, 1879-03-28
ADJUSTMENTS.

but title pour distressed Lear' IL = tue town,
/ md something mnst be- sajl. Il /. aam,,ts,
hood, tho play wherein Ills ripe poetic faculty
shown, anu the work In which tile velocity Of
Ills Imagination has fullest force. In It the vcrv
asrs"' a,a,'.. - ous n"'u1o a1e soanaea,-fhc etc'
me"ts VI OUT oel'e arc la!d bare. h1ag Lear
atands out distinct a,ll living figure
Illuminated with an tptonso lrht
from tho moment he first appear, before lis
,''.. 1.s '"s"s a'o ssne~s hie rusty with
aye. but, like tic oak, he Is venerable, mnsatyc,
ht'tl majestic. In the beginning 'vu SEQ him q
u,an about TO break, but who Il nat vct ,,rolen
,ni,,o,, w.. IT, o WEARS ,, ',e ,mprses OF 90
tenderness md maguanimlty. Ills faculties,
mental and physical, nro beginning to to.tcr.
s.ntif,, !. in .at.. s .s", ~" "eeay, NNo'cs'c
eea.t.5 ~ 'oe pont fcaehct' md ''o becomes
caps'clous, lcry, Irrational, md cyncting In car
rying out bis ideas Of simplicity and goodness.
oni noMr.a.nr" 5' r",n ~ nuss , nA'o pecn wise
.."o...s "". soa'aseous h'as' ana "non iio mas
e.oW" gray tneso remains tic colossal spirit
which invests Ills pcEson hfa suftcrlngs, Ills IT.
sanity. y, T'i n, grandeur aud impressiycness that
plain, 1le IS every inch King amidst all his
troubles. Not BY lineaqc. or by human law does
he , od 9! his ROYALTY, but BY divine endowment,
an1 this spirit of Imperialism Is seen even in hs
rasll haste, his violent ln1pctuosity, bis blind
ness to everything but the pronptinga
Ut hts passion or Infections which pro-
ducc oil these misfortuncs. TO infuse into
Tue role tlIis i,l'naenlae nn1 charming excel
The lack Of THIS s prominent In the lear ot bni.
Barrett A'nl Booth. Forrest filled the rou Us no
other actor on thu American stnge, n,nt Join
AtcCuliouEh's Lear, TINT Ut last might, Is un-
grcatnesa since that artIst .llcd. ills iruTtc
nntitic may not stt as gracefully upon John as
It will few years hence, but its ct)pfo,is folds
hang cvnn now gracefully from his shoulders
Nine. Mr. MeCu'longIs conception OF thy character Ia
placed strlkingly new Interpretation tn
any sccno or pa5sagc. but because hu
has 1nnn1fest]y devotcd himself with cur
ncstncss TO tlle study OF the part l,as thought
ral, spontaneous dclIncatlon to ouch pslase Of
the role. ltc presented the picture Ut shattered
loyalty, distracted reason, aud lamcn.ablo suf-
lctini with such tragic force, mud a!so witt! such
artistic execution, as to arouse frequently the
fore thu curtain after the dclycry Of tllu c,lrsc-
BceHet ant!, amid prolonged applause, bowed hiB
acknowledgements. II TIC critical wcdCe Gun DO
thrust H. we may insert i n 'lv flrst two acts,
ton ot age aul where, especially In the fourth
sceno Ut tho second act, ho it,.
cltned Q little 10 rant. In tllc
ss. acss moweygt oetter my mere consistent
wnrtv mn, inwnr,llv In weor III mar 49, s ~ w.,
fuyn frum greatness. In tl,u thiri nrt t tic 1o
portrayal Of the Mounrch's 1luctuutlng moods
was truthful. telling, anta animated, aml hc
lsaenea po.t ol ostlVe greatness In bis dc.
rn,t Ky ',i'a ~ III LILY htche. Nos tras9 Or
Jill t nut ~ II ., o'GIact wns visible
Nv lno.lon oi ~ tiasus' 'e play OF s features.
,G ag, M u us cye, tae Wcarlhess OF hEs
Ea!l, "! soluniaeSi " picture lorIl' t'1atl whose
!learL, naturhuH asep, natl been torn from ita
it,oo1lhgs a''a driven oat uppn the ocean wastes
VI ~ nlasery. mar. ,
Ne naie i.ttle SPACE lGtt to speak OF the
Dcanties ol AT. Cllarles Barrot's EaIar. Ilo
carried ny dll'!eut paft easily. nbl with great
power. Ills ass','ll1tt lnatlness ,Sas artstrntlY
;iGlle. at, ereat deal ol credit SHOULD b. given
sliss Eh'sna stocK1lan, who was cast for Cor
asaa; % Although suffering from hoarscncss,
whtcn prevented hcr volcu i'olllg heard over tho
lootEights, Fatl,cr tha1l have the play proceed
without tue character which she nsstln,cd, tIe
!ady went on The stn,e nsil did her best. MI.
asked the indulgence Of tic
aildtct'cr Tor t'cr. Miss AIttens Willett, rs the
hoof, spoke hcs lines tiiecly, but, like inost Ut
those WHO play tic ShalsDearean clowns to.dar,
She scarcely understands .lle hllnor Of this
anelent gadily wn u commissioned to prick
tia X {0T with fr1Ssnu Nira ht,r4t,