Litchfield enquirer., 1867-05-30
RESTORES FAREWELL.

We make the announcement of the fare
 we'll appearance of Madame Ristori in thi
 country with regret, which we are sur'
 will be shared by all our readers who have witnessed the representations of this grea artist It is not only that she has con
 quered our admiration by her genius, bu
 that her personal qualities have endeareC her to thousands who have enjoy 1 ed the pleasure of social intercourse with her, while her high character has en
 titled her to the universal respect in whicl she is held
 ] She has every reason to congratulate her self on the unqualified success, both artis
 tie and pecuniary, which has befallen hel even since her appearance at the French Theatre. Speaking language which no one American in thousand can under stand, she suffered $ considerable disad vantage as compared with the only actress we have ever seen here whose name car with any propriety be mentioned in con the most of the plays in which she has ap peared has been unfamiliar to the average 1 of her audience. These and other impedi ments between her and the American pub. lie seemed to render it unlikely, if not i'm possible, that she should meet the hearty ap- preciation which had awarded her efforts iu the old world
 It turned out, however, that her most complete and genuine triumph was to be won here It is fact as honorable to the keen appreciative faculty of our people as to the great artist herself, that not only the more salient features, but even the finer and more delicate shades of her acting were at once comprehended and admired, in spite of all the obstacles imposed by an 1 unfamiliar language. The language of the l emotions is not confined to words, and in the expression of all the various phases of sentiment the great actor speaks most ef- fectiyely in the pantomime which forms a living interpretation of the words In this way mainly Madame Ristori has appealed to, and has been understood by, our pub lie, and 1t is one of the highest demonstra- tions of the power of her genius that thus almost alone she has been so thorough!y comprehended,
 Nowhere except in this city and in New Orleans, has she appeared ill 9 sufficient number of characters to enable her audi ences to form an adequate conception of the full scope of her histrionic powers. It became very soon evident that the plays of C Elizabeth" and "Mary Stuart were such decided fayorites with the public, that their frequent repetition was desira- ble, and indeed demanded, end, in conse- quence We have been denied here the pleasure of witnessing her acting in ''Myr- rha, 8 play which was very much admired at New Orleans. Itis, perhaps, we'll enough that Madame Ristori has been seen so oft en by the same persons in two historical characters so familiar to our public as those of the rival queens. It has enabled us to mako S more careful study of two such masterly and finished personations A generation from now, there will be hun dreds whose recollections of the great ac- tress in these characters will be listened to with delight as eager as that elicited by the personal "reminiscences of Siddons and the elder Kean.
 In bidding farewell to Madame Ristori, we should fail of our duty, were we not to express our gratitude for the service she has performed in the elevation of her much abused profession in this country Both by her professional and personal ex- cellencies she has given q high example which cannot fail to have benefcent and abiding influence. We trust that it's effects may be seen in the establishment in this this city of such theatre as shall be wor- thy of a people capable of appreciating and richly rewarding two such artists as Madame Ristori and MT. Booth.
 Nor can we omit to say word in recog- milton of the courageous enterprise of Manager Grau, who has enabled us to en- joy the acting of Madame Ristori. We know that he was strongly dissuaded from his apparently hazardous undertaking by nearly all of those with whom he advised The result has shown that he knew both the powers of the great artist and the American public far better than his advi- sers. We trust that he will make some other managerial venture equally bold and equally successfully. Y. Post.