The Anaconda standard., 1896-01-05
SHE'LL BE HERE.
Efne Eilsler Il the Most Perfect "Rosa-
lind" in the World.

Eme Ensler L. the Most Perfect "Rosa.
lind" in the World.
John Mcguire. the autocrat of things
theatrical in the Northwest, is author
tty for the statement that Effie Ellsler
is the most perfect .Rosalind of the
American stage. AS a reader OF
shakespeare she Is letter-perfect: in
character and method charming and
delightful The play Is magnifcently
mounted and costumed and all the
music including the Cuckoo Song
will be introduced. This is the bill for
Monday night at Evans a perfect pro-
duction. s.-
most purely ideal of any of Shakespeare's
plays. Although the plot is borrowed from
the novel or tale of 'Rosalynde," by
THOMAS Lodge, a contemporary writer
yet Shakespeare in passing the materials
furnished by the novelist through the
alembic of his own Imagination, has Gre
ated new characters and incidents and
has imbued the whole with a higher cast
of thought and feeling than could be at
tained by Lodge 1t is in fact the al
chemic ransmutation of the baser metal
into pure gold, which geniu,, in its adap-
tive faculty can alone achieve. The con-
templative Jacques. that prince of philo-
sophical testers, Touchstone. and the
rustical" Audrey are pure creations of
shakespeare's fancy, worthy of the mas
ter-mind that gave them birth
The late annotators of Shakespeare
have exercised their erudite talent of an
alytical disquisition by endeavoring to
trace the gradual development of the
great poets powers in the successive
works he produced. "As You Like IT, is
by this process of analytical inquiry. re-
ferred to that epoch of the authors life
when he had attained the perfection of
poetic and romantic comedy. 1t was the
period when his brilliant, youthful genius
shone forth in all its freshness of intel
lectual superiority. mingled with the
thoughtfulness of maturer age" How
ever doubtful may be the theory of these
annotators. the fact will readily be con-
ceded that "As You Like It" is one of the 1
most delightful productions of that poets /
pen As an acting play IL is very excit- |
ing. The character of Rosalind is almost !
unless by actresses of
'hat hign ana peculiar order OF genius i
now SO rarely to be found in the profess
sors OF the histrionic art Nor are the
other prominent characters in this true
oramauc treasure scarcely less difficult
Of embodiment. What a host of portrafts
lifelike and vivid. are concentrated in the
group the poet has peopled his Arcadian
lorest with How beautifully probable is
the whole dramatic action of the niece
where. in the language of Camphen
shakespeare has snatched us ont of he
busy world into a woodland solitude. He
makes us breathe the fresh air. partake
n Its pastoral peace. feast on its venison.
'dmire It's bounding wild deer. and sym
'athize with its banished men and sim
'le rustics. But what tablet of char
lcters. The witty and impassioned Rosa
IND. the love-devoted Orlando, the friend-
hip-devoted Celia. the duty-devoted
Aoam. the humorous clown and the mel
ncholy Jacques; all these. together with
ne ne dignined banished duke. make the
Forest OF Arden" an elysium to our i'm
ginauon. To realize this pIcture on the
tage IN all its varied and distfnctIve
eauties Is indeed a dificult task. Rut