The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

IN REMEMBRANCE OP TBB LATE MR.

DOUGLAS JitilllOLD.

THE FROZEN DEEP.

A great lore for, an extended knowledge of, and
an excellent taste in, theatrical matters have intlu,ll Mr.
Charles Dickens to give occasionally nt his residence, Tali).-
tuck-house, a private performanee of an original play, the
actors in which were either members of his family or his irn-
' modiste friends. The author of both the dramas produced
under these auspices is Mr. Wilkie Collins, whose earlier
dramatic effusion, The Lighthouse, originally played at
Tavistock-Louse, in June, 18.5.5, will be first introduced to
the public in the autumn of this year by the new management
of the Olympic, and whose second play, TAe Frooeu
was on Saturday night performed by the arusteur com-
pany fur whom it was originally written, at the
Gallery of Illwitratioe, in aid of the fund for the
benefit of the late Mr. Jerrold's. family. As the per-
forminices at Tavistock-house had been strictly private, the
audience being composed entirely of personal friends of the
various persona engaged, It may be imagined that on this,
the first °cession of its being given before a general
the greatest excitement prevailed, and that every stall and
suet, although the tariff of pekes was high, wee ',gaged of
the curliest opportunity. From the footlights of the little
stage to the back of the hall was one " vast ma of human
faces," end the audience included not only many of the aris-
tocracy, but most of the celebrities in the literary, artistic.
and inimical circles.

The entire interest of the piece is concentrated upon
Richard Wanlour, the representation of which charac-
ter by Mr. Dickens is the greatest triumph of dra-
matic art which, in the coon of a tolerably Large
theatrical experience, we have ever witnomod. On the
English stage there is no one who can approach
him in his delineation of intense power and feeling, nor was
Erklerie Letanitre, in his best day., a greater artist.
The power of observation, the knowledge of the workings of
the human heart—all those publics which have rendered
Mr. Dicktsia the m test popular author of modern Joie, are
equity available to him u a dramatic artist. Ilia voices
although always admirably modulated, is almost the least
exponent of the passion represented ; each muck of the face,
each motion of the hank, Ruda its aid to tell the story ; his
pathos is as touching u his rage is terrifying; the tender
pressers of his lips on the board bearing the carved name of
Ids love, aft, a stolen glance around to Pee that lie wee
un-
observed, was as perfect u the quick frantic loading of the
gun sad the unsuppreuibte howl of exultation when be finds
his rivet in his power. Mean find to Wit his
performance was of the most lini.hrd nature, cud
that it wee eppreciated by the audience was evident
from the eon oantly-reeurring hunt of spps'bation
and frequent burets of applause. After Mr. Dickens
mum we commend Mr. Mark Lemon and Mr. Egg, the
liret for Ida wanly geniality and thorough knowledge it the
stage, the latter fur the quaintly comic end original
re Inner in whic hhe played a grumbling ship's cook. The
Lilies acted like ladies, the highest compliment we can pay
them, for,while inventing their various characters with. sat
licient amount of energy and grace, they caused u to feel,
what unhappily so seldom strikes us on the profeadoul
stage, that drawing-room manners and conversation were as-
turd to them, and not acquired. The scenery and effecta by
Mr. Smalls:id and Mr. Telbin were excellent.

The farce of Uncle lode, with the two principal characters
play cal with the greatest apirit by Mr. Dickens and Mr. Le-
u.n, terminated the entertainment.
The panic performance. will be repeated on Saturday and
Saturday week.
We subjoin the cast of the Fro:" Deep and the farce that
followed it, with the information that the performance will
lu repeated, still for the benefit of the "Jerrold Fund," o
Saturday, the 15th Mat.

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SUNDAY BANDS.—A band, supported by voluntary
contnbutions, has coeummeed playing on the Toern-monr,
a Newcastle-on-Tyr, an Sonday evenings, which attract:
considerabk• oureibms of the working claws from the town.
The Hoe. H. T. Liddell, M.P., ha forwarding a eubscripthei
of V. to the memory, says he la glad to hear that it is cos-
tamplated to establisii • hand on the Town-moor on Sunday
erraings, se he considers this a perfectly legitbnate, health-
ful, and innocent mars of rameation for tho working
elmem, sfler due reaped for the Sabbath hap lawn
show by the closing of all *ego both of business and
atauserneet, during those par of the day pet apart for
the performative of morning and aftornoun services to the
(-bombes.
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