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Show ANNA DICKINiON. A New York lady who witnessed Anna Dickinson's new play, "The Crown of Thorns," at tho Eagle theatre the-atre in that city recently, describes ber impressions of tho event in a letter to a friend now in this city. We have obtained permission to copy tho criticism, which probably tells more concisely the true story of Miss Dickinson as an actress than any of the dramatic editors of tho metropolis have done : I went to s;o Anna Dk-kinsca wear her"CrowaofThorn?,"ar,d pitiei hor with all my heart. 1 could uoJerstaad, though, why tho critics have ditkred so widely in thoir judgments of hr. The play is not poor; iho makes up bcauU fully and dresses gorgeously, know; what h has to do and tay tht roughly, aad foflla the part intensely; so that a person who was not a theatre-(per, a literary man, or woman, would bo very apt to consider it a creditablo pcrform-ancea pcrform-ancea succeia. Some of tha critic-admit critic-admit there are defect, crudities they call them, which they believe timo and study and cxpcricnco will remedy, .and it might bo so if tho dcfccU wore any cthcMhan jt what tfcey are. You see tir.d fu;l that it, Is the bust she can over do that her voico ia wholly inadequate, having but two k'iya, a whine for pathos and a roar for power; that hor carriage j is unyuiniy and still", and ln;r preiisco without furco or dignity, in fact tint hora is the poorest and mo:t insignificant rendering of auy part in the pUy. There was no applause, and appeared li bo no aymputuy. ily hart auli'l for hor, pcor disappoir,U;d wom'in ! |