The national Republican., 1862-04-14

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~ fhe weather Of he frat few days Of The past
|,.|!Gs. GaE!,E|,A III 4Il!ll!f! w. w. A!al:tl
Fud,lsrly sorry that more persons wsrc no. able
B. 3. .':s,' .s,s, III GRSSs SSsniGhr
m4et charming actresses In the country. Her
limp Of char acier. as our readers well know, 10
In the higher GLASS Of "GAsoes,' as Maoaulay
styles tho '"5cAuo for Scmdal." She also
H}ys Ia spch itasedics N The Madonna ;oi
A." and, ths part Of /" Jaliat,n,in Romeo and
J4iet' Her "Julia," 10 tbe =" Huushback,n
Is very fine; but we have been accustomed 10
admire psr tsndiupp. Of ",tsa4 Gay jSpspkey,n,
In London Assurance" more than my other
pat IN Sbich We had ieen her before We wit:
ue}sed the play Of Self" on Saturday evening.
Bdurcicaulrs play Of "L,ndon Assurance"
Which Nj. Thackeray humorously criticised for
I'D inherent impossibulEy and the good English
p,}t into the mouths Of tAe servants, resembles
thS play d the Stranger, In being great
fatorite and In retaining the stage, though no
one can tell the reason why. ... ,
| Il is, however, very effective, and Lady Gay
Sphnker has become quite classical, We have
seSn Miss Batemsn play this part In Boston,
Piiladelpbia, and Baltimore. We have also
sein' the part taken BY many actresses, from
Nd Barron back to Mrs Barret. and we need
nd say how we'll taken. The latter even in
h@ old age. used 10 carry away her audience;
Though weighing lsbhswhat over tao husdfed
pounds, she used to trouble her dolly con-
sderably to carry her away, "a he Is obliged TO
| ID and We should think her horse. Blue-skln,
mbst have been remarkable animal to do bis
Ih4igcs in the way she described with her on his
b3ck. We think Mrs Bateman' particularly
adapted to that par. L,dy Gay wasaa fine
AAy, the daughter Of an earl, and loved Dolly,
Though he was under control. II d not In the
earlier part Of the play that Miss Batemsn ex.
ods. The "turfy' part Of the play she docs
| n4t do as well ss q greuter romp might do,
bit in the. love scene with Sir HarcOurt she
| sIgreat In humorous love scenes she has
NV equals. This enables her to take The part
i Of Lady Teazle, for which, as we'll as fot Julia,
hSr beauty, Of faoe and fgare adapt her,, The
play Of "SelfN 10 particularly interesting, be-
oause, ,wriHsh'b Mrs, Batemiu, the principal
characters Sre taken by Miss Batetnan and her
lMr. b. msde. he only appearance on Satu, .
\ dty evening, and We wonder that he. does not
appear oftener. As Uncle Oliver Surface, that
Everlasting uncle, with whole laos Of rupees,
who Is always at hand to make the young peo-
4 pie happy, he would be admirable. AZ Uncle
John Unit, q retired banker, who, under nan.
\ kSen pantaloons, blue coat, an eccentric
manner, and lots of wholesome advice, corceals
\ kind heart and pocket full Of dollars, he
whs quite the hero Of the play Of "Selfn Miss
b took the part Of Mary Apex; which Is per-
| f9ctly adapted 70 her powers. She Ia lady
| like, free from stage tricks or meretrieious
o}nsmepts. The scene In the play, In which she
| gives her father (who is o Paul Donbey) an
otder far her whole fortune 10 save him from
bankruptcy, and finding that her aep.bcother
hid 'poes6sspd himself Of her money BY means
Tot sforgery, 70 shield him from disgrace, allows
j hkr father 10 believe that she hpd used the
i money herself, Is very effective, aud wo were
i npt surpr6ed to see many dim eyes in our
/ vicinity. The other parts. were Sustained cx-
| c&edingly we'll by members Of the stock CON.
/ pkny, which is remarkably good. We would
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ShaerWcll 10 Q charm. Her ease aud abandon,
ai we'll a. grace and beauty, In. tbe character
of k,s Radius, fashionable scandalmonger,
pleased us much, and her soubretts, m the faI ce,
| Was equally pleasing 10 tho audience, which
Was large and fashionable.
Aunt Chloe, the Nurse, Of Miss Fauuip, WI
livery natural. and tar e1celled her Jessie Hon.
ion, 10 tic farce, Mr. Taylor's fop created
much merriment, and could hardly be surpassed
eFen In "Pawis" (Paris), where that gentle
name dress would create sensation, no doubt.
His English drawl Is perfect, except the ."yes."
| Mrs. Auzzy was still iii, we suppose. In her
absence, Mrs. Bland looked Mrs. C0dliver, and
atted we'll Whist she remembered Of the part
| The farce "Cool as Cucumber" )" was racy, aud
resulted In irolic on the part Of the company,
Which was Joined in and enjoyed by the audi
ehce. Mr.. Meldrum's Cool (Piumpef) was acted
d we'll as We wiih 10 see it done. Felix Mer-
rbwea,her hineelf might reverence the impu.
dencc OF such man." We ought not to forget
tb mention Ar. Parker, whose "Old Barkins
Was good. hope the farce will b. repeated
I,during this week, and that the actors will be
Sble 10 keep from laughing at their own fun
t6ouEh no one Of the audience could blame
them Saturday night. The same stock company
4ill continue Ut this theatre during the coming
week, and Miss Annette Ince will reappear after
abseIS 'fJmI ~ .SS,M&y Ghse NAka sslrkSs
achieved Der greatest sucoeses, and have never
tlad the pleasure Of seeing her; but from radi
don In theatrical circles, we think the public
hust share our hnticipatl6hS And BE- upoh the
tptoc Of expectation 10 witneAs her second de
lkL Mr.. Knnkei must meet WIKI that continued
3iooess which bis efforts 30 richly deserve, and
which management and judgment in selecting
stock company always insuses. j.. yn.,..
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