New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-17
DRAMA.
MR.. sorHERN AND MISS MARLowE.

There v,ss an earnest OF intellectual aud esthet-
&c refreshueut in the announcement Oh series oi
Shakespearan performances by d company OF pc
ers headed by Mr. E II. Sotherh anu MISS 'Ni'S
Marlowe at the Knickerbocker hea'ie "Ilcn "@9
realized in a large measure by the rFSt Representa-
ton or THE Tanning of the ShTeW last night \
remarkable performance it was. not except IN ,ie
amount Of hiIarity aroused BY the aii'io 'i9p0
which the comedy has dorned unueI nc iiii''
tiors of the ingenious comedians who nave reFlVeo
it and the lengths to which lhey ia 20 s'IS ~
bring r. oIoee IN the vitated tastes OF the times
Ferhaps this was to have been expected El"e' lie
ft. A. an Intellectual iTritaut the
comedy makes but little appeal lhAI Ii7-N So
" be said That It adapts itself 70 Iuue anu oO'7
terous fun-nalsiug all the world mas long
t-,our, T. +s rot read in the closet for loIty
endowment and If new devices can De enpi0Jeu IA
its theatrical presentation to give u - -
ventittous help. they are likely 70 - 80,
without protest even by the most selAo1S " 90
of the uyriad-rninded poet In such d represents
ton as that of last night. when Whatever u
poetfc charm which analysis Of character Hsi.
disclose was sacrificed to rude eAIlO''i'i0
hunor there were causes Tor glleA ''-7
1udicious: but the offences against Boou GdSte "o
not so great as to justify long comment A hungry
Katharine Gathering down the STAIRS AIoii ~
room whittier she had been sent suppsrie9S "
bed prying into empty dishes and threatell-le
break the pate OF Petruchio afectlhs Sep
the Fireplace with her wooden SHOES L5ii0 &C.
something like alarm mad NOT TIC SIN-~A-9
been prepared long beforehand to look upon SuIii
exhibitions as merely diverting, and had not 'ne
sppeal made by Miss Marlowes wlnsome pe'soN-
atty received an answer of sympathy. 9lLs Uil.
as Miss Marlowes conception of the character L.
Is vet lovely in its physical embodiment and vocal
expression She alone put music and meaning ILi'o
the familiar lines She tumuituous' she WAS
teupestuous; she moved like a whirIWlno' she was
all terrnagant- Not till her spirit was broken
did she even suggest that there coulu 10
sweetness of kernel under such rind out' DESPITE
much seIf-conscousness Of manner, there was tile
charm, or nicely noduIated art in all she did 0Ae
gave less cause for literary solcitude thah her
couoanfon because of her better eIocutloh' siIe
let no point IN her presentation or the cH1l
fail Of it's purpose. It was not a high conception
oj+bar Fundamentally or emotionaIly. Frequently
she was merely a wicked hoyden, when she ought
"a have been a proud woman consumed with a re-
beIIon between her good and evil natures
But always she was compelling in her exhloiuoh
Of native gifts and acquired graces; always she
filed the eyes and ears of her auditors with pleas
,,re-sonnetiu1es with delight. Mr.. Sothern' TOO
was seIf-conscous and affected In H1ecilaiii3H-,
There was little meditation in his presentation %
the character of Petruchio. 1t was set IN an uLl-
yielding kew of hard and scntiHant utteranee- IN
bic exclamation there was little alurement; in his
action an extravaganza of action. But he was III
ell things consistent with the atmosphere OF gay
and picturesque comedy which by many ne" A9a'
11res Of stage ornament and management ne ILaS
about the play L+G OO4441NJ
many. as it pleased those who witnessed II laSe
night it will hurt only literary sensibitieS There
we're hearty and frequent plaudits and many calls
before the curtain for both actors
The cast:
Bapsta rich gentleman Of T r. Gon 5rria
Vinceutio an old gentleman Of Pisa Niiarn MAINS
-1ucehIIO SUI ~ ' Frederick Lewis
F,etr,chio a gentleman Of Verona; sutor 70
Gremio sultor to Blanca -, =. 1910
aoFstSiu, 9--S TJ-cartio .......... Fred Eric
~ ~ e. Frank Recher
t'I JlS., 'o'' ~ ...,...... Frank Kingdom
1tlto. ........- Edison r. Miles
Crurnio. servant Petruchlo rowland
A@e'S-4I0' -~ 0' Miss Julia Marlowe
r., z.,Sb+s- ~ T3aotis+a 1890. Miss Alice Harrington
49, @0e'- - MissM ilIicent Mclaughlin
curtis servant to Peruchio. Mrs WOODWARD