Show flazel Kirke Of Hazel Kirke the great rage which will be presented at the Theatre The-atre tonight we make a concluding extract from the New York Times Of Hazel Kirke little need be said As an artistic work it has real merit There are simple and tender scenes scattered throughout its story beautiful touches of pathos and an earnestness of purpose pur-pose mingled with real sincerity of feeling Dunstan Kirke is an interesting inter-esting character a good reproduction reproduc-tion of Tennysons Farmer Allen but what may be artistic a poem is just as likely to be dull in a play That is not the trouble in this case Mr Couldock more than fills the character and to his acting fis due whatever credit it wins This fine artist was applauded vigorously and at the close of the third act there was a profound realism his cry of despair and his wild actions which was effective in the highest sense The acting of Miss Effie Ellsler seemed to us however the i most interesting part of the per formance it was natural acting equally notable for truthfulness and method Grace and delicacy without with-out affectation these are the char acterists of her method The truth fulness of her art is due to the fact that she works with both heart and mind If an impersonation can be fitly described by a single word we may say that Miss Ellslers Hazel Kirke was womanlwhich implies pathos without sentimentality tears without whining ease without posing The performance ran J smoothly until the end |