, 1877-01-28
Iouis Falk's Concert---The Mu.
steal College and the
Apollo Club.
Resolutions Of Coincidence Regarding
the Death Of P. ?. Bliss
Opera Of the Future.
Paul and Observation-Disclosures
Of the Singers---Operatic
Gossip.
THE DRAMA.


CHICAGO.
TuEREv1vAL OF ''As ToU LIKE IT."
The principal event OF the week at the thea
tres was the performance OF ''As You Like It u
by Mr.. McVickcr's company, assisted by Miss
Louise Pomeroy. There is not one Of Shak-
spcarc's PLAYS which appeals more to the popu-
lar intelligence than this. The poetry, the
philosophy, the hu1nor of the characters are OF
the obvious kind. The brief chronicles Of lore lu-
dicrously illustrated appeal to the sympathles OF
Eli men and women. There is no other
play which so thoroughly exposes the
weak side Of the tender passion Hosaliad and
Orlando, Celia and Qit%r, fh0be and SHlrius,
Audrey and Touchstone arc very different crc2-
tures subdued to the same condition By COM
mon aiImcnt. Then there is the melancholy
Jaques. Man delights not him nor woman
neither. In his own person nc enforces the
apothegm Of leosalind, that "Men have died
from time to time and worms have eaten them,
but not for love" Hc has been disappointed In
lore, and remains as keen cynic to mock
Il that which he cannot enjoy. The
quality OF scn:-humorous love-makine in
which LAS You Like It'' abounds
should Of itself make the play favoritc. It
ought always, one would think, to be preferred
to IS Romeo and Juliet" eren by the young aud
very romantic Aside from its comprehensive
treatment Of amato,y passions, in all their
breadth and hrnor, it contains some of the
most profound philosophy and much Of the
most exquisite poetry in the English language.
The development Of the story is easier and
more natural thauin many other OF Shakspcare's
plays, and the issue Of all is happier. There is
not in the range OF comedy any character more
eap'e'c sa 'nan 'oq'e'' or 1o4eas''''e' or t10s'-
'*'1 -,,n,,arr ~ .h. charm. If t.As w, 1;.o
s,,1,' w.. s nc isr: o1 tns ss San+b.
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N. fo7ner ;,1oc sho,,1d haya q Larger natronacs
+hs, 10 ,et-a- ~ 1hsr. ~ NJ. ro5r. eclrrente
~ :. 1on,,,a1,, .nccees IN - as Ynn Jilc It,,
tt.r !" r. :, Tha7, ,nhr e;,,,,1S +hn naor,c
av1;7 ecefno thc onc ,ni pethe, in crowds tn
ssa sha ",;.1 ~ ~ 4t,a ssocrat ;s tn11 ;u thc
fact That IN sc+;r1 ~ N.V;cEer,s Theatre was
nct cond Th.r. yas q 1re,i-yr,ur,]cd ANNE
heusitn that it would no: be-. Any one who
thouph1 on the subiect at ali must have IN tici-
pated TN inferior pcrsonation Of J1oSal1sd by
Miss Fon1eroy, Of .tGqnes ny Mr. howe, anu o.
better in this play than in ssRomeo and Juliet''
0. 1.-The Lady OF lvons,s' but she was still so
lar below the standard OF the ideal Rosa-
l,4d that her acting could have given pleasure
only to inexperienced pla7-goers She rected I
number of passages With spirit and discrinlina-
lion, but in the level speeches and the rapid
tic at II one Who had i.c1, weil taught not
tbs, af one p,I rho ho od nerfac,iv 1arc com
parison of her varions ncrsonations sho,red
her want Of u high degree Of
talent. Her Pauline in The Lady Of Lyons"
t,n, ,Ptbaas ~ nea Mors. pais, ye1 i,,,t a.
ni:.i NJ Rosnind TIcr a.a;,g ~ e. s;n1,1v
rroyea Tint she uros NOT so well rntorcii ia Tie
Laoy o. lyons as IN the other plays. IN ane
painaaf - eeeue WIN e1a4oe, hef eoseeuso ~
4.an .11ost mean'n9less through e4Fss;'e anu aiia
frequent emphasis OF unluapurtant words. snc
knew neither tie business OF the part nor the
full import Of the lines. In Rosal:nd, on the
other hand, she had been well taught, and her