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she dicrecpccted the narrativo construction of pi; yc, subordinated
other characters and themes to those ben.ring directly
upon the central character, and set up in competition with a
management which had been rcce-ted into the fashionable and
artistic world. Yet there was plainly something lacking in
Miss Andersen's technique - she appeared wonting in a quality
for which the now appr ach to ert had no explanatory term.
In diocuG. ing Irving's acting or that of Barrett there was
by now no questioning the performer's Lability to hold the
attention of the audience, however erroneous or untrue to
"Art" t;heir means of uoin;; so. Like the As You Like It produced
by Hare and Kendal, Jii^o Andersen's Shakeepearean ventures
Cicrropointed reviewers and r.t the same time apperleC to r n
element in contemporary tr.Dtc. It remained uncertain v/hether
thic, was a concequence of the inadequacy of tlic performers
and manaf aments, or a factor of tha artistic sensibility of
the