The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-26 00:00:00

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• inuev-taire.
The tritekiy of The,Distteisril Mother was re.
pealed on Saturday 'veiling, sod was much better
acted, thin on its preceding representat . Mrs.
Gsoysu slistained the charsi:ter of AndrOnencAi,
and imparted to the griefs of the Trojan captive, a
degree of, interest, of which • inrre readl.r of
the part Asiotwitestandilig Steait't hynetbolical
praiseae . would mit conceive it stoteptiele. The
pride and dignity of noble birth simile through
her while, performance.--but Ve 111 I e she !.iiipprorti d
the heels 'character of lireldr's widow, ihr ',ever
lost eight of the feelings and atter:lion* of tlir wo-
man—she never cripiell to recollect that she was the
meilter of ABTYANA/t. She pleaded. with great
energy and feeling, for the life of her beloved-buy,
• almost the last of FILIAk's royill race—mut, its the
peat scene, where, all previout eltorts haviut Oki&
Ineffectual, falliug on lirekoers, shisestelatines—
. " behold ! how low yes have riseiteed a Queen,"
'lnd
proceeds, thus humbled, to implore tlie
.. .. ,
,toetcy of aryeritus, her sorrow Cm deeply grectiog
1-,et was truly heart-touchily. We..see much re-
•juland that this part has beau trousferred to Mrs.
°Lovas. on two accounts.—first, becalm it is really
played well—we now have an ilndreautcAe, before
we had only a di:owed atatiVer—saai next, as the
alteration proves that the Maisimer pays • just re-
spect to the sentiments of the public, whet, fairly;
We hail this cireunietance as an omen
o road
• days fur 'a--ett old Drttry"aity of whese
Ines may be attributed to a carelessness of
• pittiow, whether declared widths the walls of
the thsweeir--or Sere dispassionately stated through
the medium of the prem. Towards Mrs. MACX.III,-
Mt, the udy who appeared on Thursday night. as
Aisdreditailie, we harbour no ill feeling. We wish
her every success—but we do not think she is
likely to make • greet figure in the higher walks of
Tem*. We hate ever, when obliged to censure
Alai perrormers, ipoitetk With as Much mildness
miliesiible—tor our critical vocation has not bluottd
Illeas feelings of delicacy and respect for the softer
ilk, which we imbibed in our earliest years. Bat
At slaty, however favourably We are inclined, some-
NOVO Calls on us to condemn. In such cases, the cri-
tic is to be pitied. not Censtired—fur. of this we are
aura, that no misery, in the whole catalogue drawn up
•by Mr. BaaanyoaC miter* near that which a critic
• tuperieoces, when hie feelings are pulling in wee
direction, while duty and judgment are dragging
in another. Mrs. W. Wore played Hefiniore de-
cidedly better than when she first essayed the clio-
nacter. She was more happy in the modulation of
her vaiee--and her whole performance was dis-
tinguished by a greater degree of judgment, at
the sometime, that no part of liernrinme's position
was weakened. Mr. DAVID FISHBIL, as PyrrAie.
is also considerably improved. His acting had
lIM of strength and solidity about it. than
;
le be first personated' the Monarch of Epi-
rus—bat his mustier is still too light fur such
Ai character. He looked and acted the toter far
'Sutter then the starrier or the king. Of Mr.
Allkee's Orestes we leave already spoken at some
i beet•th. Except in theism act he has very little to
do-444 in that act, his wonted genius alines forth
is all its splieatiouse
The entertainment of rib Wegi of Ifiieloor,
' fblitiaed, in Which Mr. Wevrots appeared is the
representative of Loony Modivolter. He played
, the part as badly as possible—end got hissed,
although not quite in proportion to his demerits.
A Gentleman capable of undertaking Irish charac-
ters is much wanting at this heave, since the much-
regretted loss of Mr. JoultsTaxs. It would, we
believe, he impossible to procure the equal of that
fine performer—but we have seen. at the Hay-
; t*teket, a Mr. L sesair. Chose performance of
Panda B , and other Irieb characters.
1. ~
r INN etesediegly we I received: His riehours of
.610111111114 COtTeCtoeSS Of *Mote sud general maw.
'ear. point him out as a very able substitute—mud
his seresCea, we have tio doubt, might easily. be
etileineot Am Ishillerr tippeored, rot the first
time, ail nabs Whitaker*, and supported the
Athwroceee ogesesibly. Mr. Hantyr's C.Ule6 9eo-
teet was moat diveeting. Mr. YAIBWOLD gig, ihrim4le
the part of Captain &amend tolerably weak',
cod'
• On Saturday
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