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Show Miss O'Neil as Judith. The Boston Transcript regards "Judith "Ju-dith of Bethulia." in which Nance O'Nell played for the first time at the Tremont theater in Boston, as unlntef eating, though posnesslns literary beauties. The play Is founded on Thomas Bailey Aldrlch's poem, "Judith." "Ju-dith." which In turn is based upon the story of the siege of Bethulia, as told In the Apocrypha. Though dealing with tho same subject the play Is distinct from the "Judith" ln which Miss O'Nell was seen last season, and which was an English version of a play by Glacometti. The Transcript describes Miss O'Neil's impersonation of Judith as follows: Tho riart of Judith Is one which appeals ap-peals with compelling force to Miss O'Neil's temperament and taste, and ln It she is at her best. It contains none of those light touches which inevitably inevita-bly detract from her art; throughout it Ih somber and tragic. But the Judith of Mr. Aldrlch's play In Giacomettl's drama. In tho. present Instance we have a woman controlled by a divine ecstasy, but a woman also who Is subject to the yearnlnrs of tho flesh, and the way Miss O'Nell succeeds in forever remaining remain-ing ln the religious frenzy which seizes upon her when she sees the vision that directs her to the Assyrian camp for the succor of famlne-etrlcken Bethulia, and at the same time retaining lhf natural, human Instincts of the normal woman, 1b something wonderful In its force and subtlety. From first to last her Impersonation was an artistic triumph: never for an Instant did she fall out of the character, never for an Instant did Hho lose slirht of, or even slight, Its two-fold contrasted meaning. |