New-York tribune., 1906-03-22
THE DRAMA.
,,vsrrEID As JEKYLL AND HYDE
New Amsterdam Theatre.

~
--. metaphysical. play Of Or. Jelyn ana M.
- as often as IL is presented. suggests the
i- IA -e-r. .eEinE inquiry as 20 the place IN art
f-i-N ,.r5 ra allotted 70 things that are horrible
q -, oue-s anew the everlasting controversy
-. --ts-+- use - ugliness and beauty. In the
s. 81 creation as far as the human mind IS
s-- -,--r-ehen5 it evil appears 10 be as neces-
--o5 = there were not the one there would
- - -re other All lie is a struggle between
y" 80 eztf and 70 is through the victory Of good
g --f tr.t eve r-vthing great and glorious is
V.ss Er what proportion those antagonistlc
-. 1---f- ~ De MINGLED and contrasted In a
-. ID an dramatic or e-ferwise. Judgment often
80 s.Hrllt 20 determine. There are however,
s which instant decision becomes readily
-. M7nstrcus and hideous things exist. that
49, -.r.- 10 be- included or considered IN a play
-.r- renr5serrati0n. When Cornwall pIucks
~ Il. ewes ~ Gloster and casts them on the
.-s ex-.a.-i-E "OUt vile jelly!" the reader OF
res-r Is re0eIIpd with a sickening conscious
p = disgusting atrocity- the spectator OF such a
ls-7r would be- convuIsed, rot with terror bur
y. batting There must be a limit somewhere.
--irats5 horror IS absolutely barren Of valua bic
- one O. r-e best. II not the very best ex-
- ~ The wrong use OF evil in a play, IS Titus
-s---i-1s that iirty rag Of pollution attributed
= s.skes-ezre one OF the best examples OF the
80 Use q erl IN a play IS the melo-drama OF
-Ths LYONS Man
- drama ~ Or Je6yll and Mr.. Hyde" based
80 Robert Louis stevensou's story Css5. called
---s Strange Case" was planned and sketched by
a. vsrsfe-E. written hy Mr.. Thomas r Sullivan:
- e-rt s-re-. 1-av g. -sS7, az the Boston Museum:
: re- ever since been successfully retained in AIr
,r,-seeI5s rerr-rrr- The main idea and the prin-
- situations and incidents have been derived
s-- tre st1--s --- the characters have been some
r.st changed. and au appreciable atmosphere OF
,.-.s- zee ING domestic happiness. the natural and
--sr rfsc..-rr -. human beings. has been diff
q r~2F~ p
---7t--o-s horror. and transmitting metaphysi-
a. uha-tzEv l-r1 probable, II allegorical, moving
azure ot human life. The original is al horror.
= re play --a horror remaius.-5u- Il is modified,
r-s o. e considerable extent. assUaged- Mr.. Mans
feds i-7e-S-ls-ious n Jeyku and Hyde are. OF
ssu-ss intended ro manifest two sides Of one and
a sane ra---e. and Il Is q remarkable felicity Of
ts 6-a-a-- a-r. iu rs present phase. that il
rsirtzins rr.s unity iu diversity. by a subtle but
sszr sugEe=--- ~ aEouizinE dread, in JekyII. and
. z q s,eai--y knowledge Of fear In Hyde In other
rapsc-s ts method remains unchanged The ex-
r-sssor NJ Hyde bestIaIty. by means OF expedi4nts
s--1 c-aUrirF. druIng. and contortiou). that
. ssuelmes have seemed excessive have not been
-15fed. A -s-uaI monster Of deprayty is embodied
condition ~ absolutely hideOus and friEhrful
E.zsi vE0-. animated by Internal naUEnity. and
GutE1r i- W--E=dress. The tone is never that Of
lzFcs cold cleaning sreeI-Iike. Intellectual deadly
6slF1f ir cruel destructive evil-as when that
-g1scer1e-- villain. prosperous in malice i0yousIy
iscsrss thar pleasure and action make the hours
ssE short" Hyde is depicted as more the Shiny
crocodile --z- the gIirteriug serpent. But. upon
rs plane me assumption has prodigious power
E.1 e Is r5l--s beyond words M NansfeId's re
serves NJ nervous force and of vocal volume and
-islsirT '1 say nothing - his knowledge Of the
z- flt-4-- and fury that the human heart can
F1eraie are wonderfully shown in this perform
are h-- The achievement of Hyde with all its
-lc-i-y IS lower IN degree Of art. and easier for
-t performer than The far fuer nobIer more com
l1- al1 more beautiful artistic achievement OF
Af- Hs itself. the actors RTisIy image OF
- -1-f-a- hyde would not rise much above
1 -eFe- ~ an intensified, murderous Quilp:
. ~ means % The associate personario7
Z seEy-- intertVinirg Tho angel with The
--1-- he broadens the range of artistic
--sp-a- ana rises 10 greatness IN the poetic in
El3sllL-o1 ~ human nature. Each character is
--lTl-la-- - each the right tempera-nental oua1-
~ IS cslL-- and decisive but by contrasting the
tuo. and. under picturesque and fluent d-sr1s+f.
