, 1874-01-07

rich ful1pees of {aunnschek'a II nor fn,,, +ha
ripplinp mnrmnr of tho brnoi ~ ~ ,s,a ~ i,t
OF tho stotm-Vind. HIS resticrloto, ;s ,,,tnrai
eagv uuconst rained r. :. nera- sa,dsat; l., 49,
and always expressive. '@''4'&@ @N1
In this play he showed hinaa,s +ba st-or,os,
in the tragic. rather Than in ia o,thotio .nae,e.
There where he gteps forward 90 r. 1a;s,t ..'n,
OF Israel the defender of h;a naonla o9e;ns+ .1,a
insults Of the philist;nes 1,o r;na. ~ III
grandeur. He is no big bully no Horserv nor
Standing out as the crack fcidar ~ hia 3D.
He ia tue ayonrer. the choean ona +ho Hobra,r
conscious of his high mission. animated md in.
spired by the Lord Of Hosts. to,,cI ~ hran.
gadocia, and he would bo Iost. and The srh];ma
would sink into the ridiculous, But. throurhont
it ali. he is never tbs bully hov hnt a1voTa
the warrior of Israel Tl,a o1oe;,. n.rt
of the net. whera he rarr;es w0'S ~ H.
father on his shoulders tbronol tta v;a1d;no
th.oue OF his opponents. RI Eneea tooI Sncb;se9e
from tho sack Of Troy. ia eonaiIy erand Snm-
sons ewes burn with iirht. Ha dnes MT 1;ft he
sweep his foes ont Of oxistence mi tie
audience can nerce;vo tho consc;ousnaoo ~ .nn.
pressed power his knowedca of his ah,l,tv his
determination mt to MA It -N
uo won less applause in those scenes in which
he surrendered II tin sa;rcs;ona ~ liz oba
possibly because women do mt nnnlaud DeI;ioh.
nor men loye-.ick Ean,sons De1;ioh 1,xes ali
her blandishments ben1,,lea her }over a. V;v;cn
did Merln. and at Iast. after s1,e has n1ucEed
Ills secret from him he ninks off ipto n drunken
sleep. Linen the curtain falls, ald the
audience is not compelled to see scene
drawn from barber.shop. The curtain
rises and shows Samson, asleep and shorn, with
the Philistlnes upon him. And then it is that
Salvini shows all his great powers again when
he awakens from that sleep IN which Delllah has
gwen E5 tno depreW Ters1on OF tne Rape OF
the hoc1. For the moment ne ls ignorant Of
"na1 VILE, nas happenedi ne DeAe'es nlmsel1 10 pc
stu Nazat!te with unshorn nan. Conhdent IN
his old strength, ne advances toward hls en-
emles; and they. bali AFRAID; half assured, draw
back before him Suddenly q tremor passes
over his vast frame. He feels that something is
amlss, put what II as ho does noe ano". ne
raises his hand to ms mead and alscogers what
tne tra1tress mas zone. lhen, III faplo success
s1on. rage, despair, vengeance, sel1-reproach,
presslse conn.enance. @ sna Il H. II reet to tue
audience wren tue curtain ia!ls, ano the wreck
OF past greatness disappears rom slent. -,
The lost AIT, the one which contains the
: Eye1ess. in Gaza, at the mill, with slaves,
does not impress the audience much as it's
predecessors. The scenic effects are not az i'm
posing as they should be, and some OF the
doings Of Samson are not altogether pleasing to
modern play-coers. when he mourns over his
blindness. aud points to the empty sockets Of
his eyes, be CAUSES feeling Of disgust rather
than of horror We do not Like to SEQ unpleasant
things. Medea's children should be killed
behind the curtain, and Samson could
MAKE
the attention Of the audience 30 pointedly to
the fact. Still, one Of his grandest pieces Of
actine comes at the conclugion OF this yerY act.
where Samson, conscious OF returning strength,
feels that the time has come to redress his own
iniuries aud his .couutryts wrongs. His
face CLOVIS with almost Supernatural pr,de as
he stretches out his arms against the pillars of
the Temple. aud the expression OF h,s features,
the passiouato ioy aud revenge that inspire
them. are enough to show the audience that he
knows that the Lord has granted him that be
NAV be avenged Of the Phi1istines.
Il would be unjust to mention sa1vini alone,
and to allow sisnora piamonti, who took the
pat Of Deliiah, to 60 uuuoticed She played
caressing, seductive wiies formed the most per-
son son In In t. the m or;ens DeliIah IS mere vanton,
who sells out her lover for gold. The Lords OF
money in their hands" But such transactions
would never do in play, and so the d1amatist
ciyos her more fitting motive for her t1each-
erv Sha ia Informed Of the slaughter Of her
countrymen by Samson. armed With The jawbone
of the nss and under an impulse Of patriotism
she Yields to the persuasions Of the phllistincs.
The strnrole hetween her lore for her country
a1>s i,a~ E,3shnnj ia a haart;f,l nieca of aetins,