New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-14
perdita are pair Of l,ers in whom tae flame Of pas.

Perta are pair Of lover in whom tae flame OF pas
sion burns as pure and holy az Il ever did on
the altar of the human heart, snd the delicate
frsnkuess realisce the Innocence of the first
love in the garden Miss Thoro pcrsOnated one
feature of the character 10 perfection She looked full
ofesh innocent rustic beauty But there praise ends
For such character her very faults Of want of suif
c,rt intelligence and knowledge Of art, would have
been almost virtues, nsurrg simplicity. But the
ro-t beautiful passages fell with careless nds,inct
ue,s from her lips and in her air, especially n the
dance there was more Of weaTed discomfort than OF
the iovous innocence Of Perdita.
The erta. feature Of the night was NJ. Buron's
Autolycus.
Atolycus is a character in whose creation Shake
sreare must have reveed He is one Of those mrthfu
rcCues with whom he loved to make communion IN his
Journeys from London 10 Stratiord, and aTosnd the
era, king fire OF waysde inn at night to pass those
bright, pleasant ests which played around the large
humanity Of his nature Such strange characters never
failed to leave their mark upon his genius, and hs &C.
toleaye It's shadow on his page. Shakespeare MN
gled with his race was mirthful with their mirth, aud
foolish with their folles hence that omnipresent
natsre which touches alike the highest intellect and
rudest heart and makes his knowledge of every pur
suit so thorough that lawyers physicians, men Of all
trades and professions claim him for his particular know
ledge as child Of their craft. Thus Sir ii. Hslord,
from biz accurate knowledge of posons and their medi
Gina effect, has written pamphlet TO prove that he
must have been of the medical order And several
awvers. from hs legal cunning have asserted that
this bird Of Paradise belonged to their black roOkery.
Nature made him the playmate of Imagination, and he
appeared to be inside the character he described.
Even for the rogue he appears to have felt aud
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exageeraton of his vices of those of Falsta and all
hs comic characters but in way in which they
Themselves seem to enjoy them. He shows them of
in the peasantest light they bear and at the close
ore reioces to see them as Atolycus, strut off unpun-
sh,d, with a comic feather in their cap.
The character Of Autolycus has hitherto been pre-
sented as a merry rogue-bod, impudent and success
full The cowardice with which he has been invested
by the dramats has been shipped out by the curtaier
and the light and shade of the character Herewith
DESTROYED. Auolycus originally retainer OF
Prince Florizel, toward whom he continues to hold
warm and grateful attachment. He contesses that
"drab and dice id est wenchng and gaming, have
brought him to rags and want but he cares not-he
logs on the foothpath way of life for merry heart
"goes all the day, but sad tires in mile This
il his creed. and be acts up to it, Uttered under
Mercury. he confes3es his thevish propenslties and
perpotrates some iocund robbees. There is as much
fun as roguery in his practice peddar and while
serving his prince in his disguise, he cannot help feec
ing his victims. nor laughing at their simplicity. A
he says. Mature will not let him be honest But
his cowardice is lis meanest and not his least amusing
characteristics He owns it in his opening soiloquy-he
coufe.ses il while he describes his own character to
the clown whose pocket he is picking. While Boosting
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heard by Camille. and instantly resolves into fearful
krove When the Shepherds are advanced in favor
with the royal party he fawns humbly on the very
peasants he Lad bulled and robbed-and while suppl
eating their protection he picks the cowps pocket of
tie very fees he had paid him for his court favor
This truly Shakespearian and for the first time
piyen by Mr.. Burton. who retains and perhaps ampl-
es all the Joyous rascality of the rogue but does not
neglect to exhibit the weak points OF his character, as
depicted by the author
Burton was in prime order When entering with
his careless joy of air and greasy swagger he might
have stood for picture of Rembrandt. lie absolutely
eyeled in the genality of the character as II 1t was
his own. Mrth seemed Indigenous to his nature, and
shot out with an unchecked luxuriance. Nothing was
stuuted. He appeared to run riot in mIrth Yet the
iesh did not interfere with the exquisite deicacy IN
which he touched off shade or pictured quaint
Lumor. or described a beautiful image The huge
house is big enough to hold Autolycus Polonus Fall
staff and Sir Toby Bech. We have never seen the
fun cream up more exuberantly and its flow was full
of racy flavor. The audience Were in high spirits.
Tie sly humor Of the rogue OOzed out so
quantity that if it not for the recognition he
gives TO the audience in the shape OF nod
or wnk-whch points the fun Ike poke in the
ribs-one would think it equally unconscious as spon-
taneous Never did actor admit an audience more
confdentaly and unreservedly into his secrets The
whole audience seemed to him one person. his wink
seemed directed to each particular person, and 1t was
only the universal roar which disturbed each ones de-
uson that he was himself the special conidante
Even the victims seemed half gammoned with their
own consent, so oily his deception What stifi,
formal artificial aud exaggerated imtators OF human
nature do all other actors appear beside him.
The raptulous applause which greeted hr. Burton
on his entrance bespoke the public sense OF hs good
intention and the louder and universal shout which
burst forth at the close gave satisfactory evidence
that what he had accomplished was appreciated and
approved