--1-ls-ances blending them into one he ir1presses
-E1n me Imagination The awful image OF q man
Slo Is to-1. -a-r, and destroyed by a deadly con-
---l ~ gooc and eT--L involving soul and body and
L--i-g oo,1 .e reuursefGI spirit struggles 10 ez-
ape IRON "a doom ~ self-mUrder vet little Bv
-,-e z, yields 70 the enc-1achments Of deU-aved
-esEf l- a- -as- t- is overwhelmed. Every con-
sscl ~ wrong makes it harder 20 do right. The
asad-@s- ~ a. dangers consists I'm successive sur
=-1r-s t1 conscious iuiUui-y Mr.. Mansfelds
----- INA E4rl6--nE and essentially
15s--Fe c-z--a-l- power are particularly shown in
ay1ss ssrd1-.- zprsrr0phe 10 the unseen ghost Of
tt -l-Ters Ezraw .a phantom that. nevertheless.
rs eloquent a--.-g makes visible 10 every eye);
p ne inspire rzra--arion OF JekylI. when about
1r--k me -l-. drug. and SO escape from the
--1ou at Hyde and ir Jekyll's hopeless fare
E- 10 beauty goodness, and -ife.-a dfliverauce
. 2 pllt- s1E src1-DUanied. IN the action. with
isn1e-. -1r--~-. Eea--breaking caress of hand
p % t7Te-= .-v touches # such superb artistic
1-r as -.z arH ever been given. by anybody.
? ne r1-a-.. a~-t-E. JekvL in the book is
-E a s--- ~raT more than a name. JezyIi,
1i7rs1-ate- 1r- Mansfield. has become an au-
5l,.- imperial representative of the rares- being
2 stage --e-s---a. good man who is also dra-
7ie Tie ethics n -1is subject are both rectihed
-- exalted RI rre actors treatment ~ ir: and.
E5a be- Pad done nothing else this single per-
----ar07 would made him nobly eminent
ne held r- VAST audience. last night as in grip
q i-o-. lf-=- --e hush Of suspense was like the
F---ess 1t 1aa--- The delivery Of the triumphant
..-2s --.- herald --a rrarsfo-mation was won
y ~ ---z..srr -ae.1d.ous. resonant superb;
'--1E -a Senses as when organ music rolls
'.-sE --e -at---r1.s vaulted aisles. His asso-
-7.e players earnestly and efficiently aided him
=-s auxiliary performance exhibiting scrupulous
's and r.--a particular. Of TtJers0n- by 4Ir
---1e -erev a- 1rr Weuman, and Lauyon. ny
-- andrews indicating acute sense Of character
A-1. -e--- 0f fellcltous effect In this
-alar NE atmosphere being modern. the company
+s7-' t SPECIAL alrauraEe- There were many
s Z end ~ rraraI -s rightly recorded az a
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CAST cF uE JEKYLL AND 2R HYDE"
Il .-r Tz-=F Henry VeHrnan
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