Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-20
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Lswrenee Barrett ~s the sspsrS House.
The audience gathered at Fulton opera
house hst evening was compliment to
Mr. Barrett both in respect to numbers
and quality for there have been few
larger assemblages there during the pres
snt season, aud certainly none more cul-
tured or intellectually appreciative Vi the
dramatic alt Of WHICH Lawrence Barrett
is the exponent. Tliet perfosl1aSee was
something o&-a-auvslty To Lsnsaster
play-gcers, nor has there seer
board So titly furnished ie'
their enjoyment in q long while
The fountain "f Shtkspeara's fnatehloss
genius at which tho audience quafied 70
freely dl aot >esvc II destroy the appe.
tite for tieiquaAt Oh comedy Of genera
tiOns gone tba, followed to complete the
feast Of reason. Mr.. Barrett's !Shylock Is =
finished perfor NANCE, completed study.
in the rendition .! which is dis.
played the scholarly insight that jl,iueti tU
1ative genius llss 9iyeo this aG4A iwhiis
yet 80 young 4 commanding position in
the constellation Of histriOnic art. His
pVrtraiture, lwhils nusf lAckihg iA Nd fiery
viCOr that il pscsss0ryA t0i bAn3ey .
proper ideaO Of tho ticrcc. Overpowering vsn-
eeance that Is the dominant impulse IN the
Jews character, js pervaded by a subtle
quality that is at once tangible and elusive,
whose meaning fixes itself upon the inner
spprehensiOn Of the behOlder, and yet
fefusse to yield to the line and plum
met by which our circumscribed nc
tious are wont to measure dramatic art.
The pfssescD of tha quality WA hta6le
| in the trial scene, where behind the do.
moniac fury Of the Jew, ~ in the hour Of
fancied triumph, he anticipates tho con-
summation Of bis revsuGe upoa Aha Veni
t;an merchant his victim, there 6leams
an :, inkenssr ilams born only OF
kfeeln& that the cunning OF tho
money-lender HOOPS in reGeratnt. 1t
was in this scene that Mr.. Barrett's power
/ impressed itself most deeply upon those
/ Who watched the play Of emotions as he
i skillfullv wrought them to their highest do
ivelOpment, though his entire performance
indeed Was illumined by steady lambent
GLOW that is the reflection Of genius such
as his. "a ~.
MIR. Louis James furnished an acccPta
ble Bassanio, and the Same may be SAID O'
the character OF Antonio and '0r0elGno az
respectively repxesented by Messrs. MOslcy
and Skjnner. Oi Miss Marie Wainwrisht's
II Rrtia h NAY 30 truthfully said to have
been q most agreeable Characterization,
while at the same time scarcely serving u
bring ont the abundant possibilities OF the
part. In fact Miss Wainwright appearf.
rather rovsrweighted bat her. s2pse was ~
! all events creditab:e. -. .,
RobertsOn's three.act comedy Of Dava
Garrick," with Mr.. Barrett il, the t'tIe
role, completed the evening = spts 'Italnmen,
and served most admirably to li'nstra't
the range Of the actors powers. IL wa.
an altogether pleasing pcrfOrman. ., Mt
the quiet humOr and tender path0s y 'nlcl
Mr.. Barrett infused into the part y orr
refreabing after tho strain to which he y
necessarily sabjectsd in the earlier part o.
! the evening. His interview with Ida in
the third act was thoroughly affecting and
appealed as directly to the behOlder's a
!, heart as his previous performance had
, challenged intellectual acknowledgment.
|, MIR. Plunkett exhibited comic powers Of
rather coarse hbFs in the chasac.
ter Of-Squiss CAioy, that answered
the authors intent iu tho creation Of the
part, while Miss Josie Batchelder gave y
very pie easing impersOnatiOn Of the rolo Of
Ada IngOt. Mr.. Ben Rogers, as old Simon
:, IagOt and the remaining members Of the
: cast filed their several parts in a capable
. manner aud contributed to tho general
excellence Of the performance.