Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-27
PLAY OF KING LEAR.
me Ancient and Modern Versions Of
This Great Tragedy.
THE WEEKS AMUSEMENT CARD.
Crane and Nat Goodwin tho Two S,.r A,
Observation-Disclosures, Opcra, and
the Mozart.

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impression 20 be that OF awe IN the
presence OF the power which has sub
dued % orler such a st,no,dous conflict
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sea IN ,e,,,,,es. a.. 49,. ~. ,,.i,o and wild
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may" VI "'e c"'''i
more Irresistible in It's running iorce. in
no other tragedy are the dissonanccs 50
violent; We, 4 We c1.er INFO is spirit
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s"'i'e'' anu '"''' ID
close The moral motives of the drama
may Ia o,r~s.sea IN a few words They
a.. ,,... ..,..,i.,, ~, to,.o lava ,nade
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an aIfn ana d" "''''''' '"e ''''' ''"''
triumph OF Un9l ural hate. the onset ana
fAe. victory of love. loves trial ana cruel
,.,.,,.. zinc. its intimate c,noues, and
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g., 40, ,n. 10y bu, ne dies az
g. f...t.,.~ u, th., ,vnien ls hest and most
= d., h,,,,.- no. Instead ~ rejecting
a. ,,,.. which ,,l1 NOT natter ne now
e,..~,cee 3, ,. lit. most urccious. his only
,oes.ss.,n. ips,e,l OF turning A deaf ear
,b. .i. ,. s,,ofn of Cordeya's speech,
,,hi,b "feverhs n, h1ll0wness." ne hangs
,rt,u-fy over her BODY, hoping 10 catch
e,tos word OF the voice that was ever
,,fi gentle. AMI low" Corlcla lies dead
In his arms. bat she has achieved some
filing higher than the cs'praii0n Of her
father {, his throne. accomplished the
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g. love that delivers over the afflicted old
man ID the great calm OF death. And in
e..,e Of all "a. material suffering and
tha rerl.np Of the helrt-Etrings, this. In
the truest sense. Is victory.
To recognize the meaning Of the tragic
close OF tho play Is 10 enter In a sPecisl
INTO the sympathy Of Shakespeare III
The old play. from which Shakespeare
derived scfelA! touchrs' Lear ~ I'"
stated ia his KING om' ana Coiue!, "'..'
season OF repose near her IalnvI' , -
turns. or IS ABOUT 70 20 l''Hi . a..
husband 10 france. Inc "'S'sn ~"' 49,,
lleIatty "I'rI'N Wy t"c e''"' 80
cramatst. 1T. JohiISo" u'''"' e nc '''e
tnlli =. '"iutlH' rom ,i,o ''i''. No. 80
h"a anyways tr"icN WI" o,,
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tcss that many years Pie''"uaE "v
been 50 shocKed by toIue"' "''''
that he khc" not "ht'h'I ne VNe'
cured u read again the last scenes VI
the play until he undertook 10 Ic'''e
them as au editor. 1t is lesson IN lhe
variations. and let us hope. in the growth
O. public taste. e. acquaint ourselves
with Nahum Iate's version or the play.
which held the stnge from the DAYS 81
Ecttcrton 10 the days Of kean' ana which
could not possibly be presented In our
own time. The victorious Lear resigns ms
ttrone 90 the lovers Edgar and Cordelia,
md resolves 10 retire with Kent and
Gloucester 20 some quiet hermitage from
which hc may observe the prosperous
reign Of the celestial pair" AS the cur
tain is about t. fall Edgar. one of the
celestial pair" addresses his partner In
felicity:
Y,,..r. CorIe,ia all the gods can witness
Tf,,. much ~ love 10 ernpire urefer'
T,h, hri,bt nvam,ia ehaii convince the
III
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g. As u is reformed" De- ADDS. &c
coriinr 70 the chimerlcll notion q p3-
eticM Justice. IN my humble opinion IL
has lost hnT Us hefu.y. Ihat Lear
may be capable OF enduring ms agony ne
S. conceived as OK fre'i h'l"l Su',.e' ,,
his IS fonr score ana up"', ,Ss I rb, ne ~
nara % hilt' ne '"'+'. ''
drenching rain ana 4rlV'hs Will ",.
Confr1nts the c-fntn's rs u u.
their equal In his last hour ne has
strength 20 strike dead the murderer o.
Cordelsa, although the force OF man
past his Soth year is always ehclfhl assn
ever. % which Lear ie subjected. is as
nothing compared with h mental an
cuish and Shakespeare has nlnde MN
not only powerful. IN his passions out
prone 10 an"i''''- ,,oe,,,tion
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