New-York tribune., 1876-08-15


is placed, the POLITICALLY romantic atmosphere with
which II Is invested the Ohand sweep with which 1t is
conducted and written and the ropicaly roh uxnriant
character of its hero There is simmer all through IT,
tho royal male sapphire that blazcd in the crown OF
King Saul. Its adiunc;s all massive and opuient.
Its shining marbles tower 10 the stars aud drip win
Its sieInysagcd and large OF !lmb lts
women dusk and stately; and an intense pathetic
passion smolders beneath their lives ana darby
presages their doom. strong wind OF the night seems
to blow through it. now heavy WITH the fragrance ol
lilies and OF wne feariully laden with the hun OF
danger and the shouts and OF cmbatled warilos
The King himself is Of the naturally royal strain OF
genius. He has the beauty Of woman the strength oil
man, the valiant and tender heart OF ieo ana 'he
elevation soul that is greater than death; lie holds
the sceper Of the world and his nature to tuin Doth
world ana sccptor to jest He can do all that should
be done by mcnarchs warriors, aud stateSnehi he
chooses rather the best that life gvc tho oVo OF
Grecian slave, bowl Of wine, and garland OF roses.
Byron himself said Of him that he il almost comic
character since he makes lght of everything serious,
meeting danger with Joy and smiling on the brink OF the
grave IL is this suggestion OF nborn superiority 10 al
the facts and chances Of human eXstcnce-ths atos-
phcre of starkc sequcstraon and poso ana spehdof'
at once the force and the fragrance of innate power
that so enlcars fan y the ideal of Sdrddn0pGi"s
The drawback Is the same that was remarked by .he
martial Sdiemcnes. When we conuse mp the Vision Oh
man who Is superior to much. could wish to ind
a y no matter how sentmcnalilcd or how sublmated'
But this is the weak place, and it is through this that
Fate strikes down the giant.
Such history there is with reference to "sariaha-
paus" is mixed bat such as II is, 1t may Truly DE
said to have recn Knocked To flinders by ByI0us treat
ment of the tale lie states himself that he has ignored
long that is said to have preceded the monachs
destruction aud has caused the rebellion OF Arcdces 10
explode and succeed In single day This for the sake
OF the nitics"ByrOn having been, upon tis score,
tine censor of Shakespeare, the admirer OF hhcr ana
the disciple OF Aristotle. But also-though OF confse'
this all other departures from history are Doh al
lowable and commendabc in work that aims TO be
poetic and to present deals-he has greatly elevated
both the character and the catastrophe; whereas the
history badly states as myth that sardlnalaius III
closed himself his court aud s women in the palace at
Nneveh after Arbacos had taken the city, and perlShed
in q lire that himself bad k.ndicd.
PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS or shEpANAPAIrS.
"sardar palus" wa. produced April 10, ls3i' at
Drury Lane Thcler London, under the management Of
Alfred Bum and MacrcadY for the hr,t time. acted
SarGanapas The chief features Of the east on That oo
cas!on as follows:
lyrrha lcn Tree saemene' John ,Is GGorsT
sar,ian5paIrs ". C. Macre.Ay Bri,sc. ...CB H. mdlcar
ardanapaus WAS produced by Charles kcah al
;hc Prrccss Theacr London. IN june 1888, with the
following cast
Myr,a Ellen Tree Hcan sari'n'raas Charles Keen KEN
Zariua .5iiss Heath sacmenes John Ryder
"sardarapalus was produced at the old NailohHl
Thcater in Churchst. NewYork, Nov. 2s. 1856 with
Tins east:
sar,'mapalus. j. W. Wall0ck Myrha III ny
stevenson LtIldi - '''''"''
AIll,rs .......... q. Thurnr
On sept 4, IsII, IL produced at The bo~eTy Ihca-
ter by Mrs IIamhhn, who pcrsonaied Ad'fa"dpd!"S'
This actress was the beautiful Mr. Shaw tEiza Marian
Trcwar) She WIS the second wife OF Thomas iambA'
and yhe managed MS thcatcr aftcr his death The hin
t4tou OF sartanapaus' in which she acted was made
by herself
Ilr john T. Ford produced the piece ai the Holiday
Street Thcater Baltimore so, from Charles kr'ns
,nnl. ard il ian one wcck-WLich considered iar
s.rc-ss NJ that time.
II is fourteen years since play 10y Byron mas be'h
gwen on the New York stage. werner" was Ierornrd
ot bo', The ter In I-G1, with ). W. Nallick Jr ~
Eerner Since then Byron has occupeda place on the
shelf