New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-02
THE DRAMA-MUSIC.
MRS. KENDAL.

70 Mrs Kendall hal never set before this community
any other performan tIIan that of Lady Army
which a, night at tie Fifth Avenue Theatre she gave
for Tho first time in Amerca-by tlat IhlpeFNohd'!V"
alone she would have shown herself 10 be an actress
Of extraordinary powers and dramatic artist OF the
| first order The piece I'm which this part occurs-a
MAY Of domestic life in one act. called at j. Dream
hv Y lis neither quite level with probability nor
unite symmetrical art. The first INTRODUCTION Vi
the lady's maid into It is needless. Tic tax OF an
appointncnt at neg'lbOrlnS publlc-holse ledd' ID
nothinr The crossexamination Of that servant is an
incident perhaps impossible, certainly improhaDe' Inc
Intrusion Of the two Jews into the noOcmanS nome Is
| uulikoly And even the dilemma I'm which the hobe-
man /, placcd-for the highly dramatic affection OF Ms
wifc-,eems not quite rational and surely Won" mo-
prove 80 terribly formidable 10 man who was Ipr'he'
| by GOOD character stainless honor ana po"eFIni
friends, Virtue docs not 90 80 readily u tle wall III
real life. as the makers OF fiction would sometimes have
their reader, or hearers believe And with reference
| tn the Two Jews since they only vile ana not
/ humorous much less Of them than j. given IN ms
piece would accomplish all for wlc! they arr In'ehue''
Tic situation for which the piece was written remains
however an excellent and admirable one' "Heh once
it is reached.
That situation involves a good w0man-a VIC
and mother noble, aztec Tomato gentle. ana
o,,l,elv well brcd-in the tolls aud the anguish al
| ,ealousy II j. for a woman. situation analogous
u, that which is provided for man VINO sAouu pay
the Moor I'm the great third act u "Otheiio' Lazy
Armytagc in the temporary absence OF "er hu9o1"u'
| Il, suddenly apprscd that he l. fOrger. a s"HdIeF'
A tldef and that 10 has ruined himself Tor the '"hc
u a bad woman with whom lie has become ihi1t"1'eu
rbe apu.rent evidence Of this Is clear and conclusive
In reality her husband has only been Compromise
by we'll meant cndcavors To shield his di'"ohoii'!'
| bro,her The hour ol trial and II Suspense iH
Lady Aruytase. all the same, remains an ho"r III
great agony There trials IN life when chaIa''e
dominate, clerythug-when people act not Ho" o"'
| ,rsri ,,re-,,,rr but from inward propensity, when
either the nobility tina, is Unborn or The meaneNN th'
IS constitution sweeps away all restraints ana nm
pedlments. and proclaims the plain truth In such
monent, the hero Is revcaled-or the churl IL was
the subtle comprehension Of this. III NiN' hc"""l
performance II Lady Armytasc. ana ho' OILY "''
conprchcnsiou but the conveyance OF II. mat Hh"e
her acting superb. The audience sa" Jealousy w
plctcd in all X, cruel and horrible reality As ~
A. ham, ~ u,blo woman The
.,r,cc. between Spontaneous fidelity and CONVECTION
~ Doubt too strong 20 le resisted was espresso"
with tho most touching alienation, OF love ana -'ie
and out OF resource, OF ply seal ana W'H'"
strength that ar. nothing les than mlAEh,,n,e1..;;
In such know ledge Of human natui" - MI. hi'utl
reveals In tins remarkable effort there j, the vision
OF genius. while the art with which III. Te',"',
II must command the reverence ol rNI'N '''u ~, -
acting such q pcTiormlu', "usht to nave pss'n,
cal effect, Of 10 ordinary p9cncy t"r 'lc 800 ~
society. There Is much ioIlN ana VICE 'I,'rut -
every community under the name "i lofc Inc > M"u
Of warning sometime comes from 'h' eIt-c'
va4 IIumlrt's "artir>- CJuuug Ut the scene" brttHr
cSrmplined than IN this now mprr>onIton win winch
Mr.. kcnda >ct~ the seal Hpol her perfect success ,
Mr. keLdal enacted MI dathetWo"l ln me >ccoHI
niece and Afforded much amusement. ana reNei
after tho tension Il feeling aroused 10y his brilliant
partner. Mr.. Ga'h"rwopl (, ON" Of the parts TIM
charlie, Matthews left IN hl, lecacy Of Memories ~
one else can make the spectator forget that marvellous
sincerity ~ vlsagc and ~ whimsical manner; THAI
incc~sau' stream ~ action and pltcr; that colossal
t.uthfuluees I'm the wide ot upO>~lhluN. pr.
Kendall plca>cs by innate refinement. 10y simplicity hN
, CAVITY that is never disturbed and a Smuothue,s
that never M'cr> and though he does not quit" con
vince he /, the cause ~ mrth and ~ kindly feeling.
\ neat performance OF Nv Uncle, WIZ closed The
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