Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-05-16

From our Evening Editien. I

i From Evening Editisn.l
] AhA LADY OF LYoss-Ths very excellent piece
was played last night at the Park and went of remark
aoiy We'll In the opening scene, Mrs Whealey played
very oadiy her shrl voice pped and whisled in the
SOUND ana sue was continually annoying the audience
with her vile interpretations instead Of sticking to
the original text. Towards the last Of the piece how
ever, she improved astonishingly nothing could ex
coed the manner in which she rallied at Melnotte she
delivered these words the very life ooh, YOU abom
nable hardened, ptful, mean ugly villain y
Charlotte Cushman played the Widow Melnot,e adj
mrably because she played it naturally. In two in
stances she emphasized wrongly; thus" Now you are
cured Claude" she emphasized on the word cured"
instead of the word "now." Again in the sentence
"What is this, Claude 2" instead of "What Is this
Claudel" Neutrality-suspicious. admirably delivered
when Melnotte, enraged, asking
Claude-Motler am humpbacked, deforned, and
hideous
Widop-You
Claudia coward, a thief, a liar?
Widow-You.
This well managed by both. The following pas
sage by Forrest drew down six distinct rounds of APP
pause.
"What am l then; than all these2 Why. |
am peasant What has a peasant to do with lover
Vain revolutions why lavish your cruelty on the preat
Oh that the hewers Of wood and drawers OF wa.
ter had been swept away, that the proud might
icarn what the world would De WltAOut usl
Miss Cushman throug hout made many very fine points
OF part that in other hands would scarcely have been
above mediocrity.
Mrs. Richardson played remarkably wel-never
better, in her best days-and that saying much Her
delivery Of this and other passages was inimit.sple
"And you woaid have wife enjoy luxury while
husband tolls Claude, take me thou cans. not give
me wealth, titles, station but thou cans give me irue
i thee haar IN 49,.
and never never shall these lips reproach thee for the
past"
Forests manner and tone in this speech was equal
| to his best efforts in any part:
Taunt on, sir; spared gov when you were un
Tor crime is indeed defenceess."
The extracts we gave in yesterdays paper were
beautifully given by Mrs. Richardson. commencing
Love hssno thought of self" and you will see him
| &c. &C.
Pscde looked and played his part to Perfection
Rchings made the most of a very disapreeable n,r,
Clark was excellent the father Pauline wbe.,l.,
had little to do, and did that little we'll; Povey a, usu.I
spoiled passable part by his pful interpretations of
his own coming.
Forrest deserves special notice-he played chnstely
and correctly, and drew down repeated rounds of an
Plaose. But the part is in his line In the hands
OF james Walack, II may be made much more Of than
Nature allows Forrest to make Of it. The piece how
ever, was well cast and off with immense ecla,-
Forrest was called ost and announced for repetition
ten:gh amidst enthusiastic cheering There was about
SIl00 in the house.
o"o ~oia "~~ 20 the one and all Do for
heaven sake learn the speaK Il. away wnr
yosr interpretations and ransposoas there is not one
ofyou hope to improve on Bulwer, and you should
not attempt to do We had copy Of the play pub.
ished by Harper, in our hand, witnessed the re-
presentation, and presume il correctly pinned
we began to score and underline and insert and mark
the words omitted, and the interpolati.ns until we be-
came too tired to write This same copy is now
so scored and Scared that verify believe the author
himself could not read the printed part tot il.