The Portland daily press., 1898-01-29
MUSIC AND DRAMR4
ruE HEARr OF MARYLAND.

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..Tbe Heart of Maryland" that has
,,roved one of the greatest attractions on
the stage this season, was produced at
the Jefferson last night to a large ana
,-;,liant audience. Mrs. Leslie CarterEas-
eun,s the role of Maryland Calvert, and
has made a great hit in the part.
s.The Heart of Mary land'' is story of
war times, but it tells rather of the fruits
of war. civil war, than of the strife it
self. The truth of the creation is so great
that one is firmly convinced that hosts of
the blue and the gray are fronting each
other somewhere back of the picture. The
sound of the big guns is distantly heard
as they sullenly pound away at each 9TH
er and once the clanking scurry of bat
terry is heard as it sweeps to a new and
better position. All these things, how
ever, are subordinated as much as IS pos
sible without elimination. They come
but as a muffled and appropriate accom-
paniment to the story.
Maryland Calvert loves Northern
soldier, Col. Alan Kendrlok. her iiis'
struggle comes of the tug between loVe
and duty She loves and sympa6nlzes
with the South with all the feryor ol
a true Southerner. The lover Arst ap-
pears as an exchanged prisoner pouhu
for the Union lines. Later he returns 10
see her and is arrested as SPY. Ills
father is the general commanding 6he
Confederate forces.
The father knows that his son is lnho-
cent of the charge against hln' 5e' oii-
ccu1nstantial evidence has SO entanSieu
him that he is forced to condemn Mn
To death. Maryland steals through Inc
Confederate lines and into tne onion
camp and presents the case 10 oo'i'
Hooker. He gives her letter TO uen'
Kendrick, stating that the spy Is an OH
cor in Gen. Hendricks command, VINO
has been employed in the On1eeu 0Ia'0A
secret service while serving IN uhe Coh-
federate army and that he has proved true
to neither side Maryland returns pu0
finds Gen. Kendrick dead and Col. Inorpe
the accused officer in command. Ihorpe
is her lover, Alan Hendricks bitter
enemy and insists upon the carrying OUT
of the death penalty. Then amid some
escape and all comes we'll
The role enacted by Mrs. Leslie carter
ia unique and in no sense conventional.
Her method is real and her aetlng
kaIeidoscopic in it's swift TRANSITIONS.
Her stage presence is striking anu her
impulses and emotions for which she has
great capacity, are strong, and are almost
spoken in her very expressions. her
scepes are remarkable for the facility
with which she throws her self from the
careless chat Of a Southern girl 20 1he
tragic attitude of woman whose hear6
is torn with emotions that threaten res-
son itself Her scene with Gen. hen-
drick when she learns of the death OF ner
brother and the accusation against MS
LOYALTY to the South, and that when Alan
Kendrick is brought upon the scene as
the man who is accused with her broth
ar. are climaxes in themselves, but Mrs.
Carter shows her greatest dramatlo
mower when assaulted by the V1lllan.
She frees herself and in furiously melo-
dramatic situation, stabs her assallan1.
This is soon followed by the beltry scene
in which she is seen swinging Tree
against the sky clinging to the clapper
of the bell to prevent her sweetheart
being recaptured or shot in his tracks.
The company with Mrs. Garter is an
exceptionally good one. Mr.. FRANK
Mordaunt has carefully studied the chaf-
acteristics of Confederate generals ana
gives portraiture of one which ID MAKE
IN and action, is true to life. MaIcolm
Williams made fine impression as
TIovd Calvert, but the role is unfortu-
nateIv cut short by the fortunes OF war.
Tbeodore Roberts, the drunken officer,
enacted the william and won, OF course
the hatred of the audience. James IL. Will
son. the hero OF the play, did a gooo
niece of acting, and soon ingrat1ated
binseIf with the audience. Mr.. Belasco
as the sexton of the old church, was quaint
and original. Misses Helen Tracy, Vir-
ginia Tracy and Angela Mccall are to be
commended for pleasing acting.
The play was very effectively staged and
the opening overture with "birds in
the lilaos,'' and patriotic airs running
through 1T. is worthy of special mention.
The audience was exceedingly respon-
sive. The curtain was called several times
at the close of the second act and enthu-
siasm reached its climax at the end of
the third act, when Mrs. Carter appeared
before the footlights and acknowledged
her cordial reception and welcome. The
play will be repeated at a special matinee
tpoday 10 be followed by al evening pro-
duction.
HUMANITY.
What sportsman who has loved to don
tho hunting scarlet, and has known the