The daily critic., 1890-08-05
AS YOU LIKE IT.
WASHlNGTONS VERDICTINDORSED BY
AN ABLE LONDON CRITIC
Enthusiastic Prahe Of "Our Ada" by q
Jsually Frieid Brush Authority.
The Acting Of Drew
and Lewis

fffu ftt L0fHCH saturday Htritr.
This Is that R9w4ad and all else fits
and other comment were supernu5us
Thus does even q iaded critic. retlking
a disused pen feel inclined 20 write Of
the almost ideal performance OF, per-
haps the most ideal comedy of pastoral
life writ by him whom some call
Shakespeare, Yet must there no
more be sadly There is more % say
IN a day when mere assertion rules IL
but too much. As You Like IT, be.
gins and ends With F0salina, however
admirably, as 10 the present case, the
whole play is given. The staging. 10
take an instance Of ION ne badine pas
avtc / Amour at the Francals In its
lest days never did more than equal
this production by Mr.. DAILY. That Is
q thing in these days very important
but let MS leave that for the moment
and come TO the acting which IS, after
all, the heart Of the matter. and let ms
again repeat that be the acting never
so good all through. AZ scarcely with
any exception il is in this case. the
play must stand and fall bv Rosalipd
The present generation and the grow
ing generation have seen more than
one R0S0ilbd in London and of them
all only one, aud she-alas!- has been
taken from us, that could be named in
the same breath with Miss Rehan.
AT the risk Of tautology let us say that
the first requisite for perhaps the most
charming part in Shakespeare's come.
dies is that most indeinable thing.
charm. This Miss Rehan has proved
herself TO possess over and over again in
parts of lighter calibre, and with very
distinct touch Of genius I'm the part Of
Katherine In the Tanning of the
Shrew, a part capable IN the hands of
a very capable actress of being well
played and yet wanting charm. Those
Of us who hoped most from Miss Rehan's
ROSdliHd may have been surprised al the
extent with which their most hone has
been realized. Dignity girlhood grow.
ing into womanhOod the inception and
completion uf q love perfect In limo.
cence; resentment Of injustice: playful.
ness and tenderness in the boys dis
ruise; a shy boldness beforehand with
orlando; after the wrestling scene a
complete but difficult courage. failing
only in the scene Of "counterfeitlng,
ana then still attempted; return to the
absolute womanliness which has never |
been lost-all these things make un the |
sum OF R0WiiHd. q character as irving |
as II Is enhancing. All these things !
Miss Rehau understands and expresses |
and on them we hope TO dwell IN detail |
again. For the moment let ne say this |
mu,h, and repeat that Mr.. Daly's pre-. |
s ,nimcnt Of the play Is almost revcla. |
ton Even Miss Rehan R0stiiHd |
might fail in its effect were there any |
failure In Orlando
II has been said that Mr.. Drcw's Or. |
dHGJ Is too modern. This IS criti.
ism which II not very gay. Is certainly
'ery foolish, indeed There is no lack
IF poetry In Mr. Drew's Oyl.tHd9. he
'peaks and acts the part most excel
emily, and Is no more lacking In the
ender scenes than he Is 10 the athletic
with the Wrestler. Mr..
-ewis' TOueh5t0He was looked for by
llaygoeTs with expectation and hope
which Is more than satisfied by the ac
OF s perception and execution Of the
art Mr.. Lewis sees that the banished
Dukes description Of T0Hchsi0Hs Is ac.
uTate, and, moreover. which the Duke
id not think II worth while 10 add,
bat 10uchst1He bad lived In the atmos.
here of the court.