The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-23

quite sure that actors and actresses OF
such pronounced merit will not per-
NIT repe ition OF the almost awk-
wardness that only experience
prevented frJm becoming failure.
Mr.. Mantell as "Raphsel," moved ~
q fine sentiment aud guided By an
artistic nature, was moodish, strong
and weak, and by turns tender, pathet-
ic, sometimes almos! ecstat,c plunging
from this dizzy hight to the depths Of
wild despair. His characterization
Yves checked by fine temper, that
may easily be provoked to the best
mimetic transformations and snr.
pTists. his nature fits to broad
and deep sympathy, and the
tenderness of tears without. 1he for
felt of manliness which his move
ments never permit his auditors ID
forget. In the depths 1t is the struR-
gle OF a strong man in the sunshine 1t
Is the freedom OF strong nature that
while 1t does not court extremes and
finds its level on middle ground, can
reach to both, as if natures best for
him did lie with either. Raphael"
makes more demands up IN him than
Raymond Garth" Pashos lies all
about the latter until the end. But
the former is full Of action and
strength and Is emphasized by mo-
mentary lapses of self Couirol. 1t af-
lords room for something OF the
b eaJih that ia Characteristic of Mr..
Mantell, in WHOM there are many yet
undeveloPed pots biities for the stage.
In the fourth act, wherein he finds the
great body of his work, he YVES in
tensely, indeed, painfully dramatic,
and before the curtain could
SHUT out the actors and the scene
very storm Of applause attestt d how
near to the hea't Is Of the intelligent
audiencs he had reached, and how
alphabetically they had gone with
him through this varying phases and
the almost supsrbuman and piteous
agony which he had depicted under an
extreme tension andan exac,ing strain
Of mind and body. This scene with
"MaTco" will never bs forgotten by
those who witnessed it. The incura.
bic distemper OF despair could not be
more naturally and fearfully depicted.
1t comp etely eClipsed what YVES really
a clever piece OF acting by Miss Carey
and made better impression
OF the high artis tic power
OF an actor who, il he lives, must one
day be among the first in his pro.
fession. Following upon the storm Of
the fourth act there was the unre-
lieved sorrow Of the fifth, in which
even the irepresslble and captivating
"Voage" was subdued almost to tears
The touches Of light aud shade from
desire oil life and love to pain and quick
subsistence of ply slcal power, vera
made with something closely akin to
q master band, and the death
scene, not too prolonged, was quite
within the limit set by nature
OF defects Mr.. Mautell has few, one in
the form OF mannerism, that time W i'll
doubtle cure. He must leave it be-
hind if he would be the master his
ambition prompts him to be. 1t is a
movement OF the arms, q trick of
weighing them like, that in some 20.
sitions is very taking, but Is
net always, indeed is seldom,
apropos. Then there Ia occasionally
q traeic-like stride iLdulged as If it
were "Reminiscences that obtruded
awkwardly upon modern story. OF
his voice some complaint has been
msdetha it 10 husky sometimes, but
singers will appreciate that huskiness
as an evide0ce Ola fine. emotional
nature struggling with its own
eagerness. But III SO are defects
that cannot weigh much against
the art which Mr.. Mantell un-
doubleday possesses. With a hand
some presence, a voice capa-
BILE OF the incest modulat!ons,
as was evidenced when he
sang lat night, q quickly responsive
mind, comprehensive in its grasp Of
character and with mimetic power,
uncommon and varied in degree,
bis future, with the honest in
dustry that is another OF his
chief characteristics, taken into
account, may easily be predicted.
MIR. Wheatcr1ft, the finished actor,
who has already made for himself a
secure place in the esteem of the
Memphis public, was warmly greeted
as be entered last night in the frs act
as "Diogenes," which he Played with
his accustomed skill. As "Volage" he
was in his element. Easy, self.
pes essed and graceful, his was very
ticking and artistic personation. He
is a most Attractive personality. He
was born to make friends and keep
them. He does everything we'll. Miss
Carey we must rescue from the obscu.
ration to which she was subjected
in the fourth act, where MsDtell
lowered to such supreme nights. Her
"Marco" was fair portraiture Of the
fair but frail one, and once or
twice che gave evidence of a
very artistic conception. Miss Shan
non, as "Msrie," added to the
reputation che made in Tangled Lives
for depicting with easy nat ralnes IS
sweet simplicity, tenderness, confdiug
trustiu ness and devotion. Graceful
in carriage, she is pretty Of face, guile
less in expression aud winning in
manner. Like Wheatcroft, Miss Shan
non is already an established favorie.
Today, at the matinee, Tangled Lies
will again be presented by this excel
lent company, aud no doubt to an
over crowded house.
SHEFFIELD, ALA.