Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1890-01-25 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

ROBT. ,HALL, F.S.So.  E)oestvirdayi • overniarg last, neer the auspices of the .Ftetlitle. Bilge Werklug Men's Institute, Mr. Itoebert Harl, F,f!eFe., of Manchester, gave a Lumber of recitals from nieinory.--The chair was occupied by Mr. Algernon F. Tirtb, who, in introducing Mr. Hall, said they were vary much indebted to the Working Men's -Institute for Lavine secured his servicee.—lt was Mr. Hell's rtvi.it t) this immc• elate di.trict, sod be came backed up by good press °Onions and ether referepoes. whittle be did not fail to verify during the (routes of the varied pro. gramme. In a short address tlr. Hall lath that his object in waling was not entirely to amuse, but be .would be grieved if they were not amused. He triought the word recital was not properly underattire), It was generally considered to be a formance on the pianoforte or organ ;it as a par. formauce on the organ of their ietelleot. One of the mestakes of tne present age was that they did not get enouge employment out of life. They were hurried in their occupation, in teeir mastliteatioo, their admiration, their approbation, and their recreatiou. Tee word recital was thrived from re, agaiu, and cite, call, and it would be his pleasure to recall some Lf the gems that lay almost buried in books. The Stet rectal he gave was the eight•and• twenty lines address of Hamlet (Act 111, scene 2), contai uing the PriLoe'e instructions Lithe players and which instructions, clear and concise, he attempted, and carried out. The next item on the list was a contract between Barry Cornwall and Longfelluw, the questions asked in the former's " Life " being answered in the letter's "Psalm of life," " hictard Doubledick," the tale of toe first of the Seven- Poor Travellers, by Charles D Ames, was given in splendid style, and proved tee best selection of the evening. This is one of Mr. Hall's favourites, and he has told the tale 643 Hum, He Lad heard Charles Dickens himself recite toe tale, and he bad Licari him say that be had not bad to draw on his ituagication for a stogie fact in it, for it was all true. Ibe story was condensed. and did not aufl,r by the briefer rendering, which lasted about ealf-au•hour. This was followed by Arch. bishop Piunkett'a advice to his countryman, "A patriot's rebuke," and in tide piece Ur. Hall snowed hiteetlr t) be quite at home with the Irish brogue. With the aid of a Aka e and a skull, as ' sage properties," Mr. Hall Lett gave a shakes. periaa airily in cowedy—the graveyard dei-ne rrem Hamlet (Act V, scene 1). Toe characters of tee two grave diggers, of Hamlet and Horatio, were reaiiszioally postra)ed, tie meal cuncludiug where Hamlet BUltlie the skull. So aaing of this play, Mr. Hall said tie lesson of the whole play was to show the coaardileese of suicide, euil .he reseed& bbaki opera stets the play was that in other plays, suicide bad been held up as heroic. herald Wily should study tteakespere'a works in order that the Buglish language miget be kept in its purity. leuny• isOn'e" Euiude" was the next piece, and the rendering of this pbthetie poem was very touching. This ass followed by Ldwiu Waugh's halteit, to the LAMA' shire dia!ect, ' Forgive One another ; " one of the gems ;suttee in the vernacular. Ihe charity dinner," " the best satire that bat been written for the past forty years," and in which five characters are personated; Berl of Mount &swan (chairmen), A. Deffdr, Beg., Alderman Oobblett, Lord —, and Mr Hever Ce Loegebeam The pecullare tee of each were Uouh uut, r.,:at,'s 4uud tit'artile voice hue tivatuatto MAUL bring eLoeu to advantage.— !be tetital Arts exceileht throughout, cud in bite pieces lute grave and gay, Mr. Hail threw fervour aue eigeur, claiming the am:strewn of the audience, which—probably owing to the iackhieut weatt.Lr—was LOC very large —A vets of thauks was pealed to Mr. Hail on the motion of Mr. bole, seconded by Mr. B. Bogert., Mr. dell, in reply log, thanked thew, and said it gave him as mum pleasure to recite as it did them to listen : that was about the 870 J) recital be bad given. A vote of Minks to the otthinsso =WOW the Proondipi%