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Show Tbe New York Evening Pest severely critisea MLas Anna Dickinson's Dickin-son's attempt to combine the functions func-tions of author and actress. After aUudins: to the absurdity of her play, "A Crown of Thorns," ani ef the extraordinary character of Anne Boleyn, which she person V.ca, the writer says: Mhi DickiajoT n coraep'ety overweighted over-weighted by the tatk which aue has set herieif. fche has neither tha physical resources nor the rt neces" ary for f uch an embodiment. Her elocution is roon-otoooui, roon-otoooui, her gesturei argulir ar-d void of suggestion, her rgo is mere scolding, scold-ing, and her igdignntion petulance, ticc remindi tba pec tutor coLStantiy of tbe pla'.fjrm, and her iet speeches are delivered deliv-ered as if sha were arguing from the lecturer's djk. Octafionaliy the display dis-play an energy that almost resembles dramatic f jrce, but ai a rule her performance per-formance scarce rii" to the level of mediocrity. It would be to a muoli to say that she can never achieve iucceei on th stige, but she mut pai years in s'uy and eiperienoo fcafjre he can hops to win fame in arjy tragic: or emotional character. |