New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-12
THE DRAMA-MUSIC.
prEyTRANCE OF ROSE COGHIAN.

Nf,sa Rose Coghlan made her re-entrance last
night at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, and was greeted
with kindly cheer by a bright throng OF ardent
admirers 1t is always a pleasure 10 JOIN III 'he
nublic welcome to that handsome ana prihaht
lady, because her coming is ever that OF beauty
and melody-a feast for the eye and comfort
for the ear. 1t does not materially affect the re-
sult whether Miss Coghlan chooses TO appear IN
comedy or in drama, for. although much petter
IN comedy than in anything else. she Is equal 10
either and usually charming in BOTH She does
not address herself particularly to the mind but
rather to the emotions and the senses. She APP
parently has never proposed to herself the accom-
pshrent OF anything more In the dramatic arr
than the retention of popular favor and pleasant
currency upon the stream of public life or late
wears she has chosen to present fair but unprnci-
pled females engaged either in social self-asser-
t,on or In the pursuit of love under dlcultes, ana
those misguided beings she has depicted with ex-
ceIlent skill and admirable fidelity to hfe lhis
time she appeared an image of sunering virtue,
and did not resemble 1t in the least. She looked
exceedingly WE'LL however. in black velvet ana
her voice Is as sweet as ever She appeared as
NJ. Arbuthnot. in a piece called "A Woman Of
No Importance,
The play was written by the Irish Creighton, Mr..
Oscar Wilde whose name has been widely associ-
ated with long back hair and knee-breeches. Inc
chief characteristic of Mr.. Wilde writer Is that
he thinks of nothing except himself For that reason
his works are invariably subjective and in drama
that condition Is not advantageous. NO such society
exists anywhere upon earth as the society depicted
by Mr. Wilde. That author constructs social circle
on paper, and he then proceeds TO Introduce NM
self into 1t under different names. In "A Woman
of No Importance he chiefly hgures-inteectuaiiy
of course-as Lord Ingworth. a caustic person who
Is Just upon the verge of bursting with that kind
Of conceit which commonly effervesces In strenuous
cynicism. Lord Iliingworth Is SO heavily burdehed
with knowledge of the vice of mankind and the
Of e
Guilty sustain the weight of his Uranium and his
sole relief is to perva1e drawing-rooms
and give vent to satirical epigrams'-such
Bulwer produced in his youth. and
probably deplored in his age He is also fond OF
cigarettes,-which it is well known always accom-
pany the ebutions OF wisdom. No elegant stage
cynic was ever yet complete without smoke. LORD
IlIngworth is encompassed with IT, and he Is also
encompassed with individuals who are about as as
substantial, and whose employment is partly the
regulation OF their loves and partly the expression
Of their opinions There is no play The pI9p0r9n
gabbe never known outside OF dime nHye
ST geoa repSsCn N Not add his sape
sorrsh of hat so Of
ever ne could happen to think Of Thy MT Maurice r
Cling Of the body and from the signs Of 1ap5u5e
for the success OF some Of the comic papers
Amid Mr. W'ide.s laboriogs foly,.wher,ee;;n i'm
Isere wss tca
gcryation young man has seduced young girl
end after the birth of their child, has abandoned
her Twenty years later they have met, and the
father at first unaware of the relationship, wishes
10 employ the son. The mother objects. but can
assign good reason for her objection The father,
however Insults the sons sweetheart, and the
mother is then obliged to declare the truth. in Or
der TO prevent the boy from thrashing ms SIRE =,
Justice nobody knows. There is more of the rub,
bish-but life is short and the Chrlstmas Is cos lose
at hand and thought declines to linger on such
pu,rid. wretched Stop There Is not h;r g nsr
ticularly duh. That brilliant comedy actress MISS
Ada Dyas succeeded. however. in gaivanlSing h.o
life garrulous lady who never can quite remember
ANYTHING Mrs. Thorndyka- Boucicault Tade races
and Mr. Tom Whiffen trotted about as rector r.
the intention in both cases. apparently, belnS 10
express Mr. Wdes compassionate sense OF me
yacu.ty o society and the Church. a woman or
No importance' is said to have SHARED with The
second Mrs. Tanquerayw The favor OF the LONDON a,
be hard up for entertainment. Mrs: Tanquersy'
according TO Mr.. Kendall was pill. MIS-. Arputh-
motor rather Lord lsinglass-is an emeuc.