. . . Favoured by Royalty,
Captures Four Cities
Rosario Guerrero, who won the smile of Leopold, makes a hit in New York after a successful series abroad.
Her performance in “The Rose and the Dagger” full of grace and animation, and shows a clever actress.
There was another large house at the Lyric Theatre to see Rosario Guerrero and there is no doubt that she will be one of the winter's great successes. This, indeed, was to be expected. In turn Madrid, Paris and London have all been captivated by the dancer's superb beauty and wonderful grace.
For the last eight years Guerrero has been marvelously successful in Europe. As a mere slip of a girl she appeared in Madrid and her fortune was made.
From Spain she went to Paris, arriving there during the reign of Otero, whose dancing had brought the French capitol to her feet. It seemed that any other Spanish dancer would have little chance besides Otero, but Guerrero was undismayed. She danced and the people left Otero and flocked to see her. She became the rage. Her sway was complete.
In the height of her success she left Paris and went to London, where she again scored a tremendous hit. Then sighing for new worlds to conquer, she came to America, making her debut here Tuesday night.
Is a splendid actress
Guerrero is not only a wonderful dancer but a splendid actress. She has the temperament and magnetism of a great tragedienne. One of her greatest successes abroad was in “Carmen”, a pantomime founded upon the famous story. She is appearing at the Lyric in her own creation, “The Rose and the Dagger”. It gives her wide scope.
Like Carmencita, she is exuberant but her dancing seems more characteristic. Carmencita had abandon and was the embodiment of joyous health and life. All these Guerrero suggests.
Otero was graceful, beautiful, but cold and lacking in animation. Guerrero has her good qualities and wonderful chic and magnetism as well. Neither of her predecessors ever showed any ability as an actress.
From an unidentified Chicago, IL newspaper November 19, 1903