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set tho "TOCO' nt for archaeolofic 1 flis-nlny.
In pi/o.^ariiii. ^or acting edition the actress enjoyed the
ai'vico of Lord Lytton, Abbey and Henry Irviur;. She explained
in A ew • -onories the spirit in whioh she appro, ched th.c tas .:
In studying olio play, the rcaoon for it;, n a-ouceess
appeared to me to be the undue •."ironiinen.ee {iven to
several of the less in >ortant character a, and tho
con-KTitively short raid interrupted appearance of
the two heroines which breaks the continued interest
of the spectator. The first c ifficulty \;as to cut
those socoiifVry parts without iuraving the beauty or
IZKK:nii..oj of the text; and the next, to keep alive
the D-^iiipatliiec of the audience v/ith both Lemione
and Pcrdita ih on beginning to one!,
(^.246)
The at ten -t to lend unity to the play by doubling the roles
did not meet v/ith universal approval - a corresionc'.ent in
The " rrratic lie view co;::p'~rcd the feat to 'the received cuctora
of ^reii^h r.iclodrr'.nia, where the not^e. n-opc re vith her -rVby
in the prologue, and ic killed off in the intcrvrl bot'.voon
that and the firct ret, v;hen the child, ^ro-.m up, in doubled
by the same rctreso..." ,'.iss Anderson's intention "to cut,
trim and cerve u-p" 3hr.kecpe;\rc t wac oonothinf "only an
American v;ould attonvit or 'j.iini: of" ( _; n.ilia >yl'.;er 'ov.-inc,
"Ilcrr-iiono and Perdita", 30 April 1887). Truth obr,o.ovcr the
v/icdon of the n.ctreaa in trJrinc bot-i ptTts:
In :he firct plrce, people -;-;o to tho Lyceum
to see the beautiful ir^ry Ano rson and no
one elce; and if she coulc' 1. y -;Or,; ibly
..-.other, L'-U'hter, and -.-.ionthly-nuvf,e, co v.oll
us tho n: nless chilci of boontoc, her ridniroro
would bo ;/oll nlor.Ecd, and let .vrt ;: o hrnr:.
(1 :3 Se 7tcr-/ber 1" '"'7)
In t.uo second piece, by triis r.ivan^a.iont t-,cre v:as no -. nv'er
of the actress jcin^ outshone by a sulj^rri^ tc, -.vhich r-r.:.i;y
thought to have occurred in _^—^i^n :- P:.l "_, v:hen ,ujy
Roselle r,;ave a i luch-adraired performance as Cy:.iGc: , tlie i.culptor's
v/ife. Any qu.?,l;.io ..isc Andurr.on i;:-y have felt as to t..ie
artistic vrlirity of thic ^01-:^ man rcripl policy -..ere allrycf
by a hi;.;h authority - Ten-iyoon, consultoJ: as to t.ic -.visc.ovi
of the innovation, re- Tked:
Thp.nl: God the time is past for the J^££±2L
0 £ '•• to :e or nnr a io/::, ;\'-_7 -^
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