New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-01

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both the Legislature and the city vii
have performed their duty impertectly i
they 10 not make their revision and relic
! of debt and taxes thorough, and efectua
70 afford yelie: 20 the taxpayers Of The
city and State. We therefore cali upo1
the Legislature 20 take up this suffice: o
city relief. and enac: such reductions and
expenses as vii! he adequate 80 'l.e relic
Of tie public embarrassment.
THE HAMLET OF LAWRENCE BARRETT,
The play OF '.Hau4let' pe.e: pals. Il
is like nature. :neAhaustible in interest
! a nd like nature. also. j: possesses an exc
rnent q: mystery which each thinker
strives % solve .os himself. Some coz
! cepti.ns Of the character o: the melans
! choiy Dane make j: one Q: pure intellect,
| given 70 metaphysical contemplation.
aye,se 70 action. incapable Of strong feeIe
ing. Others. on the contrary. regard him
| as man OF arden: affections. warped
from :heir na:ura! course by the satality
which called him 20 d duty above his
trength. !: is evident to ali who have
made his character &. matter Of study that
Hamlet had undergone = marked an: sud.
den change after the mysterious death Of
his father, and the rapidly following and
ne ost disgracefui marriage Of lis mother.
Previously be Lad been gay. social
warm-hearted: worshiping his father,
honoring ana admiring his mother;
loving Ophelia: younger in character
than in years, yet mature in thought;
fond Of amusement. yet choice as to the
nature thereof. the rose and expectancy
of the fair State, yet quite destitute OF
am bition. Lofty in his views, and poetic
in his temperament, he could not take
things moderately, and all the philosophy
q. his command could not reconcile him
to his fathers death or his mothers
marriage-the latter shiverirg at a blow
his high ideal Of woman. and filling
his heart with that bitterness toward the
sex which, found bent IN the sad. not
scorpful s.1.:e.cs. ''Tsai!:y. :hy name IS
woman
Nam'e. On 10. ,e played iya r smi:a.o-.
Tie bes: models had better no: be FOL-
lowed .iay;shly. though they may be pro"
..tably studied. The maH who undertakes
70 persona:e 80 original . character mus.
study :: for ii:nse.f. This Lawrence Bar.
get: has undoubtedly done. and lie has
evidently discovered il j: this e!e:aen: o:
tenderness Of which We have SPOKEN, ana
which SO many G: lis ;:o.. .s:oa see,a 20
have overlooked.
i'oy instance. n the v..; i:.: s,en. III
which le Appeals. ".en chi1el b.: lis
mother :o- his .omt,e .:.!en and vest:re.
the !.an..e: 0: Ea:yget: displays genuine
cr;e. 70. TIE Jos, o: az .Ioli.ei father:
whereas many ..c.o:s-anI those o: note
:o"-,.a axe hin ..aunt Ii, mourning garl
in lis mothers: .ce :.lo:e IS :. .ep:oacL 20
The .ev..v o: hes coni.c: :i,an III homo:
Q; his fathers ,.mo,:. IN his inter.
view with -. :a.hes's ye::urbe! spirit.
this :enj.e:..., i.yvat!es every tone. look.
and wo.:. !. !. horrible. ho..
r!l:e. nc.: horrible. - .o. simply
:ha: ,.,:....er Aal been com.
United. III: Ina: s.:oi, . mar. $50 excel
.e.. king 20 loving 20 L:s mo:Ae..
had te.i. thus ::eachegc'.s!y taken of.
WAeneye. /. mentions this father j: is in
tie exa:ss,.:e.: .ang.a.: o: fila: eH:i,..
ssas:n.
II Ii. sc.ae ~..;. q 9Lel:s Likewise il is
partly :he struggle between tenderness
and Suspicion. produced ty his mothers
misconduct. which Ia, e..bitteyei him
toward Lex sex; and siarpened afresh
By the discovery tina: :heis interview is
sp;ed upon. which causes his iarshness-
partly b9: nc. wholly. Smother motive
for it was tia: kind cruelty wh:ch would
xii. a: once . love destined 20 disappoint-
.Hent. VIVA: had he now 20 10 with love:
\ stern fate had doomed hin, to mission
o: retr.bution-a mission foreign enough
70 his nature. even though kept before his
mind. as he had sworn TO keep i, Gun.
mixed with base. matter and ye: he
loved Opielia. as he 5..teywar. proclaimed
IN the tuyia. scene: ana it Is a very happy
touch o. nature TO make that love triumph
fox ,no,nen: OYER his resolution in part.
ing from her. This IS .aos. skillfully ex.
pressed ~ Lawrence Barrett wien. after
having ascertained ~ lifting the curtain
that the spies axe gone. ;e .ai.es a.y hand
AID softly kisses i.
Even toward his :ao.her. .'isguste: as
be IS al ie. conduct, he still retains gem
.an: O; Lii. former love, and shows when
IA the very tempest and wAiriwin1 of his
passion he s.ei.s 20 wing her heart. Many
actors perform this scene in manner rec
voting 70 q! the :ine- :ensitiIi.:es Of ouy |
nature. They ..v!le her in tones cha. no
man o: feeling would use 10 :. common |
tavi. EoT. ;Ian.e:'s mother, though |
.he par. j. generally played IS al inferioy
1ne. mus: have been 4 remarkable |
so:.aH. she could 10. s.av. been -;
m-cs: md. t'.:y T.. the .:me OF !
her second marriage. .'os no,e than ,
thirty :eac. 81. aai se:snes az wife 4:
md queen. ioaor.i an! beloved. She |
nus. ice. saaDti:u. and endearirg !!
lamie: ai,asei: :es.!ies 20 .he enthusiastic |.
ove 0: LIS ..:ia. 70: le.. az 1 .er devotion
@ him. Her !al: .as one 81 those ;race
(.eviatioas .rcya si:tr. sncS as |