The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-03-01
Forrest in Richmond.

Forrest in Richmond.
.zczAta Is 8 ls,- .tAf5E 1913 = -
sRIcHELIEU'.--We have been to hear
Forrest, We went on Monday night.
&c. apparently. did everybody else
From the foot of the stage to the top.
most bench Of the gallery, layer after
layer, and tier after tier Of stair women
and brave men" crowded into our
beautiful Hall to hear the great Actor.
The flash Of Opera Glasses. in unwonted
profusion, told Of the presence Of those
who had come to see. The eager lean
ing forward Of those who hsd come to
hear. The snowy and brilliant appar-
ell Of the fair sex told, in some in
| stances. Of the presence of those who
came to be seen in others, Of those
| who, appreciating the greatness Of the
occasion, rose to the emergency Look
ing up at the massed and crammed gal
| leiies, we we're reminded of the Solid
Julian Avalanche so warmly hoped for,
and so confidently predicted by our
neighbor, The Voice Of Spring., (aoicA is
p. ny Over one thousand people were
present, the net receipts being in the
neighborhood Of six hundred dollars.
At quarter after eight O. clock-oNLY
30 minutes after the advertised time
the Orchestra Ga home made institu-o
tion) having favored the audience with
an awe- inspiring Waltz as an appropriate
prelude to The great historical scene
about to lie laid before US. The curtain
slowly disappeared il the wilderness of
scenery above the stage, and revealed to
costnmed actors, purportlng to person
| ate the conspiring mobiles Of France. A
more utterly imbecile set of :SUPEs' new
er infested a stage. The entrance of
'Richelieu' in Scene 2nd, was indie ed
relief from the inane, stiff, and senseless
'Sticks,' who personated the minor char
acters. .sas.E g.. s ss.-.s II @ is geg.s-.. a
AS to Forrest, well-he was Forrest
perhaps trile broken with age--but
Forrest still. The same wonderful pow
er-the same capacity for entire ABSORB
ton in the character he portrays. Tho
realization of the actual presence of the /,
gray haired old statesman, SO shrewd,
so able, so fond of power. The COM
plete personation of the luxuriously at
tired old man, with his painful down
sitting and up rising, his long>drawn
breath, his ainimitable laugh. What
powerful, ambitious, shrewd old fox he
was made to appear. Who will ever
forget the scene of the Curse of the
Church p the wonderful passion in the
face of the rare old mantle combina-.
ton Of strong, vigorous intellect and
weak decaying body. Neither Miss
Lille, as Julie de Mortimer or Mr..
VIM. Harris, as 'Cheyalier de Maufrat,'
equalled our expectations in their sew
eral roles, though each showed us a
momentary glimpse Of what might have
been our enjoyment Of q really good
support of q great actor.
In conclusion, the temperature and
atmosphere of the Hall ght have been
materially improved, by little attention
on the part of the managers, to the win
vows, WHICH, Scut uOWn Ou tuc ucAuS VI
the unprotected audience, stream of
air. evidently fresh from 'Greenland's
Icy Mountains
JACK CADE' On Tuesday evening,
the play of Jack Cade was given to an
/ audience some 800 smaller than that of
the night before. The play was long,
and not so successful in its management
! rs that Of Richelieu. The scenery seem
ed to be defective, and gave much troub-
lie. Then, too, the cast of the play
threw much on the shoulders Of the mi
nor players, who were totally incompe-
tent to develop the strong points of
| their roles. Miss Lille, as Marianne.
was better than Miss Lille as Julie )
| indeed, she acted for the major part OF
the evening with much spirit and force,
especially was this the case in the scene
after the murder of Lord Clifford Her
acting at this point was strong and life
like, ard left a much more favorable
| impression Of her talents than did her
/ subjective role Of the night before. a.
| else aaI
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