Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-10
AURUdAN,
ANNA Olcuy6Ss NEW TRAGEDY.
", s.oa;I at the Opera House What
Tbo7 EniOyed Who Heard Il,
and those Missed Who
Did Not.

II WAS notifying to those who were
ht the upera House Thursday night, to
seeso ypall an audience present. We
are gad 10 see, however Mat those who
| Iailef 10 avail themselves Of the OppOr-
turty % hear Hiss Dickinson have,
/ My Of them, come 10 realize what
~ treat they missed This Is evi-
fneed By the very general desire on
the part OF the public to have u some
What laner description Of the perform
anee and the petOrmer than Se were
able % give yesterday. An article was
partially prepared on the night OF the
reading, but a press Of other matters
male u necessary 30 defer Il.
Miss Anna Dickinson is somewhat of
a stranger 10 Wheeling entertainment
SCI kers, not having visited this cay Tor
sope years Her tragedy, Aurellan,
which she reads for the hrst time 10
/ public this week, is probably what the
I autboress thinks u, ",he supreme effort
I uf her LIE" 10 Is a semi-hlstOric,I
work, the scene being laid at Rome part
I oi the time, and again at Palmyra and
i Ia the vicinity Ol that city. The princi-
/ pal characters are Aurellan, the Roman
emperor, "the greatest general after
/ Caesar Zenobia, Queen Of Palmyra,
Tacitus. a Roman senator, a tried and
faithful friend Oi the Emperor, Claudius,
I son at Tacitus, and Ciaudius's wife.
/ Zrnob.a has taken from Rome numer.
/ Gus provinces and towns, and AuTelian
/ resolves 10 not only rvcunqucr these
bat also subdue the naughty queen. lie
[ nauguratCs the Eastern War, and all
/ the cities which formerly belonged u
Rome are one by one rr-iakcn, and the
| victorious artnIcs vi Rome have AL
I yanced 10 the borders Ot the Palmyrc
man possessions Lolth 10 cause un
necessary carnage, Aurellan forms an
embassy o. wait upon LrnObia and eutfral
Submission Moved 10y curiosity to see
a woman OF sUrh resplcudcnt lame ~
| hi- Royal ipe, he resolves 10 head TIE
| embassy himself ia the guIse Ol one 81
the senators. Aud fearing the tai
ure ~ the 0yvTturyS he N about
% make, De- commissions Cau,hm
a. accompany tbs messengers, tciiln,
him ii the embassy tail, % deliver 10 IL
nohia a message o. tire effect that, wheI
! lac has conquered Palmyra and the
| gates are almost beaten down. II she vii
then submit he will permit her 20 retain
her king,lOm under the same terms a.
before proposed
Aurrlian has ior long time carrie,
upon his person "a miniature OF an IA
known woman which he found in a jew
clcr's stock ami purchased iur IT. beau
I oil In - al
bia he finds in his enemy the original o
the portrait. SmIttcn with COmpdssloI
for her beauty andamore tenderpassioI
by hernOhle rhaTacter he pleads long an,
earnestly lat she will accept tie termi
proposed by the embassy. But hn
pleading Is la vain. aud the embassy re
tires.
CIaudius. ambitious Of one day be-
coming emperor himself, bctuys IN
trust, aul reveals 10 III" Queen tit
ORE ,ence Ji Aurrlan ia the embassy
SeseechiEg her o. Kill INN ~ a spy
Scuming the traitors Oder, she seize
him, and sends him, bound, and AZ
rumpanitd by letter relating hu
trrachcrv. bark To the Roman camp
hut hy a liberal bride Claudius induce
the messenger b. leave him bound a
| Aurelian's tent without the cNpIanatorl
inissiye. Indignant at this treatment %
his cmbaSsaiOr. Aurrlian Teucws th,
war with fresh yIgur, aud CUuquers III,
! entire kingdom Of Z'nObia, who a
| conveyed a captive To- Rome, an'
| lrCUmes the huuurrd guest Of lacticus
| Here AurCian SUES ipr her hand
but iu vain. L'uoba sends him iruu
her presence. AID, torn With conflicting
/ rmutiuu-. throws herself upon a diNdn
| Ciaudius and his Wi,c enter. and not oh
serving the Queen, proceed e. cunS'dr
La plot o. secure his own safety by IN,
death OF Zrnobia. wl,o las never reveal
ell his pcriidy Tor the reason that sh'
supposes Il known aud tOrgiyvn by th'
Emperor She now, Tor the tirst time
discovers her error. The plot h &
cause her death by a love utter, Whici
! Aureiian is D. d. induced To- adminlsic
! o. ZenObia through the influence 81
jewish scvrcss, Lttah.
