| Show If f AMUSEMENTS I the Russian Russia ig s 8 toe the greatest actress tres In the world today toda today More than that Fh pbs he is the greatest ac ae actress actress tress s in a generation performance of Co Ce Coquette CoQuette quette uette at the Salt SaD take Lake theatre last Jast evening showed another facet in the thc gen gem genof genor of or h hr her r genius senius The three radically dlf dif Darts In which she has appeared app ared this week have bave given sI n an excellent tunit to judge judg h her r in every phase Theme Til Tilis is now a 11 chance to make mak comparisons comparison i in n th tit the other great gnat actresses of or the last years aM aMt I 1 Firn to t lr L i cn red is Duse In t tragedy probably nobody can tan ex tX excel eel cel straight or even equal this Italian woman She to toa toa toa degree and magnetism has ha art to a tremendous extreme But Duse emerges emeres a but little from the sombre She lacks versatility be Almost the ioe same statement can In Inthe inthe made of f Bernhardt She is the passion passionate the Uie emotional the tragic ate But in character work and comedy the she does not shIne shin so brilliantly Mrs Ir Fiske Is 0 per cent pure intel intellect Intellect Intellect lect and energy Fe FeW actresses of the thelast thelast thelast two decades have had the tire brain pos last reseed by Mrs M Fiske Flake She has a splendid conception of the characters and of the methods to be employed to bring out certain tain tam effects In the most artistic manner Modjeska whose soul has departed from the body within recent hours was always dignified and artistic strong at times and broad in her She had passion and power to a degree desree but she never had the overwhelming magnetism of Buss Duse Du or Olga corn Some mav m ma object to mentioning in this class cla but Miss Neth Nether Net er Is entitled to a place as a strictly emotional actress with th t the depIcting depleting of l f animal passion paNion as her specialty In this particular line she has bas not been ex es excelled e celled Now comes coms com Nobody has excelled Dose Duse in tragedy but here her is a Woman who can challenge both Duse and Bernhardt B Bernhardt in this and who nevertheless can skip to light com corn comedy edy ed or to character parts She has the brain and the capacity for work pos poe possessed possessed by Mrs Irs FIske and Modjeska and andin an anin andIn in addition she has a genius that makes her leap lean lightly over obstacles which they would circumvent by b plodding toil toU She has not been seen here In any an play dwelling on the passions of or the sexes In fact the lack of any an sensuality has been a feature of oC all her performances believe she but one cannot annat help liel hel that could act such parts also to perfection In corned comedy t tn in tragedy in n character siddy as al an In depleting every eve phase of human life slip shows intel intellect leer lect care for detail and genius real genitis ge genius g nitis Considering tier ner versatility and hr It r superiority In every eVIr line unexcelled as she Is in any an branch of the histrionic art and superior in all aU one is safe Mee In making the statement that she is 18 the greatest actress who woo has appeared on the stage in the last Jast twenty years ears Comte e Coquette does not amount to much as a comedy but It gives Nazi Nazimova mova a chance to be much on the stage stase and that is 18 sufficient to afford a great artistic treat She goes five minutes at ata ata ata a time without a Il word being spoken and aDd 1 yet et keens Ite every spectator bound with ith breathless interest watching her every movement Her part In iI e Coquette is te tewell well typIfied by th tJ the name Dame It portrays a lovely woman who woo likes like to flirt a lit Ht little littie tie tle tI but who is good and true to her Iter hus hue husband husband band bend despite one or two adventures a she has hasIn Jn In n the first act the audience watched n Tier her r minute after minute without ut a sound while she with scarcely a word worn practiced fiend her little coquetries in vain on her husband huband And so 10 It was WItS throughout the I play Whenever she was on the stage she did not have to say BaY a word to bold the audience audlene Fascination F and a touch of mischief with an an n underlying current of loyalty and affection formed the key keynotes keynotes keynotes notes of or this performance In refreshing contrast to the noisome filth of Ibson Ibsen and the ere brought out as only thia thi marvelous woman can Coquette wilt b be seen this thi afternoon and evening bringing this no notable notable notable table engagement to a close There is 13 a very bill on at th tiis Orpheum this week with tit but two more performances this afternoon and evening During the week the attendance has been beer remarkable There will be a matinee performance o 0 oThe oTho The Tho Kerry Kem Gow at the Colonial ti afternoon and the last lait performance e willbe will willbe be given this evening Willard Mack and his company will continue to present the best beof plays plas ob oh obtainable obi i tamable at the Bungalow which Cort has decided to continue as a per pcr permanent marent manent stock house The CO wilt will I open Sunday with La L Tosca in which Mary Iary Hall Han will wll be featured I The matinee at 29 11 twin too and this ever een eW ins ings p performance rf will nill hf he the last i banco l i to see s c A Runaway Tramp at the Grand |
