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The Athenaeum suggested th. t Miss Anderson had not so f i r shown
any si^n of a c* pr; ui.lity to jlty treble parts:
Though destitute neither of en ho, p auline moves the a ani ration rather
than stirs the hot rt. . .i^ven in the supreme moment
of the third act, in v;hich the biice learns i:0,
foully she has been wronged, i er moods oi mortification
and anger :re evanescent, end her voice subsides i^to
a murmur which is £ Imost a caress, 'ihe nrt to conceal
art is not mastered, and that r sense of v/c/nt of
spontaneity is conveyed, must also be conceded...
(3 November 1683)
An anonymous revie.;er in The Dr: nietic RQVJQ-.. (11 April 16Gi>/
suirt:;.. rized his dissatisfaction with the : c tr,so» interpret tio-io
by clf.irdnt, th; t she appealoa more in repose th^n in OCG-.OS
of passion, end t*u t he woulo rfthor "co template her as the
st tue, in the first ret oi ugl^te/'. » than listen to her
finest outburst as Juliet", uilbert's play, ^roau eo i^hen
The Ladyr of Lyons had been est; blished in Mis,, i m.erson's
repertoire, ofieroo her first direct challenge to a
contenporary £Ctress»
In the letter to .inter v;hich described her first declines
'.-'ith Le^±s Win^iiolt.' t Mary Anderson also iiiontioned uilbert:
reports th;: t he hao lorb.'-caien her to periorn (-/_., ;. j i >n_ c-u.c
(jfl;: ter -./ore "..'ithout iounc-.; tion" - he \.< s "t chfrmijit man",
and in some nino v/eeks she would stc;,e tlie oluer piece, and
a rnj,,, bri..f, ciren., c lied Con^dy £-nc. Tr; ; ,...c:y (rel'eri-ec to in
the letter ?s "his ne- ploy"). It ^^ould be "a O rec't
pleasure t^ crectc a pi rt by so thorou t ;.li rn rrtist" - ti.is
was in o rly September. A iurt.,er letter, r-oceivju by inter
on octobe . 5, mentioned a meeting .ith Gilbert '..rho ;;&s
eviuently concerned about the >rocuction and inter >retation
of his v/ork: "I suppose ho thinks I vant to ii.tr -^c- ace s
and drnces etc, i.-i it" 1 -5 . The Lcdy )1 Lyons die ^pod business
- a letter postn, rked October 27 i forced Winter th; t the
previous night's house arnountGutD tiirej huriclreo and i':.ft/
threo pounds, c.nd th.- 1 all the best se ts ore ttken for
four -.;-el;s ahead. TJ o fourth '.;eok of tho run -;porK.a
PUC jiciouwly i/ith £• house i.-orth thro^ hunciroc arid ^ort^-oi:;
pounds, and in another, .aartec, le ter .inter ..TJ ii i jrrioc
th:t, vdth t. kin-s z-v^r; &Jn0 bet':een tl re- !:unoret !. and fiity
and thre j hundrec. r.nd seventy pounds, it ap^eored th.:t ll.o