The daily critic., 1890-11-11
dlLLSElLENIS



from and en- many respects above the
plane of ordinary theatrical attractions
that C has cen able 90 create and or.
canize for himself a dramatic ellen,
tI, and following. rs exceptional as
Dis talents a Mansfield audience Us
Ike no other audience with which We
have been familiar Last night The
President. the cabinet. The Chief Jus
tiCe and diplomatic and official society
had assembled iu his honor but 10
was The Irving the kendW, the ln,ia
Marlowe audience of cultivated taste
0f fashion and distinction, with an
added element Of q graver rclst attracted
10y thg historic on psychol1g.c In
rttest quite dislincliyuIr his owe,
with which This very divessglF
cin,d young actor, from The tirs' has
invested his creations The cnnh.nr
ton uf musical and mimetic powers oj a
lieh Orlcr with the tastes and the nc
CCmulishmcnts uf the scholar the trtist,
The alchN0lnuist and the aricni student
of psyChicol phenomena could not but
result i'm q wide and wholly exceptional
range of dramatic production. No
actor of Cur time, nor, indeed, uf any
other, has ever run such a gamut OF
strange and unwonted notes as the won
derful ascending scale Of his Prince
hurl. Monsieur. Bean BrVmWsU. Btr1u
C5uai. Hg6e.I}HH and R'ci1rd III.
The last, though "c7o1rC To the gen
er9l' TO say nothing of those other
important factors in Washing
ton society, the Judge and the
"MaiotD. was q marvellous illustration
of the power Of that higher intelligence
we call genius 30 invest the very driest
bones of the older drama of tradition
with the flesh aud blood OF living and
1 breathing realism and reason. lf the
7 public had so long been accustomed to
/ Richard the WHYiOaeie that 10 could not
at once accustom itself to Riebgrd the
man, IL was assuredly no fault Of Mr
Richard Mansfield
But in Brupwcl. though the clever
| playH and still cleverer actor have
su far violated history "a To make OF
the fup and parasite a hero and a man,
they al least have not flown in the face
of an immcmorial if wholly irrational
stage tradition, and the result is success
/ instead of failure Such 2 trdusfnrml.
/ tion of the central figure was indeed
| essential 10 secure even the rather
slight basis Of incident and heroic inter
I est which the play possesses
/ and though q solcCism AMI pgrversiou,
/ the ByVHimcU Of Mr. Mansfield and ol
/ Mr.. CLYDE Fitch. the brilliant young
/ author. has the friendship aud sym
| palhy of the audience In measure his
/ historic prototype could never have
/ attained or deserved IL IL hatdly
/ likely the real Beur was halt
/ so witty as the very clever
/ ialupuc of the play pOrtrIy
! him. But that Ivcn more than the
uLtr. T. poetic liberty tur which va
/ rnay well ur grateful So, nu lluht
! Dc y,ytr he dressed and Walked and
I Unurtd. took snuH aud DC Nlt'i and
/ Cavdl,d rnd MIR MansNtll, hy rh,
I umytlous Hlrliry 10 tuu partn3, LAS
! lat established another claim up1c
Z eur adminiun for The rnpir
| utly unlimited versatility nt hi'
f. genius As usual hr h1,
/ company as excellent rs his ideals oI
artistic completeness would nccessaril,
impel MIN To provide. Miss Beatric,
Cameron gave a wholly winning AM
wnmanlv assumption Of the role u
Mariana Vincent, ard those ever wei
come veterans, Messrs Harkins, Fergu
son ana CromptOn, were everything w
could have expected of them as tht
| Prince of lIdlcs. the faithful valet, ant
the city magnate The epoch and ia,
men and women who lived in it Witt
their dress, their manners and their af
fpgtations. were an reproduced witt
the fidelity Of detail which only dnmi
nsni intelligence Ike that Of Mr. Rich
ffy,IeH s4s4ssfI 80.
.Musstts" At the National.
Time has dealt very gently and yer.
lovingly, as well Il might. with so bdgn
and winsome a little personality a
Lolta. and her Mgstfs Of last night wa
her NHseHe Of how many years ago
with some few new kinks and kicks, bu
so far as a fairly good opera. glass coull
discern, not "a single new wrinkle. Sine
the sunny head of the sunshiny liltl
actress first literally "blazed' the wa,
10 fame aud fortune In the line Of he
peculiar specialties. she has had 10
Vulnerable imiiatoTs, but never. j
genuine split and Inspiration, a
Cgual. Men and women hay
come aud gone and been forg0tte
"a her companies but always and eve
Lolia has been the life and soul Of th
play Her present support constitute
very competent aud satisfactory liltl
opera troupe, from the favOrite tenor
VIII Rising, 10 0ur ol
fay1rites, Walter Allen, Georg
Broderick and Mabella Bake
whose familiar voices ard faces mab
us almost believe ourselves with outin
clothes and palmIeaf fans, once moi
listening tosummeT opera m Albaugh
To night "Museiie' will give wav ~
triple bin, Spelling the Broth, 80.
| Faint Heart and A" Nan. the Good f0I
Nothing Rith I.3,ta and her compla
/ at ihelr best
Booth ana Barrett
The second week of the Boot
rettebeagement at the New LyCeun
Baltimore, opened last night under mo
brilliant auspices The Baltimore az
Potomac special train carried over ab3
500 AFashiBgt0uians uudsF The BatGhi
care of Mr Harry Fisk, and the rs.
those who went contained many 1f q
Z most DISTINGUISHED names known
0ur readers. Not 3 seat In ths hQu
was vacant, ana TIE two or three hu
AAHA AAAla amor GaaH H mo- p GAG A'flAt Efaltt
t9 stau5 must have bad any but htni
feelings tawaF- GAg visitors.
The play Wgs Shakespeare historic
b / tragedy, "juligs Cesar with n
s Booth az BFts and Mr. Barrett
2 Casit5. lu The portrayal Of The cha
f actgr 81 Bruta Mr Booth gave ~
q uat lLasle dignity which chaTacleFiz
q an ~ bis performances and lends
q additional charm b the rates 10 viii
= he appears.
2 3lr BTeu's Casl was an h1n=
Z [ piece ~ W9ra. tie #as especially 60