Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

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,,o,,, ,,o,,,;,, 10 nsdc or ,hc return TO
W., N.,l. alto. Of sovo,o, unsuccessful dram.
n,io ,a,,,,o,,;oo who 1,.vo not found the wall
.,nr;n,, Show, n,,s;ro.s .,ho, ,bcv Ind fondlv
ov,oc,od If vou,d he II seems ,lat these
vo,o,ios of Thosnis in sntc of sensational
odyor,isi,g and , liberal distribution of dead
hood oo,,i,;oo,os b,yc found themselves
ol,lircd ni,ht after nicb, TO play before an
a,,,in,o, -, o,,,,,,, .o.,s r.lioved horc and
,,a.a ,,;n, s,oau,, ro,,r,or ar nm unsvm.
,,ou,,,;,. o;,;,o, This ,o cav ,be least can
NO, ha,, hoo, ,o,, orco,r,c;ng- much less
productive If fret c,,ss act;nr and where.
,,;,ho, u, nov ,bo,,,o- ron, .nd hotel hills
Douh,,nss ,ho nuhhc is becomininc tired
Of Second and third class dramatic entertain.
,ror,s Thoro ;s s,ch droarv samcness
,h,,,, ,,on, ali ,rho,o 10 ,bo ono s,or Nor.
f,,,,,o. o,o,,, ,,,,,,, r,,r,. ,b, voodo, SIM.
nor, -, CO, ,imos and in cot manner like the
wooden t,,,ur.s If = ,norvoltous clock The
s,,r ;s o,,er luminous on,v Inv contrast. He
mr. she e,i,oe with a clos,ded light. very
much like that of n celestial orb wading
th,ourl, II misty nipht. and ashamed to be
aeon a, the croseirg of the clouds with such
dra,pled skits II ian tact that the average
performer is above the average play. This
can readily he seen by watching the erada-
films in fine nuali,v of even the poores, act
ing, as the play approaches or recedcs from
the no;pt of passable excellence. There
will hc nas.aoes ,Lnos, exciting The true
dramatic interest and then the actor will
take sudden tumble to the lowest depths of
low comrdv and will onpcar 10 be almost as
conscious If the fact ne ,be audience il.
There &c something ptiablc in the extremely
humble ME which nearly every actor in a
second class NAV Inns TO en-, during the course
of nm EVENINGS posl,,rinr before the public.
The oction of the play often descends so
low as TO he painful TO both audience and
performcr What the par,icular motive of
the modern PLAYWRIGHT is, in overstepping
s, persisteptlvthe impalpal,le bound between
the sublime and the ridiculous we do not
know # may he to pander 10 the vulgar
elemcu, If WIN, he is pleascd to think an
uncululrcd audience. lint if this is 80. it is
binh time that he received n l,sson for his
imncr,inenco Theatr,-goinr neon,c are
NJ, oucI, r.,fo,,d ;d;o,s or go chi,d;oL
-, the nl,vyricb, may cho,se IN snnpose On,
If ,lo raoso,s Of tho doc,;ro of ,hn drama
,,o ,hirp 10 ,o,hirr lac, ,ho, ,,, nroson,
oy,,o,,olv o,,orr,,ad condition If ,ha mod
orn r,oy wr;,ors ohio ho,. M l-r,,-lodc,
uha,ovo, of ,,o rool d.mo,ds of IN. ,hoo,r,
o,;r,, nnh,ic ,,j.r,oLo 10 rrovid. vino, ,ho,
arc n,a,sod ,o COL, dramas I'M, which oro no.
a,,v no,h;,u I'm, ,rovcs,;es apd wors. ,Lo,
traves,ies If dr,mos--,ho meres, trash with
mn, ,oirt or nlo, and NO roor,v co,cs;vc,
ond M, ,on,,,,or ., d,,,o ,o,ols or r,,raI no
o,r,
| Aro,Lor r,oso, of ,,,o docl;pa of tho dra
mo 10 ,ho nr,soio ,,o, ,,,,, ,ho,o o,o ton man,
oorno,,;os ~, ,ho r,oI Thor. oro M, ovo,
ona,,n, of ,,o ,n,,,,,, ,,,o,,. o,,ho 1., 70 -,
o.o,,nd o,, O., ,i,,an 81, fr,. ,ro,o,,;na,ro,,ro
,.. s, a.. .,, ,,.o 49, .,,,,.,; -
u,o sor,o onl as ,Io,, oro oon,iruoI,,, IN ,b
r,od oooroo,,, oyor two r;,h,s in ,,o cam
,,ooa !, Ia ,,,, o,.,,,,a nat ,h.vsho,,, oros
ooct, o,h.,o ro,n oyo,y roy and ,,,o, Tb
nnhlic ,yi,, mot os,or 40 ,o beor ,Lo cam
s.cord ratio r,,v ,wicc and copsooucr,,v IN
aooo,L ~. ,,,i,i ,or,,,o,,, ,,o, oon,oa a,on,
with ,ho Same ,rorr,uno v,,l have an nv
oood;r,,v o,;,, hons. poor,o ara ,v;l,;r
orouch to srend ,hcir money IA he entertain
cd if they ret their money's worth in return
Inn, y,r,. re,y Of ,hou ,bi,l, !, worth vhi,e I,
, nav INV ar scyentv-fvc cents 10 ace the sam