Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-22
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A MaUafacent HntefPretati0n 60 Q De-
lighted Heuse-
Its difficult to say whether 1t Is best to
pity or to censure the large crowd of theater
goers who failed to be present At the Open
House, last night The want Of taste IL to
be censured, and yet they are to be pitied
in what they missed. The master piecs Of
Bulwer, "Richelieu," was the bill, with
Wards in the title role. 1t Is difficult
role, and how did he interpret itH Ask the
audience why, at the fine passages, Q mo-
mentsry pause preceded the burst OF ap-
plause, and the answer is best found. II
Warde ever held any uncertain place in the
affection and sdmiration Of the amusement
lovers of Wheeling that time il now
past and his position is assured. It is evil
dent be has given the most profound study
to the part, and 50 thoroughly does he
enter into il that his Improvisation holds
the audience spell bound. About the only
Rchelleu Wheeling has had before, was
Barrett, and in the comparison Warde can
not suffer. II Barrett excels in the define
alton OF a wasted and feeble frame, nerved
and supported by an indomitable will,
Warde Is no less the master Of this por
travail, and N other attributes rises to q
height not even trod by Barrett. His mag
netism and force cannot be withstood, and
by the force OF his genius he carries an au-
dience unresisting before him.
The willy, crafty and inscriptions Car.
dinal OF history is widely different from
the beneficent and benevolent Richelieu OF
Bulwer, and this difference is admirably
portrayed by Warde in those passages in
which that power can say
with God like voice,
AnSe sad beauty, and rejoice"
The strongest part was in the scene
where, to protect her from the king and
the designing Baradas. the cardinal throws
about Julie "the awful circle of our solemn
church." and in the conclusion OF the
same scene, where, exhausted by the burst
of invective on the shrinking head Of Bar.
adas, the Cardinal swoons away. After
this, as, indeed, after every act, Warde is
called before the curtain to receive the
repetition of clamorous applause.
A fine support was accorded by the com
pany. Too often it happens that noe
actor, through a mistaken ides OF dark
background to show off his merits, handi-
caps himself with a poor support; but in
this case, wisdom was apparent in an ex-
cellent company. Miss Boyle made not
only beautiful Julie, but proved herself
an actress of no mean ability. In the
scene with the Cardinal, after having re-
sisted the King and fed from the Louvre,
she was intensely powerful and in the last
act. where she spurns Baradas and chooses
10 die with de Mauprat, she fairly enrap-
tured her auditors. De Baradas, de MAUI
prat Francois, Louis, Marion de Lorme
and Joseph, all were well taken, though it
is useless to discriminate where excellence
was general. 1t is seldom an audience
leaves house so pleased as was that OF
last night.
Tonight Richard III. is the bill, and this
afternoon Ingomar will be the attraction,
and the success of last night will be sutfi'
Gent to fill the house both times, Those
who remain away will miss rare treat.