The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-03
News OF the Green
Room and Foyer
Some of the Moro Important Doings
of These, Our Actors.
HOW THE CRITICS DISAGREE
No Two of Them Seem to Be Exactly OF
the Same Opinion with Reference to
Miss Olga Nethersole's Work.
Theatrical Notes.

Theatrical Notes.
| critics are not more inclined to agree
than doctors. An instance may be cited
| IN the reception accorded by them to
Olga Nethersole, the. English actress
VINO mas Just come TO us with high in
uorsement on the other side. No two
agree. From many opinions we select
Two, one by the New York Times; the
other by the Press. Look on this pic
ture:
Miss Nethersole lacks the distinction
anu authority of Miss Coghlan, the tact
ana taste and fine artistic sense of Miss
Cayvan, the interesting personality Of
MISS Julla Arthur, who always has prom
| lseu, however. more than she has per-
formed, and the genuine intensity of Min
me SellSman, who Is quite her equal too,
IN the matter of physical force. And it
Is not at all likely that community
damillar with the art OF Ada Rehan. Ellen
Terry and Helena Modjeska will erect Il
pedestal FOR Miss Nethersole. She more
nearly resembles in an artistic way, Mar
saret Aather than any of the Others
| named. Miss Mather was, of course, as
aggressively' American as Miss Neither
sole Is aggressivcly British, but the tire
| less energy, the volume of sound produced
without touching the sympathies by Miss
Mather In such passages as Juliet's oh,
bid me leap rather than marry Paris,
ana Leans curse are strongly recalled by
the newcomers i restless, forcibe, pictur-
esque but unmoving acting in the single
strong climax Of The Transgressor.' The
scene does not thrill you, or move you to
tears, or impel particle of sympathy"
Then look on this
There are many fine touches in her
performance. Her womunhood is sensll-
Gus, beautiful and alluring. She makes
| love delightfully."- AMI her Ass is Il reNela-
tion. Her c,s:edy is excellent, and In the
borderland of emotion we have few play
ers who can rival her. 1t Is only In the
whirlwind of passion that her footsteps
stasser. This hesitation will be corrected
by experience. Olga Nethersole has great
qualities. She promises to be one of the
most interesting figures on the stage this
winter. and In the future England may
reasonably look TO her matured powers
for achievements of distinction
In such contingency one can only
pay his money and take his choice.
These foreign players who have
achieved reputation in different ways
are attracted by the news of the revival
ofbusinessinA America and are now max
ing preparations for Il winter with us.
Mrs. Langtry has abandoned her sport
ing prOclivities, turned Cupid out of
doors and returns To us presently with
an entire English company. The Jer-
sey Lily may be bit faded, says the
Buffalo Express, but she still has the
grand air. We shall be curious to see
whether her adventures on the racing
turf have benefited her dramatic art.
Wilson Barrett comes TO us with The
Manxman," u drama which Is highly
spoken of in England. Signora Eleanora
Duse is now engaged in securing a
divorce from her husband, the FORUM
ate but ungrateful Theobaldi Checchi.
When this little affair Is settled Signora
Duse will come to America. Her COM
pany is already engaged.
There seems to be real danger in the
mechanical devices with which some of
the current dramas abound. May Wheel
er was caught in the machinery of a
cotton mill scene in Boston, and badly
hurt. James l.. Sutherland lost an eye
by the unexpected explosion of bomb
In ST. Louis performance of railway
play. Arthur Clyde had leg broken in
leap for life" at Chillicothe. Riders
in pieces where horses are used on
stages of inadequate size are frequently
thrown. At this rate, the Philadelphia
Record thinks the law requiring nets
underneath acrobats will have TO be
amended to protect actors in realistic
dramas.
When Helen Dauvray was q student
in Paris she gained her friendship OF
the celebrated NJ. Got, whom she one
day asked What do you consider the
most difficult thing to do on the stage?
Nothing" he replied. What is the
second most difficult accomplishment
continued Miss Dauvray. ITO walk on
and off properly" "And the third"
"To sit down and get up"
Brander Matthews has told an Eng
lish interviewer that the long-looked
for American drama has come at last
I'VE have long had dramatist of the
first rank In Bronson Howard but he
rather competes with your Pinero and
% Grundy in the society play. The
American drama | am now speaking OF
} Is really Il development from the va
riety show. This Is the play of coun.
try life of which the "Old Homestead
is the most famous example. The
"Old Homestead" made a school. Every
district of the Union is finding its inter
prefer or Interpreters in literature. As
, yet, the chief representative of this
movement on the stage Is young mar
named Augustus Thomas, whose Ala.
| bama and In MZZoura' have both
been very successful. He has more OF
, the literary touch than such men a.
Denman Thompson or Charles Hoyt
W. ID. Howells was the first critic oi
note who recognized the very genuine
merits of Mr. Hoyt's work.
Stars sometimes have confidence n
some other performer Lawrence Bar.
rett managed Edwin Booth. Stuart
Robson backed Thomas @. Seabrook,
In THE Cadi." Buffalo Bill put up fol-
, kathrine Clemmons. Edwin Arden /.
managing Thomas W. Keene. DeWoll
: Hopper has only recently withdraw
his pecuniary support from Tim Muir
ply. Nat c. Goodwin seems to have
, been sage, says the Buffalo Express, II
becoming the supporter OF John II
Russelrs current production of 9TH,
; Review"
| FOOTLIGHT FLASHES:
Nina harrington has Joined the Pass
ing Show"
Charles Couldock will shortly enter tn
I Forrest home.
Harry MacDonough is in the cast o
Little Christopher Columbus"
Playwright Hoyt is a candidate for IN
: legislature In New Hampshire.
Catherine Lewis retlres next montl
from Augustin Days company.
Nelson Wheatcroft may impersonat
Edgar Allen Poe in one-act play b,
Henry Tyrrell.
Thomas Terriss, son of William
Terriss, has married Miss Vera, II mode
in living pictures.