The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-20

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Probably the finest audience eyer seen
! Burtis' Opera House assembled there d
lst evening to witness Schiller's version p
{ the tragic story of Scotland's unfortu- U
ate queen, as presented by the talented y
nd famous Fanny Janauschek. The num- :
,er present from this city and Moline was c
lutte large. The piece opens with the APP I
,earance of the unhappy queen in the |
more mature portion of her life, after long |
years of Imprisonment, when real and sup
posed wrong had soured and embittered
her nature, and when the religious mood
Of the woman and monarch added intensi-
ty to her feelings and resolves. These facts
must be borne in mind when estimating
the value of Janauscheks PRESERVATION of
Marie Stuart. That personation was
marked by many elements Of strength and
beauty. She exhibited the weakness OF
the woman, the power and majesty Of the
queen with great fidelity. In the inter
view with Burleigh, she was the aroused
sovereign, and when he proposed a trial,
her delivery of the celebrated lines:
"Itis enacted by the English laws,
That every one who stands aIraig'ld 81 CRIME
Shall plead before jury Of ms sauiais;s ~
Who rs my equal in this high cominlssiohF
4 Kings only are my peers! .+i@ -'..s' d.
was admirable in truth, force and yigor.
Il was the queen who spoke. The haugh-
ty blood of the Stuarts was aroused. and
the representative of that race hurled deli
ance at those below her. This whole in
terview was finely rendered and fills out
Schiller's ideal in the most perfect manner.
Throughout the whole of the first act she
is magnetic but suffering woman, and
there is profound pathos in the tremu-
lous tones of her voice and aueenly dig
nifty in the bearing which she adopts to-
wards the emmissaries of the English SOW
ereign. The lyric outbursts with which
Marie greets the sweet cir OF Fotheringay
Park is something that only true poet
could have thought Of Under the clrcum'
stances, the rhymed lines and the poetica
language seem the most natural things in
the world, and add immensely to the i'm
ssiveness of the scene. The declama
ton of these lines last night by Janaus
chek was exquisitely fine. She threw int(
them all the wild exultation of joy over ;
release, however brief, from her prison. all
: the pathos of thousand regrets for thu
vanished blisses of days long gone, neve
to return, that the language and the situa
/ ton demand. The painful meeting be-
= tween the two queens followed, and il
which Janauschek rose to real sublimity
' The conflict between pride and hatred o.
y the one hand, and motives of prudenc
and discretion, and an overmastering d.
: sire for life and liberty on the other wa
s wildly portrayed. Her whole natur
seemed racked with the struggle. An
e when the proud prisoner had humbled bel
= self before the naughty Elizabeth, and cor
J. descended to beg for mercy, asking to re
e ceive the boon of life as a gracious gif
IS and was rudely repulsed, nothing coul
IS surpass the ierceness and electric energ
of Jaaauschek' s bitter sarcastic denunci;
l. tions. Rage and violent reeriminatio
:; we're invested with power and thrillin
ID earnestness which attained to real gran,
IN uer. in the recitation of the following lines
he ''Woe to you'll when, in time to come, Il
st Shall draw the robe of honor from your deed
10 With which thy arch hypocrisy 10 vailed
flames
r. Virtue was not your portion from yOur mothe
Well knew we what it was which brought Il
OF Anne Boleyn to the fatal block
90 Her delivery and acting of the denu
:. citation scene with Elizabeth was also a
:. mirable, and the whole soul of Mary seen
- to find an utterance in the oft-repeat,
n lines:
ii' =.a-- "a bastard soils,
on Profanes, the English throne. Tee genera
Billions
ed Are cheated by juggler, whose whole figure
,r Is false and painted, heart as W. II as facet
u If right prevailed, you now would in tue dus
in Before me lie for am Queen Of England"
rs These sentiments were so imbued wi
be those personalq qualities which convert ide
G. into action, that in truth Marie seems t
Queen and Elizabeth, the subject, I
prisoner. They change places under {
ID strong delusion of the acting of Janal
Gil check, of her speech, looks and motions.
to In the fifth act her consumate art W
I'M equally shown. There was no declam
sre ton, no pathos, or straining after effe
air but calm repression of all outward Q
pearance of emotion, and perfect resigr
,rk ton. which was made more effective
Ter contrast with her sobbing attendants.
ry- The parting with Hannah Kennedy was
ed, fine bit of effective acting, mutely eloqut
and pathetic, and Janauscheck's mann
led to the last was in perfect keeping with /
In excellent conception of the character.
for The support was excellent. Miss M
NJ. ME Monk as Elizabeth. Chaplin as Nor
err mer, Pitou as Leicester. Bradley as Paul
the keeper. and Taylor as Shrewsbury w
oof excellent and won the favor of the au
in ence. The applause was very slig
red throughout, and at the close there W.
CIV, tears and silence.
The Mayor Thanks the Firemen.
ie' MAYORS OFFICE
is Rock ISLAND, April 20, 1879.
4 To the Editors Of The Argus, and of The Union.
=, GENTLEMEN Permit me, through
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