New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-25
THE DRAMA.
HENRY IRVING IN HARLEM.
Farewell Night

-- The Harlem Opera House. tonight Henry Iring
~ Gloss. bic present American season. -iu79er-
s7-aurr k.-E Louis * and. probably. -7y-oE a
vro-E a. Farewell rFc has acted. since October
Or Iazt yra~. '0 NeH-York. Philadelphia. Boston.
Portland. Springfield. Worcester. Hartford Water
burr, Eeu-Haven. Brooklyn. Washington Trenton
r7s--fehus4 Scranton. ithaca. Syracuse Rochester.
pr-..burc Buffalo. AlhaE- Montreal OTTAWA. To-
-.--n Detroit chicago. s. Louis Cincinnati IN
f....ra. - ro.guh-s Cleveland. and Harlem. ana
f- alb +Heac cities he has been cordially welcomed
As.e~ she Performance. tonight. bee VIII proceed
ufrr Hls dramatic company. 10 the AtlaHJc Trans
l.-r steamship. which be- 90 sail al au carry noun
on Saturday morning. and Immediately on lai',--.'r
ir ErrIHrE. R.I 20 90 Newcastl e-0n-4Ffe WIZ
~ b. 70 eurear in Teurvson's tragedy ot becHel-
81. -.4--erav tre -.-a. rn.-aEer. sailed on Maroh
-e 60. make management FOR This production Inc
corr rHe been exceptionally I7horou-. ont JUS eN-
,.-...4 and saUrues have -ecn borne WIN F" very
constant spirit ard Henry Irylngs closing perform
sr.rr tu.s week are especially notable ior Nlso'
and ODD. tue.a-r-. Waterloo and The beli- were
s...E last night Those lovers OF ac'iHF ""o, per
Har- have uur seen him in Louis 81 sho-'4 l.l-
move The lpuorrUlitv o. seeing Fim DOW. lN i7 d"
Greet pe-forua-lce. though nor a svrnpat1f''' ono
fo- go shows the darker side ~ human nature a...
effects grim period ir human history. i''N''1
NJ S~1rr's novel os quentin DurVara 7'.. "'
,,--e -erner-nsr tFa Wonderful forre and ~N..
,rs-r which t.o character a. King Louis is Draw"
nv that great writer The PLAY was based on lha'
.,ve and Henry IrvInEs embodiment makes TIE
crafty and sinister monarch even more VIA. per
eo7arftv than he is DOB SCOTS maEiea. ra-o- me
historical cuara cter was sulN and apis r.e.t1.
some time ago. in an article 'n Temp" far some
par o. which will be read with interest a'". ana
is Therefore appended.
Tho nearer death approach IL, closer do
louis grasp his sceptre. Re reeaTae4 az W"
ibty had some designs upon hts life or MS cIoM
lie rrIstrusted even his own children. eIo. lt-e
10 wear ta~ crown, Do kept the Young Laalll .lhh
ii $50 ~. ~. --,-9l -a-1rfesi0u Tyrant ali
others .rerp were three before whom ie 49, 80
" lR- si,e- 80 III Fs,,-e and .-the Holy Man OF
Caiahria." and bis physician CoiueI- Hls PLeSe-5
n H. KINGS BODY and soul be commanded him 70
or7ff the last word as 81 was not vel 70 ask 700
much Of the good saints az once bLl y " $500 ~
rs sir6t months illness Coitier received from him
$500 crowns j know he SAID 10 ms PS'iet 's
ne rest but" with great OATH. you Will n9l
-. ss55f.5 lon y-a= non eant away. on the Goth OF
August. 1855. this miserable sinner nreAthea HiS
Yet Confines and chalons laud him in such style
a. 9@ I'll ne Princes. the West and most deKterous
% eEr~irare himself ont n any danger or -lIlcul y
~ tine ~ adversely was King Louis the Eleventh
us and the most painful and indetatigabte 10 w
over any man TO his side that be Thought cspao.s
of doing him any mischief or any service; iho-gh
De was often refused. be would never give oleL 4
man whom De wished 70 EaiI, 'GJ 49, lIsS -
and continued bis iuslnuauon. promising MN In
a
Err7ors - 5e knew would crafty his ambition and
f1~ such as Do, had discarded iu time OF peace ana
rrospe-ftv he paid dear ywhen he had occasion ioE
fberrl 10 recover them again. but when ne haQ
once been rpc1nclieG ma retained 10 e1nltF toward
them for what had passed. hut employed them
freely Tor tha future. He was naturally hlna ai4
irEug gent so persons Of estate. and hostile %
I'M great men who had need OF him. Never
Prince was couyeTsahle nor so 1nQulsluFe as ne.
for his desire knTv everybody he could, ana
he knew all persons Of any authority or worth Ia
England spain. Portugal, Italy. IN the territories
81 The Duo de BurEogue and Bretagne. and among
his own subjects. But. above all. his great bounty
and Iiberaltv did him the greatest service ana yet
m ne behaved himself Wisely ia time OF distress. 50
when he thought himself a little out OF danger,
though 81 were but truce. he would diEobh6e tho
servants and officers o. his court By mean and
petty ways which were little to his advantage ana
as Tor peace he could hardly endure the thoughts
n. He spoke slightly Of most people rather be-
fore their faces behind their backs. unless he
was afraid q them and Of that sort there were a
great many. Tor he was naturally somewhat tim
orous. When he weakest. he knew above al
things accommodate himself 20 time; 20
make treaties in accordance with the viii of his
enemies. Weld Them his rights and pretensiOrs 3.
and finally 10 disunite them, but once he had broken
their league their union. he took back all he had
yielded and held 70 nothing he had promised