The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-27
THE sPECTAUULAR DRAMA.
EaignOld Displays the Royal PageRntry
of Henry In Colorado.
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There has tonight, May 49, occurred In
This town memorial scene in theatrical per
fofmanees Mr.. George Rignold, let it be
hoped entirely through his manager, has
been advertised for week past to appear Of
Colorado Springs in the play OF Henry "
Tonight. picture OF disgust and horror, he
sat on his kingly throne representing the
urincely character of Harry, King Henry Y.
The stage on which he was to stride with
majestic step was sixteen by twenty feet; the
hall he was to fill with the words of Shake
Hpeare could contain at its utmost four hum
g1red neople At the first interval in his
speech, The words "My Godl" which he
altered, were not in. the play, but they very
fully expressed the agony with which he con-
tefnplated the performance OF grand farce
"a was sad sight to witness one OF our
greatest tragedians brought to such disad-
Vantages; and it was relief when the first
act. cut down as 1t was never mutiiated be-
fore, closed. He had an opportunity for rest
and recovery in the sublime performance OF
the orchestra, consisting of one fiddle, and
nothing more. Shakespeare happy in all
things, fortunately put "Rumor" In the act
Uf Henry V, and through "Rumor, who, by
The way. performed her difficult part as
perfectly as If before a large appreciative
audlenee gave us some idea of the trans
position of the character. This play. adyer-
1iEed to begin at s o'clock, was delayed by the
necessity of each actor gliding into the dress
4NKSFp0I1 separately EpdC5 ulgHb No udu
Tor the arrangement of his or her toilet until
B O'clock and was thus necessarily cut down
as much as human ingenuity could accom-
plish. In the SECOND appearance of Rig
mold, the audience himself, his company,
and even, / very believe, his gallant
horse eCrispin,' waiting ON the street for
The time of, and room for its entrance, saw
how perfectly out of place Shakespeare was
in this closet broke into a general laugh
laughed Rignold out OF his disgust into a
saurh laughed his company into a laugh, and
She audience laughed itself into an uproar OF
laughter When Rignold, in one of the SUI
lime speeches of Shakespeare, broke out and
said n(4entlemen, this is too id ridicu-
lotls YOU cannot expect the utterance Of
She words of Shakespeare on such a
stage, and before such house, there was a
burst of applause. long continued. while the
frame of Rignold shook with laughter. Oh!
1t was ridiculous, 1t was painful, it was dis
ruEtinrl And when about making the second
charge in battle, he, forgetting the ceiling was
extremely low, attempted to raise his flag,
ID :1d found he could not place the pole upright.
axtB looked with laugh at the audience, at
the ceiling, and forcing his countenance suita-
able to making the moving harangue to the
desperate trpops-pshaw, it was ridiculous.
Let me mention his entree into London, and
I will close a letter that does not give the one
tenth of the most remarkable performance of
nirnolds experience. Ten men were enough
to crowd the stage and give the appearance
Of the Inhabitants rushing out by the thous-
nnds TO welcome back their victorious King.
He came In on his horse was able to make a
few steps, and by iudicious management con-
tflved TO turn the horse for his egress without
sweeping all the inhabitants into the gutter,