New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-15

and with church scene that never has been
eqUalled and was revived here, ia lsS. by Au-
gustu Daily. with Miss AGA Bchan as Beatrice.
and with general iuvestiture Of appropriate mag
nifceuce. Il is. therefore. old story. But. old
as IL Is. and even when !nperfectly acted Il IL a
welcome visitor. lighting UP the stage with sun
shine. and filing % with cXhilaIa-ius Cl2mor o.
rlTth The subject has o-en been discussed in this
column. aGd tie Judgment of the present can but
repeat fhe judgment Of The rast. Existent and
prosperous for more than three centuries, this
Ga comedy rtiu maintains itself brill
liant creation ~ ce-iue-a fabric fraucht with rep
rescrtatiEe pictures % human lie and with sig
. fiilcant Images or human nature. fashioned N a
symmetrical artistic form. ard EXPRESSED in Ian
suage OF singular beauty Fancy fingers with de-
--ht over The many joyous hours that this play
Las caused. IH h1s- many theatres j. has been
acted. Icy how mary accomplished players, before
what happy. soili15 mult-udast Fair faces long
since dead and gone. arc -a5iant again. in the
. thought % il. and splendid figures that -o- are
Gust once more glitter on the stored scene
Through years and years OF action and viCissitude,
Bere1icl and Beatrice have banterod. and wran-
FleG. and laughed, and loved and Yet they are as
fresh and fair today when the great poet en-
harEed them on the t3e Of Immortality. Ambition
is bafilCC. beauty Is Uithered: renown Is forgot
ten; The tomts % kings are c-Iiublcd 70 ashes:
but a word traced by the hand C p poet lives in
every heart and burns with the diamond glory OF
the GAVIN. The play IS sregrcI i0 a delicious al
most p tropical atmosphere and. while the hu-
manity OF H. usual in Shakespeare, is radically
English. its persons evirCa some AT least. Of the
characteristics Of men and women whose blood is
all meridian"
Two love st0rles.-ore OF them 1ivac,ous and tur-
hulcut The other troubled aud nourlful.-are GsfIy
blended L. Much Ado" and arc sNe,tly rounded
10 happy close i is special beauty I'm Shake
epeares artistic portrayal OF love that each OF his
lovers has characteristic way OF indicating The
effects Of that passion. and each shows midi
vtGUol nature and this is particularly true OF Bene
olck and Beatrice. The scene is a quaint City in
The Mediterranean Sea. The manners Of she place
are shown. and tie currents Of its everyday lie.
The Sky i7 bright The climate IS soft AID gentle.
The ai- smells wooinglz." Perfumes Of the land
are waited on the wind from the sea. in LeonaJos
palace there is merry music. and the masQueraders
dance In the lonely street Francis SelcoIl and
has mates. whom tie pompous and prcposter1Us
Dogber-y has charged to comprehend all vasrom
men prepare % seek an ancient and quiet watch
mans shelter and rCpose on thc church steps.
bencd-ck and Beatrice. from tte very threshold Of
the comedy, are - their OF wits: but SO deity
IS TINS presented hat 81 seems no new wraugle.
The Tai-lery has been gong on Tor long lime.
and these two Maynard beings, who never meet
without clash, have been secretly attractive to
each other az the while. Adequate motive l5- the
cruel N-llauy Of Don John seems lacking: hatred
81 CLAUDIO. because Of his success is assigned 70
explain ii: but. indeed. there VINO uatu-
rally delight in evil. and can be rascals for the
sake q rascality- The conduct q Claudio and
La- Pedro al me CLu-Ch.-in che reputation Of
Hcro.-is brutal. bl- she Insult TO Hero was essen
lal for the fun revelation OF Eeatrce.-yvho then
rises TO superb eIriusuce Of w0Tnanhoo and
therefore q is endured. lThe poet found that iuci
dent .E either E-i1sto or EaufeIC.-the source
whence the Claudio and Hero episode derived
and So is his OF u thlt ourEt 20 be considered,
rather than itsslr be has greatly dlguifed the
peGi6utJ and, finally. the play h one that
freslas the spectator and leaves him happier for
having seen it. Uur1iEat.ye uIe-entmeut OF Much
Ado."whieh on tlis occasion. o. has but partially
receiyCd.-5eretts an observer ia many ways. Ills
. imagination j. aroused by beautiful pictures. has
mind s lighted hy flashes % wit. lis sense %
comic ecccItrlcity is fleI by dcIIueatons of hui
morcUs character. His heart is touched with com
passion Tor one az tho sweetest OF women cruelty
wronged. Ills memory Is enriched with sketches CT
manners o. past sBe and foreign land And,
above alias ever. under irc influence 81 Shake
Epeares ea-ius-h.s vision % The world IS clarified
and br1ajeaed. that he secs human lie as a
vast. Ceep-dOwiUg river. whose bosom, from
age to age. succeeding generations OF mankind
make the same eventful voyage Of love and grief.
or OF love and happ.ncss-tne river OF experience.
flowing 70 the ocean OF silence ar1 rest. ". ".
CAST or MUCH ADO
Da1 Io1n Martin L. AIS ,
3.Icle N liata Morris
L1- Tauerts
Bshazar. rry Sfockaridge
Eorachl0 Fred Eric
Dlraerry. frank Hat-h
Verres OTIS Sheren
Fra- Francis George q a-e
A r"l~-ir l@toe
Hero -a-tncs 10 kEtI
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