Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-09
THE DRAMA.
The Coming star-A Rich Treat in
store for Our Play.Goers.

Miss Marriott, of the Sadlers Wells
Theater, London, has been two weeks 10
New Orleans, playing successful en-.
gagement at the Academy of Music, and
is expected here next week TO fill an en-.
gsgement at the Memphis Theater, which
we hope will be not only successful but
brilliant one. Miss Marriott is . YER
satile actress, and not only impersonates
"Evadne," in The Statues Julie" in
Richelieu ; "Msrgsret Elmore" in
Loue's Sacrifice; Lady Eveline," 10
the Wife's Secret; Meg Merrilies," in
Guy Mannering; "Psrthenis," in In
gomor; Beairlce." in Much Ado
About Nothing; but even " Romeo"
and Hamlet" which shows she must be
an actress Of extraordinary dramatic
talent. The London Times states that
"she plays Hamlet and Romeo
simply because she can play them we'll,
and it is doubtful whether her equal in
the latter is to be found on the London
stage. Her action is always graceful,
her reading unexceptionable, her articu.
lation distinct, and she delivers her dia-
logue with that indication of impulsive
passion which is missed by go many per-
formers of the part, but the lack of which
renders Romeo something very like an
affected pedant" "Her Hamlet"
says the same paper, is not only we'll
considered and well-studied, but an ex-
tremely finished performance. Her ges-
lures are easy and elegant; she shows
herself thoroughly trained in all the dis
cipline that belongs to the male actor
yet, while she becomes thoroughly
manly, she is never 'msnisb, as many
ladies become when they assume male
attire. Her defamation is correct and
eloquent, and her most passionate utter
ances are both strong and spontaneous.
More remarkable than all this, perhaps,
is her power of facial expressions.
The situation, in which Hamlet
watches the effect of the play,
in catching the conscience of the
king, and which chiefly depends upon
mute action, could scarcely be more
finely rendered" OF her LADY Mac
beth" the London FreemaHs Journal
says. "The ambitious and guilty Lady
Macbeth found an able representative
in Miss Marriott. With recollections of
the late Mrs. Warner and Miss Cushmsn
in the character, we have no hesitation
in affirming that the true delinestion of
the character was never more srtistically
rendered. The whitening scorn with
which she rebukes her lord for his want
of courage, when contemplating the MUIR
der of Duncan, was something terri
BILE; while the sleeping scene, in the last
act, in which the horrors, ever attendant
upon guilty conscience, are go wildly
portrayed by the i'm mortal dramatst, was
so truthfully given, that it alone would
have been sufficient to have secured the
triumph of an actress" During Miss
Msrriott's stay in Sheffield, England, the
Telegraph, of that place, says; "She
appeared in round of very popular and
highly interesting characters, and
she cannot fail to have left
deep and lasting impression of her
extraordinary skill on the thousands by
whom her performances have been wit.
messed. Her conception of character is
striking, and in the highest degree nstu.
raj. So completely does she absorb her
that she entirely divests herself of her
own individuality, and becomes for the
nonce that which she assn mes, and her
great power of expression enables her to
do this with remarkable facility and sue
cess. Her reading is lucid, her articula-
ton clear, forcible and ACCURATE; her
defamation powerful and affecting The
intense love, winning tenderness, burn
ing Jealousy, consuming remorse and
hopeless wretehednsss which she infused
into such characters as Blanca, "" Par
thenia," pauline" Juliet" and
Jennie Deans" were wonderful to look
upon. Every movement, every tone,
even the minutest, every glance Of the
eye, was full of meaning, and she ap-
peared to hold her audiences in suspense,
relief FROM WHICH vas followed BY opt.
bursts of genuine applause. Miss Mar.
RIOTS Blanca" is a part so exquisitely
beautiful, so flll of force and feeling her
love is 30 eonfding and sincere her
Jealousy and hatred 90 bitter and
relentless; her grief so poignant and
overwhelming that she has no superiors
in the part" These high encomiums
have been echoed by the press of this
coun..-v in places where Miss Marriott
has played-by the new ! ORG. D 1u&o
and New Orleans papers. The Picayune,
on the SECOND night of tho season Vt the
Academy of Music, said "To us Miss
Msrriott's assumption of Hamlet was
not only newt was an experiment
Her success we thought questionable, not
because we knew anything of the lady,
but for the reason that we thought q
fe male could not look and act o phaFse-
ter, which in every respect taxes the
most accomplished genius OF the stage.
Bot we were deceived. Miss Marriott
has succeeded. Her Interpretation of
that most difficult role, embodied /
strength, yiyidness aud just
and poysrfql analysis which dis
closed the varying noods and |
of the Dane as thrillingly as the |
most critical could desire. Hers is not |
the Hamlet we have seen before. 1t |
originslity-it is fresh, even
and sustained. There is no abruptness
about it. The mind Of the auditor in
sensibly develops the emotion of the /
actress. One is not surprised. The
mind is not shocked when the counter
teit insanity merges into reason. We
look for it. Underlying the even devel-
opment of the plot is the individuality of
the artist" 1t would be strange indeed
If Memphis wouldn't greet so great an
actress yith OVERLOOKING houses.
pou,f Look nj 4. G. Barnaby,s win.