THE THEATRE ROYAL.
The Theatre Royal will he opened to-morrow evening by Messrs. Bates and Howard, with a strong company, of which Mrs. Bates is the leading member. The season will commence with the powerful drama of ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF ENGLAND. This play is historical in its main incidents, and the principal characters «re distinguished persons of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. In the first act Sir Eranois Bacon solicits the -Queen to witness the representation of Shakespeare’s “ Henry VIII.’ She declines at first:; but on hearing the flattering words respecting herself at the close of the play, orders its representation. She then attempts to -dictate two letters at one time. Marriage is proposed to her, and she threatens to prorogue Barliameut if that subject be further pressed upon her at its solicitation. The third act is devoted to the affairs of the kingdom connected with Spain, and to scenes displaying the extent of her love for the Earl of Essex, Mary Stuart’s doom forming no small portion of the dramatic element. The act ends with the condemnation of the Earl of Essex to the block. In the fourth act Elizabeth is greatly agitated that the Earl will not seek pardon by returning to her a ring that she has given to him as a pledge for his safety. At last, Lady Howard, to whom the ring has been confided, comes to the Queen, stating that her husband has taken the ring from her. Meanwhile the Earl is executed. Elizabeth curses Bacon for the deed, and, acknowledging her love for Essex, is given over to remorse. In the fifth act, Elizabeth is discovered on her deathbed, and all her passions are strongly depicted. She bequeaths the Crown to James of Scotland, but dies iu anger at hearing the people shout his name, Mrs. Bates has achieved great success both in America and the colonies, and the Press of Victoria and New South Wales has spoken in a most complimentary manner of her as the best exponent of the character of Elizabeth yet seen in those colonies.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4289, 18 December 1874, Page 3
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346THE THEATRE ROYAL. New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4289, 18 December 1874, Page 3
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