The Press.
London, England, 1855-05-12 00:00:00

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HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The new version of M.
Victor Hugo's drama of Angelo, adapted by Mr.
Buckstone as the Actress of Padua, has proved
highly successful. The men in the drama are in.
significant to the last degree, but there is a fine
scope for female acting. Miss Cushman seizes on
the part of La Tisbe in the right spirit, interpreting
the character as that of a woman who would put no
restraint on the utterance of any one passion, but
would be equally frank and open in the expression
of all. Her confession of love is undisguisedly
ardent, her hate comes down with withering intensity,
her anxiety shakes her beyond the power of conceal-
ment—in a word, she is a being in whom no emotion
can be gentle. Her great point with the audience is
the sudden arrest of her rage against Catarina at
the sight of the cross, when the transition is marked
by the fixity of the eye and of the attitude. But a
more refined display of feeling is the distress, to
which she dares not give utterance, when Catarina,
mistaking the sleeping-draught for poison, refuses
the only means of safety. The attempt to conv2y
hints of the truth in the presence of the Podesta—
the despair at constant failure—the vexation at
wasted ingenuity—are all expressed in most eloquent
by •play. Miss Reynolds, by her interpretation of
Catarina, admirably works out the contrast intended

give orders to the guards ; but in the meanwhile the sudden arrest of her rage against Catarina at BRITISH FUNDS. Closing Prices.
Leonora puts a poisoned ring to her lips, and falls. the sight of the cross, when the transition is marked
Sha, however, retains life enough te• visit Manrico in by the fixity of the eye and of the attitude. But a OFFICIAL QUOTATION.
his prison, tells the price at which she has purchased more refined display of feeling is the distress, to Mom:. Tumid. Wed. .Thure.lFriday
his safety, after which she dies. The Count now which she dares not give utterance, when Catarina, 1— i—i—: --
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shows her the execution, but is horror stricken at by play. Miss Reynolds, by her interpretation of Fotch. Bills, 20. per diem t • i i I 11 8
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Of the music, we can only say generally that it under control, and the firm propriety of her manner,
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