The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-10-24
For tho IntelllReneer.
JanauSchek and Her Troupe.

their attendance. There Is some regre
that they have come so close together, bu
this, We presume, Is not the manager
fault. He Tor We Of the smaller citIes) cal
only aspire to birds Of such fight as, OF
their winters passage to and from toutherr
climes, are willing to fly low enough L
be detained while.
Happy Wheeling While the only
theatre ol New York devoted 10 purt
drama has gone down, the curtain has
risen here at last.
We have waited long, and can scarcely
believe that a Davenport and JanduScltel
have been amongst US and that 10 Jt1erSOH
Is to come.
On next Monday night will be seer
such an audience as the Opera House hal
never held. Akin 10 the desire that once
drew alike the scum and royalty Of Paris
to see Voltaire and his Irene, there Is 9
general and keen determination TO look
once in lifetime upon the greatest ex
ponent Of 1rving's Rip Van Wrinkle.
Z JdnduSc''ek was the magnetic star
Thursday night. 1t Is a matter Of regret
that "stars," in order TO profit by their
tours. are compelled to take with them a
troupe Of very inferior merit. Or, II the
common talk be'true, that they purposely
hire poor aids that their own acting may
stand forth in uneclipsed splendoF, 1t Is
sadder still and an erroneous course 10
pursue. For when the eye and soul ol
the audience are upon tho principal
player, his or her reputation Is poorly
staked against few extra dollars, when
1t can be almost spoiled by the bunglinR
Of some cheap assistant
The troupe which accompanied DaV-
enport was perhaps, as a whole, superior
to the one with Janauschek; which may
probably be accounted for by his having
better knowledge and being a better
Judge OF our English speaking stock COM
panles.
Lord Leicester was go commonplace as
to excite ridlcule, and his mistake in
calling himself Burleigh, and then making
q correction, spoiled the interest IN one ol
the finest parts ot the play. Unless he
takes a role 10 some other Of Jsnsn-
scheck's plays indispensibly well, or un,
less her engagement with him precludes
We would say let him step down and Out
from that company.
Lord Burleigh's acting was only q lit
tie better. History sscribes to him q
great part OF the glory OF Elizabeth's
reign; and the man who so knew his
influence with her and claimed TO 80 read
the will Of the people as to dare TO hurry
forward the execution, deserved an abler
representation on the stage that night.
Tho appearance and heavy movements
OF Mortimer were against him. These
and his coarse, husky voice, lily impressed
one with proper conception ol the char.
acter-a young man just returned from
travel, refined and schooled by an astute
Father Contessor TO be the liberator OF the
imprisoned Scot.
twas reserved for the two queens to
do Re acting OF the evening. Elizabeth
had no reason TO dissppoint, if little
more attention had been paid 10 her
makeup" In the acting OF her role she
was not far behind that OF the great star
herself. With fine conception Of the
character, compelled to be cold and I'M
perious, she never lost the attention oi
the audience, and only failed OF their en-
comiums several times through want OF
q little daring. a.
But alongside Of JAnauschek she ap-
peared small, and herein was where she
lacked, in that her royal presence was not
sufficiently indicative Of itself. The habits
Of those times, especially; allowed unlim-
tied use oi cotton; and The ruff, which Is
emphstically Eliz1bethan, she eschewed
altogether, Particularly in tho garden
scene was she insufllCiently arraYed. al,
though dressed for the hunt, queens sell
dom do much of the work, and from the
additional license Of the stage she could
very properly have made herself look
every inch;a sovereign. Having Just seen
Davenport with his natural acting and
heard his fine inhexion oi every sentence,
our first impressions OF Jdnduschsk were q
little uniavorable. She began In stilted
manner that was more suitable further
along. Leaving out Of consideration
her broad accent and rather
masculine voice, which would have been
less striking in larger room, 1t seemed
TO US that be chief defect was In a want
OF grammatical consideration Tor the
language. AS expelled from her lips few
of those glowing periods would have
borne critical analysis or strict carrying
out. But this shortcomipg ensues be.
cause Of the almost diametrically opposite
methods oi construction In the two
languages with which she has had to
deal. We are not in possession of any
account OF her life, hence know not how
long she has been in attaining her present
proficiency. One German tells US that he
heard her in Pittsburgh six years ago, in
her native tongue, and thinks that she
then knew but that one speech. II so,
note the process and then the attainment;
She must first think up the thoughts 10
one language (German); she must
then recall the words in another language
(English), and then give them that aston
lshing rhetorical power In which she ia
go grand. Such astute, God given might
as this, which in lew years could mem
orize and turn the tongue to such Ian.
guage as ours, may hope, by gradually
reaching into It's structure and genius, t1
stand unsurpassed by any ol this coun-
try's actors or actresses.
Already wonderful, with the majesty
OF the word.meaning OF her plays prop
erly conveyed BY her iorcelul acting, the
most cultured English scholar will cit and
listen, all his powers rspt and delighted
To the Germans Janauschek's appear
auce must have been at once pleasure
and a triumph. We are glad that she il
to return. Deborah" 10 said 10 be hel
specially. Let US have her in that, ant
then we will see more Of the TOWERING
passion and hatred displayed in the in
terview with Elizabeth.
SPECTATOR.
WEST VIRGINIA ELECTION.