New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-02
THE DRAMA--MUSY0
RE-EN1RANCE OF ROSE CO0Hraxs

Miss Rose coghIan appeared last night At ia -
Theatre, where she was received With glad weIoase
by q considerable audience. The charm OF her ~
personal beauty and her gaIlisrd grace Of msnnx -
mains unabated, and she played Ia mood Of szussys
emotion and impetuous force, in meiodrama csil6
q JoceIyn.s This piece was made for her By ~
brother, Mr.. Charles i. coghln, and It has al ~
appearance Of being synopsis of an old French nore
One act Of It Is substantially pafaphrase Of ths
Red Burgundy act which concludes Fsrquhzrs comedy
of The Inconstants so that Mr. Coghlan may at ast
be congratulated on the felicity Of his quotations.
This borrowed moment Of suspense Is effective
The other acts are less essentially dramatic and ous
for the really passionate sincerity Of Miss
Ian's demeanor IN them they would be very &Iioua
Most Of the incidents IN the piece absundiy i'm
possible, and the influence that they exert upon the
characters is mainly conducive TO fstisn and bshos
In the way of dialogue. The apparent purpose Of tbs
play was TO place woman I'm situations such "a
would cause hcr the keenest modification and the
sbaypest misery and lead 10 Q vehement ey-
preston Of her injured sensibilities Attention ia
directed to certain Prince ssyisni, grtsly wretch.
q, the old Pescsra typo who Is DESTROYS Of marrying
titled lady Of great beauty This girl, Jocelyn,
the Chstelane of Boissac, Is remarkable for her ex
cessye sisteriy devotion TO hcr three brothe-s zs
all the more extraordinary from the fact that hes
individuals are depicted ss absolutely insipd and
worthless. Prince Ssvianl fayors the audience By
causing them to be entrapped and slain, but ne thys
drives their sister into state OF temporary innscys
While she is In this demented state he tries % pre-
ciptae the wedding, and In this shocking and hdsous
endeavor he IS fhwsrted BY her true lover-snd BY
the military forces that arc opportunity supplied
through the Kindness Of Captain Farguhar In the
end Jccelyn, dressed as mxn-snd a very neat and
trim little fellow she must have bee IL she resembisa
the image presented by Miss Coghlan--encountes us
Objectionable sayiari and fatally puncturos him n
a combat with swords. ~
II the spectator can lead his credulous mind 70 q.
cept the basis of assumption upon which the fabric q
this story is reared he may be able to derive pleasure
from the contemplation Of is developments Otherwise
the play Of Jocelyn win probably impress him a.
series of preposterous events soquent upon nadequas
causes distorted characters and unnatural aondict
Mr. Wilton Lackaye enacted the ruiian ssvfaDi. ana
in the expression of smiling insolence and brutal
cruelty was al moments Electrically elective; but
the insncey Of spirit and the gross exaggerauon Of
domeauor prevailed over these few CLEANS of intei.
gence and resulted In q mere stage bravo Miss
Coghlan's fire and strength impaft TO this WORK gu
the value that 10 possesses for audience bhe was
repeatedly called before the curtain, and she received
the usual procession Of floral wreeths aud baskets
Mrs Charles Watson appeared as Mme. de Montaigne,
adventures, and In an absolutely impossible char
acter indie ated valuable dramatic talent not yet en-
tircly liberated from conventional restraint 8