Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-13
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believe. She has been playing in The |
Squire, which l notice Mr.. DAILY is'going to /
produce. She is a pretty woman, having |
quite as much beauty, should say, as Mary |
Anderson, and having also the nice finish in |
her acting that il more commonly seen on |
the French than the English stage. The |
Squire was very popular at the st. james, |
Mrs. Kendall never having been better fitted |
with part, and playing it with a womanli- |
ness and emotional power that were deeply |
touching. Her picture of the lone, wronged |
woman, fighting for herself against desperate |
odds and battling for the love and sympathy |
which her husband denied her, reused the
greatest sympathy from the poor esquire"
and all London want tn have a good cry over
1t, by way of an evenings amusement. Mr.. |
Hare, as the bluff, out-spoken old "Parson
Dormer," showed what Ia rare comedian he is,
and made great hit. You have had Far
from the 1fadding Cro,rd here, which is an
other version of the same story, but The
Squire is very cleverly,,written and is a much
better play, from what know of them both.
1.-THE RoAASY RYE"
Yes, Of course. l saw one or two of the
melodramas which have threatened 70 be-
come almost numerous az the Egyptian
locusts OF old. Were inclined to tell all
that / saw and heard in the way of melo-
dramas-and did not see many of them
/ could tale unfold, which, if, it did not
exactly make leach particular hair TO stand
on end like quilts upon the fretful porcu-
pine" would at least be a tale of murder
| most foul as in the best it is," and would
be strange and unnatural" to say the least.
/ went TO the Princess and saw TIE Ronlang
Rye. l will say frankly that don't like thai
| sort of thing, but it is certainly the best OF
| its kind that / saw. II it is mounted here as
well as it was in London it will be a far
| finer spectacle than the Lights O. London. The
| literary merits are not, as it were, visible 10
| the naked eye, or perhaps 1 should say can
| not be discovered by the aid OF the most
powerful ear-trumpet; but as a spectacle it
| is very fine. In London it was magnificent
| ly mounted, and all sorts of stage marvels
| were introduced. l cannot recall them ali
| now, but there were all sorts of
| hairbreadth escapes, and there was most
| violent and unnecessary shedding of human
| gore and unnatural and unexpected taking
| of human life on the smallest provocation
| possible. The scenery and the actors were
| entirely too good for the play, which was
| chiefly devoted to showing how virtuous and
| spirituelle are the poor and how vicious and
| black-hearted are the rich, and how neces-
! sary it is for the former TO be made million
| aires, and eminently proper it is that the
| latter should come to an untimely end by
| bloody and horrible deeds, judiciously
| sprinkled through seventeen scenes. But
| the scenic affects were magnificent and
| though every one said it was shocking TO
| give the stage up to such things, every body
went out and bought good seat to see ii.
FOURTEEN DAYS" AT THE CRITERION.
Fourteen Days, which is 10 be brought out
| at the Union Square shortly, was playing at
| the Criterion when 1 was at that well-known
underground London theater. 1t is bright,
rafting little comedy, full of fun and
laughter, and, as played by Charles Wynd-
ham and Miss Hurdy, was great go. Charles
| Wyndham, you remember, was once leading
man at Wallack's at the time Miss Moore
was leading lady. He has brisk, rafting
manner of playing comedy, full of gentle
| manly grace and charged with light humor
which makes his acting all life and anima-
| ton. There was some doubt as TO his entire
company coming with him, but 1 imagine
| that they will do SO. The company is very
complete and play into each others b ands
admirably.
"DIvoRcoNs" AND "LEs RANTzEAU."
1 saw DiUorcons in French, with Celine
Chaumont, and was quite surprised to find
how favorably the New York company which
gave it at Abbey's Park Theater compared
with the Paris players. OF course the ex-
quisite finish, which is the prime character
istic of the British stage, was lacking here
and there in the American production, but /
found that they had caught the spirit of the
clever piece perfectly.
Les RantzeGu 1 cav at the Francois and it
is certainly great pIay-a5 done 1T the
Francois. How it will succeed when put
into an English version at the Union Square,
with, probably, Stoddart and Parselle In the
parts played with grand effect by Coquelin
and Got, cannot say. Mr.. Palmer saw it
in Paris, however, and knows how it ought
10 be done, and as he has bought it he has
probably done 80 with the conviction that
ne can successfully reproduce on his stage
one of the finest and most touching dramas
/ have seen in many a day.
''LEs MANTEAUx NoIRs" AND 1.-THE VICAR OF
BRAY"
Les ManteauE Noirs was another London
success at the new Avenue Theater, and The
Vicar Of Bray was being done at the Globe.
| saw neither of them, but heard them we'll
spoken of as humorous, bright and pretty.
"Now," said Mr.. Barrett, 81 have reach
ed the end of my story of the London sea-
son. so far as 1 saw it and it appeared to my
eyes. II ii seems that observed plays and
actors through rose-tiu,ed glasses, remember
what 1 told you frst-I go to the theater as
a child does, as men and women should, to
enjoy myself, not TO seek for faults and in-
dustriously point out errors. / have praised
nearly everything saw because it pleased me
and when the plays come here to our stage
il the public attends them in the same mood
l did, seeking honestly to be amused,
think they will say as / do, that the summer
season of 1882 in London has added many
admirable and thoroughly enjoyable plays
to those that have gone before. And now
you will excuse me, please, as have to go
to rehearsal at the theater."