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Show Aa Aalter Ah.aelea UK "I Ir.l Mfl.u" Tho faicoui i lay, "Tuo Laly of I.j-oni." u In reburaal In the early part of 18.1a. On the evening cf Thure-day, Thure-day, Telt. lb, It waa anuounco.1 for rcp-rcMntatlon. rcp-rcMntatlon. Curloilty bid been for rome time excited regnrdiog tbo tower ami brilliancy of thla play, and the flrat rt preaentatlou waa 11k refore att udeil by au unmually largo auJienco. Men an 1 women cf rank anl faihlon filled the tioxe. The curtain rcwe, ot.1 the play begin amid brratbloaa latereat. Ma-cnady, Ma-cnady, who took tho part of Claude Mrlnottc, Ltd never actcl with greater force and euergyi JIImi I'imclt(nowliJy Martin) plaj ed with dignity aud grace; anl before the flrat act waa Unlabel tinrv one predicted that the drama would prove ancceaf ub Curloalty regarding the anthor waa now rife. A thousand inrmutca were maile aa to his name. Nono ateucd to recoilzo the work aa Ilulwrr'a. A the lay went on tbe apiliuao Incmtvd. Mlaa Taiiclt not merely won phudlta, ahn drew tear from tho audience "Her flrat Indication of chtngctl feeling," aaya Tho Morning Chronicle, "from njtony to Mge. at tho word mother addrcaned to tbe Widow JWnotle, waa au cxipiUltj touch of genuine munir." Mcanwhiti., llulncr waa nut preacut to wltniMtbo trlompliof bu production. Ho w.i detained in tho hi timj cf cum tnona by a debate on th ballot, I u which u took lurt, Tho Lurtnln hud rlarn on the hut act when he entered Lruly Die alngton'e lox. The audience waa follow log tho play with rapt attention) and fiuall),M tho curtain fell, bunt into a tumult of prolongol uppl iiim. Chamber' Cham-ber' Journal. |