The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-18
MARGARET OF ANJOU.
Al Warrington Hall on Saturday
Night-A Fine Audience Assemblies
10 See Home Talent I'm n Play
vrItten by "A Wheeling Lady.

Etght-A zine AuHIeuce AhSenDleS /
10 See Home Talent In n Play !
written by wheeling Lady.
The audience which gathered last !
Saturday night in Washington Hall
TO witness the production Of Mar
garet of Anjou, was fine
and representative one. 1t was
not a. all enthusiastic at first, but waited,
as Wheeling audiences generally do,
until they had seen enough of the play
TO Judge Tor themselves as to its merits.
When the leading characters began to
fairly warm up to their work, in the
first act, the spectators saw that the
play wss meritOrlous in itself, and that
the prominent parts would be and were
we'll taken, and they gave vent to their
hearty commentator. Although the
audience was not as large as it was hoped
il would be, it was an Intelligent
one and capable of judging whether
VIII At they saw was worthy oil praise, snd
its praise was therefore all the more val
liable. The first part Of the evenings
programme consisted OF an overture by
Kramer, finely rendered solo by Mr..
Seeley, and one beautifully sung by Miss
Nellie Sweeney. The tsbleau OF 'Lo
fair woman" &C., WIGS admirable, and its
effect was remarkably fine. Mrs. Cald-
wells charming solo was encored, IN
which the audience showed good taste.
MIR. Lucas singing of "Will OWisp"
was very effective. Mrs. Whitaker
asked to be excused from her solo to the
regret Of all present, and the tableau OF
Ophelis was the final to the first part.
The story OF this excellent and brilliant
drama by the talented Mrs. NJ. A. ID.
Clifton, who has shown herself by this
work, TO possess great powers OF express
sion of highly emotional scenes, contains
the most Interesting portion or the his
tory of poor, naughty, unfortunate
Margaret OF Anjou and the great "hlng-
maker" Warwick.
The first get is laid in Tours,
that famous old city of France.
Henry VI. of England has been de
posed and imprisoned in the Tower by
Earl Warwick and the Earl OF March,
and the latter has usurped the English
crown, taking the title OF Edward ".
Margaret and her son Prince Edward
have escaped with a few of her trusty
MOBILES to the court OF King Louis
OF France, where they are kindly treated
by that monarch, Earl Warwick has been
sent to France to negotiate a marriage
between the sister of Edward and the Dau-
phin, and learns that during his absence
Queen Elizabeth, wife of Edward, has
persuaded the King to betroth his sister
10 the Duke of Burgundy. This en-
RACES Warwick so that he re-
nounccs his allegiance to Edward
and offers his support to Margaret. AT
this point the play opens, and Margaret
having been informed of Wsrwick's de.
termination, asks the the advice OF her
friends. Lords Somerset snd Oxford
coun sci her to accept the offer OF War
wick. She Indignantly refuses, and
when, to cap the climax, her son Ed
ward asks for her consent TO his mar
risge with Annie, the daughter OF the
King maker" ..shc gives way t.
her resentment, and refuses TO talk
further with the Earl. AT last, however,
moved by her sons evident grief, and
the manifest sorrow of her mobiles, IS
well as the advice OF King Louis, she
yields 20 the general request, and after
Warwick has sworn to support the cause
of her husband and son, she betroths
young Edward to Annie and the curtain
falls.
The scene then changes TO the battle.
field OF Tewsbury, rendered famous in
song and prose. As the curtain rises,
Warwick is borne wounded upon the
stage, ard is laid down to die. Margaret
appears, and the parting between these
two naughty spirits is remarkably touch
ing. Toward the close of the act, Ed
ward " enters, and after determinations
pass between him and the deposed Queen,
he orders her adherents away TO the dun
geon or the block, and fells Prince Ed
ward to the ground; whereupon Gloster
murders him and the Queen taints upon
his body. The third and last act shows
Margaret in the Tower almost insane
with grief. Gloster seeks to
force Annie, Warwick's daugh-
ter to wed him, but she scornfully
refuses. The dirge of Henry VII. and
Prince Edward is then heard, and the
Queen becomes insane through woe, and
the curtain falls upon this chapter 10 the
life of q sorely stricken heart.
The scenery, which was painted by
Mr. Dsrdine, WAS tasteful and appropri-
ate. The superb costumes of the gentle
men were made by Mir. August Neuhau.
I'D that MAY
of this kind WIS ever pro-
duced in Wheeling in which
the characters were so elegantly and suit
ably dressed. The material OF which the
dresses were made was of the best quail
ity and great care was taken to have 81
the miautis in accordance with the Pc
riod in which the characters were sup
posed to live. and consequently the effect
was most strikingly vivid:
The FDllDmipn uaa tho cast.