Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-19
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THEATRE,

mark, was the piay.oh Thursday evcninc-Mr
Z fAdams perfdrn,i2 iKiaiiet. The depth Of char.
acter belonging 10 the ptpcely'" Pane" is such
as but few actors can faihon. To.bienafthe phi
,losopher, the lover, the ia,ia,ic. and The rescnger
ola ia Their snurder, is a task Of no ordinary DIFF
fculty, and one. tp accomplish which the under
rtaksr frequently faiis. Sumo Of our readers viii
snow.tlat we have uu mean or moderate idea Of
what Hamlet shauld be, when wssiniorm. them
ibatwe have. seen itenacted by ofthe most in
teleetual actors of the age---we aude 10 Mr.
Booth--atd, hsving seen him, we are accus,nn-
Led to measure the performance OF it bya stand
.. ard which very few are enabled TO reach: at all
events, according to our conception, Nc Pelby,
- Mr., Hambir, Mr.. Forrest, and Mr. Adams,
lave fallen Short Of it, Notwithstanding these
remarks. we are free to say, tina, Mr.. Adams,
althodshhe did rot 'split The ears of the ground
linss,- pleased us exceedingly. by the bye,
much TO his praise be it spoken, Mr.. A. practis-
ell as xeIl as preached, an;l-as is not the case
with many performers--mach Of his acting was
Of the Cast into which he shed 70 fashion that Of
the players" hopeless task that is, We
mean TO say there was an absence Of that = bel
lowing nhieh the ''jpdicieus few" must ever
ceusure There is one fault which we have to
find with Mr. Adans, and it is one Of no small
masGi,ude--in some instances his articulation is
not sufficiently distinct. Now. in Hamlet parti-
culary, this is most lamcn:able; for such is the
nebleness Of sentiment, aud the beauty Of di@iioa.
that not a sentence, nav, not word, should be
lost to the auditors. In concluding this part Of
our subject, although we believe that Mr. Adams
hamietis no more like that of Mr.. Booths than
Hyperion toa Sutyr," yet We must in justice,
saY,- that 1t was an excellent performance.
Gertrude. (the Queen in The Chamber scene,
appeared TO be perfectly impervous to the dag
gers" spoken to her by her son; and although
: they were not wanting Of their impression upon
me audience, they made none upon her. -
., Nc. Hart~iy. in the King, was as imperfect
as usual. we recommend to the Manager, in
future. to coniine hun to such parts as are con-
sistent. in point Of length, with his capacity to
remember, them Briefwit for instance, in the
r farce Of the :. Wea,hercock," or, what would
he move appropriate, Sir WIN. Brandon in erich
ard the Third
Mr.. Gilmer. as Laertes, deserved the praise
we bespoke for him yesterday.
Mrs. ]. Jefferson was exceedingly good as the
fair 0phelia.
Sir. Palmer in the :Ghost,' lid not ar,icu-
late with sufficient dstinctness. 1t 10 just as
necessary to the thread Of the story, that he
should be heasd as well as any one else, and HI:
iowness of tone vas certainly fault without
ne thinks il was Incumbent upon him TO SAVIOR as
! little Of the things of this life as practicable
10 Poonius is the Kings Chamberlain, we are
we'll aware, but that he should be The palace
Jester, we do not know. This is an error int
which macy have fallen, and in complaining OF
ours, we cry out against whole host OF Mana
gsrs.. .
si>2' Mrs. S. Chapman, in the farce, played the
s., s.Actrcss Of All Work. and she proved her
self such in the fullest accertation OF the term
Before closing, permit us.to say to the Mana
gee, that tits mistaken policy which he Is pur
D, suing. in introducing debmoais in prolninen
characters In this. as well as in every other
profession, the aspirant should climb the ladder
stepby step, else he will never reach tie tuPmos
roapd; and moreover people do not like to pay
for seeing men learning to be players With re-
gard to the young gentlemen who. have el'e''e'
these las, rem,arks, we would say, that we WIT
d messed their effort here last spring, and think Il
was any thing else than what the play bill an
nounces it to have been, namely "successie
one' 10 our opinion it was :" murder most ioul'
and we really think the unfortunate author oil ih'
play then performed-we mean Otway-woult
have consented again to pat on this ''morta' COLI
and all the suferings to which it subjected him,
rnther than to have witnessed such an exhibition
The privations Of pinchins poverty, would 10 hin
have been much more tolerabie.
GARRICK.