The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-11

What may be called Olga Nethersole's
triumph by death, reached it's highest
point last evening when Juliet plunged
the dagger into her body and expired
across the corse OF Romeo lying at the
steps of the Capulet tomb. Miss Neither
sole has had death scene every evening
this week, but neither the death OF Ca
mile nor the death of Frou- Frou-and
they were both consummate deaths-suc-
ceeded in arousing the emotions OF the
audience as did the fate OF Juliet last even
ing. The big house, rising to pass out,
stopped as by concerted movement to
applaud and to cheer until the curtain
again rose to afford a last view of the
gracious and talented little woman.
Miss Netaersole's Juliet, however, is
rather more dependent for artistic
triumph on its final death scene, and what
Immediately precedes, than is anything
else in her repertory that she has yet pre-
sented. From the scene where Juliet goes
to Friar Lawrence's cell and accepts the ap-
palling ordeal which Is to save her from
Paris and restore her to Romeo, the
emotional actress finds herself
very much at home and her
Juliet IS from that ON tremendously Hive
and thrilling creation Of ever increasing
fascination up to the final tragedy. But
the Juliet of that visit TO Friar Lawrence's
cell could only by a sympathetic stretch of
the agination be the Juliet who little
while before had visited the Friar's cell
to be shri led and married. The transfor-
nation is accepted only with reluctance,
for the Juliet that Mas Nethersole intro
duces to her audience gives little indica-
tion of the kind of stuff that she is
subsequently found to be made Of.
1t has never been found an easy task for
an actress to portray the crossing of that
gulf that Ties between the two visits to
Friar Lawrence's cell 80 that 1t should
acceptably illustrate the development
OF Juliet and Miss Net thersolc makes the
task as difficult for herself as pos
sible by introducing her audience
to a Juliet that Is the very embodi-
merit of irresponsible girlishness,
with emotions too effervescent to be
called love and too hysterical to suggest
any depth of passion. This Juliet simply Is
an immature girl who is daft to the
last extravagapce over a young man who
has handsome face aud good looking
pair OF legs. You feel that she will know
more when she grows up, and meanwhile
you are almost inclined to sympathize
with young Romeo-who, after all, Is
something of man OF the world-for
awakening so untrammeled and ardent
a spirit and fierce devotion that promises
TO be embarrassing should the object OF
it, later on. be detained at the lodge some
evening. Miss Nethersole's Juliet of the
earlier scenes is quite beyond developing
into the Juliet that went through the ap-
palling ordeal which Friar Lawrence de-
vised. She would more likely outgrow
the whole Romeo incident and tumble
head over heels in love with the next good
looking man that came along.
As a delightful performance, however,
nothing that Miss Nethersole and her COM
pany have done has surpassed in attract
iveness the Shakespearean production OF
last evening. The company appeared to
extraordinary advantage, and the stage
management, settings and costuming were
admirable.
Tonight Miss Nethersole will repeat
"Frou Frou"; at tomorrow's matinee
Camille" aud the brilliant engagement
will close with "The Transgressor" to-
morrow night.