Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-17
BAY CORRESPONDENTS.
SAN Francisco, March IL.
THEATRICAL RESUME.

Since my last letter, Barry Sui
Ivan. 'the great tragedian," has
made his appearance, and without
exception, has captivated all the
critics. His debut in Richard the
Third" is pronounced by everybody
as the grandest Richard" ever
,personated on the coast, and l
think it no stretch of compliment
to saw that in that character he has
no superior living, and / have seen
all the great tragedians OF the last
quarter of century assay that role.
The great difficulty with many
actors is they will not "make up, !"
and Sullivan will, even to the turn
ing nwardly of his great toe, when
that member of his frame can con-
tribute to express the parting con-
tortions of "Gloster's" mind. His
tory has 1t that the Duke was in
fact handsome gentleman of at
tractive bearing to the fair sex,
which, to some, accounts for the
rea conquest he makes of all his
ambitious mind and amorous pas
sion coveted, even when his sword
was still reeking with the blood of
those who were nearest to the fair
danes, by ties Of consanguinity or
affection. But be that as it may,
Shakespeare presented parsonage
defJrmed in body as he was cruel
in mind
"a living libel on mankind"
And it is in his deformity that Sui
livan represents him, hence the har-
mony in the auditors mind when
he sees aud hears this accomplished
scholar, student aud actor, Barry
Sullivan. The author and the
artist are there harmonious, and the
eye nevsr otiends the ear, nor does
the ear do violence to the eye.
From the moment of his appear
ance to his expiring breath as 1t
leaves him still in death on the CORY
field, the eyes OF the audience are
never taken off him. They fall
upon him first from expectation of
seeing something grand, and once
there, they are held by bis scholarly
rendition of IA part that is so full of
history and the life-like pictures of
the surroundings of royalty i'll an
age that has passed away never to
be seen again. In brief, sullivan
lives in "Richard, he does not play
him. 1t was thought that he would
only appear in that character two
nights, but It's great success has
kept 1t ON the boards all the week.
There has been some grumblIng
about his want of support, but 1T
seems to me uncalled for. With
the exception of Richard" there
is almost noth'n ny for anybody to do
when such player as Sullivan is
present. He absorbs all attention,
and the best rendering of any part
would seem nothing. Mcclure has
as good stock company as ever
played in San Francisco; but he
can't thrust them on to the stage
where there is no part for them.
During Sullivan's stay the manager
has bonanza in his hands. With
Wachtel in Wade's, drawing excel
lent houses, the other theaters are
not crowded, and on "the Off nights
Wade's is terribly thin. By-the-bye,
Nine. Wachtel has got homesick and
wants to hurry back to Germany to
see her children, SO the great tenor
will Immediately depart at the end
OF his engagement of three nights
more, and disappoint those who ex-
pected him to visit the prominent
places on the Coast. He will, how
ever, treat the folks in the East in
The same way and make bee line
lor Fatherland. Mrs. Scott-Siddons
improved on better acquaintance,
put the photographers are likely to
nave better harvest than the Treas
urer Of the California. The lady's
counterfeit in the show windows is to
nc seen In all her personations, run
hing through an excellent repertoire
ana all richly adorned by lavish
ana costly wardrobe. Still, pictures
cannot replace genius.
DRAMATIC RESUME.
i dld not purpose in the begin
hihg to devote so much of my com
muhlcatlons to theatIicals; but writ
ing OF Barry Sullivan recalls so viv-
idly to my mind another who played
the same round of characters-W
Ter Montgomery-that | cannot re-
IRAN from going further Mont
gomery, as a professional, Was classed
IN tragic rank with Kean, Booth,
sullivan and Davenport; in personal
association he was the peer of any
man he met, IA prince in social life,
generous, and large-hearted to a
.fault. He had the name of an Eng