. The life and art of Edwin Booth and his contemporaries . rittenby an author of cleverness ; and in this she set her-self a hard task. The result of the experiment is thespectacle of a lady, gifted with singular grace and ear-nestness, delivering lines which are anything ratherthan graceful with a manner so opposed to the wholenotion of the piece that the effect is indescribably is as if a pretty and harmless tenor were suddenlyto attempt some swaggering baritone, without a per-ception of the swaggering element. This is, however,a merely general impression. Going into particulars,I fin
. The life and art of Edwin Booth and his contemporaries . rittenby an author of cleverness ; and in this she set her-self a hard task. The result of the experiment is thespectacle of a lady, gifted with singular grace and ear-nestness, delivering lines which are anything ratherthan graceful with a manner so opposed to the wholenotion of the piece that the effect is indescribably is as if a pretty and harmless tenor were suddenlyto attempt some swaggering baritone, without a per-ception of the swaggering element. This is, however,a merely general impression. Going into particulars,I find that wherever Mr. Gilbert has been unable oruncareful to coarsen the beautiful legend, and wher-ever trusting to a fine and simple perception of thelegends poetry is enough for the actings needs, thereMiss Anderson is charming, and singularly a moment is the first awakening of the statue,which could hardly be bettered in voice, manner, orlook. But when the complex emotions come into play,then, even when one makes fullest allowance for the. MARY ANDERSON As Galatea in Pygmalion and Galatea. MISS MARV ANDERSON. 15 common and stupid inconsistencies attributed by to the statue, and for an actresss difficulty inglossing over their stupidity, I think Miss Andersonfails for want of perception, and for want of instruc-tion in the French, rather than the English, sense ofthe word. Here she underplays and there she over-plays her difficult part. . The very first scene andthe very last are, to my thinking, out of eight, the best,so far as Miss Anderson is concerned. But the factremains that when all its faults are counted up, theperformance has charm and, I think, talent whichmight become very remarkable if its possessor werenot in great danger of being spoilt by unthinkingapplause. Walter Herries Pollock, in the Century Maga-zine, June, 1884. Miss Andersons Rosalind deserves much looked and did her best. In appearance shenearly realized Lodges glowin
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