Litchfield enquirer., 1879-06-12
WHOLE MO-. 2766

CT been better played in the southern hemis- phere. The apotheesis at the close of the last act was artistically managed, and produced a splendid effect. Miss Dargon will repeat Katherine of Arragon tonight for the last time. All who can appreciate acting of the highest class should witness the performance. Melbourne Heraad
 QUEEN MARY (TeuHyson's PLGy.)
 One of the most striking characteristics of Miss Dargon's acting is it's intensity. She does not play by rule or tradition. She does not ask herself, apparently, "How did So-and-so perform this part ?" or "How would Miss or Mrs. Somebody-else deliver this passage ?" but she ts the person she represents for the time being, surrenders herself to the illusion of the scene, is swayed by the emotions which arise out of the incidents and situations of the pass ing moment, and undergoes, we venture to conjecture, all the wear -and-tear of violent mental effort which would be experienced by a person actually suffering what she stimulates so realistically. Her delivery of the finest pas sages of the drama throbbed and palpitated with passion as when, for example, she ex- claimed, in reply to Alice's allusion to the Queens royal mother having been of Spanish birth, and having taken to the English red and white:-
 70, just Heaven!
 Sweet mother, you had time and cause enough
 To scken of his lillies and his roses.
 ; Cast of, betrayed, defamed, divorced, forlorn."
 -Argus.
 DEBORAH (MOSenthGFs PIGy.)
 Careless of stage points, she makes effects rise out of the situation. The scene in which, beneath the moonlight, she awaits the arrival of her lover, was so still and soft and beautiful that the house became as hushed as the breath less heavens. It was the rapture of repose. But beneath this calm was volcano. When the man for whom she had left kith, and kin, and country, has been discovered to be the de- ceived liar of the lie winch ruins the happiness of the Jewish maiden, and confronts her after his marriage with another woman, Miss Dar- gon pronounced the tremendous malediction against him in manner that bore everything before it. The lady is also mistress of pathes. The scene in the last act, where the Jewish Outcast comes in contact with the child of him who should have been her husband was touch- ing in the extreme.-Mel6Ourne Telegraph
 LADY MACBETH
 Miss Dargon's impersonation of Lady Mac beth at the Theatre Royal, on Monday eve ning confirmed the general impression as re- gards her capabilities as an actress, namely, that she is seen at her best in parts that require great tragic intensity, dignity and those higher attributes which, when properly combined in dicate the possession of genius Miss Dargon, by her appearance, figure and graceful man. ner, suits well such parts. She was the queen throughout. Miss Dargon makes it evident that it is not altogether cruelty or bloodthirsti- ness that animated her to do the deed, but rather a species of contempt for the weakness of her husband a resoluteness not to be de- frauded by his cowardice of the prize she set before her, not forgetting the necessity at the same time of evading suspicion. In the ban quet scene she was unsurpassable. Miss Oar gon may be congratulated upon having achiev- ed signal and legitimate triumph in the part of Lady Macbeth. .-LeGder.
 QUEEN MARY.
 Miss Dargon's interpretation of the character was almost equal in realism to anything wit messed on the stage in Melbourne even during the famous RiStori season. In the third act she appears as the Queen demanding loyalty at the hands of her subjects, and represents, without exaggeration, the dignity and conscious power of one born in the purple. No doubt the scene was rendered all the more striking by her good looks and gorgeous apparelliug,
 
 had she had not more than adventitious ac- cessories to enable her to realise the part. The arrival of the rebels, and the fears excited for her safety, only rouse her spirit the more, and her animating example gives fresh courage to her soldiers, resulting in the capture of the traitor who thought to dethrone his sovereign. Nothing could be finer, or tend more to rouse the enthusiasm of an audience than the spirit with which she exclaims, when the news of Sir Thos Wyatt having been taken reaches her
 My foes are my feet and am England's Queen.
 In the succeeding acts more of the woman is made perceptible, but nevertheless she clings to the crown with the tenacity that ever dis tinguished the Tudors, even in her dying mo- ments evidencing the ruling passion in her sa- tirical request that Elizabeth should dance on her grave. The impersonation throughout was one which, for completeness, artistic eX- cellence, and delicacy of handling was mas terpiece of the histrionic art.-LeGder
 LADY GAY sPANKER.
 On Monday night, being St. Patricks Day, in the evening, there were special performan- ces at the Theatre, and Miss Dargon played Lady Gay Spanker in London Assurance Having seen Miss Dargon in Deborah and Queen Mary, and being asked whether you thought she could be equally successful in Lady Gay, you would probably have replied that although so goed1an actress could not go far wrong ln any character, yet that comedy was not in the range ofssher capabilities. But on seeing herplay the character, you would have retracted the declaration; you would have said that she was intended by nature to be 8 comedienne, for undoubtedly there was no fault to be found with it. Shall it be said that Miss Dargon dressed like lady, and not like professional coquette. And especially she showed her good sense and good taste in not dishguring her head with one of those fluffy light wigs which seems to be the pestilent craze of actresses just now but she wore her own beautiful black hair, and parted it smooth ly in the middle as all sensible women do.- Austr0lIstGn.
 LADY MACBETH AND QUEEN MARY.
 We have to notice Miss Dargon's appear ance at the Royal in two pieces-Macbeth and Henry VIII.-in one of which she displayed her great powers as a tragedienne, in the other her extraordinary abilities for the representa- tion of historical parts, to success in which an imposing dignity of manner and department is essential The gifted lady gave powerful representation of Lady Macbeth on Monday and Tuesday evenings As Queen Katherine she had full scope for the display of her great abilities As we are restricted in these notes to conveying general impressions, we must be content with saying that Miss Dar- gon's representations of the ill-used, hapless queen was study of the very highest order: It was, in fact, magnificent effert of genius. Miss Dargon was to have benefit last eve- ming, but mure of it we shall not say, as our words, when published. could not affectthe re- sult.-Ad0Oc0te.
 Young Bilkins went to serenade his girl on Van Ness avenue. The amateur orchestra of which he is a member had hardly ground out the first two bars of Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" when the second-story window went up and old Boggs, Amelia's fath- ar cfIIolx hic and IGTo