The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-01

thfH m"EEy conversation. ne mas lOst
his purse and cannot pay for oranges he
wishes TO buy from her but she says she will
trust him. that he has an honest face She
thinks that she could love him. had not her
heart already been won by the unknowing
and unloviug Sir Roger Fairfax So far
from snspecting Neil- love for him this young
knight solicits her aid IN his plan to marry
Lady Olivia Vernon, a ward Of Lord Jeffreys
In the second act, In her Pail Mall mansion,
now the Kings favorite. Nell helps the two
III nm elOpement. hiding Sir Roger from the
4 pursuing servants of Lord Jerrey~ \
little later she conceals In another adioining
room her sovereign, who does not wish the
guests OF her reception to discover him In
her company when ihs pursners Of the
hiding knight track him to the actress
house she brings her stage training into Use
by ~feigning hysterical concern lest the guards
should open "A certain door Throwing her
roughly aside they open and the King walks
out, the only person Of the many who ia not
Disconnected Later in this oct. Sir Roger
l. captured and IN the next scene Nell again
uses her powers of mimicrv to impersonate
her enemy and his. the Lord Chief Justice.
Jefreys She turns that Judges verdict
and orders topsy trrvy, and laughs In Ms
face when he l. discovered In this impu-
dence as in other tricks Nell Gwynne Is pro-
tected by the King
Inc 'oneuy MAO oeen written ny ,an'
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sweet Nell OF Old Drury" was rewritten
and oivsn ,ts rres.,, t,,l. ,,o,n a ballad ~,
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i history with n reckles@ness That was ut least
| consistent Slrl uafhrpuism. H. r.pTp-
..rtinv ord .J.yrevs ard fLf,, .Ju.tira
~ England many yeor. hetor. mis- nromo.
ton to that Office are unlmpOrt1nt TO be
accurate J.nreva was mot ,rart.d n peeraVe
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uh'l a''er t"e u"h'h OF 'hatc' - WI
kester's almost Systematic disregard Tor
such facts remove his comedy antir.Iy from
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n'-'prF' NhoIher 'au''' u h"r' N'i'pun oHe'
IL IN" awkwardnes- Of almost all Of The con
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hhre'oshIhapi person" DISCUSS may ''"us'
IN a vague manner on the curh>tone. In
nneh' OF u ol""'hs r""h COSTUMES 'h''
meanings and motives some what. but their
fault was not only in yagueness. but in meo-
would do credit to a Bowery melo.
drama. Every one spoke tweutyi nes or 50
ut a time. aud they had the aside" habit
strongly developed When the characters
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formation that they felt uaccs.aty to a rIll
uhdrT-tnhdIhH 81 MI hester : very worry
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f. c"u.t rngtt,,' ,ras orcsn,na,, 81 hv thn a,inr.
II stead ~ being Suooth"d over and relieved
Toy good eiocuiinr Mis-, R"hln wa, OF
/" ~ w. ',HH,, t,ndinv Lnr , ,,, '.,.nni
In the long nuec,hes II IL liTrkiu~ Was
the only actor OF. ~" assisting company Who
s,ni",'i Wy ",ii'iI' nm.nus ITho M M
| person age Of the old-limc mcludraIra. WHs
we'll drawn ard almost ire" from ~" rldicl-
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nor badly plnyad IN. fault la, With the
I tge director. who i'd ul~'aL"uly .E"r"d
NE "h''' ,'ra"'.lt',' "a 9 ",un III" -. ,"i'-
IA" .udisrcr ,rluht nav. forgive Them for
their handsome clothes aud tn" beautiful
.c'hr> III Enl.h ,hSA m,'H'H1 ~ "a~h Snmlr
had rIarad Nj Rrhon. and the i,woi oI,.
.hore the >-ttlng-0awieSs Jewels should
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