The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-03 00:00:00

7HE GARRICK DRAMATIC CLUB.

Tire wish we expressed last week that thin rapidly
rising club would, on Bute, Mouday, bay. • bumper,
at amply reaiived, one of the largest audiences that
have as yet greeted the •ppeartnoe ef the memhere
behind the footlights ...ambling in the Amity Hall on
the R in question, t witoem this sixth of the
entertainments, which have been presented by the
club for public cilticisin. The Mayor (R. Aldridge.
Bag k who is the preddeet of ths body. tog•ther with the Mayoress. were present, and lb. chief families of
Pool. an I nvig .b.u.h vKi veers represented. On this
meatiest the club bad taken a new departure from
nylons arisadaanenta by throwlog op n a number of
serifs at 61. sec.. They w. re very quickly filled on
the opening of the door., but it iri a quasi. 100 el:other
it is worth while, having a dos rqrard to the comfort
of the ma) .rity of those present, to rep•at the extari.
went. If it is dorm, the presence of a gentle= .0 in
blu• would be deed aria, as • bob-nailed aconmpa f-
ount doe. not tend to enchant,. what Id tle satirfaction
might possibly be derived from someehat feeble
mu.ical arcs .gsrae Is. The club had again shown
th-ir spirited p oicy by engaging two profess:lona
actreguee from London, mew greenery hrs beau painted,
and the gr.ner .1 conduct of the prograoime was very
satisfactorily carried out.
The eorestniog farce of " Turn Him Out " come
minced the evening. the following bring the owe :
Modem:is Nobbe (an itlaaran( vendor f joveniletiy.)
F. O. Wheatley.
Mr. Mackin•neb hi ke
Eglantine Bowled, E1....(a persecuto• of aupr. gteoted
Idle.) H. Mitabelson.
Julia (Moho', wife) Mee N. Waters.
Stogan... (a maid-of.altwo.k) Miii Inar•no. Young.
The plot, is in the case ..f all fareu, Is, of course,
an ineraoulble as., The " Magrber," B4lantinis H..
1..!, follows Mrs. 111 he (delLartful name) to her
home mid endeavours to Mime his attentiuna
upon her. He bribes &man, who bides him in •
cupbmtrd, looks Mai in, sod fetch... her old • ereetheart
Nic 'limo, to rive him a (hr .suing. Uolortanately,
Slacktutogin Molts appear. inopportunely upon tb•
scene, awl Nighb., unaoquainte I with him, mentally
c..ncludes he is the mi. 'sateen mt, and pby.iaally
µrings out t him the wicks Ines. id his conduct,
concluding by throwing him out of lb* window. Tb.
same thing happens on tw, succaosivis occasion% but
fluolly m..t • a are cleared up. the maaher pr .mirs
" nevelt" 4. offeiid again upon hi. 0 .easred e..rd and
'o orb," and Noble wives up tli• toy busineva to
become Mr. Moke'a " Walley-duubam." As Niro-
demon Nobhe. Mr. Wheatley, who was capitally
ma le up, threw an immense amount of spirit and
fun into the character, and keit the audience in
th rr.uj,ly ood term. with him. Mies Florence
Yonne w.s a pert and pretty lady-help. Mr. B. B.
Hi I was exactly fiefs lie the character of Mackiniosh
Mote. tide E. Waters, .. Mr.. Mob. made bet
6ra. appearance, we believe, on tee stags, a'ad, making
.1u allowance, may he c .mplas.ented ; at the same
time It would b • a. well if the .I.ge manator, on •
future ice Won, at the pre'imioary rehearsal., resolved
himself into • 'tag...coach of °ours., we mean in a
'Vaisity sense. A few judicious hints will often work
w..ndent. And "the m whey "of Mr. H. Miicesmon
MIS a naturally rendered p reknit of • representaxiee
of the Crotch arid T .othpick Brigade.
Thu celebrated of "Th. Serf," by the late
T. in Tayl. r, fo'lowed. I. those di., when the eyes
t I world ire directed to the I crltic stvoggie
beir.g (alight betwee ile.po'him and Nibillen in the
eaet of Kurope, when prince. decline with thanks
invitations to wits... the coronation of the Czar, and
it seems a question whether tyranny tr revenge will
triumph in the ei.d, the piece is *peculiarly inierrediug
n'. The diel gre ia good, a teamed in ...ailment,
bat, perhaps, ega•cely gay enough for a Po de audienc.,
The boats we, ao exceedingly un.vmprthetic one, and
this, n d..uht had a c attain I iluencv upon the
actors, and helped to deprive tbe representation of
• c m.kierahle amount of that "go" which goes so fr.
t ensure the mucosa of • pleas. The following was
the coot:—

Prima) Vladinatr Khovalen.kl... (A Polish noble) .. C.
Count Fedor Katateff (A Russian noble) H.
B.nnford.
%lilt Orli (A Parisian artlet)...P. E. L. Bodee.
Ivnn KW:writ* (Th lit•rf) _E. A. H. Mitcheleon.
Khor ( lived Sof) if. BLtcheleon.
st iohanit (Overseer of Serfs)...F. G. Wbes,l..y.
Jateeka
C. Lovell.

Paoli
Madame Ls Comtism de Msuloon Miss Chstradsi
War ion.
Acoulin • Miss Placeses Young.

