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eo'ress Of r,re abtlity. Tho quarrel with si'

botress Of raro nbilIty. Tho quarrel witt, ST,
5'eter waH admirably "orko1 n. Tho n,1tho,
hlnHcff, Ind tlc bcon prosett. could not bit llayt
rrniHnsl tho easo and natnralncss uf TIC
t1anstion f1om rollickng spoopoysln to nugol
M tho quarrel IL wurIetl ul. nor could hc hayt
found better, tr1er nennc Ut tho situatiou tie,
n tic ,nonrary 4,; intl.sna'ion, oa"'y forgotten
inpututioua Of intrigue Will, Cduyies Surface.
Tho interyow with Joseph wa. cauaIy lnnrkc,i
BY careful study. AZ t,e smooth uttorancon Ut
tho li'pocrtto bosln to enE,gl,ton tim g,|ly
wonHti ~ 70 i' true cltarn"tcr, tat ohnrlolor Ii
es1uisite!y developed lit tho oIoct lpr tllhcoY-
cries produce ''ro1! hor u,iud mud tho sxpres-
aons Of Taco whioE, follow Llen. The acreof-
scsno has boon alndioA almost exclusively br
ctAos artists, and with fair K,,ccoss. Mia Lc-
no llayo nnon1onutl.
nn1. "lillo lior poraonatfon WAS q remarkable
a'lcccss, it had It's flaws. Miss Lo!'lercq, III
oommon with nearly all actresscs WIN i!ayo hoo',
da''yory. Some. oi hcr lines aso 80 t1'1rried in
reading tat tlloir sel.se IL ocoaSionalIy sacrificed
to Aabit.-a bud habit. bho EaH ho middle
tones III hor voice, apparently. She hpcaka llau-
atly N d!sherecaolo falHcto and then tnmb!os
hcatllong into iii almost masculine dopth of yu-
chlBln. This il it.tsleal lotocL,-tho dcIect of
her whole atnHo expoIi0uco.
Irnly az uho carucd tho rounds OF applause
Which were sAowoFe1 upon !psn,s lier moot pro-
or Sir Pc!e,. by Nir. alcViclcr. Hereafter wo
shall tolerate no ot!cr Sir ftier. Iho quarrel
wae worked up by linl with sucll cliarming ttlsl-
itv to nature, and the lot tomner Of tho Old ia1-
rat!ont Be..odick no accurately portrayed, Lin.
tic Two t0Rothcr throw tho audience iuto rn,,.
turo. aud tito applauso whcl, followed tho fal Of
tho curtain VIVA not nilencol Until the quarrel
l,ad boon continued In paatomilno before tho
curta, III his interview with Joseph, liz. Nc.
Wicker exhibited considerable pathetic power.
aud that aptitude for comedy which l,aa become
familiar to us i'll other pnrts In tho aceno with
Charles Surface before tho full Of tue serce,.
Eur dld the interest end hero. Tho 1nauagor
sl'oacd himself etill further an artist IN repoao
Listening 10 tlie good nntured gibca and Burcasnly
OF Charles Su'Jacc with tl,a most paiuful owl
dcnce at suppressed agoEy.
The Moses of Mr.. ". II. Seymour Ia creatiou
Tl'icll has aircady received favorna,lu oen,nlont
ut our llands 1t Ia a must deserving. fu1 clblc,
sad conscientious effort, aud will rank sceue tor
ceno with the two nrtists who lead tho piece.
~l' n'aso-up, manner. aud delivery arc alike or
sol'ant, a1ld blu by-plny ind action nro equally
Faisowo1thy. 1t is complete chnsnctor-part,
tad too much praise cantlot 10 given it,
Alr. isainford. who has heretofore played Sir
e!e',, iGst M eyeuins appeared in tho rolo Of Sir
A'lt. Indeed, had ho playod IL altogether III
previous productions Of tlle comedy, ho could
I It have been moro at oade or more eniocnt
l. A. 3m lie waa laat avonng.,
TIE ,aeta ,2s;,"s s 1att of &c, Charles s4aee fol- to
p .ould hayo bso1. Wo are inclined to the
J. 'ief tint such parts nre out of hia
=, ln trcgic OF mclodramatio roles, parts
y ica' requires strength and intensity. where
q. lsnlAtiou IL demanded, MIR. Hurdle is at
Il no. Tho jovial seenos ovor tue wins and tho
l. ::tion Of liB ancestors fell flat. Ho was, to
'tc 2 slang rlisate, "beaat!y aoher." 1u tho
1'cth act. altcr tho fa1l Of the Bcreon, he gave
u ii tic animation to the part but thore was nj
s:"'nce co. OF Life and gaiet.y which soroly told
r neglected fow points Of ombellial,sneut, sncl
~ ''le ulrolling Of the genealogical cllnrt. nna
'hf: ebv deprived tho uninitiatoa lii the audience
u u telling bit Of incongrnou4 humor,
1c: WcRton played Careless WITH improved
~; ton, and Mr. Hurley made .Ro'oty as re-
T. a1ly commonplace aa that gentleman should
L.: IIrs. Murdoch was al rrotty und engaging !
| ~ ua in tho part of Ma'7a, and tho balanos
III si.s east waa fair without calling for iud-
V Il praise or cousrre.
y the Whole. the comedy was played excel
~ !. hrd deserves. aB it will probably gain,
.t*' ed houses for tho rest of tho wsok