The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-10

aoath and told Il directly ana unlnter
,-,.,.o,lv without any lighter interludcs
Na,nor and ndapter alike had trusted en-
-, ;, tho sragi. force of the situation md
Tho nniversalty Of the motives appealed 10
r.. diction 4 the piece was the diction o.
tirrsd do Vigny or Of the school Of Victor
rr,vo II was, indeed, rather n dramltis
I,vs poem than play in the modern sense
and IL depended altogether for its success
mon the two characters OF Macias aud II
viva.
li dsyisiug the character of ilacias The
Italian author had made use Of traditional
spanlsb type. which has as historical aources'
el la3 inspired many a Spanish post from
tle Fifteenth century downward N1cias J.
Ln .hl. p0.t and lover. hls love is kinI OF
southern nlilcs which witdcrs every ',1eI
feiu. m its ncieub1rhooi, and BIS tragic
death d, tha only natural ending O. career
SD rlrco AID uncontrolled Llvifa, Wlu
whom M''ns IS - love. tie daughter o..
Nuu0 Fernando IS embodied gentleness ava
virtue. until tho fierce progress OK hcF ia'.
has taught her that men are trcachef9us anu
ths world cruel For her love bad been pros.
porous ana smooth until by "a series az efeAts
90 had been brought into antlgonEm Wild
tSo opposing intercsts--tlOse Oh her Ias.--l
and 20 q certain Feruau Perez, tla tool a-D
i1v0r.ta ok tao powerful Duke Ol Nii.eia'
Ile ambition and selfish passion Of these TWO
men arc enlisted against her. fefel IS o--
trmuel 20 marry her; her father is deief
mined to sweep 1lacias our Of the path OK las
own political advancement Tho intrigue
devised between tho two Is perfectly success
ful. Mac.as Is enticed away; Llylra, forced
90 believe that she is deserted and betrayed,
is half driven, half en,rappod lutoa marriage
with Perez. and Macias, returning % cmil
her AGAINST a hundred obstacles, meets t1c
wedding party on their way back 10 toe
palace of The duke.
Toe rest of the play represented or course
the struggle between toe contendins forces
thus developed in plan and mechanism the
story vas one of common romantic type
neither better nor worse than hundreds OF
o-hrrs of which tho literary achivos of tl1
first BALI OF tho present cenrIry aro iu-L IL
required an the aii that lino literary trent
meat could gige 10 70 raise &c above tho lare.
Of vIlgar melodrama and turn ir into trug
elv But fortune bad been kind % 1t; the
subject had been already handed Odd TIE ltli.
ian sketch With delclcy and truo tragic in
s.-ht. aud Edward Wallace had brought O..
TIE resources of q very evenly trained ali
critical mind to bear upon bis - IL could
hlrily have been foreseen t4at he would be
attracted bY che subject but once at w5rA
uuon it lo had w0raei with enthusiasm
Tho curtain drew uo 90 the great bali az the
Vuul ralace Everything that antiquarian
knowledge could do had been broughtto bear
u0oa the surroundings OF the scene, tic deli
cato tile work OF the wills and hoor the
leather hancugs. the tapestries, the carved
wool and brass work OF a Spanish palace ol
tho Fifteenth century, had been copied With
lavish magu.Accucc, aud tho crowded cz
ucctant house divided It's attention and op
rlauso dur.ue tic first scene between the
beauty and elaboration OK its setting and The
u.av of the two t0legaJo actors WHO repro
.sn,ei Elvira' father aud the rival Of Maclas.
Fcruau Perez
Ternau Perez having set the intrigue ou
foot which is 20 wreck the love of Macas
aud E.vira. had tust risen from his seat when
Wallace. who was watching tie stage I'D q
torment Of Mingled satisfaction and despair
touched Nine dc Chateauyieux's ann.
"Nowm he said THAT door 70 the lott.'
Kendall. catching the signal, rose from his
seat behlnd Nine. de CIateaUv.eUx and bent
forward. The great door at the end Of tie
ualaca had slowly opened, and gliding
through it with dropping head and hands
casued before her came Elyira, followed by
her little maid Bcauz The storm which
greeted her appearance was such as thrilled
the pulses II tie oldest labitue IN the theatre
Tears came go Mime. CAatcauyieuxs eyes.
and Sue looked up at her brother
"What sceusi lJls overpowerns- B.
too much for herl wish they would let hsi
goonl
Kendall mado her no answer bis soul was
iu bis eyes. BIO had no senses for amy but Oh.
person. She was there within "a few yard.
Of Linn, IN all the sovereignty Of lcr beauty
and her fame invested with tho utmost 10
nance that circumstances could bcst)w, auu
about. If half he heard wero true. 20 reap 9
great artistic 800 less than "a great persona
triumph. Had DE felt toward her only as Tho
public felt, 30 would have been an experience
beyoul the common run, and as it was--ol,
thisaching. iutoierable sense OF desire, OF sep
arat0u, Of irreuediable ueedl Was that ben
voice. lie bad beard that. tone OF despair iu
10 befOre-under over arching woods, whcf
the june warmth was i2 the airi Lnai
white. Outs-retcAel hand had once lain close
c.asped in his own; those eyes bad once
looked with a passionate trouble Into hs
Al, lt was gone forever; nothing would
ever recall it-that ono quick moment Of Lv-
Inc contact. ~ q deeper sense than met the
car sho was on the stage and L9 among cue
audience. To the end h's gray lte would
play the part OF spectator - hers, or else She
would s>lu have passed beyond l.s grSl
and touch. just as Eivira would have rali.
isbeu 10 LITTLE while from tue slgnt OF to-
great audience which now hung upon her
evr.g movement
Then from tho consciousness OF his 0H1
private smart be was swept OUT whether d..
would or no, INTO the general current of i.e.
ing which was stirring the multitude NJ -l
man beings around him, and be found h.m
SELF gradually mastered by considerations o.
q different order altogether Was ibis Oh,
actress he bad watched with such incessant
critical revolt six mouths bef0raf Was tAl-
tho BALI educated girl grasping ar results u--
teriy beyond her realization, whom he BE
membereii
II seemed % him impossible that this Qlicl
artistic Intelligence. this nervous uud ls-aDj
Ing of tue demands made upon her, this fac
ulty ia meeting them. couli have been de
yelOped by the same Isabel Brethert0n whose
earlier image was SO distinctly craven Oh his
memory And yet his trained eye learned
after a while TO decipher In a huu1,ed ind.-
cations the past history Of the change IT,
saw how She had worked and where, the iu-
1nences which had been brought 90 bear
Upon her were all familiar % BIN. they had
teen part OF bis own training. and they Dee
.ouged, as be knew 10 the first school OF dra-
matte arC ia Europo-to the scbOo' which
keeps alive from generation % gelegaroutue
excellence and fame OF tho best French
DIANA. He came % estimate by degrees all
tllr fLe had done; be- saw also an sIs had
sti.l 20 DO. In the spring she had teen au &c
tress without a future. condemned By the n-
oxorabls logic If things % soc her tame de-
serr her with the first whitening ~ her
beauty now she had, as 10 We're b5. started
toward her rIgutful eoal but her feet were
10 tls great high road, aud Kendall saw be-
fore her ii she had but strength 70 reach lI,
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