, 1877-06-19
qARR1oK AND S1DDoNs.
Tho Metropolitan Dcbuts Of Those droat
Actors,

Ths Metropolitan Dcbuts Of Those dTcat
Actors,
Tt1npIs Ear tLoHdon).
On Oct 10, l7if, tho little theatre IN Cook
mans Flelds-ia which, in consequence OF tho
now licensing act, recently passed, stagc plays
could no louger legally bc performed, except
by certain eubserfuges aud eyasions OF the
statuto-put forth bill announcing that on
that evening there would be given "n concert
two parts" Altcr this line followed m IN.
b." width, ltk4 q laAy's i. g., contained tho
whole gist Of tho mattor. It statod that "bo-
tween Tho two parts Of the conccFt will bo pro-
sentea grntts aI ~ hftoESai R, p1ay ea1ea rS,s "
{hero follows short sYnopsis OF the Incidents
of the dramn, which wa need not transcribc).
Alter whL.l. It Informed .ll whom It tulght m
:yssst TIT eo pa ~ Az gsa Gsa s. Ss
e ssasSSe aSs ia Sgess ese x e,
called tie .Yirgt1 Unmaskeu.' And sickess
were to b. obta!ns.l at tiie Fleece 1n. Giose by:
not always strictly yesaeious, but Of course
,.'us osxas ehaage tout eea NOWADAYS.
.sx,sa l. tie tas ssaaK . ts tatre e%'nS saa wi !.
informed IT. patrons that, although they paid
tu hear the concert, tho play Saa thrown IN for
nothing, aud no tioneY was taken at tho dours.
a1.i.sl! WHICH tle proPr!stors arovo through &c
aet Of Parliament. Again, y "a4 not "tho
gcntlcmau'a first appearance" upon any stage,
as hv had been performing previously Ut ips-
wich Although. this lheat'e had teen tho
dire failure, the tsbut OF tbs ptescnt s.plsans,
wllo wss not unknown IN theatrical and literary
circles, excited solne cursoalty, and tec house
csisttstcI ras a sstoss,@sl.esl lIa anJ Smith: Tha
accuo il thus described by Perry FtGer.
Id id In bis "Ltfo Vi uairlck =: III Va.
recolleeted long atterwarl that Wien ts catuo
was disconnected, aud remained . few seconds
without being able 10 10 Or. n1s ha soon Fe-
covered. No wonder 1t surprised tho audience
It vas Ill 10 new. They found themselves IN .
aed, and scarcely knew whether they wers 10
sanction thls during Violation Of alt tue old "a
crcd rtllea- What Rstonlstlsl the1u Wa the all.
aenco o. the 'pla!u channt' or 'si1E-song.'
ear. piercing. This was Tres aud natural. The
surprising novelty wAs remarked that he
seemed 10 >hlcnti1y h,mseit with the part.
feature. THO .supcnAons passion. Of Itisdasa
were seen in Ills lace before hs spoke, anI out
stripped his wortls.' There mas = perpetual
change andytYaettY. 0ne effect at last orerbore
rrliel Tor their emotions tn Eaptusous Shouts of
| n,piau&s, 1t was whra he auuK away tia
prayer book after Diminishing tho Mayos. that
| the audience hrst seemed to discover that tfuo
genius was betoEa lheln.n From this time tha
success continued to grow with every seena. lu
ths fourth aet ca1ne crisis; Ats voice began to
| fall; but m orange restored !ts power and
carried him OIL trtuMphautly to the. cnu.
This nsxt mosnlng he WAS tho town talk; at
theme, aud Tbs journals semed with his prslses.
Ths Uuuv Pod sall "last uixlt was per-
formed gratis tho tragedy Of Klng Richard tho
Third Ut the late theatre In 0oolmau's Fields,
| when the character OF RttAaFa was performed
| by 4 gentleman, WIN NEVER appeared befuse,
and whose rW eptLoA wsA the snosL tsaoE4tuary
n1il great that waa ever known upuu allcll au
OCCASION" On tho third or fourth ulghts Alex'
ander Pope Meut to sce him. "That young man
never ha1 hts sequal and vi! never AaTu 5ival,a
a Ia %oa ys speisa !,
TAscs tinca dill the English Horace
huuur tho performance with llis presence. Ou
the tras seyen nights, howeveF, the EccclDta
| averaged onlJ ESQ. But after thla CAME tht
] rush. On Nor. % tho h0uso was cEanIneet, and
hundreds had been turned aWay by O'Clock 1t
the afternoon THE entertainment commenced ai
81. Tho Western theatres were DOW abandoned
| stream Of carriages nightly extended froIE
Temple Bar to Whitcchaprl; uo1les. lekhlasosa
this new actor ~ 6s 1.-THE only one ~ England :
aud the :. new actoE suppcd with MustpY, at5t
lincl with Halifax, Chesterfield, and Sandwich
Ifis emuluuent had increased trotn II
ut9ht u half tho profits, and ntury Lans
| WIS soun Gla1 ku of1eg hlul saluy vi atC
u year. circumstance. however, utmost 4
much as gcuIus, helped DaTll 0afr1ck to thl
psodlgtooa suuass; u appeared 1t, foE him,
! fortunate uotnans, atuld dv4gtA VI llstItoul