Zamh meets Aurcliau, tenders thl
filter and rptircs iron. ubs"tNa
| ton. but remains within hearing
from solilOJuy q the Emperor
She makes the discovery that th
fatal filter h intended tur LcuobIS, be
| f1rmrr Queen, whom she rvVcrcs ans
loves. lllrrilie,l at this discovery, sh
returns g. the Emperor, and reveal, t.
him the pcrtidy Ut Claudlus. IL has ~
happened that thr.mrsscugcr brIbyd O'
| Claudius WAS a kiusman OF Larah's, an'
into her kcupiug has come LcnOba
letter. This Size gives tu Aruclian, VIII
I sends iDr Clidl,us an / his vile an'
| sentences them o. death, giving thea
! three DAYS in which 10 prepare.
They, however, plot With the cuie
| officer ui Aurehau's army, who has
| personal gruigr against the Emperor, 4
slay him. THIS plot Icnobia also over
hears, ami haslcus 10 inform the I'm
| pcrur.
AS ever. thou woutist that ] ma.
die. hut not by tycarhcry, sadly *
claims the Emperor.
"Nay," she replies, Il would tha
thou mayst live.
| Wherefore
Because love thee
| Clasping the beautiful queen o. hu
heart. he exclaims, Death we're uley'
lit,le price Tor this, and As tue wur.t
are uttered Clandius and nl, lrUow
traitor attack the emperor from behind
Zrnobia SEES the blow, and spriuglny
brNarl, receives u and L'li' d,ad
Thcn the two murdCrvrs tauut AureiiaI
with his helplrSsnCss, but Nuh tu'
bound of tiger he grasPs dassr
from the belt OF one an,
strike. han dead, bat not unil
he himself has been m0rtally wouudc,
by the other. still hghung. he slays d.
Other Zoe and falls, Just As Iacitus en-
tiers.
The uagnanimity OF Aurclian Is beau
tiiully portrayed throughout, but "a
prrmrly does it assert itself IA the hon
/ nfdcath Unwilling that Tacltus shoui'
knoN the trrachery Of his son, be says
"Tar,tus. INV friend. thy son dctcnd,,
uic. and dies.
/ OF cOursy su CursuIy summing ~
/ cannot. even IN siigat measure, give .
conception Of the strength % beauty %
/ the plsy. The diytiOu Is chaste an,
| prrible, the incident, we'll and striking
IN pdrtrayrd, and, IA short, the PLAY
possesses all the elements at a grcaI
/ drama.
Asa reader Miss Dickinson ads o. 4
strong aud acsiblc voice the charm OF 4
hcr expressive beyond the ordinary
anil figure graceful and commanding
She shows herself consummate actor
and perfect cloCuilonlsl
In conversation With a rrpuc~ utatIy
OF the RA0srGE after her pa I'm she
recalled lurmeT visits O. Wheeling Nltb
pleasurc. She commented somewhat
npon the bad behavior u the gallery
| s0,l," in tie clr,y part Of the evening,
ut congratulated bCrs-li TIA, they
~,tsirvw bcl0re the plsy had Proccc'icd
~ ':Aasl," slse aidc,i, the winngNci
| stencs uts one Of the most delightful
lU rsssi q.
u.s. 49,, ssp.ail 81 trr,-.s " SsceuSs la sstst
or.ss ,p 49, s ~ sne expected 70 remain
| ~, -, '.--,Se.. ~ ioeg ~ her health
neI Ieeath la''sf appreciation by our