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Show Theatre. Last' night Mr. J. T. Raymond made his fir3t appearance here to a good audienoo, although the oondition of tho streets and tho threatening threat-ening sky overhead must havo had a deterring influcnoo on numbers who might have wished to bo present. pre-sent. Mr, Raymond is certainly an actor of finish and great oomio power; and yet whilo convulsiDg his audience with laughter nothing in his acting strikes ono as being unreasonable. unreason-able. It is all natural eoocntrio, but natural and ono laughs at the eccntrioitios which appear so plain to everybody but to thoir possessor. His Major Wellington do B,oots, as an impersonation, strikos one as being the finished production of a man of genius, when the actor is romemborcd; and when he is forgotten and tbo portraiture portrai-ture is viewed as a reality, the major seems a man of tho most absurd and ridioulous eocontrioitiop-yet natural throughout. Tho oharaotcr is the creation of the dramatist, but it 19 tho actor that gives it tangibility tan-gibility and lifc-liko embodiment. Mr. Raymond's Toodles was a different coacoption of tho oharaotcr than wo have been accustomed to, yot tho impersonation im-personation was excellent, and tho conception in every senso legitimate. Other characters ia both picoos de-servo de-servo notice, some of commendation, others not so favorable, but lack of space precludes it this morning. Mr. Mardon, however, must receive credit for tho excellent manner in which he rendered Felix Fcathorly, on exceedingly exceed-ingly short notice. Thia eveniog Mr. Riymond appears as Caleb Plummcr in the "Cricket on the Hearth," Miss Walters as TiUy Slowboy, Miss Kent as Dot, Miss E. Clawson as tho Cricket, Mr. J. S. Lindsay as John Pcerybingle, Mr, Tknmn Hi Tackle'on. and Mr. Dunuc as Edward. It will be followed by "A Capital Match," characters by Messrs. Graham, Foster and Taylor, Mrs. Bowring and Miss Kent. |