The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22

legitimate successor Of the peerless
Adelaide Nelson.
How high a place she holds in the
estimation of Huneker, who wields a
trenchant pen, may be gathered from
the following characteristic excerpt
taken from his recent review of her
work:
I feel bewildered when 1 attempt the
impulse, rash one, critically speaking
is to grant to her all the gifts The
whole Tyre seems hers. She reconciles
one to the idea that, after all, there may
be an art of acting, with it's canons of
technique, its codified scheme of gesture
tone and expression; so unerring is her
touch, so keen her flair for the exact shade
of verbal effect. so right her movements
And what synthetic art is hers. All
the warning attributes of human emotion
are harmoniouSly mingled and sent forth
in one barbed shaft of meaning Be she
merry or sad, arch or sardonic passionate
or teasing. sentimental or in anger the
particular mood is blown across the or
chestra and reaches the remotest part
=, Nor is this all. BY dexterous modula-
tion, Miss Marlowe gives us in terrifying
speed the entire scale of feeling She can
coquet while her eyes are wet with tears
and through her laughter there shines a
tragic light. She has the rare art of
blending dozen different moods, and
swiftly flashing them at us in profiles
There is magic in her repose, exquisite
is her poetic allusiveness. This dazzling
virtuosity would exhaust by it's sheer
brill1ance If there was not a throbbing
human heart in her bosom. She has
sounded the depths of life, she knows
ITS palette of suffering; and 1t is this
sympathy. this sense of things seen and
lived, that lends its rich undertones. its
many colors that endows it with that
mysterious vital humming which we seem
TO >overhear rather than to hear She
has temperament. now, as well as tech
nlque, vision as well as voice,
Extravagant praise surely from one
of the country's most exacting critics,
but who shall say it is not merited?
With the possible exception of Ada
Rehan, America possesses no actress
Who SO iluminates the text of Shake
speare. Marlowe's Viola is unapproach-
ed by any of our living actresses, her
Rosalind is the incarnation of a blithe
spirit, arch demeanor and the ire
sisuble sweetness of womanhood; her
Beatrice the embodiment of sparkling
wit, mischief and high-born spirit.
That she has at last won these high
tributes of praise is cause for congrat-
ulatlon, the more so because they have
been too long delayed. 1t is worthy
OF note that the late Robert G. Inger-
SOIL was the discoverer Of Miss Mar
AONN . SOHAubs II was ne VINO, when
Miss Marlowe was a budding aspirant
for theatric fame, wrote of her to a
friend:
She is the personificatAon Of natural
grace, and her faults are but weeds
IN blossom" How Ingersollian that
figure Of speechl
Remembering the harsh. not to saw
brutal criticisms heaped upon Miss
Marlowe when she made her first an
pearance In the metropolis long after
she had been recognized and admired
.1n the provinces" where playgoers
take artistic endeavor seriously. her
maj triumph over metropolitan preju-
dice and fippancy, is most gratifvjne
and encouraging.
Several seasons have elapsed since
MISS Marlowe's appearance in St. Paul.
1t is devoutly to be wished that this
community may enjoy the pleasure OF
witnessing her appearance with E. n
Sothern, with whom she is to star
Jointly for the coming three seasons.
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