Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-08
Correspondence Of The Start

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, May % 1873.
There has to night, May 10Th, occurred in this
town memorable scene in theatrical perform
anceS. Mr.. Geo. Rignold, let it be hoped en-
tirely through his manager, has been adver-
tised for week past to appear at Colorado
Springs, in the play of Henry V. Tonight a
picture of disgust and horror. he sat on his
kingly throne representing the princely char
acter of Harry, King Henry V. The stage on
which he was to stride with majestic step was
10 by 20 feet the hall he was to fill with the
most 400 people. At the first interval in his
speech, the words MY God! which he ut
tered. were not in the play, but they very full
ly expressed the agony with which he cOntem.
plated the performance of a grand farce.
1T WAS SAD SIGHT
to witness one of our greatest tragedianS
brought to such disadvantages; and it was
relief when the first act, cut down as it was
never mutiated before, closed. He had an
opportunity for rest and recovery in the sub
lime performance of the orchestra, consisting
Speare, happy in all things, fortunately, put
"Runor in the act of Henry ", and through
hume; kR!um9r,m who, by the way; performed her
appreciative audience, gave us some idea of
the transpOsitiOn of the character.
A DRESSING ROOM OF LIMITED CAPACITY.
he play, advertised to begin at eight
o'clock, was delayed by the necessity of each
acor gliding into the dressing room sepa-
rately that space might be had for the arrange
ment of his or her toilet until nine O'Clock,
and was then necessarily cut down as much as
human ingenuity could accomplish. In the
second appearance of RignOld the audience,
himself, his company, and even, | verify
believe, his gallant horse "Crispin," waiting
on the street for the time of, and room for, lis
entrance, saw how perfectly out of place
SHAKESPEARE WAS IN THIS CLOSET,
broke INTO GENERAL laugh-laughed RignOll
OUT of his disgust into laugh, laughed his
company INTO a laugh, and the audience
laughed ltStl1 into an un:Olr of laurhtar
When EignOld, In one of the Sublime SpteUhco
of Shakespeare, broke out and said: &c sntle
men. this Is too id ridiculous, you cannot
expect the utterance of the words of Shaks-
peare on such stage, and before such a
continued, while the frame of RignoId ShO, k
with laughter. o. it was ridiculous. it w
painful, it was disgusting, And when ab0ut
making the second charge in battle, he, for
getting the ceiling was extremely low, al
tempted to raise his flag, ard found he could
not place the pole upright, he looked with a
laugh at the audience. at the ceiling, aud
forcing his cOuntenance suitable to making
the moving harangue TO the desperate trO Dps
PShaW, 1t was ridiculous.
Let Inc mention his entire into London and
| will close a letter that does not give the one
tenth OF the most remarkable performance Of
Reynolds experience. Ten men were enough
TO crowd the stage, and give the appearance
thousands to welcome back their Victorious
king. He came in on his horse, WAS able 10
make few steps, and by juGiciouS manage
ment cOntrlVed to turn the horse for his egrpSS
wihout sweeping all the inhabitants into the
gutter. X C.