New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-21
TIE DRAMA.
FOURTEENTH-sT. TuEATER-FORRrsT's RICHIE
| LIEU.

FOURTEENTH-Sr. TIEATER-FORRESTs RICHIE
LIEU.
In one point Of view Mr.. Forests acting
must he regarded momCntOus. Whatever else can be
sad of it, rightly say that it il not earnest
Mr.. Forrest is not tricr All that he does the stage
IS done with sincerity and foce and for that reason his
acting offers strong contrast with the fr0th and Zip
pany that the stage too layishy supplies Often in the
performance OF professional duty have Witnessed
representations that wCrc-from simple vapdncss-hu-
initiating TO and unworthy Of word of written re-
Election. Mr.. FOnCst's performances not Of this
kind. They may conflict With our judgment and ofcud
taste: but they put forward in earnest spirit
and they concey cd and wrought out with faithful
care. His Rchccu-Whch seen last evening at the
Fourteenth Street Ihcater for tie first time during his
present eHgagcmcLts not exception to this fact in
art. We can commend it for profound zeal and for
symmetry Of mechanism. It was an indiyidualized
bodment Il was consistently sustained; it effective.
by of physical force; bur it nothing more.
The spirit lof the that Mr. Forrest presented as
Cardinal Rfche'itaw common and coarse Many little
tokens denoted thissucb, for example as the HaMca
manner in which the Cardinal matc to aporophlze
power and the che p misauthropy that was made to
invest his alus to woman orr meaning will be ndi-
Gated when say that NJ Forrest Invested the character
of poetry and romance and chose to develop II along
plane Of prose- EhIl.tiCEs Of physical ICWcr-Vhch
were quite The performance proceeded, and
which never failed to stir Tie seEsbie Of the listener
could atone for this lack Of the essential interior
spirit Mr. Forests RicheIieu is not tame; but ii is, in
tie fbcr of the human nature which composes it, Of an
inferior quality. And-as was ever the caset is cX-
ccedingy, and sometimes ludcrOusy, theatrical.
This was seen last night in good deal Of tie actors by
play and in his alterations o. spasmOdic rapdity with
elaborated and wearsonc fugcishncss in the delivery
of the text. The cough and pulmonary debility which
Mr.. Forrest assumed were quite at variance with the
power OF frame and tie mclodiOus thunder
Of voice that he yet retains and that
he did not fail to exhibit As to the enunciaion-one
example may stand for all Life was rct permitted to
soar with Mr. Forests CC5Gn0l il had to s-o-arrl-r
But we refrain from dwelling nc endless discus
sion Of details not agreeable TO write other words
than those Of unqualified admiration Of this renowncd
actor. is especially unpleasant TO qualify urIrlse
Of lin in this part since ndby incur sort Of su-
picOn Of desiring to undcrvalue the Rtchetcu 81 MT
Forrest in comparison with the Ricbefa Of Mr. Booth.
such an idea would Of course be idly and
fooli,hly goundlcss. The thought OF 1t Will,
nevertheless, iltyudc. In perfect sincerity
however, we cannot commend Mr.. FORESTS
EcIeicU, commensurate with what we take to be the
authors IDEAL ethcr in conception or execution. The
actor was requcntl and g.cauyarplaudcd The scenery
was hue and the support,-eNccptug mr. Moniss J0Se"
and portions Of Miss Lny's Ju'ie-was abomnaby bad
" Riclclieu" viii be again acted this evening.
sTADT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TANCHON
Last evening Madame Scebach appeared for
tho first time in this city in the part Of Fauchon Ole
performance afforded manifest pleasure, and was warmly
appaudcd Tho representation satisfied the most en-
tlusiastic admirers of this great artistic. II was simple
earnest and faithful portrait, without an exaggerated
color or supcruous touch The character in her de-
lineaton developed with tic spontaneous modety OF
nature and consequently lost much Of the wildncsa with
which it IS commonly disfeurcd lis cc1entIlcie',
springing freely from upusiycand noble disposition
misplaced and misunderstood, were devoid Of the sem
bancc Of wauouncss and the conversion and softennS
of her nature and manners under tie gentle Influences
Of love and kindness appeared TO follow as naturally as
uicht rnelts into day. Madame SCcbacs IGFoa is as
genial and lovely as it is pure feeling aud accurate in
form II is one OF the most delightful triamph she las
achieved in America she ably supported 10y Nile.
Vereta whose Fadei fun OF fire, oarnesncss Of pur-
pose and intensity OF expression.
GALLACK's THEATEB.
"a Morning Call" and "Woodcocb's Little.
Game" were actea at Waacks TLeater, last night in
the presence Of one Of the largest audiences that have
assembled in any tcacr this The performance
passed off smoothly and gave great delight We shall
refer to it again.