The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-26
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Il FEItIVNs MRS. FrSKE IN THE QUEEN OF
 LIARS" ...

AAtN NV3tlfNA lGlSL GNGnlIlS WdS ulllpI- tunate as well as disagreeable, doubly unfortunate because 1t prevented New Haven people from seeing one of the funniest dramatic efforts of the season, and it forced Mrs. Fiske to play to small audience, although one that ap- preciated and applauded enthuslastical- ly, Mrs. Fislle has returned to the stage after an absence of several years, During her retirement she has taken part in several semi-amateur produce tlons, notably some Ibsen performances in New York, which served to show that her abilities were steadily developing and that she could, if she chose, claim place in the first rank. Her return has been hailed, therefore, with great joy on the part of the critics, and she Is bound to succeed with the fastidious few, even if because of such gloomy play as the one given last night she may at first lack the easier popularity of the many "The Queen of Liars" is the rather fiamboyant title of a trans lation of La Menteuse," the joint pro- duction of Alphonse Daudet and Leon Hennique It is the story of woman
 who has cleverly lied herself into the confidence of am aristocratic French family, and having won the love of the son, she resolves to play the game out.
 She is obliged to lie constantly and con- sistently until mendacity becomes a sort of passion with her and her falsi-
 ties get the better of her intellect.
 The crisis comes with the return of the
 man whose mistress she had formerly
 been, and rather than face the anger. and grief of the husband whom she
 truly loves she kills herself by taking
 poison Mrs. Fiske has fascinating personality and facial technic, a f1ex- ible and pleasing voice and beauti- fully expressive face. Her touch is light and dexterous, and the graceful movements of her 1.-the and supple fig ure accord with the agility of her tenn perament. Above all, she has personal magnetism, and gives impression of inn
 mense reserve force, which is always
 felt in the greatest actors. She has
 been called the American Duse by some
 and there is some resemblance because
 of the extreme naturalness and spon-
 taneity of her methods, and also be-
 cause of her conscieattousness, of which
 we had an admirable instance in her
 performance last night. It is to be
 hoped that Mrs. Fiske will play here
 again very soon, when the auspices will
 be more propitious. Her support was only fair Frank Mills, who was ex- cellent as Med" in Sowing the Wind" was only fair as a priest. Mir. Mills has undoubted ability, but he should recognize that he has type to portray
 which is a conventional necessity to
 French novels and plays, that of the in- genuous young cure He failed to em- phasize this quality which would then contrast with the more sober demeanor to l. displayed in the latter part of the play. James Neill, Albert Grau and Ida Waterman were competent in their roles.
 Alexander Salvini will present Ham let" at the Hyperion tomorrow even- ling. While Salvini's performance Is not heralded, by any means, as new Ham, let, it is alluded to by those who have
 seen 1t as an unconventional one--a
 Hamlet that Is lovable, human and in tensely interesting On Thanksgiving day at the matinee and evening he will be seen in "The Three Guardsmen." Dramatized, 'The Three Guardsmen" is action intensified. Not a gap re- mains unified; not word unsuited to the motive and result. The scene is laid in the French court at time when
 kings were elaves to popes; when wo- men were the merchandise of power. when honor was thing of name to 1 flash in the gleam of a napier and be buried in the slime of deeds; when might was right, and infamy owned both; when treason crawled before him who paid it's service highest. In this l latter day, when war is not a matter of a. despot's whim when a subjects head is his own, provided he respects I his fellows this page of chivalry comes as a moral lesson and an amusing sat- 1 ire. By the touch of Dumas genius it becomes as wine to the blood, since it I is life, long4bottled in the flagons of I history.
 Sale of seats is now open for all the performances.
 | There is no better pantomimist living than Mile. Jane May, who made her American debut recently at Daly's and whose appearance is awaited here with considerable interest. She is not only a devotee of her art, but she is a most charming and unique exponent. In talking upon the subject of pantomime | she said recently to the writer: Pan tomime is far more interesting than ordinary acting"
 And requires, suppose, a special gift?"
 Certainly. There are many gifted actors and actresses who cannot play
 in dumb-show at all. Pantomime is, to
 my thinking added Mile. May, smil-
 ing, "a sixth sense; you either possess
 1t or have it not"
 Then there may be wonderful pam tomimists walking, all unknowing and
 unknown, in our midst?"
 ! NO; for before attempting this branch of dramatic art the comedian ought to be good a1l-round actor. You see, we learn our parts and actually speak them during rehearsal"
 And what was your own debut,
 mademoiselle?"
 | 1T studied at the Conservatoire, but, owing to family considerations, had to leave rather sooner than is generally 1.-the case in order to earn my own living. Alexander Dumas fills had seen me act ling and heard me recite at the Con-