The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-01 00:00:00

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OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Mr. G. V. Brooke performed Sir Giles Overreach
here last evening for the first time, and by his per-
formance more than justified the most ardent hopes
which had been formed by all admirers of the drama
from his irnpersotiation of Othello. No such actor
bas appeared on the boards since Edmund Kean ; and
Mr. Brooke's performance of Sir Giles did not fall
far short of that of Edmund Kean in this his
greatest character. The third act was a masterpiece
of wheedling and villainy; and in the scene with
his daughter, the " kiss close" was given with
immense effect. it is the closing scene
of the play, however, which is Mr. Brooke's
great triumph. Here we have a succession
of violent contrasts, of bright light, and dark
shadows, and it was in setting off these contrasts—in
bringing out these lights and shadows, that Mr.
Brooke showed himself so admirable. The madness
of the triumph of the scoundrel at the success of all
his schemes for securing to his daughter the hand
of the popular Lord Lovell, and to himself the
fortune of the Lady Allworth, was admirably
given, and contrasted finely with the agony
of despair at finding the deed securing to him
the Allworth property a mere blank, and the mad fury
of rage with which he rushes at his daughter, chang-
ing suddenly into the paralysis of death, when he
says " some undone widow sits upon my arm and
takes away its strength. In this scene he was quite
equal to Edmund Kean. Mr. G. V. Brooke is far
and away the greatest actor of the day.