New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-20

upon the King and overwheIms him with a torrent
OF passionate invective Wild lamentaton. and
oltter rebuke Carlos is now free: but his foes
nave surprised the OF his intended flight TO
Flanders-there TO oppose his royal fathers power;
ana they provide for his capture A midnight
meeting oetWeen Carlos and the Queen in
me garden OF the Escurial. Their mood is of
almost celestial eNatation. The Prince would dedi-
cate himself TO the liberation of the oppressed
Ne'herands. The Queen would cheer and strength
en- nm IN devotion to that cause. They are 10
part ana never TO meet again. At the moment OF
their parting they are confronted bv the King and
the Grand Inquisitor Of Spain The Oueeps faus
lnsensble, and Carlos is delivered into the hands
Oh 'he MONKS 10 be taken to his death, in the
secret chambers OF the Inquistion
Inc tale is one of love and sorrow. presenting
images Of noble heroism and tender Dathos and
'lese are enmeshed in network of political in
Ungue, and. by adroit art which is more noeticaI
man dramatic are relieved against sombre back
5 S-l 81 supersuion. baeful mystery, and deadly
DANGER The stealthy. reptile iron personality OF
ne ina'lshaht' implacable Spanish King pervades
tle "hoe fabric with horror and broods over II
me pan 4here is one. and but one ray OF light
- "e S'o'y' and that is very faint-no more IN
- ''o d homentary CLINT Of something like
'oI' consequent on awkwardness Of situation
mat glmmer appears when the ena,,o,,ro7 r,~taa
i"oi mas sent her unsigned letter to Carlos nv ono
<eii pages inviting him to a secret meet
anu "heh carlos. enormously supposng the
summons 10 have come from the Ouaan has tbsra
upon. in kind OF ECSTASY made bos.o 80 60 =
It.
me Princess Eboli much to his consternatior va
ives nm very hndy-at first with GOV s,,rnrtsa.
-, "''i ueHghti and then with undisgJised ardor
- 81 course, is one OF cross purposes
WINE the dialogue for time is one ~ er,,t,.o1-.
al the climax it becomes exceedingly, sarfa,, H..
n--'' ~ iaSls III affords kind Of wan amusement
a'ou 10 De displaced by a grave perception ~ iD,
penang peril and anxious suspense
me character Of Don Carlos. as drawn b,- ecbi1-
IeI' mas been thought to resemble +b,+ % ctl,a
OhaI Nv fo~
characters duplicate the attributes Of ,,orri5 -,
maj 'ilIecJon. passionate resentment vac
7 weakness, and sombre melancholy aud
n =. LII are exhibited in the prncely station
20 TWO persons, however, could be more diseir,f
laI' as well in temperament and mind &c - It,,
''-ces and experience In the character 90
80 -, llleIe Is a pre-ordination to gloom misery
$50 ne Is even found to be contemplating
S1'Niue' before any cause has occurred +o r-,a,
a mental condition probably precini+ar+ 80 49, -
-V1' nor suicide is either an act NJ INSANITY or q
u-S eIIihe). His mind thus congenitalIv dark
80 i presently unsettled by the shock Of a nro
80 Nlsltauon,-the appearance OF a sniri+
'0Hl beyond the grave. Finally he &c a ma, mr.
mas once loved. but who loves no 49,. -,
can De said TO resemble Hamlet in being ~ ro
lilaAuc dlspositon in being an ideal friend. i, be
--s va" ward ana weak; and in being Prince who
WIN good reason, is suspicious of his er,,,rorr,+
IN an imperial court; but in the arr 20 49, -,
oLiios Is completely different man from TJarnia+
ieI was essentially, subjective poet ana
nc seems 10 have drawn his heroes mostly from
the MODEL OF himself. Carlos IN the NAV "a On
aHectonate son: devoted friend. an arde,+ ate
clple OF human liberty; a sentimentaIist; and
aboVe all lover: in some particulars exactly such
belng as the dramatist who invented him A
cruel fate has forced him into an abnormal and
infinitely distressing position: FOR he cannot stne
MS honest love for the woman to whom he has
been betrothed, and it is sinful that he should
persist IN loving the woman whom his father has
welded. He IS not OF the heroic strain. Yet when
he
and showing that duty is nobler than love The
finer side Of his character is illustrated bv his
fervld response 10 friendship and indeed its eT-
position of friendship IS, prominently the crown
ing excellence Of this play. Carlos and de Posa
friends and comrades from boyhood. are loyal
10 each other under all circumstances and through
all vicssitudes and trials, and in a spirit of beau
uful devotion, de POsa gives his life for HIS friend
cutting off," as he declares IT, two transient
hours OF evening, to secure A long bright summer
day This truly is the valuable purport and en-
during message Of this tragedy It would be dlfi-
cult 10 find in the whole wide range Of dramatic
. literature, a illuminative. pathetic thrilling
and altogether splendid climax noble passion
than that which is reached when Carlos after de-
nouncing and defying the vast tremendous, en-
Venomed, and deadly power Of the Spanish crown
and the ROmish Church, casts himself upon the
corpse Of his murdered comrade. crying, in the
agony Of despair: Seek among strangers for
son. Here lies my kingdom
Mr.. Mansfeld's ample and much diversified dra-
]
characters Of dramatic fiction that act from the
motive OF amatory impulse. He discloses indeed,
when acting such OF them he has been pleased to
mpersonate. acute observers knowledge of that
distemperature but he is not perfectly ideal lover
and it will be remembered that the amatory char
acters. IN which he has best -Jekyl. Dim
mesdale. Cyrano and Alceste-are persons who are
( not only lovers but something more The true
lover when crossed in love IS sufficiently louuacious
IN talking about his heart; in cursing his untoward
fate in beuoaning hts condition OF misery; and IN
beseeching heaven for the relief OF death and the
refuge Of the but in the actual presence Of
his idol-and whether crossed or fortunate-he
commonly IS smitten incoherent dumb Those
pecuIiariues Of the celestial experience Mr. Mans
field denote and many times has denoted in
admirably truthful manner. yet always with a
certain reserve OF intellect and power. His por-
traya Of the dolatry of Carlos was interesting as
2 study; well sustained; picturesque; poetica;
il had not, for the unenthralled spectator. a
cisye impairment Of conviction. The Romeo per
sonality and experience do not never did and never
will entirely consort with an actor OF high intel
ect on the other hand in every requiring
authority, chivalrv manly feeling. defiant courage
and tragic power Mr.. Mansfield displayed himself
what he is. actor for great parts splendid
/ moments and largely exacting occasions; an actor
possessed OF the perception to discern splendid
opportunity the Imagination to grasp a massive
and complex character, and the faculty SO to i'm
personate as to create perfect illusion In the
sarcastic cooquy that Carlos has with Domingo;
in the belIigerent encounter that Carlos has with
AIva. i'm the final conference that Carlos has with
De Posa; and above all, in the tempestuOus, vol
! canlc. magnificent torrent OF passionate avowsl.
| apostrophe denunciation. euogy lament, defiance,
and despairng anguish through which Carlos pours
forth his soul. before the collapse upon the dead
| body Of his friend he manifested a diversity OF
faculty a dignity OF mind subuety Of apprehen-