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Show X WASHINGTON LETIEB. D-tlin-f IhU Tl-ae Eiclnilrelj tVltb Pla- and riajers. SecUI Carrupsmlckce of it Dxsint w.J Iu myperioJIca! ramble o! late I have been ptivilfged 16 witnets tho admirable acting of Booth as Snylock" andIJarrettas,'Kienxi,--prbbablytwoffthcmoa chirmmg x.rformanc ever placed upon the baSS. 1 have also eea Sullivan in 'Iluuest Hearts and Willing !Iand!,"'anil the inimitable ''liotta'" inherncrrand fascinating character charac-ter of "I ua." Such varitty w mis cugui certainly to -( bne theatrical palate Tti Iho teaton Ccairarr-OT5,hoUOAtr, are not al. lO-i-aWe between such separate and utterly distinct schools of acting. Booth, the retlned, histrionic modei of dramatic geuiiir; Barrett niinhls thrilling bursts of Ilery euthuMasm; dullivau with his pugilistic poses and iirlzs - nog "eculiarille; and "Lotta" with her merrymaking merry-making mimicry of wild and giddy s;irlhm-d, all to different dif-ferent and ytt each farulsblat- an tttnttion 10 its oclal ailmirer, mu't iusure to tna-rare-3 full houses iau J large roflt O themselves. I f I wets ta compare there "ctais" (should stultify mjeelt, as thej are not alike, and do not c aim to be. For ln-tauce, hear Booth' "1 want my bond. Give me my bono!" . nd tueu null! van's "111 choke. II niui," aud a luh luvoiurtUrtlv rl-estothe turface In trc E.ost se nous scene or ure lattvr's ietform-. ietform-. -nce. I u fact, ripple after ripple of J merriment rolled through the audl-I audl-I oiicv when .'illUau. blrivlng to be j draauticor profouud, uturvd even a single word. It was verj ftw onis, Low ev.r, that he had to say, aud ery little to do for that matter, mat-ter, excel t'kht the hired bull" in tha prize ring scene; but when lie did sjn-ak, ids voice am mauueruere to sucitfUvc of Uls just record that uouUe coulj nelp smiling at his attempt to make i"mark"on the stage. It is not araue, however, wila hh fiUgilis-t:c fiUgilis-t:c propensities that he should make 1 "hit" anyThere, and he hat certainly made one In appearing where the uure respectable daises -in yet a look at his pliysiace and liim bix tvithem hJug con sldercd ralj:r Aa"Hieuzi" has not, I bslieve, jet lietn ectn by n Salt Lake ludkncc, I will speak more of thin 'Oighlful tragedy, that i if tragedy anevirbed-ligmlVI. l'hepUyis evidentlydrau-nilkeHjlwerLijtton's uov.lorthBsamename,from Itotxan ni-tory, and iuirjaucexsomuofthe main features of the turbulent period, peri-od, ka the Urbiui and Colonua nobility held tyrannical way. rtieuzi, as one ot the people, so uuves them ti nctlon that they rie an J threw off" the yoke cf KlaVery, luJ lie takes his ent as the Iat of Cms Tribune. The flrct scene ttur herche8 this power isi;raud m tha extreme. B.-hlad the scenes, accompanied by maOled murlc, th condemned b'oiherof the noble race s Oa his way to the scafloM, while on lhesta;o lti ni inters his tilling words, "Tiii" music that you near ncfdtapanles tho condemned to his rijbtful doom. It is the voice of juttice, aud when that voice sieaks, all others should be lumb." Then ItlenxiV daughter, in love with the son of Colonua, kueels aad plead-, "Father, hear me, through jour daughter Hie laughter of ihe peopk who kneel" at war eet; tliey a- lor the life ihkh yoursoM "Srd fin spare." Hie TnHinc weeps at this, '-Ah, 'he propleJ" These words move oue tore thau all that lias been ittre-i, Thea turning to the -lO'.lea he JensnJs that if this iifo Imj -pur.d Colon na shall permit his sou to marry thi 'daughter of the pxiple." Ills at tlrst .refubtil, but in onler to save she con lcnitled the noble; cou-tut to the marriage and to bAear fi.Tel-itytotbe fi.Tel-itytotbe rribuiiHand the pn-oner is et free. Then nomeS the scene of UiecathidiaiaVld the fafce oath if the pct:t, preceded by the wedding wed-ding banquet and the cou'plraiy, in which the Tribune foils an at tempted anamination. The closing net introduces tho Snal triumph of the nobles aud the death of Hi-nzl by tLelr hands. Intliisacta touching ccne is presented between Ilienzi and iiissou-in-Iaw, who has turned agaiiibt him, aIo betweeu the Tribune aud his daughter after he ha condemned her huband to death for treason and reUlhon. A; is naturally to be expected, the piece is a ery strong one, and i;ive Mr. Birrelt tlie opKrtuuity to diplay thou powers of dramatic denunciation for which he li so noted. His portrayal of thecontliet-iug thecontliet-iug c notioub of lore, anger, patriot-i--u aud sorrow was artl-tic, and truthful to nature at lea-t to tlie Itaman nature as we read of it in tuetiuitH represented. Itisevident that Mr 1 limit "8 assoeiation with Mr itooth has tended to poli-li and tone .(own any buperfluous Inclination Inclina-tion to rant that 'may have marred his earlier performance. In fait, by the time lint the great Hamlet pi' tt s over to Yuriek and Uobelia, Li-iwrence Barrett may lie looked ujion as thu grcat-t actor of the lay. BES I-OilOMi. Wasiiimttov, D. O, Deeember IOUi, 1S9J. |