New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

such intensity. The restraint he put upon him.
self during the earlier part Of the scene was pain
full When the explosion came, the cry OF tri-
umph, the leap al the throat Of his enemy it
might well have reminded the house Of the fierce
spring with which Salvlni brushes Iago in the
third act-crushes him into quivering heap on
the floor. Mr.. Alexander has not the physical
power Of Salvlni but there a similar sugges-
ton OF passionate and intellectual ascendancy.
Mr. Herbert Waring. Sir Brice Skene, Sec
onded his leader well His method is coarser.
/ but If he could Danish the too evident self-con-
sciousness. which does more than any other
fault to dispel stage Illusions. he would be an ex-
ceent colleague. OF course. he is not content
to indicate and pass on few English actors are.
lie makes the mistake of supposng that brutal
character should be played brutally. His brush Is
made Of the bristles Mr.. Joness; better
suited to the side of a house than to expression
upon canvas. But the scene would have been a
failure unless both men had done well.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell was the Dulce Larondie
who becomes Lady Skene. She had to contend
with the memory of her Paula in THE Second
Mrs. Tanqueray" 1t would seem a paradox to
the Briton, but her present performance is
probably surer indication Of her power
actress that the former AS Mrs. Tanqueray she
was restless, emphatic, over-subtle. with far
too many "reminiscences Of her earlier and more
miscellaneous dramatic days The problems now
presented to her are simpler and perhaps there
fore more difficult 1t is not a great part in IT.
self she has few good strong lines. In the
more effective scenes she has to look She
thought to have under-played the part. From
an English playgOcr the criticism IS a comp-
mcnt She certainly was. at times. listess and
nj times inaud.bie. But she acted with deli
cacy Of suggestion which Is rare indeed on the
English stage
She ls. to begin with, not English but think
half Irish and half Italian. Temperament counts
She is an artist by nature. II she falls short
at times in method. or in the treatment Of her
theme, IL IL the fault OF her training. She came
To the ~ James, from the Adelphi. the home
Of British meOdrama. Mrs. TanqUeray has been
her sole experience since; part which embodies
innumcrable temptations TO extravaganza. Yield
Ing to them meant the winning Of applause II
the critics who think her Dulcie inadequate will
conceive OK tie play without her. with any OF
the actresses oi the robust school. they might
think otherwise. Her temperament her woman's
nature. expresses Itself In ways Of which the
English require time TO perceive the significance
Her personality. her mere presence on the stage
counts Tor much. She has proved during the
last year or two what fascination she possesses
II was evident on Saturday She Is fascinating
In movement. in the tone Of her voice the more
convincing for its gentlencss and in the glow of
her luminous. far-hashing dark eyes Her sem
tcncos sounded Ike 50 many declarations Of love,
and every gesture carcss Tho pleading
attitude, thr pathetic face, the subdued and
softcned brillialcy. the undulation Of the figure.
these iN"d the attention even amid tho whlrl-
wind OF passion with which Mr.. Alexander filed
the stage. No doubt she needs n fuller expert
sense 81 that loosely used word, an actress: and
an actress. think. Of much more resource and
variety than she has yet had an opportunity Of
revealing. G.. W s.