St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-03
IN THE THEATERS.
1.-The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" by
the kendalS

the kendals.
To Judge the kendals by "The Sec
ond Mrs. Tanqueray" is to judge pair
OF artists by work OF art. Nothing in
the theme OF all emotional drama has
dawned upon so select an audience as
that which lived with the Kendals at
the Metropolitan theater last night.
There Is no clap-trap in .s'rhe Second
Mrs. Tanqueray;" scene shifts scene in
intensesG spirit of nature, as nature is
portrayed in art.
In "Stll Waters Run Deep we all
know what wind OF criticism was
hurled upon Mrs. Kendall. The English,
as we'll as the American and European
press, fell upon her Interpretation as
carton fall upon their prey. Fortu-
nately for the art in which the Kendals
are high among its exemplars, the prey,
instead of being consumed or consum-
ing Itself in little tne,'' as Shake
speare says. took OH robust mctamor-
phosis, which today repels all invasion.
Mrs. Kendall, like many women pushed
to bay, defended "Stiil Waters Run
Deep;" but her defense was not of the
virtue admitted of the subject
she attempted to defend. Last
night we observed her at
her best Her husband enacts,
as 1t were, silence which heightens
the intensity of the tainted Paula. AS
aubrey Ianqueray one cannot desire a
more manly, power and impulse-brid
Ing character than that acted by Mr..
Kendall. The part is difficult, in that it
aiscl0seS, In mute expression and emo
tional attitudes alone, the perfect spirit
ana thread which associates every other
act in the plot.
The cast is very good throughout, and
the Kendals have full sway to disclose
the ability which is undoubtedly theirs.
The character of Paula, taken by Mrs.
Kendall, is that of woman of magnifi-
cent physical endowment, whose life
mas been dedicated to the rude embrace
! or the meaner morals. After term of
such life, after thorough saturation
with Its modes and aims and fruits, she
is about to become the wife of respect
| ed English gentleman. The plot then
| depicts the effort of a man endeavor-
| ing the resurrection. the redemption
and relncarnation OF noble woman
hood. Paula's lite, thus placed before
us. begins in the slime of moral exist
| ence. The transition, of course, is ex-
| pected. and the auditor anticipates all
| eventuation Of which he is be-
reft as the characters mature. In
| the struggle to attain nobler
moral altitude, plane commensurate
| with her wifehood and environment,
the powers of Mrs. Kendall live in sue
cession of impulses, the potent portrayal
OF which reveal her innate artistic sense.
| There is wonderful, a deep and
more than natural pathos IN this heroic
n vic OIL, rfnr .
dead and rotting past. The play in the
hands of mediocrity would tarnish ones
| relish for so bold a lesson. But by the
kendalS there is suffused such perfect
| Subtlety, such delicacy of shade and
meaning, the wonder is we sit through
four long acts without splitting our
| palms. Pinero's drama is fit criterion
| of the Kendals, and their manner of
proving it was generously attested last
| night. While listening TO English terms
| of speech, observing the mannerisms of
| London, in the midst of British land.
scape and foreign forms, we must yet
accord Britain our unbounded apprecia-
ton of Mr.. and Mrs Kendall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall will repeat THE
| Second Mrs Tanqueray" at the matinee
this afternoon. and will close their en-
gagement tonight in the rich old SOM
edy Still Waters Run Deep"
| -
ST. Paul has had little opera as a
tbeatrica! offering during the present
winter season. Therefore it is partic-
ular pleasure to announce the reappear-
ance of that well-known organization,
the w. t. Carleton Opera company,
which is said to be as strong this season
as 1t ever has b3en in the past. 1t will
be heard in six operas during the week,
beginning tomorrow Sunday night at
the Metropolitan opera house.
~
With a matinee and a performance to-
night the engagement of the play THE
Lost Paradise" which has furnished
most excellent entertainment for the
patrons of the Grand this week, comes
to close.
Tomorrow night that funny Irish
comedian. Robert Gaylor. begins a week
at the Grand in his laughable comedy,
sport McAllister." Not only is the
play funny in its inception and idea,
but it is in the hands Of most excellent
people to extract all of it's inherent
merriment. Gaylor is iDimitable In his
own particular line. and his support is
said to be most efficient.