New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-15
MRS FIsKE At THE MANHATTAN.


ME- Flske. cordially welcomed by q numerous
'4lieiee, made hcs re-c0rrarce here last night AZ
80 ----.ilailn Theatre. and repeated her powerful
= Ia'h"'l' irirorscuntior ~ Nay oi Araelsla
-'s .eee'leH' RECORDED On this column CSovernber
= ---i no morning after this play was first pre-
teni.o IN Now-Yo.k. has. since then. been ra-ised
~ ..'-eiifll critical opinion ard by public an
--' III f.arf cities. end The word said then -n.z-
't- 10 rfaested now
--.S le'''. is spectacle OF sonb-e spleu5cr. a
.. -' "aEIe t0rce @ story OF rarely rarhe-,.
e-' and ah ethical impairment Of sctuaI
.''-e-' because compounded Of tender human fpei-
.----'-. ase truth. The pictorial part OF the
s'-----ll- blending Hebrew simplicity with 10
= 'I15@llcenoe. is Invariably impressive and
'e exceedingly hcaUtiful. The scene is
- ~H~ "esr The city 90 Jerusalem. under the
t' or nc Roman Emperor Tibertus and IN the
80 % 'he crucif1lon az Jesus. around whose IN
Nii continuously operative personality the
-'seteih emo incidents sre made 10 edsv and
NR0se ceicrtial Influence the action IS inn
- --is action. devised 10 pro;ray the rescue
senefarion o. a human soul. Involves q con-
7e-' l-ifcsentaLte image OF sin ana ~o-rov-
I'itlf3nl AsEdaien ~ tho New Testament -
80 u axis out az infamy and shame. ava kening
- e-Eecic2ce BY purely spiritual mears sub
1u'6 her 70 one aEoIizirF ordeal Of awful frisl
t"t-nirE her along, upon torrent Of
'-'.' 10 tle security OF redemption and the
''~- Triumph OF absolute fsith. The pictures
- constitute a physical environment for this ac-
--en environment OF great archaoioglcal inter
:, 7ha instructive urfirv-dlSplsv a room In the
--e-.leHs dwelling, which H. severely zet richly
- a room in a Roman consular secretary's
-. winch ia Hehraic and Italian. spacious
49,. VIA corNcr-irE streets IN Jerusalem and
ues-ate raE-e in The outskirts Of that penersh BILE
's, oAfE AID ominous with the pail or an i'm
---s storm. and with TIE vague menace OF
-" catastrophe These pictures COMPOSED
IL, I@-h,eo with admirable fidelity TO Oriental OBJ
80 and co.ors.-set the locality u The story
t oetore Tho vision. and are abundantly gue-
-" * The external ufe II The Jews in ancient
- Nhlle The story. which BE- simplicity itself IS
-, a. i@i-e sequence &C Incidents and in col
- tAa' are smooth direct. and brief Il Is a
--u ftof}. the one that Is told inclosiur one
= only FurEe~ted, rhe Former showing a con-
.''ona. posture O. cove and jealousy. the latter
80 alilg IN shadowv background the character
chr.st q Jesus
- rule. che ethical element in dramatic 1T
-, e'-e Is ureaome suDerauity. because either IN
-. commonplace or speciousiy vicious This
- presents tho exception. for its ethical value Is
t-'. ~ The plays that are commonly rresented
--'e 10 TIC particular form q human fraflfv
F'ea oy the Magcalen, the heroine Is n sinful
nj who Is distressed because either she can
-. t.aStas an adored lover. or. being in disgrace.
- ieinstate herself n social position and es-
- enc. Furthermore. she Is a being whose mis-
les are. theoretically. ascrfbed 10 uugovern-
-. tAoess Of emotion. and IN whose behalf Il Is
,.e1 Mat her lOveiiness OF ctaracter.-an 1T
-, 49, which is thought 70 be always COMPATIBLE
60, - iiflaoraliues ~ smiable wualne-s-should
a. - - hc- 70 human sympathy. and be deemed
- -ai pa-lauVe. II not . complete fustihca-
- - Aer sia. The indirect inference OF those
-, 1cooroinEiy. has been that a evil communi-
49, az Influence tending 70 -biur the grace and
=, ~ hooesty," 70 perpleN moral perception. and
rB.,,---. 1'e ne public mind with mushy sonti-
Il. frff frarf -
ii'eliect The afflicted sinner Who IS orIy
4, -, -le@-ac envlrcned with unpropitlous world
So - lhnces is not q sufferer whose agonies
-'- eacit nveh expendiiars OF pubic compass