THEATRE ROYAL.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2044, 11 September 1880, Page 3

THEATRE ROYAL.

“ Borneo and Juliet ” was played at the Theatre Royal last night, with Mrs Hill as Juliet and Mr Walter Reynolds as Romeo. Of Mrs Hill’s impersonation of the character of Juliet we have already spoken in terms of commendation,and last night she was, if possible, better than on former occasions, more particularly in the balcony scene. Mr Reynolds’ Romeo was disappointing in the extreme. Prom the glimpses as it wore of his capabilities afforded in the pieces he has appeared in, we were led to believe that he possessed such an amount of talent as would have enabled him to play such a part as Romeo to advantage. But the contrary was the case. Instead of the youthful, impetuous, fiery Italian lover, we had the preachy, heavy, phlegmatic Briton, never rising to the sublime and poetic heights of love as depicted by the Bard of Avon. The performance throughout was one which, had it been of a tragic character, would have been of a meritorious character, but under the circumstances Mr Reynolds' Romeo suffers considerably by comparison with those which have preceded, it. Mr Burford, as Mercutio, was good, and Mr Musgrave, as Old Oapulet, was also very effective. Tonight a new piece, entitled “ A Christmas Mystery,” will be performed.