THE COSY THEATRE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13754, 5 February 1919, Page 2

THE COSY THEATRE.

AiARA GARDEN SU1 > 1.-:U-PLA , >

Speaking of Alary Garden, who features in the, C'oldwyii masterpiece, "A. Splendid Sinner/ at the Cosy Theatre, to-nijiht, "The Picture World" editor sa ys- —--Mary Garden! Site brings a sharp, new ecstasy of life, an inexorable sadness of love she brings an energy that is grace, and the calm, that is energy; she brings a frankness that is mystery. I don't know where to begin to write about Alary Garden's art. There is art within art, and then there is Alary Garden. .1. wish 1 could tell beautifully what a great creative artist Alary Garden is. .It is one thing for the artist to create a, character within the outlines drawn by the composer; to put himself in the place of tin* composer and act as lie, would act. But the creative, artist takes the character to himself, and then creates from his iuia.ue of his soul. Mary Garden is a ,ureat de-

corative actress. She can give you the whole -spirit and atmosphere of a historical costume by a mere silhouette of its lines. And she can draw in the whole psychology of a, scene with one line of lie'r body—the line of her walk. .If she i.s to dominate a. situation with her intellect or her beauty, she walks from the centre* of her intelligence, which is the head, giving a length of line that, makes the slightest stop a stride; if it is a matter of the- soul, she walks from the centre of her presence, which is the top plane of the chest, moving like a Presence —not like a being; when it is love she walks straight from the heart I i 1 i th * t. i J *. h I v t n 1 1 ,i I 1 !tl ] I 1 !ii I t \ ! , t I 1 i 1 i il I t lit \ 1 ( ilt | I i I L in