The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-19
TWO ACTRESSES ON VIEW.
TINE DRAMATIC Aspects or INNS.
FISKE AND MRS. RI

fN"aANf Va llil AhulucEn n lSko
IL her fcmininity. Great actresses always
have this. and Mrs. Flske Is not great, vet sho
has u. IL requires In It's manifestation on the
stage IN serious episodes n total absence Of the
appearance OF artifciality. Art and artince
may reiP" supreme, but they must seem 20 DO
absent. ihe absolutely feminine element in
the actress, which is something distinct by t..
self, must DO the only thing In view at the criti-
cal moment. In tho first act Of Marie De.
loche" this does not happen once. In the Soc
ond act, despite successive cunning phases of
the women's nature, as in the description Of
mounting the i've flights Of stairs, II does not
appear in It's unalloyed freedom and intensity
until after the news comes Of the first hus.
bands intention TO visit her. Even then the
complications of the situation smother the
untrammelled expression of tho purely feminine
essence of n womRn's nature until after the
confession to the priest. Then everything else
disappears. The liar, the heir OF vice, the
wife, the coquette, even the woman, melt
away, and we see nothing, absolutely nothing.
but the feminine creature. helpless. broken,
hopeless. tormented. revealed, lonely. and ut.
terly weak. The actress sits crushed, wringing
her hands, beating them on her knees, until
her head falls for ward on them. and her whole
body bends together in q collapsed heap. with.
out a hint of mind or will left. 1t
baitiSn ' OF j despair. WOW we mia 1sIie Gaii it eI UNI:
womanly. as we sometimes speak of a
Nothing eS OF X. w ss Sn%'. Hfy Or es scaqss, there dp Gs.t /.
acter remaining in this perfect subsection OF
the, feminine nature 70 unspeakable despair.
IL is In moments like this, In a play Of tragic
import, that Mrs. Fiske approaches greatness.
She has never yet been great or tragic. for
Ing. and. Mrs. Fiske's action has not yet
Teached the plane of tragedy, and her suffering
action on the stage: These things may be yet
TO come, Thus far the character OF her suffer.
greatest depth. in this scene Of unreiieved femi.
nine collapse in Marie Deloche."
The nAturalness of Julia Marlowe. Taber's
acting is. one OF her faults. 1t is superb when
1t is in place, but when II is not she has not the
art to replace 1t by an appearance of nature In
situations and moods which are not natural to
her personally. A very charming scene which
illustrates this is her wooing of Young Marlotre
in "She Stops to Conquer" When Miss Hard
castle has doffed her modish finery and ap-
pears, to please her father. In the homely do
mestio garb in which the old gentleman de-
lights TO Fec her, she is told that her dress has
caused her to be mistaken for a barmaid Of the
supposed inn. Delighted with the idea, she
lies In wait for the bashful young man. and.
because of his preoccupation, has almost as
much difficulty In attracting his attention as II
she were still the modest fine lady of the earlier
scenes. 1t is Just here that Mrs. Taber begins
to show her own true quality as q comedian.
The pretty episodes which have preceded this
have been well done, but not with the freedom
and sureness of individual thought and man
ner which now begin To reveal themselves.
Her teasing persistency is very natural and al
together charming, and she carries through the
scene with much tact. When she, in assumed
bravado, springs to a seat on the table, with
her feet swinging in the air, tho sudden i'm
pulse which made the girl do SO unaccustomed
and, to her, SO unladylike a thing seems to de-
cert her in midair; and almost before she has
'touched the table it looks as II her assurance
,tartled Consciousness OF the unmaidenly length
to which she is going takes its place. Even as
she turns her head and casts a startled glance
toward the door, as 4 in fear Of being seen or
uation like this . young lady would not be able
herself to tell what hor particular emotion was
Mrs. faber. or Is an accidental assertion Of =
woman's natural impulse without any. definite
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fortunate ooer. and her.resistance.to his efforts
much nosiea as t d sIseaaess III Els irolIeso@e e dausSts =.
this episode Of aoidsmith's comedy. has sci,
dom been more entertaininRly shown. even
have had tho help Of merry and dashine come
dams to bear out the Illusion.
Eleonora Duse will act at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre this afternoon for the benefit Of the
Kindergarten Association In a play called PA
mela," which was made by Goldoni out of Rich
ardson's old novel Of the same name. 1t ought
to be a curious work, coming back into Eng
lish through such a foreign medium as the
Italian dra and presented In his own Ian
guage before an English. speaking audience,
Georgia Cayvan, for many years the leading
lady Of the Lycepm company, announces that
she will positively undertake next season her
tour which was projected this year. but inter-
supted on account Of illness. Miss Cayvan will
act in a number Of plays, and one Of them Is
''vanity Fair" which Mrs. John Wood played
in London. Miss Cayvan's tour will be under
the direction Of Charles Burnham; and 1t is
pSilitv' K toss he Z a siSi Srs W wi have DC ast %ss Gs
ball. hall IN &c Chicago tSslr n, under their dso,. diiT SStts' and
Henry Ives Cobb. who has designed several
buildings In Chicago that have attracted favor;
next fall, and ii. viii be conducted in direct
connection with the New, York establishment:
such as the commodious lounge and promenoir,
hTo pFOullstu- Eolo ullcT u W uo IltE uhlCtS |
ut Roster a. Balls on Friday afternoon at a
special matinee, and n number of local actors
have been invited To attend. Professionals will
also have a chance on Thursday. March ~. to
see The Lady. Slavey.," at a performance to be
given for their benefit. Walter Jones will
shortly ~supplant Charles Dandy in the cast OF
this musical comedy. Maurice Barrymore and
Cyril Scott will auction seats for n charity
matinee tomorrow afternoon at the Herald
Square Theatre. The performance. which will
consist OF The Heart OF Maryland" will he
given on March 81 for the benefit OF tie He
brew Infants Orphan Asylum.
Tho peril in the performance of Hamlet" at
the Broadway Theatre last night was the ap-
prehension that tho performance might come
TO a sudden and unconventional end. Tho robust
representative OF the melancholy Prince spared
the ghost. 1t seemed for a few moments
as though he might run him through
and end the play at the early stage OF
his appearance. When no parted from
Ophslia he mathematics her in tone and
bearing so vociferously condemnatory that no.