Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-05-13


in his resolute course with . spirit thai
brooked no delay. In inAexibilility oil
win and sudden grasp Of expedients, be
suggested the idea Of . feudal Napo-
leon. His personation was throughout
consistent, and he Was only inferior to
Cooke where he attempted points upon
the same ground q his distinguished
predecessor.
Miss O'Nsilrs :Juliet Enthus;ast;e
i1nsss1stsc1 ! @o&<pnG.1 - -
peare's Juliet developed in the person
Of Miss O'Neill, as follows: The charm
ing picture that she presents was one
that time could not efface from memo
~. 1t was not altogether the match
less beauty of form and face, but the
spirit Of perfect innocence and purity
that seemed to glisten in her speaking
eyes and breathe from her chiseled lips.
To her might Justly be ascribed the
negative praise, in my mind the high.
est commeudation that, as an artist,
man or woman can receive, of a total
absence of any approach to affection.
On the evening of October l9, 1919,
Macready essayed, with great reluctance,
the character Of the Duke of Gloster'
for the first time. He says:
1t was to me like a life-and. death
grapple, and I threw nv whole soul
into all did. Ny auditors followed
the early scenes with the deepest inter-
est, frequently seizing opportunities to
applaud. A friendly whisper, It's all
going wellr from Terry, who acted
Buckingham was better than music
in my ear. At the repulse of Buck
ingham, I'm busy; thou troublest me!
I'm not in the vein,' the plaudits were
sudden and hearty, and loud and long;
but it vas in the succeeding scene that
the fortune of the night was decided.
At the close of the compunctuous solil-
oquy that Cibber had introduced, Tyr
rel enters; with all The eagerness Of
fevered impatience / rushed to him, in
auiring of him in short, broken senten-
ces the cbildren's fate; with rapid de-
cision on the mode of disposing Of them,
hastily gave him his orders, and, har-
rying him away, exclaimed, with tri-
umphant exultation, why tLen, my
loudest fears are hushedp The pit
rose to a man, and continued waving
hats and handkerchiefs in perfect tenn
pest of applause for some minutes
The battle was won! The excitement
of the audience was maintained at fe-
yer heat through the remainder of the
tragedy. The tent scene closed with
acclamations that drowned the conclud-
ing couplet, and at the death the pit rose
again with one accord, waving their hats
with long continued cheers; nor with
the fall of the curtain did the display
of enthusiasm relax
Tragic power. Of a marvellous dis
play of tragic power given BY Mrs. Sid
dons in Rowe's play Of 'Tamerlane'
Macready relates
John Kemble acted 'Bajazet,' and
Mrs. Siddons was the 'Aspasia.' In
the last act, when, by order of the ty-
rant, her lover 'Monesis' is strangled
before her face, she worked herself up
to such a pitch of agony, and gave such
terrible reality to the few convulsive
words she tried to utter, as she sank a
lifeless heap before her murderer, that
the audience for q few moments re.
manned in hush of astonishment, as
If awe-struck; they then clamored fol
the the curtain to be dropped, and in.
sisting on the managers appearance
received from him, in answer to the We.
hement inquiries, the assurance that
Mrs. Siddons was alive and recovering
from the temporary indisposition tha,
her exertions had caused. They were
satisfied as regarded her, but would no,
suffer the performance to be resumed
The first rendition of 'Virsinus.' IL
May, 1920, Knowles play OF Virgin.
ius' was first produced, with Macready
as Virginius, and Charles kemble al
Icilius.
On May 18th 'virginius' was first ac-
ted, and its early scenes were not unat.
tended with danger. Charles Kemble be-
ing SO hoarse that not one word, spoken
in the lowest whisper, could be heard
but the action of the scene told its story
with sufficient distinctness to keep alive
its interest. This grew as the play ad-
vanced, and in the third act, in .Icil.
ius'' great scene, Kemble's voice came
out in all its natural strength, and
brought down thunders Of applause
With the progress of the play the rap,
attention of the audience gradually
kindled into enthusiasm. Long con.
tinued cheers followed the close Of each
succeeding act; half stified screams and
involuntary CALCULATIONS burst forth
when the fatal blow was struck to the
daughters heart, and the curtain fell
amid the most deafening applause Of
q highly excited auditory. The PLAY
was an unauestionable triumph, which
Knowles had sat in the pit to witness
and enjoy
Forrest ss Marx Antony Ate.
speaking Of his FIRST visit to America,
and the satisfactory reception accorded
him, Macready continues:
"A new theater in the Bowery was
opened during my sojourn in New York
Messieurs Conway and Forrest were
members of the corps dramatique. which
was composed Of the best actors in the
country. Forrest, on the night of nv
visit, was the Mark Antony He was
. very young man, not more, I believe,
than one or two and twenty. The
.Bowery lads, a. they were termed
made great account Of him, and he Ger.
tainly was possessed Of remarkable