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coineid.-nce; and yet the pulse ir; r-uic'cc^ed,
the heart-throb io felt... 0 lv miucsss beyond
be-Lief, oh rapture irrer, : - C ; iblei The te^ro
p.t thic p dnt always welled up to rny eyes.
arid my v.lv^ o body trembled... 1;L
o /.'ontir-l does not ce m to have rioen to the moment,
Notj^ „. r-'-od that iaoto-d of "cu^-rcr-.-lar a joyous sur;>rice",
she "read the lines ,;ith a drrviatic intensity quite out of
^lace". The oane aictai-e accompanied the line "v,:i:t shall I
do \.ith :-y coublot and ho.:c", v/hore Quilter found a "celfconscious
p_udery" which was discernible at a number of points
in tiie porfo^-iYi: nee:
"Alack the Ge?"
(filter felt that thic, v/aa a consequence of the :ind of role
habitually played b;,- urc lendal. A further refinement of the
labouriiip of iao line inay be found i '-.ly's prornpt-co"-y for
a production f ir, t seen i.. England at the Lyceum in 1890. lero
flocalind ic "at fir^t ^t: rtlod and a Pnaraod ":t be in,- cau;;i\t out
of hor pettico. ts M - die "li'.yc hold of Celia's cairt and tunic
her ouite round -»ry±iy: to aide her ov.n legs.. .ihon. aei'-ing
bot--. of ColJ.a*s h-Jids and -rolli:i; thorn altoir.i- tely"12 . Ada
Hc-.an'G c.ude ox^rco ionr.; of modocty and nutuu ircm we o to
some extent ;ia.de accept- ble by her vivacity and y;-uth f nnr?
her con.:ly and v.cll- icpl yed 1. a^;, but ".r.-j .Cental's o::ortionG
only drew attention to icr dir:.n^."'lificatioaa for- t.::o n.-^rt.
?hus b--.d L\ ;i,-i.n, caiv' '.'/or:'.; ro :, in^d buaind.. when :..lio ea;.:c
to her ^ootiiii.'; •..?. t.i )rl uido, I rrj Kornlal v/ar, "v/injiiiv," but, as
The Satur'...j,y J-OVJGV/ pointed out, ''it v/; c not the -rulc,,j
coquetry of a li-, .t-!j.ca;:'ted da;a; el". I;., toad, ahc GU; crjoiv.
"the I'ofiiiod fascination of the m- turc v/oa n of the ;. > .1. ":
It wo:. 'The Lad i o r,' 3a 111 e tr^.ijferred to the
."ore.vu of Ardea: and ro;jin-"ir.:., us in ov:.ry loolr.,
tone and ; coture of tlio dice, of the cLwinr-roon.
The sp.rao effect liad boon obac^vod by i'hc uaturd.^yj^c-vlcv; to
be a coacequence of the p'Lryiii"; of Juliet't; 1 .v.—scenes by a
ii-ature v.ctrocs - tlicy "cozener: ted into intripuc" (G Dvo;:-ber
1"'"4). In t'iirj in: t nee r^ Ccndal )v r-'^ipha .iced the nataoa,
at the rick of anoorririg effected: JTarnatic I-otcr' ;:.h->u;ht that