S TROHGERMANT
VOE OF THE TETERAN
E GEISTINGER.
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norles of Her Talent at the
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eatre in"Therese Krones 77—
in the New “ Flirtation?!—
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haracters Minutely Deserlbed.
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made her appearance in a sec¬
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the Irving Place Theatre last
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acted the beroineof Schnitz¬
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ation.“ It was in the lest act
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g drama that Frau Sorma’s tal¬
be
r deepest impression on the
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she touched à tragic, hu¬
th
h her performance inA
he
nd never indicated. The theme
old one. A young girl falle
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ith a man, while she is to him
than a pastime. After he has
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some affection for her, and
on has become the absorb¬
re
her life, tho man is killed
he result of an intrigue
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man. It was when she learned
t Frau Sorma's acting wasstrik- b
d forcible. In an outburst of de¬
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lendidly tragic in its controlled
s out of the room to find her
her father cries“ She will never
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will never come back.“ The
d engrossing and Frau Sorma's
the best. Her personality is no##
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she can rarely gain s
ninstrument over wi
ol. and she acts wi
ere was thering of
nal scene in the plaz
on¬
han any incident her NN
er reappeared in this city last
rmania Theatre after an absence
lore, and it can scarcely be said
Freturn was wholly enjor¬
of.
theatre was decorated with
ould
ence was as large as
a
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er’s name is one of hil
ns would always fee
yto honor it. So tl
arance, and there ##
hey were capable of gi
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tal aspect that tho de
tre, the anziety to welcome a
has long been illustrious on the
friendly attitude of the spectators
e ghastly feeling that the whole
perfectly futile. Frau Geistinger
woman, and there were frequent
ngthe play last night when pity
feeling that her performance
agine that Louisa Eldridge would
dliest feelings from a New York
he attempten Julie Bon Bon in
om Paris,“ and spectators might
r success was remarkable for one
no other point of view is it pos¬
rd Marie Geistinger now. There
power.
decayed
flashe
r and uprigbt.
mparativ
tremains, and
mechanis
demands. 00f
treluct
ing to be seen
mation
s and mechan¬
ow. A
ith as much
rosses th
though she
re and
egestures are
on ice
fow faint
Meult, and only a
ice remain. Something like the
an old-time talent and the power
s demands does rarely illuminate
performance of Frau Geistinger,
eldom evident and what remains
mere decay of the artist, onlythe
nds of the former equipment
sciously survive and mechani¬
d when they are called on. Frau
ppeared in an old vaudeville called
and it is only one of a sories
rones,
pertoire which she proposes to re¬
#er past reputation and her present
er the indulgence of the audiences
She is certainly closing a notable
ielancholy fashion.
English dramatists began, several
topublish their plays in book form
ken to writing minute de¬
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