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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...Dec. 2, 1871. On Monday, April 1, 1872, in a revival of the farce of 'Raising the Wind,' Mr. Irving played the character of Jeremy Diddler. The same year, Saturday, September 28, ' Charles th... More

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...Dec. 2, 1871. On Monday, April 1, 1872, in a revival of the farce of 'Raising the Wind,' Mr. Irving played the character of Jeremy Diddler. The same year, Saturday, September 28, ' Charles the First,' by W. J. Wills, was first performed at the Lyceum, and Mr. Irving sustained the leading role. "Through 'Charles I.' runs a melancholy beauty which finds expression in many musical passages, and which intensifies as the play proceeds, into absolute pain. During the last act there was scarcely a dry eye in the house. Women sobbed openly, and even men showed an emotion which comported ill with the habitual serenity of the stalls. Much of this uncomfortable gratification was due to the acting of Mr. Irving, the hero of the play, who has once more created a great rile. In intensity of suggestiveness his Charles I. will compare with his Mathias, while in breadth, dignity and harmonious colour it surpasses it Nothing more regal can be desired than his bearing, nothing more harmonious than the effect of every look and gesture, nothing more touching than his delivery of the poetic beauties that abound. From the outward appearance of the king (he might be an incarnate portrait of Vandyke) down to each little detail of posture, everything is elaborated with conscientious care, and the result is a vivid creation of art."--Dailv News, Sept. 30, 1872. "Let it be said at once that what Mr. Irving has to represent he represents to absolute perfection; that the farewell scene with the children is so dreadfully, so agonizingly pathetic, so simply beautiful that it is hardly N bearable; and that the pictorial effect of the farewell to the wife is wonderfully fine His beautiful, touching, eloquent address to her, full of exquisitely subtle traits, might have been s...

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