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. ‘ Tlzeizirical ‘Re1zz'czlf.i=:-5 :5,
rery beautiful and meritorious; butvrwho.ex,'er tliought of it-oniparing.
the one with Handel, or ethefother with Scott‘? I would not undervalue '
the-‘pathetic, if the reader chooses to contradistinguislijt fro1n,tlie.pow‘:
terful.-V-butt] will eontend,. that she who can xbc great. on 8 ETC“ i"CF“'
sion, can berintcrestingion any. : Margaret of An3ou, and .Lz1d)j:Maf:bf’li1
' may; have‘ too little relief-too mun-h.of superhumanand .urnntcllig1bl&
feeling-,--but the piettix-es", under.Miss,Smith';'3 management. 379 d?Ci‘39dl)"
of the-first class. , Isabella,- on the:.c0ntrax'y,,is‘formed on tlieniodeliot
the deepest distress, <,anr.lv.finished with ialllhis :u1,.,or.I Sl‘l0lll(l;llZ!l-1:;
said-,?with7all his nature, byione ofvthe greatest masters the pathettu
in the language. .- =Let-those who withhold from,Miss Sm1tli;the.pmI=6‘
of tenderness, witness'her.personation -of: the illestarred Alsabellzt--X110
meek‘ distress-:the lI‘c85m‘('(l affection for,hei;-absent.’ln1sl>and‘r.”fC ‘“"""
t.ernaltendernessi'or his otlspring-tlicireluctant gconsent ,she gzV'9-N."
Villeroy--the xnixed, the indefinable agony of love,‘ remorse,‘ dC5l"“‘:
and madness, whichuseizes: her. on ,the-return of..Byron-.-.-let. 9”?‘ ‘7""’
witness ’Mi,ss.Smith in; the Total Marriage, without, ,feel,ing.lns..lie:u1i.
beat.t'nick,"t1nd, his eyesdnoistened, ’ and thougha rpl'iIlC6; 40 rm‘? W
. wouldhe : an <objeet.ot‘ ‘compassion.-,,-But gupon .Athis..subject,! I .f,“‘1‘ "1
should.never-havecdonc; ,Mi'ss.Smith,-I hope, will give me an oppomlr
nity to return to the pleasing themexag.iin.. IA: present, Lniust P?1)'.m3‘T
respects, aceordingto my engagement; to the other .ladies and gcI3U6'
men ofthe stage. v , l v.:; w ;
. On aformer occasion, I drew characters ioi'sonic.oi‘.the peiforxners,
tootdecplyicharged, perhaps, with sarcasm, for which -,I axn-n0w:e0Tl‘)':'
butfrom the noise they made at th’e- time, ,1 am afraid,..gcnera11)’.iU5‘r' ‘
I haveilittle now to do in tlieprescnt instance, than repeat-,wl,iat.l tllfll‘
advanced, with certain modifications and addenda. ..:Nm' shall I; feel It
necessary to designate whcneethe alterations are’ made, heing7x'.'3,m"$ to
allow thecritiques, as they now present‘ themselves; to pass fad ?“."5P’lc7
sentoprmons. ‘ ,., M, . .; x. -, t i
Miss WALs're.m.-This lady has deteriorated veryininvch, 1i""m+“":i
say in public-estiinution, ,but .certain1y:in the opinion, or, in the pref
judiees of thosewho have reecntlyrundertakeni the .mismanagement 0
the theatre. At one time,+to use the Stage icant,.she.‘wa's.?:1.star of file
iirstmagnitmle ;, tigured in tragedy, like a Siddons, and was in‘ c0m‘EdY
every thing that a very amiable person, andta very gravc.; 'thong1!' Sen’,
teelv countenance, woulcleallow her. ..Jane.,Shore.nnd Letitia ,llart1."!
L3‘lY.N=1CbCtl1 and :Nell.Jobson, all were received ‘with,e(‘1ua1‘YV‘8k“”."'“"’
and performed Withmqual abilitv.. ‘.ButvMrs. Edwin iliterrupifd -' the’
full tide of popularity,‘ and at least divided the,palm.. iA.hetter coine-
dian than Miss Walstein, more intriguing, perhaps, and ambiti0.“.3"“'he
soon found means to leave her competitor for the theatr,ieal‘sU!“3“c
"‘3l‘.i“‘1-' The Cmllic 1111158, always more Vattraetineto the niu1titudc”"f’,’
her sober sister, occupied the stage night after. night, and.Mr5- ]‘:‘l“'”‘
g0,nei"4lly;attcnde(l,1is henehief priestess. - Miss ‘Val5tt‘inyw;15,1hr0u‘n
rain the insignificant and subordinate. parts: The study.of,those'9l1'-’
$‘3m‘f3")' nvglsected, as beneath; her powers, and thus .re1id,cI‘.Cd'."cr7;
iuditlercnt parts worse.by hgy indggprencc. To th;5,t1,e public 130"“
nothc blind, and altlionglijhev cursed that despotism which cotr1pt‘“C.d
her to been attendant of hlrs.‘Cookc,.or to 'pIn-.r suhortliiiatelyfto ‘Mr?’
5'-t,;“'-"-11-‘L they saw but too plainly that the mortiiieations she was C011"