The record-union., 1899-03-05
the great coming tragic and emotional
actresses of the age

actresses of the age
London Correspondent N. Y. Tribune:
Julius Caesar at Her Majesty's The
alter may be irreverently described as
Alma Tadema's panorama. 1t is a Sc
ries of impressive and beautiful pic
lures of ancient Rome, with conspir-
atorS and others in classic costumes,
from the working tunic of cobbler and
mechanic to the patrician toga of the
Conscript Father. The stage setting
of Beerbohm Tree has surpassed the
familiar production OF Julius Caesar"
in the '7Os in New York, complete and
splendid as it was. As a spectacle it
is more harmonious in color, the con-
trasts of Roman costume are more ar
tistic, and the action of the mob is
more dramatic. The smallest details
have been considered with painstaking
care, as when the maidens startle Cae-
sar in his triumphal progress by strew-
ing crimson roses, from which he
shrinks as an augury of blood. AS a
stage picture of classic architecture
and costuming the Forum, with its
stately columns, ornate facades and
glittering statuary, and with the mob
surging around the rostrum, has not
been excelled in any recent Shakes
pearean revival.
New York World: Nine. Anita vi
vanti Charities, who is a talented and
versatile woman, has been much in
the public eye this season. Her pro-
duction of ''That Man" has been most
successful, although practically her
first attempt at English farce-comedy.
Mime. Charities was born in Vienna.
Her father was an intimate friend of
Garibaldi, and took active part in
Italy's war for independence. She is
niece of the German playwright, Lin
dun. Mime. Charities has won fame
abroad by her lyric poems and italian
tragedies. The Queen of Italy has in
terested herself in her work, and be-
slowed upon her warm praise and en-
couragement-
Nine. Chartres is delighted at the
warmth of her American reception,
and is enthusiastic over the beauty of
our country.
to have undergone a deep revulsion of
feeling in regard to some of her prin-
pal roles. At least that is the impress
sion gained from an interview with
her printed in the "Tribuna'' of Rome.
Said Nine. Duse:
II feel the need of looking out for
something new 1 feel the elemental
falsity of the pieces in which l have
hitherto acted, and at the same time
/ feel a certain impulse, a yearning for
an artistic form that will more nearly
and Indirectly meet my present ideas
What are 'Magda,' The Ideal Woman,
The Wife of Claude and Camille
Well, no; Camille isn't quite SO bad
1t has at least a thread of gold on
which it's false pearls are strung; but
the othersl 1t humiliates me to be
obliged to portray such people; often
my rage Is so great, and the protest
of my conscience so strong, that 1t
seems as If my physical strength were
leaving me, and that suddenly 1 should
lose the power of moving my arms and
lips, or of retaining my senses. I am
almost overcome, as by fainting fit
The dramatic art of to-day is in treat
ment, color and tendency an art of cor
ruption. Even the language we SPEAK
Is ruined The eternal word, the word
of truth, is found only in the antique
Now, only by taking our point of de-
parture from this field can we hope to
educate the public up to the apprecia-
ton Of a new and sound form of art.
My daughter writes me from Be in
with great enthusiasm that she and
ner schoolmates gave a performance OF
sAntigone' on the Principals birthday.
Ny daughter knows nothing of my
views; as little do her schoolmates
know; but it is in the air. and will
soon be felt by everybody-thi longing
for noble and pure form of art
According to Nine. Duse, the impulse
of this movement is coming from italy
which possesses in Tina di Lorenzo an
ideal Antigone. why should not this