New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-17

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Pteo- ...........Illian Thurgate
Aaiie ...snl.nr on the honisaed Duke. forest
N' Co..ters 40 Duke Frederick S palace
attendants. etc.
By ARTHUR RUHL.
,g,i, the Forest OF Arden tries to
..-a 4, one noisy Babel-at the Hudson
,s.s time Miss Auglin as Rosalnd.
=. ,s NOT an easy task. either for those
q. front or those behind the footlights. TO
,.so from the sharp questioning and con-
.,oysrsy Of the day into the gracious
pastoral looling Of this old comedy
b,rder still in Broadway than in some OF
the genuine y-oodlands in which it has
sometimes ueen played. Something
6-oos off the mind as the train passes
beyond rectangular streets and even sub
prhan real estate signs, which the spec
,ator really needs TO see this play.
something Of the slight sense Of
v,guenees and scrappiness one felt dur
inc the performance last evening may
M doubt RIGHTLY be set down to this
lax on the spectators part-to the fact
ttot ne had not taken a train-rathcr
than trusquclv pumped on the players
shoulders Their work might have
seemed quite another thing down by the
lake at Wellesley or even in the com
parstively quaint and restful Boston
Throughout Miss Anglins production
there was a praiseworthy endeav or
toward what was simple and spontaneous
ard in keeping with the spirit Of the play.
In the scene, for instance, I'm the forest, |
where the duke and his men are playing
Robin Hood" the piper was a little
awkward with his pipe and had TO bo
coached by his amateur outlaw friends.
And they all sat round the table and ate
nuts and apples as no doubt people do
when under the greenwood tree. The
noise OF the cracking nuts sounded rather
oddly, at first, and one wasn't quite sure
whether the merry men crowded round
INV Ad1if Ffi" iAeif MS ANa4ll4lOfS VI cOliic-
thing with chips, but il presently became
clear that II was nuts that they were
cracking, and the whole company drifted
Of. still munching them, with a rather
plausible air Of doing the real thing.
Then orlando undoubtedly endeavored
10 carry some of the air Of that poor
brother who had been kept rustically at
1Or1ef Nit a no al
mot from the stalling of an OK Mr..
Pedro de Cardoba. who took the part is
by nature graceful, re1ned7-a slender,
dark eyed hero Of romance. He does not
look at all as If he had fed with kinds,
yet many actors who have played this
part have not even tried 10 suggest such
a thing, and Mr.. de Cardoba did try and
With a certain success.
The waits We're short and the scenery
While sufficiently suggestive, of an inter
estlng simplicity-Mr Livingston Platt's
notifications. il IS said. of the Reinhardt
theories OF stage setting. Twelfth
Night is more adapted, one suspects, TO
reveal these new IDEAS than the forest
Of Arden. which seems 10 demand a GER
wrestling match. with practically the
whole landscape and general atmosphere
suggested by a misty, picturesque back |
drop view Of a valley with a winding
river, was both simple and exceedingly !
effective.
Miss Anglin is a trihe too matronly for
Rosalind, nor does her voice and enuncia-
Ton readily fan into the soft woodland
note Her speech at times had twans
rather urban for those sylvan glades-one
mad almost said suburban.
During the earlier scenes, particularly
hef gayety seemed premeditated and
somewhat forced. and every now and
again there came determined. incisive
'ofceful tone-the echo Of modern realistic
dialogue or the "bis" emotional sort of
speech she can do so effectively, which
one felt she would rather be doing here.
IN the later scenes in the forest she was
more truly Rosalind. both in appearance
ana manner yet she did not fall easily.
even here, into the older style. and. like
Miss Marlowe, for instance. take her
audience back completely into another
udy' merely, so TO speak, by "a wealth OF
warm. sweet womanliness.
Her performance was always tactful
and intelligent. however, tact and in
tenigence that showed not only in her
Personal contribution, but in the general
behavior Of the other players-and the
Play. which gained In interest as It went
along. ended with a happily chosen
sing!e-fle procession ocross the stage
IN front Of the curtain, with Miss
Aaglln coming last to deliver Rosalind's
spilogue.
Mr. Fuller Mellish was the melancholy
Jsques, and delivered the seven ages OF
nan speech while slowly peeling an
apple, tossing string Of apple peel
over his shoulder as a sort Of vanitas
'amtatum comment after each age was
cone Mr.. sidney Greenstreet was the
Iolchstone. and Mr.. Max Fisher SUI
"Htntly athletic Charles. whom Orlando
had no difficulty in tossing over his head
h an unusually realistic throw.
Samson Shown AT Republic.