The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-06

University Of Nebraska.
CRITICAL ESTIMATE OF THE PLAY.


| II is pleasant TO read in "A Few Memo
| ries OF Nine de Navarro tMiss Mary
Andersonl now every EFFORT was made to
| make a successful play OF THE Winters
| lowed the suggestion OF Mr.. Thomas Hail
| and played the two parts OF Hermione
and ferdi'a, thus keeping. alive an un-
| broken interest I'm the mother and child.
| who have been separated for the best part
| OF two acts by the plan OF the dramatixt
Success SC crowned nsr efforts 4 nessr
| the wallis OF a theaser than during the last
| week of Miss Andcrson's performance 1T
| the Lycsam. When a I.yceum audience
| speech. one may be sure that the En-
| giishman feels something and must give
| utterance to H. II was a triumph for
Miss Anderson and a greater triumph for
| Shakespeare. Would that all those older
| critics could have witnessed such an ideal
rendering Of snakespearcs last play, the
| son as the shepherdess Perdita led the
long dance OF the shepherds and shop-
herdesscs. the picturesque ana lovely ap-
pearance she presented In the statue
scene, leave two psctures upon the mem
ory that can never be ekfAced. and rcAfi-
~ make US believe that Shakespeare nev-
| er created two scenes more potentially
| poetical and spectaculnriy Fascinating.
Traditionsliy THE Winters Tale" has
not been successful play The romantic
I popular OF Greenc's many novels. - the
! source OF this drama. And IN this play
] perhaps more than IN all his other adap-
I tatfons, the dramattst seems 10 fntl 20
| insert all the detniis and logical scduences
I provided for the reader by the novelist.
| but apparently disresarded BY the play.
| novels, looked upon Shakespeare AZ
pIagiarist. He Is supposed TO have ha9
Shakespeare in mind when hen ns acc s.:sss
our feathers" How Greene would have
/ enjoyed shakespeare last pluck out q
his plumage. True 4 II. a. MI Frcderick
( berto' sareene) has not, however. gone
] quite unavenged. Hts story, In spite Of
( its great popularity with the reading
! heredi,as to iramatist. and even shake
/ speare did more than take 1fecneN
! "feathers He made choice o. the
Of fi The story tor which WAS kncwn a. s'Pan-
dosto: or Dorastus and FaunIa," but he
I, also materially altered the character Of
se sicily as g. nIsersa ssass ias * H. o
hernia. Pandosto's love for hts royal
guest suddenly becomes metamcrphossd
n ansp hs 'a own w 1aI ssara s The innocent
/ wife succumhS to the shock, but Egistus
( escapes from the jealous mailman. Not
the now 81 br bsS
FAUNA. the coming heroine OF the tale, to
the mercy OF the elements. Tho child
drifts on the seas g the ceass q sicslla
/ The life OF the princess ehepherdces wIidee
gently on until the princely son OF ESls-
tus Is made to cross u by happy chance.
This Prince Doraxtus falls in love with
the shepherdess and elopes with her on
board ship. This was all contrary %
the plans Of his father Egistns. who had
arranged marriage with a Danish prtn-
cess for him. Destiny, however seemed
10 oppose his fatherly scheme, ON bvarn
this same storm-tossed ship was the willy
shepherd who had IN his possession tho
trinkets needful TO prove the royal iineaga
OF the rustic FAUNA. II was storm that
drove this shipload Of fataful people upon
the coast of Bohemia. for 1reene'A Bu-
hernia also has a seashore. and II was
stormy, passionate conclusion that thAt
writer gave 10 his story, Pandosto un-@
Willingly falls In love with hts own
daughter and upon discovering this err
ror he becomes melancholy and finally
commits suicide.
will he noticed that the Afamstt*ts's *tsry
differs very greatly and Fundamentally
from that 81 the novelist The very names
| on the two countries, Sicily ard Bohemia,
| are interchanged Shakespeare adds this
Characters OF Antigonus. Faulina. Autoiy-
Gus and the Clown. Tracing the plot o.
the tale one will note that Shak sspesra
keep~ fairy close 10 The account 81 tbs
novelist drifting away only now ana
then during the nrst three acts ~ MI
Wendell has observed. The hrss three
acts maxi . complete independent trAk-
eav involving the deaths ~ MAmilituh
and Antigonus. and. ~ far az y9u cen
tell for the moment. the stiil more Tragic
W. Ths y most atrikinw diY.rencas between
| The novel and the drama arc g De Traced
IL the fourth asid hfeh awls rF1s HKasn.
10 quote Mr. Wendell. '@fhs laHf two acts
make 4 complete infependent e9saeay.
which taking 40 the story ~ " tsvs s.
tragic point leads 20 hnei denouemsnt
~ eone5lla zion snd rosDaNttc serenity"
1h1s riay. shan fails Into tw1 parts. parfs
az a very different esAtaFtsT JpN rev
| tsI,sss-ss4astas SHY the interest IN thA rael
-eas rilarart erN Il "a hard ~ wAstefus sbd
no,s heppg was ths iaea ~ have &iNH Ar
,3er4nss combine ih~eF two ehafactsrs,
resns sha sataseef ~ sise reader IL sus-
tegpsd ~ me i0Te episWdH IN which Dos
ramua ard Fagnia are thF leading piay
era Ia the novel FRS nfst part of tlM
ssias seems q fnaFe introduction to f9is
Iase romance - FsHfiias White with the
play Ae are. sslishisd oriS fes = time.
f0vF srFnNn tesw@en f.efdtfs ard FioflxeI.
charmed wish ths grace ana simplicity
~ farr7aAta, shA listener u siiii epnsetgsss
sAnf size e not ngsfeEy 70 " sees aisd
! Fs5ssgas. bgs thAG faF heF j. destined
gssatsg fMfg jn fbs piat. Eae IL ~ be
rescued and 40 aoften the sasssess 4 e.sr
foWfsh aSt she play woptd be sgHosF
enough. Anss Il r. fAe lGyisle b~antt. The
s@ees ard fifsgle f@stpfaiisns ihs letous
ard rustic rsHrrY snaksHKa of fne sheep
sheafiar feast. the pfessnes q the dafe-
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