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A DRAMATIC CRITIC
of the Grecian Fates, sometimes a fierce
old nurse bereft of her nursling. At
moments she was merely a picturesque
gypsy hag, with a grim sense of humor;
anon, in speech with Harry Bertram, her
crooning, brooding tenderness and yearn-
ing were more than maternal, and were
poignantly pathetic ; at the height of her
passion she was a terrible being, glaring
or glowering with eyes that reflected the
past and penetrated the future, a weird
presence dominating the dark woods and
the cavernous hills, an inspired Prophetess
and an avenging Fury. The wonder of
wonders was that the performance was
absolutely convincing. It was impossible
to laugh at it at any point, even in its
most fantastic aspects; impossible to with-
hold from it either full credit or entire
sympathy. In it Miss Cushman, by the
magic of her art, compelled the natural
and the supernatural to fuse.
Her interpretation of Lady Macbeth
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