Act I. ovens with the Interior of Ivan Khorslok's
stall. at Faris, where we find the lovesick *Mot
going nto rhapereliee over "his toistrees'. eyebrow '' as
he puts the finishing touch, to her portrait. (But where
was yonr mint-slick Mr. M.?) While thug pleasingly
engeged, Ma bob 1.. Coratamee de Maulson. the fair
original, hers If •ppears. She seem., *mediae to
English notion., Tither a forward little piece of silks
and op ins, for she does sot lie•it .t. to let the h endows.,
young painter know that be is "classed Al on the
Hat of her offend° 5." A pr-tty little love scene
follow.. The aerie aintanc-ship I dween the two, it
wool' spotter, het arisen horn hair's threshing a
e'er ain to Int Kereeff. who bid insulted the lady.
The 0 runt aen Is a challenge by means of his friend
Khovalenolti, who, at the b turn, is not a had sort of
fellow, and the accessory arrangements for the
meeting are being made, when an old serf. Khor,
appears upon the ensue, and hands papers to the
Grunt, from which he leans that not only hie he
mime lot p meeion of estates at Sitvoka, but that
Ivan is one of the eerfs who so with the property, the
fortner owner, who h d sent Ivan to study in Paris,
hovin.i died The C ant wee hie wey to humiliating
his rival, for be &leo sap ree to the band of the
fountem, but in reply to his pleading* promises to
be p bi. se.ret He then leads the ledy upon the
scene, Mande Ivan with cower lit" and obliges him
to conferee he dare. not fight. Madame, while with a
eon ,n'a wit believing there is more in it than
appears on the surface, yet is piqued at his apaarently
dilobonourable and unmanly c mduat, and hide him
farewell. tin the rising of the curtain on the 2nd
act, we find ourselves in the village of Site ice, to
which leen he been lured. Her reside his *leer,
Ac .u'ina, and hi. oncpreed father, Khor. During his
-tar here the new Led, who proves 1,, tvr other than
Karat ff, pan noon the acme, and is wednime Iby
the joyous shuts—tbe outcome ~f a tote of tie
setup of the "veneer—of the eerie. The hero and his
enemy meet, and La Comterie, who seems to rival
Lady Florence Dixie for eccentric movements, also
anomie. up a the scene, accompanied by Miorigria,
th • f .ithfol artist friend of Ivan. Than Santee
reveal. Ivan's secret before the woman be loves, and
the curtain fell. upon • struggle between Ivan and the
serfs, who receive nr lire to strip him of his is,
B hemian clothes, and put on other. in keeping with
hit po.ttioo. In th- third and fin .1 act we are
introduced to the belfry of the chateau of &tombs.
Ivan and Khor meet there, and the latter Impute
to the former a Niblll.tic plot, by which, at
the tolling of • bell a light will he put to • large mine
of gurrpow ler abler the building, and there will be a
Weetmi 'ter explosion on an enlarged trate. Before
the tits. fixed fo thi, lea C. ware seeks her lover.
the an deuce receive anoth-r lineon in the art f love-
making, and she in ab at to leave his., w en it is di.-
covered they are locket in the belfry. bran is obliged
t divulge the terrible fate which awaits them, an
hysterical five minutes folio., Iv ea, tulle. to the upper
chambers of the tower In swab of help, and in his
absence old Khor appears to give the signal. Khor
I. about to pull the rope, when Ivan comes down
another hand over hand d erreeta his arm In time,
A struggle ensue., Ivan gets the w e.t of it and is
eboot to receive the coup ere grace from a Phatals Park
looking weapon at the tem& of his father, when
htletrigris bursta in. fi es • pistol lathe air, and the
serf mile wounded to the death. B fore, however, ha
shuffle, off the mortal coil he explains that Teen is
the reelfC unt, and the Count the real Ivan, be baring
changed the Iris when children to avenge wrings done
his wife by the Coast's father. The altaatloaa are
thus reversed, and the curtain deceods upon the
triumph of innoovnae, and the discomfiture of villainy.
To generalise, we may at once any that the piece
was well acted all the way round. Mr. E. A. H.
Mitchelion se Ivan. and Miss Warden se Le Gra-
ters, presented careful studies of their respective
ch scooters. Mr. Mitchelson knows how to make
love, as • yoong lady critic imp timed, it quite
too awfully nine, while his get-up waa very
plea kg. Mies Warden, it is hardly nehmilari to PI,
to the part of the her ,ine in a very graceful and
feeling manner. Mr. H. Mitahelsoo, no Kbor. was
an admiroble character—his identity would have been
an unsolved rlddb but for the all of the profiramme.
Mime Florence Young, ae Ac mlina, was a happy
exponent of the little sister, but her into. was uncom-
monly light and airy for the severity of • Rambo
winter. Mr. 0. Garet, as Khovalenotti, wee an
urtly and polite SA the character of a PolleMed)
noble demanded. Kest if, hfr. H. Bata .rd.
revelled in his villoday, end ounoseded In drawing • few
hisses--but this kind of c mpliment Is alm at getting
played out. Mr. Budge nate] well as the devil-may-
care artist Miatrigria as may be sail of Mr. Wheatley
at the overseer, and Mr. E. B. Hill, who was a capital
representative of a discontented, sullen, down-trodden
Ert. The memory reflects great credit upon Mr.
tl. Mitobehion, that of the village of Sltvoka
being especially worthy of mention.
On Saturday, as will be sew from our advertising
C them" the company present B.nacibult's famous
Irish drama of the "Gabon Sawn," another piece
which should poems mon than ordinary interest in
i these days.