ao-
lion and voice throughout the scene OF tho recon-
citation of Pygnalion and Cynsca, unite TO produce
effect Of absolute majesty and patEOs, unparaleled
by any actor but herself In our time Tho GIees
girl TRANSPORTED under the strss OF grief ana
becomes the supreme ideal Of dcsolae beauty Along
side OF HermOnc. Gaatca seems fragile part, but 10
l. far from being fragile Miss Anderson plays III
and nowhere more cOnvincingly than IN its closing
scene does she give the distinct touch OF that In
tclectua authority which Is the Characteristic OF
true actor.
The house full. and the actress was repeatedly
called before the curtain. Mr. Barnes, aS Pygmali0nf
entirely pleases and satisfies taste and feeling, hrst
by his noble and simple hearing and then by his
denotement Of a cp0scful. gentle and playfully
humorous nature, IN which thcrr Is charming union
Of manly goodness and woman.like sentiment Ihe
performance Of Cynsca, by Miss Ibury presented tho
attributes OF Intelligence, force and stage training:
and would please stil more If subdued IN tone and
relieved from the air Of abOrOus effort Mr. Joseph
presents with rugged distincfncss and precisely tho
Fight touch Of bury and humorous good nature thu
soldier Lcucippc. Mrs Ellington IS admirably truth-
ful to the ideal Of purse proud vilagO, tho wife
os Chrysos and Mis- Ayrton endues Myrne
with all needful scnsibiy and grace. Pygmaion.
and Galaeap is appropriately set, and is effectively
acted throughout the cast