, 1874-01-11

| said OF his conception Of the part, and a8 that
! varies with every variety OF human experience,
+ who can pass Judgment upon it It is not the
Hamlet ne have seen before. ls it necessarily
incorrect? As to the embodiment Of bis ideal,
there can be but Que verdict. Weighed in the
balance, there is nothing wanting in the player
almost nothing in the SURROUNDINGS Where
! euch figure al that OF Salyini, in any Of his
thoughts Ho completely that the minor parts ap-
pear to be absorbed in it, as landscape is in the
splenlor OF the setting SUM- The construction
OF '' Hamlet, F" however, gtves us an opportunity
to recover from tia eness Of this earnest gaZe,
and to take In some OF the other Performers.
Indeed. QUE turns with reiiaf from the complete
ness OF Hamlet to that OF Op!4elia as played by
signofa Pia1nonti, aud the study of her thorough
Possession OF the character is as natural it is
gratifying to behold. It is part which usuauy
falls to Q Juvenile actress, aud is, therefore,
apt to be regarded as merely supplementary.
Hero it's perfection is necessary to the symmetry
OF the drama, and it rises into a prominence
second only to that Of Hamlet This is accom-
touches, eliminating occasionally in brilliant
gesture, as when, contemplating the features Of
Lae1tes flash Of memory lights up her coun-
teuauce, and she makes a motion to embrace
him, whsn as suddenly all is dark again, aud the
poor, distracted creature reiapses into madness.
Above all, the lady has learned the art Of acting
in rcpose; she caa depict: Us can Salvlni, by NJ
ast1tude or mere expression OF faco, wonder
or attention. rejecting without visible 1neans
the thoughts OF tho speaker, thus aiding All
audience TO IN understanding OF the iues fa-
oettor than a lib,etto. Realism in acting somo-
times onends, and tho bringing OF
Optetia's corpse on to the stage on
bier: and lo"eiing. is inso the grave
from rather than adds to the strength Of tho
situation. Differing it may in conception Of
characters Us We have been wont to SEQ them
nc cannot but express an opinion that IS Ham
let" as played by this company. deserves to rank
With their highest work OF art bs that Otballo,"
or - La Morte Ciyile."
The public will learn, perhaps, with less in-
difference than it wou1d have done week
sssf,.;n; ss1: that s;n after trip to Ailwaukee.
three additional performances at uooley's
Theatre commencing Feb. 2, and playiug
"Queen Elizabeth" " othello," and "The
Gladiator"
wnME COLLINS.
The great sensational English novelist, Wilk1o
Collins. will lecture Friday night in this city As
very large number OF Chicago people know OF
Mr Collins only what he chooses to tell them in
such dainty literary treats IS "The New Mag
dal1en, " We hasten to correct their ignorance |
with the following sketch Of the great man:
William Wilkie Collins, eldest OF tho late William
Collins r. A. the we-known painter OF rustic scenes.
NIB born in tondon. in January. 1894 His mother
WAS sister Of Nrs Carpenter Of the best female
portT2-painte1s OF the ne After being educated at
private school, and spending two years With his
nrm In the tea trade Exchanging commerce fer Law,
he WIS student Of Lincolns Inn ut the time Of his
fathers DEATH and his earliest literary performance
was admirable biography Of hs father, with selec-
tions from his journal and cosrespondence published
IN two volumes, 1843- From this time Mr.. Collins
deroed himself entirely to literature, and published
s--cessiVely, "Antonina; the Fall OF Rome; |
Romance Of the Fifth Century, vols, 1851: B1si":
Btory ct Modern Life, vols, 1852 " Mr. Wrsy's
Cash Box; Or the Mask and the Mystery; Christmas
Sketch u; "Hide and Seek" 2 vols, 1854. Soon
afterwards he became contributor to Household
Words, and his After DARK, Yols lS56, and The
Dead secre" vols, 1857, reprints OF tales which
originally appeared in that periodical The latter pro-
drctions Of his pen are, The Queen Of 1Icar:s,"3
vo!s 1860; " No Name" vols- 1862, which, al veil
as the preceding novel; originally appeared in the
colaanns Of d0 TIE Year Round hi lsceuanies,"
vols, 1868; IS Armadac." vola., 1866; aud Til.
Moonstone," vols, 1866 and '' Man and Wife,
vols, 1870. Mr. Coliins' principal works haya
passed through several editions both in this country
and tho United States, and hare been translated into
French, Italian, German, Dutch, Dan1sh, and Hus-
sian. He member Of the Guild Of Literature and
Art, and took prominent part in the amateur per-
formances which were got up for Its benefit. He |
wrote tho "Lighthouse" first played in private at
Tayistock House, and afterwards produced ut the
Olympic Theatre In 1851 his unpublished drama /
tilted 1.-THE Frozen Deep first produced at the
Tav1stock House, r. e. Dickens and other amateurs
performing it with grea success. 1t was afterwards
brought ont with the Sane c.st ut the Gallery Of T.!
ustEation, for the benefit Of the Jer1old Fund, the
Queen having previously Witnessed private represen-
tation At that psace. |