New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-09
THE DRAMA--MUSIC
THE PLAY OF CHATTERTON.

.o,ohIs ,andanrv of the time, in theatrical
matters, Is toward concentration Inc moro 'ee -.
eucs likes 70 come a. ouce to decuba MARY Anu'i''"
brilliant success In Mr.. '" 1"'sh'' -,
play OF Tragedy and COMEDY ssn S' -,
taste "a active aud that 1t IN her performance wen
.l.a..a Mr. Wilson Barrett has now entered on what
o,ses "a n. SONS VIII at similar good fortune Hepre-
duee on tn 22d of May, at che Prinse>s Ihesr, hoa
don a one-act play named "Csatterten' ana .nclain
the boy poet who is shown In ms sSt hours
and und n circumstances OF most pteous character
cabc dispatch has announced Nc. Wilson Barretts per
sonal success The following is sketch OF the new pay
Readers who remember what Is known Oh the NE ana
death of Chatterton viii need to he reminded thst TINS
q AN entirely fancfu view OF the circumstances Of his
suicids-circumssancas which in their simplicity and
pat,os are inc xpressibly touching to consider
As the play opens Mrs. Angel is showing IN LGdy
Mrry and her cousin Cecilia. Chatteron has sent some
love poems to Lady Mary and she has chosen TINS OPP
porunity during mis- absence, 70 visit MS room sn1 ~
minister OF state Getting rid Of Mrs. Angel, Lady N1rg
places her letter underneath sheet OF papsl On ga
AS she does so eye caught by some more verses ao
dressed 70 nsr ana a s love sssTceiy has she replaced
when hrs nge huriedy 20 say that Cbat,erton
sirict silence on Mrs. Angel respecting her
visit and hastens of by another star |,
rase as ChattertOn PUSHES all excitement 10 Kno"
anything has happened during his absence. II anyone
has called HIM or written 70 hlh II b'dde' Ins
other lOlger has returned Mrs. AHge Gains MIN ana
asks him TO have some diuner with her, 10 which
Chatterton replies hsushSy, in~n nn,n yDr 10
write Ms Angei leaves HIM and shorty
Boddea comes on he Is n tipsy dssipated deDaucneu
man OF genius who drink by drawing pictures 70
amuse fellows the taverns Boaoe'i mas Pt0nsou
get Chatterton empseymest ne mas ied b, a4
Chattertons last hope is gone. Boea then uEes n. "
spend the night with him in drinking Chaitertoh con
for the moment but atterw1u re'oives 20 ss.y ~
sarye rather than stain his life B0dfei leaves hIh
alone and he again sits down 10 write out oecoih-
ing very faint through want OF feod, ne sJlg
gers and imagses that the room Is growing usrA ~
goes a cupboard for candle, there COMES 4cross
the poison which he had bought thai he might es2e .s
horror OF long slow death by starvation ne qn1 s
poison greediy, and then 10 tear up MS
In doing this he finds Lady NaTgs .etter heAln uni
II he forgets the act he has just conm'teu, AM anu
matches up his hat TO go TO her; o1 u o Sr,p
spasm OF pain reminds HIM OF the inevitable doOin
ing him. After passionate pleading for hfe n1ed VIZ
defiance of DEATH he resigns himself 10 his fate ana W.
calmly believing IN bis last moments that Mary nSs CO
20 him. and that she is repeating those words OF ner ie
ter. Have fear for thy future She whom theo veS
loves thee beyond all heaven and EARTH love- neno
deathleSs renown, shall all he thine"
The play written by MeSsrs Henry A. Jones ana
Henry Herman. At the close Of the piece the picture OF
ChsttertOn's death by H. Wallis il Reproduced me cast
includes MFR. George Barrett BOGde, Mrs Huntley az
Mrs Angel, Miss Enlmeline Ormsby as Lady Mary anu
Hiss Mary Dickens as Cousin Cecilia.