Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-25
"She Stops to Conquer at
Shubert's, Has Lost None
of Its WOnted Power.
APPLAUSE AS GENIAL
AS IT IS SPONTANEOUS
Annie Russell Ideal as Kate
HardoastIe, Giddens Unri-
vailed as Tony Lunnpkin.

Our life is all play, composed to
please"
Thus sang the Poet Goldsmith in
the epilogue to "She Stops to Con-
quer," presented last night at the
Shubert Theatre by Miss Annie Rus
sells old English comedy company,
and that this particular bit of life
did please the audience there can be
no question.
Anticipated as is the setting this
quality only added piquance to a
comedy so full of wit and delightful
situations that it is as vital today as
it was to the Covent Garden audience
who first saw it three years before
the American Declaration of indie
pendence.
The house was thronged with q
representation of the best known peo-
pie of Newark and its surrounding
cluster of cities. Their applause was
not vociferous, but it was spontaneous
and genuine, and to the players there
must have been inspiration in the
happy faces that confronted them.
These returned the compliment that
Newark paid them with acting that
was a distinct pleasure to the senses,
SO full was it of charm and "artful
artfulness.'
Redeems stage of Bsnality.
1t is such acting as that of Miss
RusselIs company that still redeems
the stage from it's burden of banaihy
and indecency. 1t is when one sees
actresses like Miss Russell or Mrs
F'iske that one feels disposed to say
that acting is not lost art, that
there is something beside beauty
necessary before a woman is entitled
to call herself an actress. That the
public is quite ready to acknowledge
and applaud genuine merit in a
player or in a company of players is
potent to those who observe such an
audience as that gathered in the Shu-
| bert Theatre.
Miss Russell herself. who assumes
the role of Kate Hardcastle, is as
everyone knows, q most gracious bl'
of femininfty. Her voice is an appea
to the heart, her eye soft provacatior
to the senses and her art a satisfac-
ton to the mind. Her interpretation
of the part OF Kate Hardcastle is
such a one as would have awakened
delighted approval In the heart of the
poet. It is a pleasure to see her upor
| the stage; it is as if one were goins
under the influence of beneficen
| tonic, whose property it is to soothe
vet arouse gentle sentiments of ad'
|
deed, the lovely Kate Hardcastle o
the poet risen in the flesh.
A Worthy Foil to Kate.
Miss Ffolliott Paget as Mrs. Hard
castle was worthy foil to Kate
She acted with all the spirit ant
vivacity demanded by her role. Mis-
Henrietta Goodwin as Constanc'
Nevill won quite honestly such
share of the general applause as she
received.
George Giddens, the "best Tony
Lumpllin the stage has SEEM accord.
ing to "a, competent critic, deserves 9
particular treatise properly to ex'
press the excellence of his art. Tic
was Tony Lumpkin, his humor con
tagious and empowering in It's
nirth, but never oyerdone. IL mlgh'
be we'll to suggest to certain humor-
lists of the comic-opera stage thai
they study his methods as a correc-
tive to superabundant merriment.
His work invites comparison with
that of other men who have achieved
fame in the same role, but such
| parallels are always insidious. OF
! Oswald Yorke, who played the pari
of Young Marlowe it may be said
that he certainly, like Garricks car
penter, knew how to tread the stage
and that when he has eliminated
some of his self-consciousness ne
may be regarded as a very grand ac-
tor. His counterpart, Murray kln-
nell. who played the role OF Hastings
was very acceptable and extremely
conscientious.
Sheridan's comedy, THE Rivals
| will be produced as one OF It's re-
vivals by the company this week. II
will be awaited with impatience.
1.-THE ROSARY" AT THE
@RnIIrIIkH A GREAT Hi