New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-16
THE DRAMA.
The SACRAMENT OF JUDAS.
Princess Theatre

fabric OF impious and morbid fustian called
The Sacrament Of Judas was exposed 20 view
last night At the Princess Theatre as a nrelude =,
tie trivial and Immoral play OF Pa fes' Immoral
fecause T. aims excite sympathy with a thief and
20 ezteruate he evil % a life @. crimel and Mr.
Eyrle Belew presented himself in the character OF
priest OF the Roman Catholic Church at the
confessional The play assumes 2 tenet Of that
faith: once priest. always q priest. Bernez the
Priest is apostate and also he IS a lover: but
the Erl whom he loves has bestowed her affections
on the Count % Kerven 3 French nobIenan who
hiss se5uCed her. and who is a fugitive from the
military despotisT OF the French Republic Ber-
re- becomes acquainted with the truth and he
fhereupon pTOcairus his revengeful purpose TO de-
nource THIS artstocratic backyard: but. being
priest snd being besouEht as such, he Is compelled
20 listen 10 the confession OF the Count, and TO
Has1.Eo h,-l- TIE Count i~ confessional. avows
his betrayal az the girl The situation is rather
es .orate,y end clumsily contrived. but obviously
g Sood one, ia theatrical sense, and Ger
FANNY 81 Is che that authoritative and sym
= TlenC actor might make solemn and pathetic
TIE anguish 0f his reverence as evinced by MI
Be..sN appeared 10 take the :crn Of mild collie
eHslr-slnE ITS inward potency Icy the liked and
startled EaSe, the Rafture Of hands. one v1ulting
naroxysn and much verbal gUrgitatIon This
actors min. dry. metallic voice rlonoror1us do
li1-ery. and hidebound couvel.tionalify- o. man
aer would lll any Dart with any true emotion 3D.
b. ne eel c-HG stairs. however Ehe priest saves
his r-Fa- ana sends nm away with the girl ano ls
q Tax :.
felicity. and this acrobatic feat was much admired
FOE -ae rest,-Ulcn a man la~ been born shallow
& is useless for him 10 pretend no Ice
ascI. The business Of the Erassaopn,r Is
hop Mr Bellew has never Vet In This
region acted a serious part II which he was not
trivial once he tried 70 act Shakespeare. ANTONY
and DE went 10 shreds il. like piece OF punk
There IS nothing in the actor but afrectation All
The soocs are ID the shop window. The part of
Bernez- thin as il Is requires feeling Mr. Forbes
Robertson who acted IL III London must have been
queer m it-tor the emotion Of which that per
former ls capable on the stage mas been shown TO
=. pretty much thar OF purified saint in stained
glass window Ar. Bellows moral estates are
even more suggestive OF The PAINTER and glazer
-u most OF The plays that relate 10 the
French Revolution there IS fat patriot
VITA --IcClO-ed scarf tiea round his belly
WHO busters about freedom I'LL the listener
wishes thai both freedom and It's striped
representative might De tlu5led into boiling
SOAP vat There is q voCiferous cad Of this kind
Ia ms play. and Mr. Frank Mccormack. who at
tempted this part. gave q performance completely
devoid OF inherent authority and formidable char
s1-e-. bur amply sEfused with natural insolence
q hec-0-lng spirit. ana vulgar nlsnueT-the soul
q -he bully being indicated equally IN coarse visag
and harsh. sLri5eIt voice. Mr.. Frank a Conner
invested the Count Of 6erveran with tne dignity
and cs1-earor CT startled sheep Mr.. Frank
Roberts as an OLD peasant father, pretended 10 be
>-tezte-=l and Miss Clara BIaudick. as the loved
ore, OCCASIONALLY uIeated and once invoked bless
iuE So BE- d, The whole affair is nonsense