The New York herald., 1872-12-02

Seem to me all the uses Of this word
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Mr. Forrest gives tes customer Sa'ay reading, and
with what in music is called slur,
"Roya Dane, oh answer mep'
as though he called the ghost the other names,
to the could
Is 1t to hear the ghost say
"Thus was I. sleeping by brothers hand"
instead OF
Thus was I, sleeping by brothers hand
..He walks four hours together here in the
lobby" says Forests Polonius, instead OF "He
walks for hOurSn
Says Hamlet to HoratiO:-
For what advancement may hope from thee
That sS no roSennH @ s,o hath ts but thy good sprits
Mr.. Forrest makes full stop at 'sprits," and
then begins new and unintelgible sentence.
Equally marvellous Is this:-
In my hearts core, Ay, in my heart of hearts,
There is a play, &c.
Mr.. Forrest runs "this' into sThere is,n &C.. as
to Wherever the hu@or sezes
him. Therefore different nights he may read
Inherently, but 'all my reports 90 with the naked
These are queer twistings, and queer is Mr.. For
rests conception Of Hamlet; but he shows how
vice to the players most easily, and admirably
cOllOquial in the ghost scene as to set example
TO a shs on Of the pS as one
that does not drag its slow length along.
Now and then there, Is Forrestian burst OF
passion, but one rage does not make Hamlet, and
1t is pity that Mr.. Forrest does not retire to that
lie Of elegant leisure which great fortune enables
Alter Mr. Forrest there passes before us Miss
Nelson, declared by the London Morning Post to
be ''unOn Of intellect and passion;" by the
n nj
son scene; by, other English journals to
be everything that is admirable: We are
very fond in this country OF quoting foreign
criticisms, as though we were utterly incapable OF
any. This system saves world OF trouble. No
have no fear of original opinions. When Americans
go to Europe they are tried by their merits. 10
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soothing syrup to I1, an earthqnake cart quake We are
action the mouth and jaws are not attractive. The
lady is painstaking, refined in manner, and seems
be limited it is her misfortune, not her fault. TO
act juliet properly requires the genius q Ristorl
Seiser nan the n01 macry An Juets Il
because the majority of !uliets are "horri.
ble most ,S, horrible" There has been no Juliet
rett, whose peer cannot be found in Miss Nelson.
Deprive the latter lady Of beauty, and how long
fatal gilt 1t is the greatest blessing nature gives
to woman, for with it she can make very little OF
every JnlnS else go q great way.
juliet is avery young, ndyUe, passionate girl,
whose words and actions are as unstuded as the
motions OF fawn. Miss Nelson never loses her
selfconsciousness, Is as precise as the ticking Of q
clock, and her stimulation Of passion is so thin q
veneer as to deceive few. In the first act Miss
dcmonstrative in discovering her love for Ro-
meo. In act second she is best because
the situation is most interesting and picturesque;
calcium light brings out her beauty. In fact, the
balcony scene almost acts itself. The moment
q n a ia
thin and singularly without tone; her attempts at
passion are conventional ranting. When Miss
and 1t would require but little exaggeration to
transform her prison scene into burlesque Her
in attire, and the best artists assert that she
should always wear white. Miss Nelson's dresses,
especially the first, are those Of matron, and she
satin, with Romeo in light blue velvet. juliet is
not supposed to know. Of her immediate mar.
teens, why should It pes Altogether nnd English
Il S generally '' Is on ' most art matters, and still
dream OF q Juliet who shall somewhat approach
snasspsareps passionate lion sr,s creation 70 M
one sits through Mr.. Froude's lectures
sa cam 5g'aa% ade s @ +sss ssE make s''ie t. sxps ss
fSia foSiMaafGa Mr. wheeer's $smeo Is no: Romeo; but
fs as Ssms se Dr SF Ses S sas cas GS What az
He knows how. to kill Tybalt, however, and
he does 1t like an expert Il is not
pleasant to condemn so good an actor as Mr. Wal.
ack whose Fagin, Henry Dunbar and King Of the
Commons are realities but his Mercutio "willn
not "do." 1t Is deficient In grace breeding, airi.
ness, subtlety, everything 1t Is coarse and repul
sive. Mr.. Sol Smith makeup as the ap0thecary /
Is fine study, and the care with which this gentle
man decs little things ought to be lesson to those
makes decreps old woman q the hen nurse, | am At
q loss to understand. The nurse feigns rheuma-
tsm; but II Is only feigning and, as she runs upon
errands, can hardly have one leg In the grave
For the other characters there is little to be said
were it acted as well as It Is dressed ali our pocket
bandkerchiefs would be exhausted and we should
talk no more Of the light OF other days.
And now comes the merry Wives OF windsor"
Mr.. DAILY Is most enterprisinQ manager. He
never neglects details, consequently the scenery
worthy Of all praise. II the acting be less salts
factory we who live in the age Of upholstery, ought
not to complain. Mr.. Charles Fisher Is so
admirable an artist that / am quite sure
he does not fancy his rendering Of the
greasy knight" The fact OF his never before
attempting the part shows that he does not love
It.. Mr.: Fisher cannot be thoroughly bad in any
thing. but as bad as he can be, so bad Is he IN
Falstaf. II Is "a tall, active, impulsive man In
bladder, trying to be very fat and puffy and i'm
OF the situation and frequently spinning on one
leg. II Is Fastaff hard instead OF Falstar greasy"
il Is unpleasant without being clever.
Mr.. Whiting and Mr.. Lewis as shallow and Slender
are painstaking, and Mr.. Davidge cnacts Sir Hugh
Evans with all his customary care. Mr.. lie
Moyne's DR.. Caius would be more French were 1t
less English There Is little oiliness In MISS Daven
ports Mistress Ford or Miss Morants Mistress
Page, the absence OF which quality is also apparent
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