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Show What Press Says of Modjeska To Madame Modjeska. who comes to the opera house Monday evening, the J.os Angeles Kxpicss gives a column of pialse following her presentation of "Lady .N.aebeth" Feb. .".th Thcdls-tlngliished Thcdls-tlngliished iiitlst was sOioweled with Moral tributes and thioughout the ' tBF :: '-SOI ( performance given a leeeptlon that is not the poitlons of kings and queens. In speaking specifically of Madame Modjeska's wotk, The express sajs: 'If In the large aiitilenco there were any who went expecting to find their ideal hioken, they weie happily tllsap-pointed, tllsap-pointed, for despite her many j ears on j the stage Madame Modjeska's ait Is still tiaiiccudant, her voice rings true and Is audible at the tear of the auditorium and she shows little sign of age. And )ul her admhers could not be blind to the fact that the Lady Macbetli of last night, had more years I than tlio creator of Hie character ac-orded ac-orded her. One unconsciously feels thnt tills artist has reached an age when she must husband her strength. Hut not to this Is duo tho restrained, the easy and natural delineation of the character Of Shakespcar's ambitious woman. It Is the perfection of herart by which the mere suggestion of a gesttne or a move of the body discloses the workings ofaturbiilcntmlnd. No loud speech, no declaiming, no pawing of the empty air, no screams mark the Lady Macbeth as seen last night. For her farewell tour Madame Modjeska Mod-jeska is stuiotinded by a good company com-pany and the Mage settings, scenciy and costumes are exceptionally good and titic to the time and place. Chas. 1. Harman, who has been seen here before, is strong as Macbeth, and other members aie highly satisfactory" satisfac-tory" Tho Kvenlng News gives no less pialse. the following being u clipping fiom tho criticism of that paper: "Modjeska lends to Lady Macbeth the essential subtlety of conception and expression without which this character and this play must bo mere biutal banaltles. Hut the feature of Modjeska's ooi'tiayal that most Impressed Im-pressed Itself last night was the ex-tiaordlnary ex-tiaordlnary vigor that at once characterized charac-terized and electrlllcd the performance. perform-ance. It was Impossible to believe, when Lady Macbeth first had visions of the "vaulting ambition", that this i slender, graceful woman who was Impersonating Im-personating her, owned to the same tale of years as Alexandra, Queen of England. Every movement was Instinct In-stinct with the foice of the predominating predomi-nating flgiupof the tragedy." |