THE LONDON PUNCH ON MRS. LANGTRY AS AN ACTRESS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1054, 28 March 1882, Page 4

THE LONDON PUNCH ON MRS. LANGTRY AS AN ACTRESS.

Mrs. Langtry is of too solid a physique for any light skittish movement; her laugh not yet being under control, appears forced and painful ; and her action is as constrained and mechanical as that of an Eton sixth-form boy on “ speech day. ’ Iler line seems to be the impersonation of some character to which serious interest is attached, and which enlists the sympathies of the audience rather by its silent suffering than its demonstration of grief. Such a character, which would make no great demand on the novice’s powers, should be her first step. Then, in time, what a magnificent Lady Macbeth she would look ! IV hat a figure in a classic tragedy, for which Nature has singularly fitted her, if she would only give true Art a chance of perfecting what Nature has so evidently commenced. Here is a line in which she will probably be unrivalled ; but let her beware of the advice of those gushing friends who would rush her into Ladv Teazle, and ruin her future career for the sake of some present notoriety. An actress must look not to a small biassed clique, but to the general public—the public of stalls, pit, boxes, and gallery—for her support. We most sincerely wish Mrs. Langtry success in her new profession, and if she be only thoroughly dissatisfied with herself as Miss Hardcastle, she will have already made the first great advance towards ultimate success.