Litchfield enquirer., 1871-04-06
WASHINGTON DRAMATIC AND LIT.
 ERARY SOCIETY.
NEW PRESTON, March 27, 1871

NEW PRESTON, March 27, 1871. 10 Me Editor of he LitchJseld Enquirer:
 S1R.-Your paper has, I think. criticised the Washington Dramatic and Literary So. cisty sufficiently, but if you you have space to spare, we would like to thank the above named society for the very pleasant eve nings we have spent in Farmer's Hall
 Some of the good people of Litchfeld County have objected 10 these entertain. ments. why. I do not know. The moral of each of these very well chosen Dramas is of the very highest order. The Dramas acted were " Neighbor lockwood" "The Victims and "The last Days of Pom peii.'
 First" Neighbor lockwood" The mor- al taught by this drama is certainly excel lent. We may be asked. why bring up the question of slavery? That question is now settled, so let it rest We ask are not the young present-of which there was a goodly number-to be our future legisla- tors A President, perhaps, or Presi- dentess CD and are we not bound in duty to God and man to teach them the ba,barity and totally corrupt state of society neces- sarily accompanying slavery?
 Second" The Victims" Is it not a duty to teach the young not to enter the state of Holy Matrimony without knowing each others dispositions ? Or, is it best to take up the bands of Holy Wedlock with out thought, and then after the Honey moon to see them enjoyin0 themselves as much as MT. and Mrs. Merryweather
 I am not now, Mir. Editor, speaking from any personal experience. being hap. oily (?) one of Jack Rawley's persuasion, and, from aught we can see will remain one of that persuasion, for some time to come. -
 Third-"The Last Days of Pompeii. " Is it best that we have an amphithsater, and thither flock to see gladiators fight with each other and with wild beasts ? leave common sense to answer the forego. ing questions. sss4
 In each play all the parts were acted finely, but should prize be offered to the victor. the best player, and we were ap- pointed to present it, we would by all means place it in the hands of lone, while at the same time we would make special mention of Minerva, Nidia, the Misses Aiken. Arbaoes, Birbo and Butterfly, and of all of the association who acted we would say. as Polonicus did of the actors in Hamlet. a
 "The best actors in the world, * either for tragedy. comedy. history, pastoral, pastoral comical, historical. pastoral, tragi. cal-historical. tragical lcomical. historical pastoral. scene undividable, or poem un- limited. Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light for the law of writ, and the liberty, these are the only men.
 On Friday eYsning, March 24th, the Arion Club gave us some very good music. . Box and Cox, married and settled ]" was acted very nicely by some of MT. E. W. Gunns scholars, and the .' Victims ]" was repeated. Nor are these the only anuse. nsnts Washington has indnlged in this winter. There was concert under the supervision of the Hon. Earle Buckingham. Lectures by MT. Hewitt and Rev. Mrs. Hannaford, and Dramatic Lscsvs by the Rev. Henry Upson. F. ". Gum, Esq, manager.
 E We thank the Washington Dramatic and Literary Association for entertaining us 90 many very pleasant evenings in their bean. tif1i village. and we hope that some time m the future we may be entertained by the same association again. Fs 41
 sss Yours, N A SPECTATOR.
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