The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-11
The Troubles or Criticism Another Appeal
from left

lr cur notice Of the Perfo, nance o. "a Midsummer
Nights Dream" .. the Broadway, alluded to Mr..
Dayi,ge, who psrsonAteo Bottom, Ia tbs following
terms -
In the comic unoerplot the graf character every
knows Ia Bottom the weaver. II wa taken BY
Davidge on Monday and great dsl' * talent Displayed
in II reno erpg shu Impossible 20 endorss him as
Bottom until first he harms his part thoroughly aud
coodly, hls grctssque asLion ana comic OBSERVATIONS
approach little nearer TO nature
Mr. psvdse lie yet satisfied with this, and Writes as the
following letter. ,0s,
TO TIE EDITOR oE THE HERALD.
su-An article In this Gays OF thu HERALD, pur
ptrtps 10 DO . criticism t'1i summ'r Night Dream
Al the Broadway care eors nue. Lns t iasoi S @ os
alton o, the character o; Bottom, py asserting 'na
WAS in psfe OF N the text. -
W.T. the opnios that you or any censor OF the pes'
lay entertain CT my poor ABILITY in the various eoa ~
teri called upon to su.ain of conrss have no nas
IT, aovsrcs Jmust presume them TO be given Win tes
conviction that you right and sm wong hut 90
OFT Enormously protest against charge o. eslos I'm
to state in portion OF the plsJ yoa discover
rssdy 70 admit the freedom Of the prsss ia
the dana we'll 10 other other br neu OF afl
and do not infer my equaEtmy 10 be rallied IN tae
sshest deree b. either pref adce or coavssioa but
charge like the en- In question would suNjsei ms 70
very rspu alton ia other cities Of the Unon
Waiting yours. an sir yours o %S n.yy,ncr
p s--poth NJ. carry aud Mr.. Wright tbs psomp:eE,
bear testimony to NY position in this matter.
We quite wiling 70 comply with Ar. Dsyidges re
quest 10 point out In what part POI ton OF the
play" we "dscoyered his delinquency" it vas gene
rally 10 pat in the 9Th act (shakspssrea veroo)
which he hst not studied ss cisatly ani cid not knc
by heart. It Wa particularly 10 the di.lcsus between
Pyrsmus and TDsbe which Ar D.vldse could have
got through without the assistance Of the profaper
WIS particularly the beginning grim ioofed
nshtp' when spectators in the orchestra heard the
prompter bsttsr than Nj Dkvdse seemed to do 1t was
particularly in another portion Of the same sSehe when
Mr. Davdge stopped short entirely having forgotten hi
part and the whole hsuse laughed 1T his pre- iioamen
II ike uss particularly in ths 'ceaes Whole Mr. d
yidgs a. Bottom being transformed into ass, and moi
OF his transformation, committed tbs unpar
donabs soeciam Of bsyiog, and thus showed bis very
superficial acquaintance with Sbskspesses meaning II
was likewise particularly in act III scene shaSspesse
version,) when Mr. DAvdge bIuncefsd in hs dialogue
with the iAes and required assistance both from this
performers en- The stage and the prompter. Whea ii
reference these crying faults We npy observed tina
Mr. Daviege had MOI learned his part thoroughly" vi
submit that W dealt with him with enency in who'll
not critics entirely justified We are the NOR
inclined to regret 1t, perisen between Mr. Ds
vidse, Bottom and that o; Mr. Burton perhaps du
to the public, AMI would have rabed Us to point out
| few words how vsrv fsr the former from VIA
misbt lave been expected from leading comedian At
| metropolitan theatre.