Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-08-18

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THE AMATEUR DRAMA
The FIRST night Of the summer theatrical 49,.
at the Wcsselh@ft Water Cure came Of an N
day evening last. The performance wa, hal, !
the dining hall where largc and enthusiasm. "
diencc assembled to witness It; and more i,,.r
gent and refined audience il has scldoro l.,-
good fortune to sec in any Theatre. The ep,,,,.
ment was long and varied one, and cop,,,n.,,'
sides all that was set forth in the programme ~.
things not enumerated there II was by M ~.
the smallest portion Of our evenings enjoyme,, !,
listen to the delightful duets which Mr.. AMI,
Meyer 70 generously volunteered to sing a,5 IA,
filed up 50 agrceably the otherwise lone NJ,
between the plays.
The Dramatic entertainment consisted d, IL
one act pcices and was admirably sp,,,i1,,
throughout; indeed every thing abgu, Wal.
cellent that II would be difficult to critiei.o
for the excelencies alone; were Il otbervi.. A..
cy would forbid our abiding 10 Aemi.bs. d. a
fecis in the Efforts Of amatuer artists VII, b,,,h
boured hard through these warm day, d e..tt
us with graiuiious entertainment. which 49,,
them could not have been had at any prio. y
such forbcarance however is necessary. al ,t,,..
formers on this occasion, could we'll afford to tl,,.
themselves upon their merits alone, without el,i,
ing indulgence or forbearanoe from the e,i,ie a.
the ground Of inexperience. Many time, have >,
sat through a regular theatrical Performance ls.,
well done than this in every respect that we b,,.
nevertheless very much enjoyed, and in saving ,i,
we think we award very high encomium.
The first piece was the petit comedy called Il.
wedding Day" M elegant little affair written bv
Mrs. Charles kemhe for herself and husband
whose admirable acting, combined with fine depart.
ment and splendid stage presence won for II A fus
which it still retains The chief labor ofthis pis,.
devolves upon the heroine and admirably did Mn
Otto sustain It there we're evidences Of talent M,
to be mistaken, in all she did. We discovered in
this lady's acting nice and discriminating Dor.
trayal Of the character quite unusual in amateurs.
and we hazard but little in saying that inclination
and little practice alone are wanting to place her
in the front ranks II comedy actresses.
The parts Of Colonel Frcelove and Lord River,
were admirably well done and called forth general
praise these parts we're less suited to the talent,
Of the gentlemen who filled them than Others ia
which they subsequently appeared; they are parts
however without any marked characteristics belen-
ging 10 the range that is in theatrical parlanes
known as the walking Gentleman" where COOL
department and handsome wardrobe combined with
an agreeble stage presence, make up pretty nearly
the sum total Of the requirements The lesser
parts Of Mr.. and Mrs. Davis were 50 artsticaTy
rendered as to show that measure Of the vool
nature rather than the capacity Of the parties f.
ling them bad been taken in consideration in
assigning such characters to them; we hope that It
will be our good fortune to sec them both in parts
more worthy Of their talents.
The two succeeding pieces were fares Of the
modern school, in which the broad quaint hunor
u the author Of Box and Cox and Poor Pillieodiy
: APPARENT and are peculiarly adapted to artists
Ike Warren and Benton. Mr.. Furst succeeded
cry well in filling the leading parts in both these
'ieces and astonishei many by the control which
ie appeared to have in the use Of foreign Ian
'uagei no one eau doubt We think that this gen
leman has decided turn for the stage; as it must
&c manifest to all that he is great in every part
ie undertakes The gentleman who performed the
,art Of Glimmer in the two Buzzards, exhibited
much cleYerness, as also did the lady who per-
ormed the part Of Miss Buzzard-and as evidence
( how much can be accomplished with small means
'hen one IS determined to succeed, we would call
ttention to the unimportant part Of the waiter in
DO last piece, which was so well done as to elicit
lords Of warm appreciation from a gentleman who
las had twenty years experience Of the stage, and
las been for many years manager Of some Of tbe
est conducted theatres in the South and West.
Want Of space prevents US giving farther notice
4 this entertainment-that it was a successful one,
obody who was present can entertain doubt; 1t
Fas a credit to the Wesselhocft establishment; and
reditable alike to the lady and gentlemen perform
n. If it is not asking TOO much, may We not
ope that it was only the beginning of series Of
each one Of which shall be as agrCe
BILE in every way as the first. In expressing this
Iish we are confident we only echo the public
dice.