The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-13

.'HFA1RE-The drama Of Fazio


and tn .HEATRE-The drama of Fazio
he MIA farce of Mischief Making will
Miss yed this evening In the former
Az Avonia Jones appears as Blanca
und intelligent gentleman sends rs,
fol- er the head Of 1.-THE Drama, the
u sowing very Just and complimentary
lbute to this talented artistic
"For years past, as If by universal
consent, the drama has been declared
to be on the wane 1t has, ,ge must
confess, to a great extent fallen from
its once high estate This fact has
been so generally admitted, especially
by critcs-but critics arc often unjust,
and always unllind, that il is not IN
frequent we find sweeping charges
made against the whole profession;
this we believe is the rule, but there
are exceptions We remember some
years ago seeing young actress-then
girl just budding into wornanhood-
II modest, refined, talented stepping, as
Il were, by single bound upon the
American stage, with an inAexible will
no power could shake, no difficulty EN-
bsrna; though young, she did not
= fear though unaided, slie Sid not fall
ter; and from that time TO the present,
she has moved upon the boards with
a free, majestic step, the acknowl-
edged Queen Of Tragedy. Mis- Ayonia
Jones is that star.
Miss Jones is at present playing an
engagement at the New Theatre, the
first week OF which closed on Saturday
evening last. We have been 50 unior-
Il Z tunAte as 10 be prevented from seeing
her but once, and that was the opening
night as Juliet But we have seen her
on former occasions personate Medea,
aud as she wraps herself in the gloomy
pride and selftorturing resentments of
that grand conception OF ancient trag-
edy as in a pail and stalks frowningly
among the festivals and pageants Of the
Corinthian court, implacable as Desti.
ny, ever the same unbending, though
sorrowslriclIen, shadow Of the once
mighty sorceress, as she shows herself
in the first scene, five mistake not, is
a piece Of acting that cannot be equall-
ed by any actress now living
AsJuliet, ON the other hand she is
alternately fierce and tender, playful
and severe, loving fondly, terrible in
her anger, toucnlng IN lef SORROW, EuO-
lime in her death-presenting one after
another every phase in the varied It's
sue of womans love, which is woman's
life-it comes unbidden, and remains
unlimited, and still lives on ahaageles5
among the changefnl, immortal amidst
the dying. aeal
In both plays we have that perfect
realization of the character she repre-
sents, together with the faculty Of ex-
pressing intense passion in all itssfoTms
which constitute an artistic OF tie high
est class.
Gifted by nature with energy, talent,
genius, beauty--all .that oan.allure, and
all that commands, it is not strange
that she is a universal favorite, for \
who hath not proved how feciy words essay
To fix one spark Of Beauiy's leaY sily ray: s..,|
who doth not feel tntil lis fdire sight
Paints into dnmess with d,iI4lh
his changing cheek, ms sinking heart confess
Tlesu1ight. the majesty %, Lov,lncss;
Taless n4meless charms, unmarked by her alone;
The Hgiz.er lose. "a purity grace,
The mind, v.o mus, breathing from her flae
The heart who's sone-4 harnnu-. q ihs whole
And. oh, ilisi eyeis 10 itself a soul