Word: drama
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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PARK THEATRE. "David Garrick." Robertson's play, "David Garrick," the groundwork of which he found in an old French drama of the same name, is one of the most pleasing of his works. It abounds in bright and humorous passages, and at the same time, there is a pathos, running through the two principal parts, of an exceedingly refined quality. To say that Mr. Sothern brings this out to its fullest extent, is simply to repeat that he is a finished actor and a gentleman. The support is not very good, the tendency being to overact the comic parts...
GLOBE THEATRE. - The well-known spectacular drama, "The Black Crook," has been played at this theatre during the week, and is likely to continue for some time, to judge from the size of the audiences. The scenery is as fine, perhaps, as any ever shown in Boston; and the corps de ballet is large, though not thoroughly well trained...
This company must be intending to leave the legitimate drama for pantomime, for nearly every article turns into something else, - generally into a bed. The fascinating columbine, Modjeska, sits during the daytime on a sofa which, with a wave of her wand, turns into a four-poster, while the noted harlequin, Manager H. H. Sargent, with a blow of his sword, turns some one of his numerous nickel-plated conveniences into a trundle...
...overture to Egmont, so suggestive of the spirit of Goethe's great drama, was finely played, and formed a suitable introduction to the recitative and aria, "Abscheulicher," from Beethoven's only opera. We have, however, heard this aria sung with more feeling, and voices of better timbre, on the stage in Germany. Miss Wilde is said to be a fine actress, and to have been more popular once than even Materna. She must have had a fine voice when she was Prima Donna soprano at the Imperial Opera House of Vienna, but fine voices seldom last long. Her greatest merit...
...place of honor on the programme was justly given to the wonderful Introduction and Finale from Wagner's favorite and best music-drama, Tristan. The despair of hopeless love has never been, and perhaps will never again be so well expressed in tones as here. But in interpreting it the chief defect of Thomas's orchestra was revealed. This glowing, passionate composition loses much in effectiveness by being played in such a measured and nicely calculated concert style. The whole opera is like one wild tumultuous torrent of ungovernable passion, and must be played a l' abandon, and with...