The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-16
A TALENTED YOUNG WOMAN.
Miss Bertha Galiaud Surprised
Scrantonians at the Academy.

Scrantonians at the Academy.
Miss Bertha Galland has good rea-
son to feel gratified at the excellent i'm
preston she made last night on the
fashionable audience that filed the
Academy of Music. 1t was a hard test
on her versatility, was the programme
arranged and her successes must have
been all the more gratifying. If the
truth be told the audience expected lit
tie from the young woman. Many of
those present knew her when she re-
sided in this city and remembered her
we'll when she left here something
over five years ago. Then she was
miss in short frocks and they could
scarcely make themselves believe that
the school girl they had known could
have undergone the severe training
necessary to make a passable actress,
much less a star.
When Miss Galland made her first
appearance in the balcony scene from
Romeo and Juliet" she was given the
glad hand of recognition as was her
due, but when the scene was finished
she received an ovation for her demon
strated cleverness and the curtain was
rung up twice to enable her to ac
knowledge the applause showered on
her from all parts of the house. In that
scene it was shown that Miss Galland
possesses undoubted dramatic talent,
possession and grace and more
over voice that is sweet, flexible and
cultivated. In the scene in Friar Law
renee cell and the potion scene from
the fourth act of Romeo and Juliet
Miss Galland proved that she has not
only training and cleVernesS, but dra-
matte fire, as well as a nice discrimina-
! tiOn which prevents the fire from be-
coming a conilagratiOn. TO the tense
dramatic passages her voice does not
lend itself as gracefully as to the soft
phrases of love. There is something in
it's quality that makes you say this
is but a simulated passion" The
voices bellies the earnestness of man
| ner and force.
| In the scenes from Macbeth this de-
| feet of voice was strongly apparent.
| Try as she would she could not con-
| vince the audience that she was Lady
Macbeth. 1t may be a defect that
| time and experience will blot out bu,
not improbably it finds it's orlsln in the
| temperament of the young woman. If
that be true it will limit the range of
| her repertoire. AS Lady Macbeth it
| cannot be said that she was a success.
| AS juliet she was and she also de-
| serves much praise for the manner in
which she imDersonated Lady Teazle
in two scenes from The School for
Scandal" Act four of Leah, the For
saken," closed the evenings perform
ance. In this the dramatic passages
were more effectively recited than
We're those in Macbeth. 1t was after
ll.3O when the curtain rang down.
Miss Galland received fine support
from that finished actor George Edgar
Henry Clifton and LEON Hall She is
a most promising young woman and
will undoubtedly win fame in hel
chosen profession. She made her stage
debut last November and has since
then been playing in the New England
and Middle states. She will not be
seen in New York city this season, al.
though she has made that city hel
| home since she left Scranton.
Her mother and brother, Seymour
Galland, of New York city, saw las
nights performance. 1t is the secont
time Mr.. Galland has seen his. sister act
since she went on the stage.