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at home in her part. "\v. .A." in 'I'ho •'on., any (30 A?ril) rote
that her playing catisfied the eye, "but not the heart or tlic
intellect", and that her pose as a statue "v;ould have delighted
a sculptor"; but he doubted the v/isdoia of o-cic.ui;: r.o much of
Autolycus*s p'.rt, aad ,.iic, cd "the tears in tho voice" of
Heraione and "the free rr-lety of youth" in Pcrdita, ::;or was
he :,uro tnat the doubling of those two parts v/as altogether
a good iica. "lie public, it was ^w ected, r,:xould v/ait, and
hope that in London the actress would achieve "the tend 0:1110 GO
and the spontaneity at -.jrouont lacking".
"lie 'GCirion to play both Hermione and "Pcrdit-" appeared
to be a t-rr tificrtion of I.Iiss Andersen's affection for cla... -
ical c.. iniquity and, ^iaultaneoucly, a further attempt to
succeed in a part vhei'e ioty and irlish tenderness v;ere
called for. Juliet ..:i_jht rcc-airc the -.ctrecs to .aoJce credible
the coincidence of both mature and youthful characteristics
in one .JcrGonrlity: the doubling of 'iGrniione and Per6itr> j.iade
no such c >. ./.., . c - iiioc Aiidorson could endeavour to display iior
ability et both extremes of her rvii.r;e, ..ithout cti'ivinc; to
reconcile the one ith olio ot.acr. During the period since her
first aprer^rc-.nce in Lon' on, a number of "cl,.;,. ic i" roles had
been coricidci-od - she was at one st- ^e reported to bo -ore ->• ••.ri".; 1
a production 01' ^ , ..'bo line, designed by Lo/.ic ii-. fit Ic vith
coct^ner: in the n~ jv.ro opiate " o .- --O- nlticli" nrnr". r (IL^__^
the Clock, 29 .November 1884 )» and T Ifoun, 's Ion , one of her
fsvoarite il-;/^, caiiaot hove been fr-r f ro. i ]ier d?.if". :"..ut j^on,
she roco'niced, "held the lanp too iii£?.i for the Miy , and
labeling fell b- the vaysiue^ . oince !•'"'•' 0 Irving had been
a r')Vivrl of G pr •. ol:-iiuc, ;it:i dc;,i r.c: by Alv.u •-'.:.• ••''oLia,
but ? ^(..nsrcof tiiG ol..y'u U;ipo-oalarity pr. v ilocl ovor tho
;.'.t"or. -c u -t ...-.•... its L.taQaii^v ui/^ixt jii'ei', LU.IO. — jo-.i.^, u .,-iu oj.' o^u
-iro.joct .until ±901 . X.IG i:itcr*>; . lu_, '.:hicli hc.d not be n
seen in Lonaoii ,.ince tae vi, it of tiic LIcinii^;,on co: i .iniy ii:
1G31 and. h... c ; not received a J-.-J..^- : le native production. . i-ie
1 '.'?•-•, provided the ap : 'ro}--ri- te combination of oppoi-tuijitig^
for .'liss Ander;.on and. com:ierci-'l viability. Altl-yu-rli its
construction presented ; one difficulties to those ho ->rcf Gro­
an orderly and, byono Irinci of ectinato, r.ore credible cr^ma,
it h'-ic 1- bo n oronounced by f-f '^litt "one of the bort-- cti:\r of
our rat:.'.or'a ol; yn" . Charloc Kean's -oro.-'action, in l'"56, liad