The courier., 1903-04-04
MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL
.THE JOY OF LIVING" PRODUCED
Al THE OLIVER TREATRE.

congregation You viii hnd our text
Ia SO and So" he opens with AN cpl
grammatic statement of the story to
follow. Summarizing In the start what
is TO follow saves space.
The text of THE Joy OF Living" In
which Mrs. Patrick Campbell was seen
)at the Oliver Saturday may be So
lidined into what the Prince says In
act H.: Morality Is intended To Keep
the strain pure. IL IL ceases TO accom-
plish that purpose II had better abdi-
cate in favor oil immortality"
The play is by Hermann Budermann,
foremost of German dranlatists of the
realistic order. The title III the orig
inal ''Es lebe das Leben" strictly trans
lated ls Here's To Life" IL aims To
portray and does 40 very effectively
one of the misfits In what we are
pleased to call the great moral system
OF today. Two people In early life per-
NIT elemental impulses full sway ana
find to their dismay that ~ subsequent
well ordered life is full of constant
sense of impending calamity. The oth-
er characters shown serve TO Illustrate
that present social conditions with az
"its Conventional handCuus allows as
rauch Individual freedom as is com
patible with responsibility ana justice.
As above stated the main theme
dwelIs strongly on the beauty and JUS
tice of individuality. It's keynote Is the
voice within us that bids US live our
own lives, dlsreyarding timidity and
self aCt usation as the result OF 100
much introspeCtlon. This accords with
the vieN point of a lady who declared
that resolve to he always GOOD was
too much like signing contract ana
she much preferred TO nave IL optioHoi'
not obligatory.
Perhaps the worst side of the whole
play Is that the woman Is permitted To
huodwink her husband and her trlenus
through a period of fifteen years. SinBu-
larry enough there does not occur III ths
play one single manifestation or arec-
tion between the two guilty parties.
Not even kiss. on it's surface. there
fore, II Is decorous ana palhiuilg seh-
teel.
The first thing noticeable about Mrs.
Campbell is her challenging personality.
Likewise her beauty. In her acting
there is never "A moment In which she
moves away from the character Oh
Countess Beata and exhibits Mrs.
| Campbeu The sinking of identity Is
one of the forces that distinguish the
great from the little, the one from the
! many.
whether participating In the action
! or for the time being out of 1t. there Is
| not a movement of body, gesture U
| pose, nor facial expression that II
/ not i'm accord with the emotions and
]
! fitness of the by-play, of business u
| ouite unerring throughout the play
/ such attention to detail deserves men
| tion on it's own account. And then Mrs
| Campbell uses a voice OF melodlous
quality to excellent advantage. Her ar
! ticulation Is slow. clear ana distihct
No hurried or slurred speech. III Il
nearly always staccato. Every word sht
utters Is readily heard in all parts u
] the house.
! The scenes In which the actress was
especially convincing were the inter
views with her former paramour, tn'
exposure of their guilt In the presence
of her husband in the third act ana th'
calm despair which preceded her ma
determination to end the lnequa
struggle by taking her own Ire.
| To a minority of the audience, uh'
| skilled i'm detecting strong points, MRS
Campbell unquestionably conveyed al
imnression of lack OF force, OF fire
Nothing could be further from the
truth. What may be called her re-
pressive methods are not evidences o.
limited talent but of reserve power no
necessary to call upon because =
% or less W sretesaas. Ave- ape l,aa.- be
tween the sublime and the ridiculous
should be remembered in favor of Mrs
| Campbell's methods.
and unbiased observer to see in Mrs
Campbell's artistic methods far more
than the highest average OF ability
Forced into summing her up cpl
gramitcally for lack of space or othe1
reason, | would say that she was 9
genius slightly fettered by compla
cency.
The impersonation OF several char,
acters other than Countess Beata wal
favorably commented on by the know
ing ones in the packed house. Absence
of sudden outbursts OF passion prob
ably astonished some, but they soor
became reconciled to and appreciated
subdunl acting not lacking In necessary
strength. Force and dignity were rec
ognized in the acting of Wright Kramer
as the former lover and Emmet kinl
as Count Michael. unfortunate hus'
band of Beata.
Clever and well sustained character
sketches were given by Charles Rowan
as Prince Usingln and Josiah Gibson
as Won Guenenhof, rural legislator
The story Is so closely woven around
the guilty pair and the hoodwinked
husband that II Is quite difficult fol
minor characters to assert themselves
In spite of this all subsidiary char.
aCters were adequately represented.
There may have been those I'm the
audience who, though thoroughly in
| tereSted in play and PLAYERS, still hat
a vague sense Of something incongru.
Gus. 1t was this: The story Is German
while the stage atmosphere was dis
! tinctly English.
For a Lincoln audience-for whose
tastes and opinions I am not responsi.
bleLthe theme of "rhc Joy OF Living
IL perhaps rather an overlarRe commits
! sion. To me II seems that the grip It's
| agonizing story takes upon the sympa,
thies far Outwelghs its repulsive fea-
lures. j. H. T.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Miss Lawbo.
rim, her companion, a maid and Pink,
| Panky Poo arrived I'm the city shnrtl,
before noon and took mp their residence
at the Lincoln hotel. The party was II
charge of Charles Lothian, manager
on her arrival at the hotel Mrs. Camp.
bell was registered and retired at once
10 rooms which had been prepared fo
her with the strict Injunction that sh,
was not to be disturbed until after
o'clock under any prctext. A large
number OF callers hocked to the hote
to see the distinguished actress but
they were informed of her wishes ant
could not get even their cards past III,
ineXorable clerk. Mrs. Campbell wa!
registered as Mrs. Patrick" and nC
address was given for any of the par
ty.
Probably he most interesting mem
Der of the party was little Pinky Pan
ky Poo, or at least more attention wa'
paid to the little fluffy white haired an
imal as he promenaded through tn,
lobby with his maid. pnky is evident
ly pampered little dog with maic
to look after his wants. When the maiC
! tuh he Lob .,Io