New-York tribune., 1891-12-18
THE DRAMA-MU USIC.
MRS. SCOTT T.sTDDoys.

MRS. SCOTT.sIDDON5.
Mrs. scottsiddons. returning 30 the stage alta,
years OF absence, came forth yesterday afernoo y
PaImers Theatre, and presented the chara,,e, !.
Adventures In a new version Of The Pmp,h ..r
that has long been known to this public under n.
OF Home Mrs. scottsddons Is rcmembems :,
pleasing performer Of light comedy and sentm.a,
an agreeable reader but more particularly a. Ns
woman. She was never remarkable az an ,e..S sS
such parts as juliet she was very weak I'm, A.. pA
ence was always pleasure 10 the eye and b.r vs ~"
was usually s0lacc % the ear. She raln.a 'sn
friends, and at one time was the crest Of ths -"
wave. Time has dealt more kindly with ia, :, rv1s
her publIc. She seemed yesterday not a day ol.
in that halcyoftme Of RosalInd but the Conn.,. ma
saw her performance was nnequlvocaIly the 49,. ~"
Grafton, and mostly composed OF players even ~ va
IL was q numerous company, though and m. 49,. ".&
daily welcomed, and sometimes she wa ,o,F
once-st the last moment OF the pece-sh. ,,m.,s
chord Of sincere feeling and gained the rspo,.
sympathy. uus
But only once. Her embodiment sor a..
part was frivolous In spirit and crude IN exeor,.,
the success Of her second advent Is therefor. ,,,.
personal. Tho fact Is that Mrs. Scott sddo,. 10y
nothing whatever about the kind Of woma, ,s' AH's'
this Instance she undertook TO represent-ara -.
she only succeeded In indicating as A ooono..s =.
risky simplet0n and larkyD frt. The laek :.
certify In art is always denoted by the ack N -.
No Illusion follows upon unlntelgent eror. "
scottsiddOns. although she had tborouys -
Ing on the stage, and therefore was n.v.r 80
emancipated from amateurism. Is not a novtc. (. -.
IL was perfectly natural that her manner when -
to tell something that she did not know sbouIs -
Gurried. artificial and gavanc. such A m,,n.. =
was. and at times the effort became painful n.
ticular exposition OF the old subject OF IN. MIA, .
which Mrs. scottsiddons has thus effected her r.r.
TO the stage would be superfuOns. Mr. soth.r, ".
Wallack and Mr. Kendall lave each in turn pr,s...
Home" and few modern pieces have be.n -.
copously reviewed. The present version wa. ,,s..
BY Mr. Harry St. Manr. who shows himself :.
writer, TO be kindly and humorous but also erus,.
There far too many words in his play: tln s.,,
mental portion Of IL Is elaborated tiIl Il b.eon..
silly and the end Of IL is far too long deIayef s.
the climax has been reached. The old fathers s,co,s
banshment OF the ooquettc and her exposure 4. eou,
and I'm the sons furious TRADE Of denunc.atton A
dressed TO the adventures there IS nothing that won
have the least effect upon her mind-except to har,,
ii in its revengefui purpose To present strous
experienced, scheming and desperate woman a
frightened by Wtuperatve words is merely TO \.
foolish Authority Is never loquacious and deprayit,
does not surrender TO gabble.
The right theory and the only possible dramatic
theory of the adventures in this play Is the assump
ton that, deep down in her nature. there is vein
Of goodness, and that this DO touched into pr.e
teal life by love and kindness With the smpenns
and skipping stage sOubrete presented by Mrs Scott
sddons indeed, almost any course OF actlon-a blss
trombone, for instance-might be assumed a,
effective Mr. st. Maur, who is one of the cheeest o.
actors, made an amiable effort at being terrific and
Mrs. ScotSlddons tried very hard c be frightened n
this grand exposon-st which their audience. how.
ever only laughed THIS piece leaves nothing 10 b.
remembered, either OF dramatic value or moral lesson
or human feeling. The texture Of II is rough: ii.
attenuation OF It IS tedious; and the end OF II when
tile lady who has made all the trouble is invited to
remain on the premses) is maudin. Mrs. scottSd.
dons, who was always welcome presence on the
stage, is heartily welcome that she has come
back. May she have years OF good fortune In good
stock company! But the judgment that has brought
her back In this manner is hardly suggestive Of
Solomon.
Mr.. st. Maurs adaptation from "LAventunere'W
Emile Augler) bears the dreadful title Of What
Woman" The characters and performers are shown
in the appended cast Miss Flora Cltheroe acted with
marked intelligence and taste. Mr. W. Granville, In
q repulsive and well-nigh impossible character for
strong brutes however destitute OF morals 90 not per-
NIT themselves TO be bued by heroic opponents who
look like grasshoppers), maintained discreet reserve
and made his portrayal Of drunkenness nofenave and
sometimes comic. Mr. Dallas, II little queer in his
edict OF banishment, was impressive and correct
the injured suitOr.- And Miss G. Burns presented
Quaker girl IN sweetly dcmure manner. The re
Is silehce.
Hon. Mrs. Judson stripworth Mrs. scoas,ddcs
Jonqun Wesseley ......-...-....-...- Lora WoeNa
usy hgStaM , i1e CnIs
Charles Hector Buby ....................W. Ganvis
squire Wesley Neryyn psIls
Harry Wesseey Harry Saint Maui
PADEREwSKPs FIFTH RECITAL.