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Show "Itirlielitui." Tluii hUtIuih drama, tho work of llulwor l.vttnu is to be produced at tht tUtiiitiv tu'il Tinrtday i veiling, the wol kmnvn Uvorilo, Mr. John S. Lindsay, appearing in tho title role. Mr. Lindsay is working assiduously to make the performance a dramatio aiKVi'.-s, and it is to bo hoped our public w ill show t proper appreciation apprecia-tion aii.l nicotini'tiii'tit of any ulVort loading lo the pioJuotiou of tho Kvitiuutii drama on our board a. In this cau-e, Mr, Limluy i a haul aud UilhUil UWtrtT and deaorves to to Huve?dul. the beft possible talent Ims been nlitauiod for tl:o oooaion and any t-rou ultouding the per-loruiuuoe per-loruiuuoe is utriaiu ol being repaid. Appended hereto 's tui extract from the O.-iim C.7.' (Colorado), couccru-ing couccru-ing his rotidilion of the character. The programme will bo found elsewhere. else-where. In dress, action, carriage aud general gen-eral demeanor Mr. Liuiteay was the very personification ot the historical oardiual. The close observer could see tho varied passions which swayed the soul of the great atatesmau in the wonderful workings of bis mobile countenance, Ttiu true Btamp ol greatness marked bis every actiou from the rising to the falling of tho curtain. Wtule the crafty blateamau lucked out from his glitteriog, cold J gray eye), ho noser lost that sublimity of uohlw manhood aud exalted uature which the masses of mankind look fur aud exnect to behold tu a man who holds the destiny ol great empires in Uis bauds. Krcn iu lm misfortune, when the wiles of his enemies and conspirators appeared to have crushed huu, there was a grand nubility about tiitu, something "whereon every god had set his goal, to give tho world the acsurance of a man." Ho was the "Itiebelieu" of history, rather than of tho stage. Iu the saueut potuts ot toe play, which call forth tho greatest powers ol tho actor. Mr. Lindsay surpassed sur-passed hiaisclt, and one conil see- that tor the moment he forgot his own in- dividuahty as an actor, and was to all loteuts and purposes "Richelieu" iu-deed; iu-deed; and at such times a feeling of awe, as it were, pervaded the audience, audi-ence, which only louud vent in well earned, merited applause. The box office will be open on Tuesday Tues-day morning for the Bale of tickets. |