Life — May 1, 1884 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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- LIFE: strong and full of contrast. It is human and it is poetic. It is not a great play in originality of motive ; it is sublime in no part ; it is quiet throughout, and yet full of human interest and rich in moments of deepest pathos and passion. Its story is simply that of a wife whose idea of her husband’s honor has been shattered, and who drives him from her in scorn, to learn in after years, through trial, that she loves him still, forgiving his fault for that it was done for love of her. The theme is trite, and has been handled in a hundred works, but in this play it has received a treatment so full of poetry, delivery and subtlety as to seem quite new. It was quite a triumph for so young a man, in a double sense, for not only is the play itself effective, but it is enriched by a harmony of movement seldom seen upon our boards. It is good to see such playwrights and plays arising. We have had enough of the reign of the bumptious Gunther and the sebaceous Boyesen as architects of the American drama, We like proofs that it is not necessary to have a pair of scissors, plenty of impudence and a French dictionary in order to write good plays for our stage. We are secretly pleased to see worthy actors let out of the narrow limits of a pulpit, and given a little room to caper and frolic, and be earnest and weep by turns, as men and women do in real life. We are comforted to see such steps taken at last by a unanagement whose facilities are second to none in the world, There is nothing to hamper the Madison Square Theatre if it hampers not itself. It has refuted the charge of a leaning to weakness by producing Mr. Belasco’s strong play, and presenting to the public one of the most inter- esting performances of many years. H.G.C. 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