, 1877-02-25
THE OUTER WORLD.

as distinguished from Colley Cibber's, has be
/ the chief theatrical event of the season in Lo
. don. Mr.. Smalley writes to the New Yo
c Tribune: "There were not two opinions abo
!, the performance. From beginning to end Il
l perception grew clearer that Shakespeare
T knowledge Of stage business was not less ths
! Cibbcr's, but greater. Richard ILL., in I
; genuine form, with some omissions necessary
shorten it, and some transpositions OF a lie.
cxcusablc Kind, was found to be m *actfne
play in every sense of the word. n
lrying's Richard showed him once more In
: better light, inspired by the same feeling tha
made parts of his Hamlet so much finer tha
any Hamlet that had of late years been seen
Londou.'' Mr.. Conway, On the other hand, send
the follow ing striking criticism to the Ctncinna
] Commercial:
Nr: 1rvinss talent no one doubts, but his con
EeNtonnl ambition to be the great new intezurete
Of Shakespeare hSrdiy fni1 to end in disuppoint
meat. lie is quite unable to conquer the vices c
nanner w1sh i; hs acquired IN the long popular sue
them: Whether it be Hamlet, Nacbeth, or Kich
ard ~, thcY are all CONSCIENCE: stricken keep
result frum this cause alone; it will result iron
tho fact that tue age for which Shakespeare wrot
no longer exists. The people, a. Charles Matthews
and the gloomy figures of shakspeare's weird i'm
agination afford no such relief: Some may thinl
W tact scandalous, but fact it is. The trasedic
OF Shakespeare increase i'll literary and antiquarian
interest every day, but they no longer respond II
Tue requirements Of the payeoer Nr. Irving is {
qualities; he has many friends and they will, per.
haps, be able to give his - Richard III. p" R fail
run" But il ever he carries that or his othcl
ential circle IN unhappy disappointment il Likely
! to awaken him to the truth OF which his friends
seem not disposed to inform him.
| The I'ull Hall Gazette says Richard is Of all
| the ShaEspearean characters the best suited to
the genius Of Mr.. Irving, because it is the most
llelodramatic- The same authority praises
highly his opening scenes, except the famous
| iirst speech, which it prOnounccs conventional
and STACEY: The Spectator says: " On the whole,
Mr.. lrving's is i performance full Of fine and
fiery qualities, which it is to be hopcl will not
encountcr the risk OF being ruined by the sense
| less custom Of long runs No actor can night
after night play such fatiguing part as Richard
~. without injury to himself and his art.
| alton Of the part, even after the rest OF Sum
day night, cries Of no! no!' from every part
OF the house testified the sense entertained by
the audience of the impropricty Of requiring the
renetition (so SOON OF this extraordinary effort"
The London Times says: ain this play Mr.
Irving surpasses all his former representations
OF the characters Of Shakespeare. There is no
one passage in his Richard rs good, perhaps, as
one or two which We can remember in
the earlier days of his Hanala, but as q
u
and: beyond all comparison, superior to his
Macbeth or mis- O1hakIo. The unfortunate and
unpleasant, because wholly unnatural, tricks Of
speech aud action in which Mr. Irving has fallen
their absence, and even where they prevail they
are, as will he readily conceived, less painfully
prominent than in such characters as Ha,nkf,
0thello, or -udcbeth.'
NEW TORK NOTES.
The cntcrprisins manager, Ad. Neuendorf, of
the Gcrmania Theatre, in New York, has Just
completed arrangements for takin. his company
on tour around the world. They arc going
with Cooks caravan, and their expenses will be
S700 day.
There was no novelty of importance in New
iasI wseK Boy' produced at
Within obtained high praise from all quarters |
for his impersonation Of 1'crkws -liddiecyck. |
i" Les Danieteff" continued at the Union
s9Tarsl 81 Lemons" at Days, wild 0ats''
Days " at Niblo's, Fifth Avenue " at Booths,
q Our Doarding-Housc ~ at the Park. DaIs's |
people gave "Round the Clock - at the Olym-
R!c Rr.s:, o1, Divoree' at the Bowery and 8 The
having in the last place the assistance Of MIS-
wilkins as La Froch4rd |
The Dramatic Neus has the following items.
ar. Winter, the dramatic critic Of the New
l ork irtonnc, was the guest OF John NcCul- |
earrc ~ Faso.+ Rustoa 'dse1x nc was the guest OF
oayi6o in TsI R"fs1o 1'oWe We When that actor was
p.a? ~: 11tS ~ ou1alo. Mr wheeler, late dramatic
:ritic OF the llorld, is to take similar position
IN the Sun March j. Mr.. Leonard Grover wifi
Mr.. Joe Jefferson viii not apnear at I'm i Fift,
Avenue Theatre next season, as m
'ou:.eea by that management. Hc viii
e11'2in In England throughout the wear.
seovery from the injury he received F at M, the be
HFmpc last week, in having his clothes catch
,re e + WI soon be able to rcappcar It fsre
~ seu aat MISS Adelaide Nelson will shortly
+ = ma 'Haea Me te ar sclwab the dramatic critic
ncnt ~ sr,aau aurk % nnss Snc is under engage
- e4t ~ " appear az Days Fifth Avenue Theatre
T1aif.1 luz .G1omImencement aI Of April, presenting
11"entn Wight" Measure for AIcasure,''
,Cymoeline," and "Romeo and Julict.0 The | ,
.cxsrr.. 'SIu .wtr,".s u..t 'oal s,arra WEEKS