The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-02-09 00:00:00

'THE KW Wl' AT THE AMITY II ALL

on *why evening lent the members of the Garrick
Dramatic Club, vonauleraltly reinforced, ice 0.4
.• the approval .4 a fadh. ble, if not a crowded.
suhence Sivrelan'v neleltrAtetlemn.`.lY. "T 1 Itivale.6
pit .4 this fames* mirth-provoking piece is, ae
1,. • know, of the slenderest. A young sivirk
rm.
th,4 ,r.. 4 the Itegeney, under 'en aaonned name,
v.., the affections of the very young lady whom his
aholeric rather and her vertrase aunt have all along
for him . A rival. Hob .terea, aa, try
rein* all r etensi .na to her hand whets is
roa clewe of wools. awl everythimr entls
h",i,• Ir. Upon ?ilO a iior if h•• in at lstlierous
.03t,.,ns are limo:. Captiin wt,, does
jar courting und.r the patronymic of his Inmost',
‘tat, wan the part tiken toy Mr. lull.
of the Criterion and other theatre..
Mitchelein,
0, wakes will remember thin talented Ta,tai arto.
• the poly daya of the Garrick. Tie promise he
thee are is being amply fulfilled, and his
ar..nerietw have mitatrted a polinh and an ease te bin
actin, grbnl. combined with his natiiralne..., earibh.ti
a,. t„ "lace bodice the audience an admirable mper.
The armies with hi, father, Sir Anthony
'sorra' occasiona brought down the
Irene. and a renpon.• to a recall could nit be denied,
ar sir nett...lly. Mr. A. H. M•ltletet hoe figure
;;IMir ahlY ficed him for the part. In fact, he
~,w e portrait of Dr. Johnson than had
j.t• wpm' out of ita frame. And the teddy, swearing
am gentleman, who at the height of his indignation,
against rather( him in a frenzy,
tra▪ n valet illy rendered. -as Ma audience by
their aPPloleo 014464. R.I. Amos was
ainottor clever performance. Mr. H. Miteheleon
r.ars it/ laingheer by the wretchedly din.
ii appearance. Windt "Fighting Bole. •
tae.ented while alrattinf( dos arrival of his antagonist.
r. K 1.. nudge imper.onated with his usual
pigtfroid the i lig Iridsinan, Sir LiiensafFTriggee.
Whir M....rt. J. W. nog It. Scutt were well east foe
the two valeta, and Misers. Palmer and C. Hill Pm , i
for Pss id and Th. mtaa The chief female character.,
in fact. to our thinking, the chief character in the
edy ,th.t of Nirra Malaprop, the lady who twinta
the gnge English in the most laughable manner,
"depreciating any debinion to the past," and the
Ike This could not luau e been entnisted bettor '
hand. than Mrs. H hlitchelson's, who gave a moat
artistic and admirably finished portrait of
the lady afflicted with cacoethes loquendi,
sad fully denerved the applause which •he
repranslly elicited. Miss M. Nf iillett was
a aer, pretty Lydia Languish, and was most
lifedike in her delineation of the high-spirited voting
damsel. Mrs Lawton wa. a gushing Julia, mid Mrs.
Dry& Wilson a spirited Lucy. The performance
thromrhout wan distingiiinued with much evennew,
and • noticnnthl• •ll 11l Mine .te the pert of each
prr,roier. The promptor's berth was a minecore.
r,„ dn...e were very handsome. anti the sesioary
sgerti,e. Mr. F. Compton and Professor Smith
kwdiv furnished the musical tewtion ; and sir
.Mannel loot the furniture nd the hearty cheer@
awl the --call which greeted the actors at the fall of
the curtaie were well mented.