New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-19
THE DRAMA.
,rpz MILLER AT THE PRINCESS
"Griersor's Way"

r.A..va which has been closed since
The January u. when Miss Ansi'h hlis" -,
sstus..-rent there. was opcncd iaNl ilieH'
hsr ems .r,Ils- who appeared IN n COMEDY Ca'4oN
" Hen. way" This is another OF 1he M 49,.
i1gersoI = theatrical fabrics OF sophisticai ili'-
csatsr'p xontin,entaI nonsense With which tue
rsfsnsy az" -. been encumbered and desraoeu'
sage PAS = EMERSON was that OF self-sacr1nce-S
Re way -orspct which may be noble and heIoie'
fziSte =. <atvous and criminal. Griersor
n~s Is of the latter description. Inc i80'S 90
scI'Aos 80 these Grierson was an elderly hian
re !, neither young nor oia'-ano ne T-his
th.t 70 ro,,nr woman named Pamela Ban mas
asTec Oh vas seduoed by a blackguaro nafheo
yCHns .T,-rav q married man, an orlcer III
EneS..,, ern1v who subsequently went ava
~ -, fife leaving Pamela 10 the cohse4ue',Ce
wa :, and shame and OF his rascallts'
q ss, .,irr aware OF these proceedings
sea ,,,-,e,a in order 10 protect ner anu ~
nS, s - renutatioa from reproach. IN the oV~.s
fa'eso death removed the wife or murray a., -
q tine scamp returned to the scene OF ms
fast -, and renewed his attentions 10 Fan4I,l,
ssFP - ,ife Of CiTierson,-whom however eAe 90
rev = and whom. for Murrays sake sie
81 a - desert Grierson, thereupon' IN an -" .
Wills .-;, removed himself by suicide ana nu1
tns s' pamela were left free 20 wed--if so as
~ ahu -,,.,har thew were thus minded IS
=, doubt The way OF Grersoh ~
~, t., presented as admirable aIo
Notwithstanding the obvious truth lIa.
s,l .,a--lsee with Pamela was sih as"--s
Hs w moral law, himself. and common se'ssI
sie ssff-destruction. 81 the last an a
A ,u.srilv crime. The notion that any F4
sal 80 rryorz can ever escape from the Guns.
-, :, -rrongdoaS is one THAI can oL'! @
- 70 those minds that are oesllu'e
e4e1 n experience and the faculty OF oose.
t'. ps,-ibution is often delayed. ana oile'
- g, strange ways. and from qoa' '9iS -
- .-nected But II alEaEs arrives 0lo
-, FEASIBILITY OF evading Il. ncr any Fi,'''
-. ~ avertinc il. Nh. Grlers0n uii0e' o.
rs. .,s,s task as we'll as . sinful one. AarFlase
-, mutual love IS unholy. The holio4
vino -. .,,+ : man can do for 6. womaf.-Sdcll
eve! ,srssnact duty. honor. life itsef-ls nous
ne ,1s,5is lies at the basis OF thoushL "P0'-
A Ell tsis NAV is reared: and there never was
- more completely irrational ana "rone'
,,o, nav please the female sex, but II Is Ii7 81
~. ,,e-ev beautiful. and often II is eAlt
%.-' = .-is-sou's case it is worse than silly; II
: si,o.io Els motive. indeed, Is KIND. put ms
ste--a trenches upon iulbecihty- Not even
i,sbla fool would endure the fragrant indlshity
%. tb;s ou;sotic Samaritan humbly accepts III
-. e--ivsi Of his wifes wronger, dropping III loE
s',-sl,, call md dish OF tea. All probability
a 80, m the winds. n M Esmond treatment Oh
- .rsz,. theme The views of life, OF character
:, .-cfdert of everything, are hopelessly juTenlle
=. orra- js completely cont emptible-an incaTna-
,oB a. sslfstness and folly. There is drunken
b,If.i,sane fiddler IN the piece, who generally en-
..-e through the window, ard who ladies out rant
r. the bucket; and there is jolly tar, Pamela's
fsfber Directly acted 10y Mr.. Thorne), who blows
srd bellows as sailors never were known to 90
s,eapt IN pisys and novels. Grierson has long
.s1k with baby. Mrs. GriersOn and the renascent
Murray have long talk about tea and geography.
5'be drunken fiddler delivers lecture 10 GrieTson
On Fate and metaphysical aid and presents him
with vial OF lsudanum. This scene is q kind OF
COMPOST # Ihsen and Shaw-part gloom. part
luHacy part chatterinE fTivOlity. and al rubbish.
Nj Miller. warmly welcomed and repeatedly
chserei hy house full Of friends. carried i'm
possible person smoothly through a series OF i'm
pesshlo scenes, and evinced sweet spirit and
considerable tenderness Of feeling.-in perform
snce onlv remarkable for clever makeup The
rsrt has z sort Of Tom Pinch favor. or even hint
O. old Nj Peggotty. in its aspects Of simplicity
ana devotion Miss Rebec-a Warren may be a
rooi actress but. II SO. she ContTived TO conceal
the fact on this occasion-for even the obvious
necessity Of an immediate stomach-pump for
(5rrson Al the last failed 10 accelerate her move
merits stimulate in her astated bosom the least
impulse Of apparent feeling. The play is thor
eashlv had. the acting indifferent.