New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-17
NOT ALL LAS YOU LIKE IT.s
SUN AND RAIN AT CASTLE POINT.
THE orEy-AIR Playa FINE PERFORMANCE
WITH SOME DISADVANTAGES.


WITH SOME DISADVANTAGES.
II the performance OF "As You Lbe IT. at Castle
Point Hoboken, yesterday afternoon not al that
could be wished In every respect, IT was through
fault OF those who acted the play or Of those who
directed It. II the fault OF the weather II was
the plan 10 show the most exquisite Of pastoral poems
width all the beauty Of environment that Nature her
self could cast around IT, But everything that dona
out OF doors wieher Of work Of play, Is subject 10
The caprice OF the sun aud the clouds, and in a fckle
climate some risk must always be incurred and
cepted And so, while tho players strovc TO present
only legitimate drama, Naturo chose TO give variety
performance There wcro oppressive heat and cooling
breezes melting sunshine and denchng rain, blue sky
and dark clouds, sutry stiffness and rushing winds
with thunder and lightning. shower interrupted
the MAY IN the middle and toward the end there
fairly a race between tho action o. tho piece and the
approaching storm
.As You Like IT. was played in the grounds Of
Mrs 4. A. stevens for the benefit Of st. Aiehseps
Home and ST. Catharine's Home As far ~ these In
stltutions concerned the affair was most graft
fvinc Success The seats were filed, though many
who would otherwise have attended were kept away
nv the strong attractions Of tho day elsewhere and
the proceeds were some 5000 or $1,000
The place selected for the action was admirably
lifted for IL. The stage was level piece o. turf
bounded at each side BY row OF three 'arse maple
trees A part OF the space between these trees wA
view when they wore not on the stage "it"n 'as
,ncosod space were two or three other large trees IN
such positions as 10 add 10 the beauty OF the scene anu
never to be Ia the way of the Actors ShoI' n'A
logs lay on tho ground at tho right ara 1ei. Vi 30
middle Of the stage and served for the seats ua' ~
action occasionally requires The stage was oeop
enough 10 give even more room than was heeueo, aas
at the back the ground sloped away Into h,t'e
valley beyond which it rose again, ana the uc7s Su'
off the entire view, SO that 10 all dppeA"''0 Wv
spectator looked toward forest OF lndehhte eAleh~
The seats for the audience rose In the i0rih VI al
amphitheatre close in front Of the part Oh 's n"n
reserved for tho stage. At O'Clock many people aA
arrived and they continued TO gather rapidly uil
O'Clock tho hour set for the performance, wheh hoeV
ali the seats were filed. The heat OF the Gay was
hit unpleasant 10 those who had to slt III inc suSo'
but with this exception the weather could not nave zen.
better aid than it did at this hour to the appreeA~oH VI
the poet,s words The surroundings were the ma
teriaI embodiment Of that sweet and oily spiii' "
r.oca and beauty In field and wood which TINS pay
40 wonderfully preserves. There were the grass Win
tho changing sunlight and shadows the waving ueos'
the noise of the wind and the songs oil the pitus'
II WAS a few minutes after O'Clock when Mr.
BARRYMORE and Mr. Cookbook, as Orlando ana Aoah'
came from the screen Of erergreens at the LETT OF INC
stage and the play began. Each OF tie ao"'' S
oreeed. with a round of applause, as were also Mr.
sullivan as Oliver, Miss C0ghan and Mss Alien q
Rosand and Celia, Mr.. Bond as Iouohs'ono' ''
Coulter as tho Duke and the rest TIC hIs' e"'"ns
excitement was in the wrestling scene winch Voc A'
cellently presented by Mr. Barry more anu -
Muldoon Mr.. Mudoon lifted the actor nom me
Ground or 4 sw1mc him around his head FEW umes
70 chow what he could do II he chose and mon @f'
lowed himself to be stretched on the ground.
The nlav went smoothly till Just after the song N
which the hearer is hidden 10 come mther' VIZ" I.
promise that he shall see mo enemy ous WIZ -.
ourn weather. Then as IL the weather hsa pSs
tbo q
1000 The stage and In another instant felt the pour-
Ia, roi, nm ne heads. Many OF the people ien ucf
seats and took refuge under the trees, ouo inc "os
~ them kept their places bravery, ana hopco 's' s
eho,rer might soon pass. Rosaund, Cons anu iou''
+na had lust come on the stage and tried 70 go oa
with their scene but the confusion was 100 e"" an
.n too6 close 10 big tree-tTunk and waited TOT mo
srn IN shine again. ROsannd, with her douoet anu
hose and her gallant curtleaxe"; C"la' III heF r
berless dress, and Touchstone III us "'N''.
looked none the less picturesque as the rain ie
them fiji some one with kind heart, no douOI Ous
no aesthetic eye, brought them WATERPROOF '''"A' VA"
AN umbrella and the picture was spoieo'
In ten ninntes the rain had stopped and the people
ront back to their seats When Rosahnd Sald we"
this is the forest Of Arden and Iouchs"no y.
,oined. Ave- now am in Arden; the more looi ~
when 7 was at home in a better place" ueN
yeas a great burst Of laughter and applause anu ns
n,av went on again. But full confidence was hos
aco,n restored AS the clouds looked now ana thcn
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more threatening more and more people took a'asm
and left their SEATS, Some of them went away ana
others found places stand at the sides OF te s'ss
while those who passed across. the back Oh to Soeo
| IN roine marred the effect Of the play, ana IL was
sometimes an effort that broke in on the enjoy meht 70
nic, ont the actors WHO supposed to be In sgn'
rom the people In modern dress who were not sup
! posed to be in sight. ,, ,
As tho end of the play approached the SKY grew
darker the thunder sounded louder, and through u"
last act the lightning began TO be SEEN Miss Cosna1
pobe the epiIogue with Accomplishments OF loud WINDS,
| roarings from the clouds and flashes OF nght anu
was not five minutes after she had finished that ~"
rain came again In t0rreDtw But the play was o'e'
and the audience was at liberty 10 seek such seieg ~
! ii might. -
such a performance this can scarcely DC 81"
iect for critical judgment. The more dencate poAHs
OF action and speech cannot always have their que "p
probation under such circumstances II - gwen onS
| for the purpose of n novel enjoyment. IhOugh uo
comfort of those who saw the play was somewhat IN
terfered WITH there yet so much that was oeauu
| tl and pleasant that 1t cannot fail to be pleasing
memory. All the actors are well known ana some u
them are favortes In these very parts The cast iH'
already been published, but 1t may be recorded asaa'
| IL this:
Orlando. .Maurice DO" w.
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