The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-08-13
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y Ve-t t&Afgt MfH uiinku
carouse;
Dat women laugh. 'oo. at the Equinox llous;
A'd as women, you saow, love. riil have tlir
own way
Spite q dear fapa's warning. I went 10 me "a,
- very large Theatres ofe I've been;
I've heard Pagsnina, and looked at oid Keap
I've been at Ia Scala and Drsry Lane. ~
And al Munich, q Monter. onct had ,ie,.
But the dear pailor Plays, which, bat lo., 81,
saw,
Beat The whole creation ia point Of lhc"drns i,
The audience was brilliant: TWAS atana .o,s.
On maugling John Milton. a weak ding : i.
! could, II / chose, describe each Ladies lrc..
And Gentlemaa's, toc, but mus, not dgrcs.
Precisely at eight, Out will not be certain
Io seconds.l uprosc the cxtcmpoized curtain,
And, to the delight Of each woman and man,
Who was present, the Amateur acting began.
l. {. orNis, fine rcgimental suit wrapped in
Very brilliantly play'd Merrypeathef, the Captain
lie dashed his gay heart
Right into his pant,
And justified that commentator called "saayj. .
Had time, much more Of his acting could tell
but really, he did it uncommonly well.
To those Of the audience, posscssne Of sonls
Very fine was the acting OF Miss Annie Coles:
II was moi oscr-acted. She played the part well
! think she was born on the stage 10 excel;
She has genius, Of that there's no possible doubt,
(which some folks, think, would be better
without:1
One Of these days,
When inclined to give praise,
Miss Coles may crown with a chaplet Of bays"
for tue present, III only observe that Miss Annie
Made papaLle hit in the acting Of Faaay.
Charlotte Shec was well acted by Miss Emma
Brown,
Who, touse phrase theatrical, "brouglt The house
down"
% sraceiul--so gentle-she won hearts and eyes,
And caused in the audience delighted sunrise.
When she quilted the stage, where she pleasantIv
sboDe,
h'ne'ed an Angel had me--and had gone
mr. Mllcom Mac Martin, I'm happy to tell,
Played the part Of the Doctor uncommonly well |
ne punning hate, but all folks will agree
IN saying that lie was u capital ".Shee."
fancy, in seryiug-girls' clumsy array,
ieoeeca Browns 'Dobson" was far away
The very best part of the Equinox Play.
All smart little creature
In figure and feature.
10 every ones heart you are winning your wav
No wonder the audience kept wagging their aws
No wonderthey hailed you with bursts ofapplapse,
he green curtain fell, and the folks one and mn
honsh twas evening, prepared fora Morning
CoH."
should say that the Manchester Musical Band
as 10 use an uncommon expression, con hand'' :
'essini, Beethoven, Mozart and then heard y
he soltness of llande-the brass of one Verdi:
nd the air from Der Freischutz, well written BE-
Weber;
nd the sweet hymn that flowed from the pure
lips Of IIeber;
nd but must stop, for the melodies STAY with
me, u
nd one Of these dayswil fear, run away with :
me. y
rises the curtain There only are two -
the boards, but they have sparkling bu siness d,
10 do;
icy DO It, and really, the audience enthrall
r "Sir Edward drops in on mere ..AIorn. :.
ing call,' -
rs ehIlingtonc we'll knows what she il abopt
I'd quietly lands poor Sir Edwartl-as trout 1,
g pulled out from I.ye's, or from BoYen's ~
pleasant brooks, Il
see ho'o the unusual atmosphere looks. 4
: Archie Mac Martin, played finely his part;
S Coles "snatched a grace" yet unfathoned
by Art; M
d when at the "Finis. the green curtain drew ~
dropped, great number Of bouquets we threw. - -
q babe to the Actors and Actresses too, -
grateful, and very reluctant adieu II
S.-The pth'si in my Postscript dancing 20
ing III speak, III,
The Manchester Journal will let me,-next 81
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