Plays and players in modern Italy, being a study of the Italian stage as affected by the political and social life, manners, and character of to-day . sanity and intelligence. Wereany author to be so rash as to present Pallas Athene on thestage, she, and she only, of aU the actresses I know—evenin spite of her shortness—would not disgrace the part. I saw her in Adrienne Lecouvreur and MadameSans-Gene. For the reason above stated, she was clearlymore at home in the former. Well as she played Catarina—and she played her very well—^there was never that air ofthe clumsy woman ill at ease in her fi
Plays and players in modern Italy, being a study of the Italian stage as affected by the political and social life, manners, and character of to-day . sanity and intelligence. Wereany author to be so rash as to present Pallas Athene on thestage, she, and she only, of aU the actresses I know—evenin spite of her shortness—would not disgrace the part. I saw her in Adrienne Lecouvreur and MadameSans-Gene. For the reason above stated, she was clearlymore at home in the former. Well as she played Catarina—and she played her very well—^there was never that air ofthe clumsy woman ill at ease in her fine clothes. Youfelt that she had all the grand lady in her if she could not be really clumsy or ungraceful. Shesailed by, through, or over (as the Thames Conservancytickets say) the would-be great ladies by her side, as ourold Sunbeam i here, through a tale of puffing as Adrienne—well, she was an actress playing anactress, and she played to the life. Adrienne is not calledupon to be clumsy : is called upon to be vehement, to be Lord Brasseys famous yacht was lying oflf the molo of Venice atthe time of Pho/ograph by GINA FAVREIn I Buffoni ITALIAN PLAYERS 183 passionate, to inspire awe and love. Her recitation ofthe passage from Phedre, at the head of the great ladywho had provoked her, could hardly have been improvedupon. While having all the intensity possible, it yetstopped short of that obviousness which, in such situations,so often and so tiresomely makes it ridiculous that theother characters present should ignore the appliedmeaning of the passage. And her death scene was asghastly and painful as could be wished. Virginia Reiteris a fine actress. I am sorry to have seen so little of her (always reminding my reader that I make noclaim to be exclusive), I mention Gina Favre. A medium-sized, elegant person with a clear-cut face, an unduly longnose, and rather pointed chin. On my showing thephotograph to a lady friend, it wa
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