Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-09

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EpMUNp kEAN The beginning of Keans
dramatic career. when people wondered who
was That little man in the capes, in the hall
at Drury Lane, or when Mrs Siddons, playing
with him at the Belfast theatre, asked, "Who
Is that h0rrid little man ~ scarcely led up %
the sudden success he gained on his appearance
as Shylock But from that time forward he
rose from glory to glory. Ia almost every part
At played he worked revolution. The con-
.cryatlvcS oi the drama objected to his black
viz Ia the part OF Sbyock; TO the ''qulckness
Of familiar utterance' with which as Richard
Ill. he pronounced sentence ON Hastings to
the light, gay and careless ali" substituted
iur gloom aud grimn5sS in the representation
0i laro But the public was with kean In all
these points, and, right or wrong, they were APP
nlauicd 20 the echo. We have already heard
If his reception as Sir Giles Ovcneach. When
hc first acted Shylock to 4 thin house, the
actors i'm the green room wondered how such
noise could be made by so few people. The
nightly receipts OF the theatre rose so rapidly
that the committee OF management doubled
kean's salary, and gifts, praises, tributes flow
ed ia to him from all quarters. Among his
finest hits must be ranked the attitude he AS
snmed in Richard Sd, when the action oi the
pay was suspended in order that he might
stand for while drawing figures on the sand
and gazing into vacancy. OF his performance
or Luke IN MasSlnccr's 'City Madam" it is
recorded that an old lady who had intended
leaving him a large sum of money, was 50 ap'
nailed 10y the cold blooded villainy he display
"a. that she transferred the legacy to distant
rslat,on. We will les Mr.. Hawkins, his bio
yrapher. speak Of the crOwning effect In hcan
Xlnga.
'But all was east into the shade by the un-
speakablc grandeur OF his avOwal ot the terri
bic success attendant upon those stratagemS
which had turned the hydra ot calamit'e'--
i'a!ouSy-to his dire intent;
Born for use. live but To obligc you;
Know, then twas L
His eve lit up with prctcrnatural brit
lance the long smotherCd hate blazed iorth
,Sith fearful intensity as Alonzo tell he maleS
t;c,uv extended his arms over the ialntlng
Snaniard, towering over tho prostratc bocy
with terrific energy ami power, he trampIcd
nnon il in an attitude which llazGtt regarded
as not the less dreadful from Its being perfectly
hcautiIul. The effect was appalling; the ilery
sopl flashed out with look and gesture which
Unmarried corresponding dignity TO the body );
Rae. (Alonzo,) although by Tar the largest
nan 9ccined 10 withcr-shrink into hall his
Size. and appear smaller than kean; and Us
Barry Cornwall contemplated the dark anu eX-
ultant Moor standing over his victim, with
his flashing eyes and arms thrown upwards, (as
ihonch lac would lay open his very heart TO
y.cw, nc thought that he had never 6eheId
ANYTHING so like thG 'Archangel ruined Tic
va9 recalling to mind the limo descriptive OF
~, sail broad vans oI the great spirit Oh NIL,
,nn uhcn by an extraordinary coincidence OF
Ir, mo heard Southcy cxcaim TO q compan-
ION nv Godl he looks like the Devil.
pn,haps amidst all his triunphs the most
.a,;;,;pc ,ecocuition kean met with was that
,yh;nb Lc received from Garrick widow: She
JcolaTcd at once that kean reminded her OF
hor LuShand. and when kean dned with her,
,Lc ia him to a chair that had been GarrlcE 5
,'vo,iIr chair. saying te him, ~ on are the
.,.. son think worthy OF sitting in IT. =
.nIy - c,.mraining to Mrs, Garrlek that
VA mT;" n;,;"s oItcn misar pretended HIM, giving
T;,, oro,lit where he did did hos deserve IT, ana
.,,ne, .'''' ovcr narts on which he had oeS'1"eu
ibr Greatest care and attention, 'he o'u iauy
rcnLrd paiyely. "Nou should write your owl owl
cr,tirismS: David always did. pu' W. w.
kcau came out IN lhc Pt''' -, II;
DmSa,r Mrs. Garrick made herSen Ms
s,yeTest censor. She wrote him the following 1
nctc "Dcar sir. you can't play Abe Drug,
gcr Yours, &c Eva Garrck. kean repleo
L.ore shortly still Dear madam know II,
Your. Edmund kean." Criticism from Suen nc
,uuar.er he took with good grace, and inc
play disappeared from the bills alter TWO more
rspresentaiions But it is interesting to con
trast with this docility kean's proper prid'
and independence when he was bearded by un
cultivated audiences. At the Glasgow lhea
ire he queled disturbance by advancing tC
the tootlishts and asking, with ccntemptuou:
emnbasiS: What arc your commands, gen
t!cmen?" In Guernsey he applied to the
audience line from his part
.'Unmanuered dogs. stand ye when L con-
msndV
An apology was demanded, and Kean ex
aimed. APOLOGY take it from this remark
tLs only proof of intelligence you have ye
,fyen is in the proper application of the word
have lust uttered" In like manner, at til
Cobnrr Theatre, being called after the fall Q
,ho cwton by an audience which had not ap
,rccjated his acting, but thought itself entite
10 make him bow his Acknowledgements hea
ylid. calmly, We'll, have played IN ever
civilized couatry where English is the iansuae
Of, tie people, but never acted to an audlen'
ui such ignorant unmitigated bruteS as you are