THEATRE ROYAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 292, 17 December 1878, Page 2

THEATRE ROYAL.

There was a large . aadience la^V night <> a * > the occasion of . " East Lynne ?'. being repres fsented foe the first time ittiNelsqpbyUhe Datrell Company. The , leading (Character, i " Lady. Isabel," and afterwards ; " Madame De Vine" was acted with.: consummate, skill by Mrs Darrell. . The limited: space at our command is altogether;: insufficient to, allow of oar giving so detailed a i description as we • poald wish of her. oloyer impersonation i>|: this chairabier, 1 jvhich 'is by^nb.medrisan easy one faithfuOy .to. repre^tit, but the silence., dlmoat solemn in its intensity, that prevailed in the house, and the moistened eyes mat were to be; seen onjalljsi^?; id.o.nng^the two deathbed scenes—thai : pf litjl^ Wijli^, and again Qf the jealous, erring, repentant wife— ,.

pnd ihe: v tr^igenc[|ißß bursts of applaus&^n whii^fche a^|ien<s^gave vent to tb£ir v pl|sfc\ up feeUngq^ra the'eurfain fell, bore^ WMer testimojiy *is\ the^owers of tbiaf ftile^d actress i than Uny|yords that we fcqfuld "fi^n. [The^-e may be a diversity of opinion's to%he tnenta^f - thfeffpiece, bufc with rdto^tfre manner in which Mrs Darroll pe?Brmed fier part there can be none. The crafty, heartless villain, Sir Francis Levison, whom nothing could perturb, not even the sentence of imprisonment for life, which is eventually passed on .him, found an able representative in|Mr]Barrell4 anlflfc times ihe aiidfen£e./ fceaUy.appeared.tor-b& almost in aoub¥.whe-< ther to denounce the scoundrelism of the baronet or to applaud the ability of the -aqtqrvr Mr-D. Giititon aff Awhibaldeariyle was not so successful. Hi 3 acting throughMftffiijtoffiii & oi °?# y?M ij:»^tip]e to appreciate the character he haa undertaken j *to te^resenrr:-Tbe ftgidyst&m, üBl/ißpa ~ theiie old roaid, Miss CortteiJa/who/boweren iit her- frail s?ster-in law's" deathbed showed that Sfie *rid flo't sd hedrtles's as she §eemed, \vas admirably repres'efite'd by Mtes Bessie Vivian. Miss Kate Verrion was a chat raing Barbara Hare, and Miss Mand Vincenfc made ii^ wisli that itie requirements of the piece necessitated .{lie riiore frequent appearance of "Wilson" oti : the stage. Miss Jennie j Nye, who is well and favorably knowft ott "! tbe.coloniiil stage; did not show to advantage. She Requires a : character better suited to her capabilities than tßa'fc of "Joyce." But >; whatever little defects there may have, been ' in the performance^ we may safely say thatais a 'whole we never saw better acting 06a Nel- J son- stage than that ;to which we were' "treated last nfght. "^Hamlet " is the piece selected ' f 6r-to- : nsght', and we have no doubt tiiat ibe . ..people of Nelson will show their appreciation ; of~ the talent so unquestionably possesgedLby c the-Darrell* Company by attending in lafge -.nu^nbeVs r to \vitneas theic representation b"f v Shakespeare's masterpiece;* -- " ";•■■"■-