The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-21
orr THE WORLD.

We are in receipt of copy OF the daily
PSess. of The town OF Christchurch, province
of Canterbury, New ZEALAND, of Sep
tember q, and even al that out Of the way
pIa,e-out Of the world it seems-we fod,
mention made OF gentleman formerly oi
Kansas." Mr. q. d. Chaplin, well-kncSn
To ali old residents, OF t-e gifted and &c
complished manager 0. our theatre, dez-
en- wears ago,is starring it in Shakespeare
and is thus spoken Of by the Pes
The performance Of III ,mlei" last night I
al the Theatre Royal, was in msBy re-
spects great Improvement On those that !
have taken place during the pat lea
months. 10 the fret place, in Mr. q ID.
Chaplin the management may be ccngrat
ulated on having eng ,ged an sctcr al high
intelligence ard abIiitv, and who, lIigInG
irom hts perform ,nc- ia-t hight, L. hhe'y
Ia becu,m- Il fayorIt- IN tnrI-IchuIch
| From the rulu- i-ric noIir-- of Mr.. Chap
| lin that have from time 10 uime aP
| I-ared 10 Ihr An-iraiI1 1n pai~i- th- th-ac
| ric,i public of NvS I-ald"d ~'re pr-i'a'"i
| to excel All actor uI nI"Te III III ordinary
| merit, nor have they be' dIsar,"lh'.d
He possesses fine figure and a. ,Spr.s-
! siye face with rich powerful Voice,
wrich he knows how to Use erecuv.li,
| without d.generaling into rant, - that
| when he delivers a declamatDry speech the
| effect j. Lot marrei by the vocal extrava-
| ggnces that actors of less discretion and
| Judgment 50 frequently indulge IN. Ills
conception Ui the phil sophie Prlnce III
n, essential way differs from The az
| cepted int, rpreialiUn OF the most e'nI-
pent modern tragedlau-, while al the
| same time certain little devIdIion- from
| the orthodox text OF Shakespeare serves
10 show that Mr.. Chaplin Is capable oil
thinking fUr himself, and IndePen lent
enough TO give expIession to these Thoughts
without ssryilely re--t.reotyping phrase,
which, although time-honored TO others
DO not meet with his approval. Amongst
these devigtions NAV be noticed, Tor Nus
tration, the phrase "a siege OF troubles ID
place of sea OF troubles" The subsiltu-
ted wood pc sc being, if not generally
adopted. at least not inappropriate when
taken in connection with the following words,
and by opposing end them: Mr., 'hap-
lin gave the solIloquiss withiadmirable tasle
| particularly the one commencing on what
a ,ogue and peasant slave sm The closet
scene was .also particularly .iiecilvs, espec-
ialIy in The point Mr.. Chaplin makes with
the two portraits: the business l. novel, but
, s,rikingiy dramatic. The player scene was
: equally good, and, en- pc,sdid, Mr.. Chaplin
, gave the audience one Of the greatest elocu-
Iionary treats lat has been for long time
heard in Christchurch. The fifth act con,
6rmed tb. good impression already created
bv Mr.. ChapIins previous efforts, and
st.mn.d him as a scholarly artist
whose Efforts are directed by ripe
experience and excellent judgment. Mis-
Florence Colville gave excellent support to
the leading character, a. the Queen, look
inp suuerbly and acting with her usual
D force and ability. Miss Tilly Andrews
1 WAS also yery successful, especially In tht
made scepce. as Ophelia. Messrs. Burforc
and De.ring are great acquisitions 10 In.
theatre. and the former g-ntleman ~ th.
Ghost. and the latter as Polonius, PLAYED
| with great ability and contributed 10 the
: snccess of the plav. The remainder of the
cast was the same as on it- last Representa-
tion. Ii NAV be worth while 10 point out
: To Mr., f. Burton that while new readings
are not in themselves objectionable \
y adopted with discretion, and with an obvl
ous reason for their substitution Tor The Old
and orthodox phrase, still II l. iiile con
fusipg to hear the King exclaim There Il
?. a gentleman come from 'NormanbS, IN
d steady of Normandy" the former nam'
e being suggestive OF a soJourn with HIS TX
= celIency. the Governor OF New Zealand
~ | which OF cuurse Shakespsre could not hhS'
= intended. This evening, Lord Lyttons ilo,
play OF 'Richelieu, or the Conspiracy
" viii be presented, with Mr. Chaplin as th
,e great Cardinal, and Miss Florence CcivilI
II as Inlie de Mo-.emar.