Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-02-20
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Ofla& thcsa iv6 very mysterious Initials have
crnafed quite LzETI.A Chat GNat, both amcng
tue reoale who attend or Th"atre and lie
actor5 themselves, BY Feing placed ST The bet
tom OF some oe1y doNbtuL crAIc!ari5 np me
performances in CUE Theatre OF lst more par
iicularly an2ongt actors, because s some body
received b something ~ which j. seems, WAS
very difficult something TO apply any very rar"
ticu!ar meaning tn, d moreover, 10 "1ad BE-
hold that something bore upon it, ns'r b%d
tia's, &C B." What be"an'e # thas so1es~
thing, we know Il t, but Judging frotn is
arr and fiqhtv style, 1--WE have heard that il
WAS very much SO J we pre- u1ne it must have
SCARED away 20 some uHk"owA region, here
are known nothing put eternal bliss and hap.
pineas But enough Of this, for ''75o0 comes
Ike tug Of apnr" o. In the J,asrnoj OF >stlr !:
d. evening, we ind criticism OF the plyy Of
"Charle5 XII the tone OF VIII cE is very un~
lust and uncalled for, but before proc"ed Eg
further we wish 20 ask those gerry mysterious
initials. two questions viz: 1st " h., her they
ever Jaw the Drama played before, III fret
whether they ever cetore saw theatrlca per
forman e, buthold. we believe they have, beCuse
we saw another criticism whh in fact WIS
more "lovely'' ana expressive OF 'Ha0Sh'
(permit u.s. than c.itlcism upon ply. -
2al Have those initials e, er stud I'd Eng
ish :? if they have, va would advise them TO
take y ''revsse' and look over it very car fully:
But TO resume the thread Of our 'u?:varnashe1
| ta1e," in the FIRST place they commence hus -
Last night the Military Drama of * na. les
re ented With Mr. Joon Ferris in the charac~
ter Of thi. unfortun ,to kim -(Fortunate he i
here, for he has nothing C. do, other than TO
forgive and make othpra happy - Now We
ask it that gentlem"n had nSlhing 70 DC but
''iorgive and make other happy, in what
way coulo he be IN orsune? Ihe,y hen go on
70 say, in features and languaE ethe gentleman
done the brst he could Now, have these
initials ever seen Mr. Ferris when ha ls in his
usual good health, il they had We think they
would have changed their minds considerably,
in regard to his doing the bet he could '-
severe cold, with which he has been hardly
able to speak lately, dill not play with n
wonted spirit but played he character on the
whole, as vel! as it is USUALLY played ny people
Of more pre1en ions, than he has for acung-
In the next place they g. on to say ,''r JOS.
Irving as "Tripto1emue Muddlework,n had
thankful part TO perform and we're fully re-
warde by IN" applause Of the audience N""
how thew who Sc II to know SO much about
Theatri ala, can confound TWO pats into one:
performed by two separate Individual, a. me
same time and place s0s kn0w 7:or' but ems
we do know, that the parts were e1ceedlnRsS
well PLAYED, only for The want Of little m re
humor on the part Of ,'Muddlewerk, ;, which
those noted initials serua to thi k should have
been reduced TO little more D7aYl y. SIR bnr~
gomaster Muddl. work if you please. !" we 90
not wish to hurt heteeings CT MesSrs STOUT ana
Foster but zoe sutor ultra ere u dans," Ha!
hal We are struck, W. have no more 10 SO:
only that the parts we're well rendered. con
sidsring the tin e,hey had TO ztudv them which
va. only f:om day to Gay. The re t Of his cri-
sicism does very well, with one excepGlon7 LEI
-. ~ ,ca11 I'M
viii suffice, and hoping that our nysteri us
friend C. B." will gel little m"re exp risnce
btfore attempting to write Theatrical C'iti
cisms, we, to be mysterious IN the FASH. n sl5n