New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-04
THE QUEENS NECKLICE."

Mrs Potter and Mr.. Belew came again into the
field of vision last night az Days Theatre. They
have been devoting themselves to French history
OF tate and have now reached the dignity OK Marie
Antonetts and the. Cardinal de Rohan. They at
tempted those characters last night at Days Thea
tire In The Quen's Necklace" adaptation from
the French Of W. Dccourcelle. by Charles Henry
Mel;zer. In addition 10 the part OF the Queen Mrs
Potter essayed that OF Olivia, a woman VINO pore
remarkable physical resemblance to the queen.
The opportunity Of course was to present the
stately and commanding beauty Of the Queen. and
the graceful relaxation OF dignity and formaiity
into the thoughtless gayety and lght-hearted frohc
Of Little Trianon. to exhibit the training and the
habit OF royalty In the whimsical guise OF hisi'
wanderer OF Paris and an amateur DAIRY maid
TO blend the breeding Of monarch with the vanity
Of Young girl over her trinkets and her inno-
cent happiness in admiration and praise and 10y
aItv and then to contrast with these the differing
vanity Of a woman Of great physical beauty. nat
tered and brought into sudden contact with per-
sons above her rank.
THIS opportunity fine for fine artist. who
might have made both the parts interesting and
one OF them fascinating it was not given to Mrs
Potter to grasp. Her Marie Antoinette was only
tha rnasouerad,ng in the fine garments Of queen
OF person having no queenlinsss IN her nature
and no conception Of queenliness prodisal dis-
play OF millinery and stlted utterance were the
beginning and the md OF the CHARACTERIZATION
Marie Antoinette IL picture Oi iOydi Dedu'y anu
srace with the varying weakness irnness. kind
ness folly 10y misery hope and despair OF an
Astounding wonanly nature shining through IT, The
scope Of this play ia not call for the exercises OF
all these qualities but II did call for those which
cover all OF them the royalty and the womanness
And both were looked for In vain. In the place or
the one there was arthciality and in the place Of
the other there was a void. II surprise also
that Mrs Potter fell far short Of Olivia as sac
aid of the queen. Her vugarity was as forced as
her ROYALTY. Although she anything out Mars
Antolnette, yet Marie Antolnette herself could
scarcely have Initiated a common woman less con-
Mr. Beew is we'll known as accomplished
actor OF attractive presence and grace and wei
and carefully learned in mis- art He therefore
and good effect. Several other persons n the cast
also acquitted themselves credi,ab.y. The most
pleasing performances Of all. perhaps, were nose
Of James X Hackett as the Count de Cnarny
She acted with grace and cleverness Of apprecia1
ton, and sang a pretty sorg. William Redmund
played Louis XVI and Eugene Jepson was recog-
nzed in the part OF Canaan.
has so Important part, that su5jec' should not be
ignored There were many women IN the play ana
II was divided up into many scenes, and, conse-
auently there were rImberess gowns, Those
which Mrs. Potter herself wore were rich ana OF
wonderful design. ard among the others, II there
was now ard then little dash Of color against color.
nothing was left to be desired 10 ella oorateneSs
The play has a rather intricate pot. ana IN the
early part OF 1t there is much scurryins and nerV-
Gus bobbing about OF the minor characters, Dcl
when they finally finish their explanations and set
tie down TO the real purposes Of the play nere are
some pretty and interesting scenes The stage
production Is adequately but not particularly
sumptuous or elaborate.