New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12
PART II.
TWELVE PAGES.
ADA REHAN AT STRATFORD.
Ar,GUsTIN DALY'S COMEDIANS IN "AS
YOU LIKE 1.-THE FOREST OF ARDEN
EXCELLENT ACTING AND
FINE AUDIENCE.

FINE AUDIENCE.
,~,ox A STAFF COMMENCEMENT TIE TRIBuNE.I
neutrality-suspicious.. August -.
The chill winds ard sad skies or autumn nave
heen manifest OF late, and the leaves haNe o'
gun 10 fall: but Warwickshire is as peautiiu' do
ever. and the 'numei ous and distinguishes 'o'
nary that assembled here YESTERDAY 10 sec -
pc,,n as Rosalnd was gratfed,--at leas' ior
n time. and notwithstanding the ram "iiio" a.
last broke the good meeting no less os '''e
delicious landscape thar by The piquan'' te'oe'
and rleeful performance. The stage I'D" Nv"
cot upon the south end of the almost ula"su'''
lawn Of the Memorial Theatre. on the west DAMN
:, tho Avon. and the audience was so placed
that many OF the spectators could look oHec"'
dova the stream ard see the spirec tower anu
a., .to..,v chapcel o. the Shakespeare cnurch
.r,cuous in its grove oe magnificent eims' anu
-r,,ipc one of the richest as well as one OF the
os, significant pictures in an England. NO
.h+ this Is a hackneyed theme; but no person
g., no said 10 have seen the essential, character
,snc beauty of rural English landscape VINO """
on, razed upon this lovely blending OF Pas'o'",
renose and sweetness with solemn ah'iqu''! ""N
storied architectural grandeur.
o,,he town side Of the auditorium. which con-
si.,od only Of rows Of chairs ranged upon ''e
,..,ve. sward a canvas screened the assei'io'ase
-, tho adjacent street; On inc river sue ''e
..u reods which. with their green hass an"
nrown tassels fringe the shore, formed MAJ
49,, sh;s,d from curious eyes. AT the back was
tho Memorial Building, with Tower "'oN
-. A. the south point Of the lawn, In Gus
cor NJ chestnut. sumac and cherry Trees 'o''o
..,s had been placed as dressing rooms Tor
Az Dalv's actors. The whole or the co"h'i!
.,da vas once the Wood Of Arden. and anhous"
Ill e IT, is laid in FRANCE
&C implied by one alusion TO that country
"a. bv oliver In the first scene OF the nrst
4. ras .nanifestly his native Arden that
cLoL.snesre had in mind when he wrote 'hls
- The palm tree mentioned by Rosahho
r. axan,nla is species of willow which, IN
warwickshire is called palm: ana, lnueeo' ''io
sr.ire natural investiture of the comeo! 10
drawn from the Vale of the Red Horse "heie
tho no.t passed his youth won his love anu
found his grave
Every attribute Of the piece denotes us or
,gin: Touchs: one, Audrey. JaQues ana Mar'eN'
the independent invention or Shahesped''
tw,ned into a partially borrowed plot are wal
u,ickshire people LAS You Like IL Is 'he coii'
edy Of the poets home: and, however roinah'''
or impractical the design OF an ou'uooi pei
formance may have been. IT was HAPPY
.soroht On the part of Mr.. DAILY, to have TINS
drama Of life and love in Arden ac'eo "H.'e
.ra.n.s river Is still flowing and where Ar
denis woods are still vocal with the oiiu-ho
and breezes that Shakespeare knew
The cable has told you that the performance
uas ,nterrupted by a storm. and that although
,e,,n unon the lawn il was finished in the thea
.re dramatic representation out-of-doors Is
ALWAYS. and necessarily inadequate-for the
sin,nle and sufficient reason that, in the inter-
,,retation of a work of art. actual ad)uhc's uo
not produce an agreeable effect OF nature Inns
one started bravely and at the outset pioh''eu
we'll but no spectator-certalniy no peiioiie
regretted its transference to the stage Inc
s,ona, for indoor transit was given by Touch
stone at his first entrance The auoiehce us
naved kindly spirit and the change was rap
idly effected. Mr.. Days production OF AS You
Like IT, is familiar to New-York. and IL does
not reouire particular description. Ada Rehan
.xerted her powers with extraordinary effect
The scenes in which the woman disguised as
how assumes to play the woman were vitahzeo
with a wealth Of spontaneous feeling and IRA
dated with an exhilaratng glee that could not
Ia o,arvalued: and it may be said that at no
,,me has this fine and thorough actress better
succeeded in creating and sustaining a touching
dramatic illusion than she did in the scene OIL
Rosalinds swoon at the sight or her lover
blood The denotement of power was concur
sive and such revelations assurediy are hos'
ausnicious for Miss Rehan's success in those
ve,ehtier and more deeply emotional characters
for which she is destined. There were many
calls for her, after this scene. remarkably
brilliant feature of the production was Mr.. Sid
new Herbert's embodiment of Touchstone
Quaint. dry humorous. subtly intellectual, deep
in character and fluent and brilliant in express
sion. IL only needed mellowness. complete bal
i% IHaeo first
performance of Tombstone it was wonderful.
and YOU will surely hear Of 1t again and find
II accepted as one Of the permanent triumphs
of the stage.
Mr. Daily. IN response to enthusiastic cheers.
smoke briefly, at the end Of the play, expressing
the hope for better luck next time" with the
English weather, and so the festival concluded
and our American friends sped away for the
north An excellent picture Of the scene in the
Memorial Theatre garden has been made by
Mr. Arthur julie Goodman The audience that
greeted Miss Rehan was composed of people
from various parts Of Warwickshire and from
Iondon.-the press Of the capital being well rep
resented Among the visitors was the Hon.
Eric harrington and Mrs harrington, Lord Lif-
ford Nine. MARY Anderson) DE navarro the
Countess of Gainsborough, Mr. Austin Brereton'
Miss Eleanor Calhoun, Miss Virginia Calhoun
and Mr. Frederick Z. Darlington (of staten ISL
and. A notably pleasant incident of the day
was the presentation Of superb bouquet 10
Ada Rehan on behalf Of the governors OF the
Shakespeare Memorial This tribute was gwen
with graceful speech, by the Mayor OF STRAIT
ford. Mr.. William Hutchings The white SATIN
strcamers with which the flowers were en-
twined bore this inscription appropriately
cuiled from "As You Like IT.:
Her worth. being mounted on the wiho'
through all the world bears Rosailnd.