The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-29
mrs. FlSKE'S FINISHED WORK
ACTRESS ar HER BEST ~ rBE
"PIRElRS OF SOCIETI."
Equlpped PERSONALLY and Tenperamen-
tallJ Zoe the psEy, She S;sN - vvsasnta.
ten 90 RAPe Exeelieaee tier GulsliOg
. Island o. shown In the Production.


. Island Is shown In the Production.
Mrs. Fiaks revived IbssnS -Pillars %
Society- IN notable fashion al the Lyceum
Theatre LAST night. She has previously
done aimilar service by the Norwegian
dramAtisI . plays. in which she has found
such excellent opportunities for personal
success. but she won the particular dis
tinciion lsOat night Of producing Pillars Of
Society in nearly faultless fashion.
There has been no such artistic attempt
in the pAst--with the exception Of Beer
holm Trees performance % the play-to
reveal its qualities In M other essay In
this field has Mrs Fske achieved at once
complete triumph - an actress and. TO
use an unavoidable term OF the theatres
vocabulary. producer.
Mrs. Fiske finds. II course. IN the clear
headed. alert. Incorporating. aggres-
sive LOEd h'ssoi a part perfectly suited
to her personal peculiarities. Her quick
nervous movements. her brittle. decisive
speech and her complete poise of manner
express every share of LOHa's mental
and physical characteristics. That abe
would endow these manifestations 81
her art and personality with her unvary-
ing naturalness of demernor and free
dom from all effort &c conventional
thestric effect was a foregone conclusion.
Such obvious capacity tn play Iona
Hessel was an asset % value To the per-
formAnce that IL would he dificult Co
Overrate and hcr production 81 pillars
Of Society was rich In the possession OF
such a figure
II was impossible for Mrs Hske TO make
Iona Haeseu the dominating figure in
the play. Tho drAmAtist never meant
that shc should be, and any actress who
accomplished that undesirable purpose
would have 20 distorr the authors intent
intolerahlv II ~ KdrsteR BsrRick who
at every iuncture claims the first interest
OF the audience. however powerful the
influence OF Iona may he IN determining
hts actions or those OF the other chara cters
in tho drama. Mrs. Fiske kept this ideal
OF Ihsen IN mind and never brought LoRo
80 far into the foreground a. 70 disturb
the artistic adjustment Of the dramatists
figures
In that law much o. her success last
night. and the enthusiastic applause OF
the audience al the "lose of every act
showed ho~ deep and eugross,nz had
been its interest in the play and ho~
grateful 70 was for the artist who offered
u such y rare trent. however slight might
he her opportunities for perSonal glori-
fioatiun Il 'he conventional k'nd
II Mrs Fiske did not doninhte tn" per-
formAncs a. a character ON Oh" stage.
she was plainly the sOuro" ~ all its artistic
perfection II i - easy "a trace the
results of her guiding hand N every
detail Holhrook Blinn has APPEARED 70
better advantage than the Scandinavian
pillar ~ society. but there was scarcely
fault 10 h. found with has acting from a
technical point II view Edward Nacsavs
JOhd has the right note ~ robust mani
neSs while AliCe John "a the patient
Martha acted her brief scene in the second
act with 50 much natuTalness and such a
FINE exhibition q tender continent that
tho audience rewarded her then and there
with Handsome tribute 20 approval.
Mre Maid.rn indicated plaIntiv"ly
IIRd's isolation and lon lines among
tho hvpocrits rhous h"r Will" thsrH vsa
sturdy str myth and prthns IL sheldon
Iowiss citing ~ tn old for man IL thr
shipvsrd. r W Tuck'r. Gregory n. lily
30 th" hoy with hIs smhitions 10 follow
his urcl' ~ tn" lind IT huTalOos. nrd
Horny - ph.rson who q. liy' r'd IN"
M STR ~ - y r. v'ry vitTl, forcIbl"
dgIr"S ~ Mrs FIsS . support " would
~ 1T ' Etlvg in WV ~ som" prniuc-
tions fN-' r. wItr"Ss 4 On ambitious
81 c.s from tim" 20 time y" d.='oN'r
vi Mr.. FiSk" finds rcto-s =" vi
:
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VI o. know bow Co mould N IN 70 III ir
Guti
lr~ena D'Rv ~ I'm yer sHe'ns r"vnlu-
Ton ~ II n" l'lgsr l"gmH - "a"
IL ma - rho future. Its clarity II mo
: y" ia 4 r"~tn.ss end Oh, CNu"Tf de
in"ation - IN r ct0r are - Pdmrr hle
"a ever 4 Germs - mn, h - 70 Formerly
a 4 ~ 10 bu II with tho smph'ity -
M stsrpiecr P"rhs Ts ~ Hpp"ars more
suburhP n - Henry James called the
Ih~en ih@afrr th7n ~ used - 10 when
IL rcsseu-sd the interest - a neglected
minor ~Is ss,r What"ver may 10 = "a
~ Its u'I'iit.es ~ tbs l. 80 date NTs
F.skes production - IN" plav shows
thorn lls' thor best The sunny ~ "
NJ room. with the blue waters ~ Tho
fl"Td nd tho gus NJ Norwegis n scaror'
t,Wn ~ IN" background Hlm"~t i'm
~ rtsd the element ~ beauty 90 the play
which few e it, admirers over dared 20
ella IN for ~