The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-19

/ advance himself wb,, haI;ars. bo,
schemes. Lucille Ut 49, n no,
self to be in love%ih .n nv, Vre, 3 c c
ends her fathers Pn pc w'no u y
knowing that it " 9u Pa ~,
financial scheme N ,'
third act che ia "P'SnI,
nom this dream by 0,JsI,
who is The gerert us friend q .ni >,
leine." She then becomes TIE Pfra
aid of the poet in his vo'k Of Svl 81 Nh's5
Lsievre" and "Msds Tue" tore -,
after brief and sgon zing sep rata i
and in the f1u'th act ev,s prsct1el VI
proof that he lie r, al yagood a7sslhy
extending some OF her own ( rtune in
saving "Lefevre," to whom she
sunendets ell claim, aud fakes
"Badel' for husbal d, thus making
for Madeleine" the oppGtuai'y abs
has prayed for of qua reconciliation
with the man she has low devote d
" and for whom sha had made so
many generous sacrifices In this
biief recital of the plot there is but
bare idea conveyed OF the nice and
interesting involvement out of which
so delightful q denouement is reached.
Fer satisfying realization of It we
must refer our readersio the stage.
There last night it was Nnioldsd with
charming and delightful efFec
by company whose strength
it makes demands upon that arc very
happily met. Miss Forsyth never APP
pesred to better advantage on this
stage than as "Madeleine." 1t is a
character admirably adapted TO her
qualities ss an scness, and proves her
power adequately to depict deep feel
ing, tender love and absorbing and self
denying devotion. "Lehvre" WAS adj
mirsbly portrayed by Mr. Losep,
though now and teen he would
obtrude a too. mel DIR m,,it manner
that broke little harbly upon the
tone aud color of the dramq, w iCh
are of subdued intensity. MIR. dol.
lands "Ba5el" was quite the M
plement Of Miss Vane's Lucille"
which was af,less, full e tenderness
dashed with coquetry and overlaid by
the generosity Of p noble nature.
Nothing could be more aislic tnan
her scenes WITH "Badet" in the 'bhd
act, in which he gives a touch of his !
poetic power and she uncjvers the
strength of heart that is easily
moved by suffering and ia respon.
sive to every opportuni and in
centive for charitable deeds. Her
figure, her face, her aItleFs grace, aud
her soft, sweet voice, oil conspired to ,
conceal an art IA simple as nature !
itself. Hollands Babel" was in many
respects the best drawn OF all the
characters. His manner and spirit !
were very persuasive. and his wit and /.
rPpartee fiue cfiset to the gqrIulity :
and greed Of Il o Rrssping, old cur :
mu1geop, "Cha uet." 1t was as :
light to darkness. Mr.. Holland, in
this character, bas full play =
for the extreme mood
which he knows s. wei bow :
to portray. Interwuven vi h h's caitty
and insoucience th,re was a ~ cad Of :
serious msnliness, snd h,a poNig tenn I
persment was not thout \ lelVen of q
the practical, las when h" erEgoated the /.
of 'Charu ls" fortune in Y
the systematic robbery of his father, Z
whose bookkeeper he had been. And
in the third act, when he begins his de-
nunciaiioD of the old banker with the
word "scoundreP' it is pitched in KEY =
so dramatic as TO startle the audience, n
Just rs his del very of the lines on T
spring melt it almost TO teas. II is =
not an il justiae TO tho other PLAYERS :,
10 say that, Miss Forsyth excepted, a
Miss Vane and Mr.. Hollands were the D
special successes OF very successful =
Miss Ethel Greybrooke, :,
who as ''Paulette" had little to do, "
and that all crowded into f5v mo- y
nents in thethiId act, was character /,
zed by safe ahar don, and talked p
lorse" with something ike the ease of Il
me who wss used TO it. Her little a
Gene with Lucille" and "EnC slime" n
; as nice and we'll planned break III a,
he more serious business of tie
econd and the culminl'ion of Il
he third act. The other charac- h
ers were we'll tskeu, that Of n
'Charue" especially, which IVES =
played by Mr. Fitz Pat,icb, who first Ia
,eme before the Memphis public some i
iesls ego as member of the Wynd- se
lam Comedy Company, ard then, as b
low, eI joyed the reputation CT being 81
painttskine actor. The settings W
we're all that the limited proper II
les of the theater would -,
permit but the dresses of II
he ladies esps cislly, in the third act n,
we're rich, handsome and stylish. Of -
Faithful Hearts 1t may truthfully be II,
aid that it is play of decided merit, ~
Ind it is equally safe to predict that it % :"
s destined to win the public favor h,
everywhere that it is presented. 1t is in
we'll constructed as to plot, and, as we re-
rave said, the dialogue is Infused by a 81
pirit that is en- animsting pur- O.
pose to the actor. The second act ~
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