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the threshold of severity;—but i * there a religious person who dott ndt # llaw hit daughter to draw , to sing , to dance , and if thf » e art * abstractedly considered , are worthy of attainment , — -how can it follow that when concentrated to wdcj to their power , and increuse thw beauty , they have the effect to demoralize , and are to be ct * nsured and condemned . ( Hear . ) Allow me to hope , that the majority of our opponents , are so , only because the } ' view the drama through a vitiated vision , from not possessing correct views of our cast , or a just knowledge of our observances , and that their objections may be
attributed to that pious inexperience thut too often confounds the general laws of society , with the limited regulation of their own conclusions . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , I will not detain you longer than to thank you for the compliment paid me , —to express my ai knowledgments to the stewards for their kind co-operation in forwarding thia meeting , and my hi ^ h * ense of gratification at finding that the name of Shakspeare is ugnUi a talisman , which , like the magic wand of his own Prospero , can cull so many happy spirits together , to coin memo rate his greatness . fLoud cheers * )
44 Look on this picture—and on that ! " How " extremely degraded and debased , " do our Metropolitan Show-men appear iu the comparison ! No farther comment is necessary . Wo ought , however , to state the fact that nothing more is advanced in the foregoing extract , as to principles , than we are well aware is thoroughly carried into practice by this country manager , who is an honour to his profession . The company comprises several performers of first-rate talent , especially iu high comedy ; and the greatest care is taken to produce every
sterling work in as effective and complete a manner as possible . It is the reverse of this in the metropolis . By an incompetent casting of the parts ; by a shameful and sinister neglect of all necessary details ; and by representing the three first acts of a tragedy and no more , so as to cut off all interest and excitement with its natural result ; by these and other manoeuvres
both within and without the theatre , the London Managers have sought to bring the true Drama into disrepute . And with all those who have been misled by these foul versions of our stock plays , while immense sums have been squandered in puffs and placards , concerning the " spectacle" that was to follow it , and the house has been " packed with orders" to applaud the procession of the wardrobes of the establishment ;
it is no wonder if they have succeeded . We have shown why they do this : look at their intellectual and moral characters ! We have shown why they are blind to their own interest : look at their ignorance of all the higher principles of nature , the ineradicable , the universal ! We have shown why they have been ruined , and will continue to be ruined , and ruin others . 9 ut far * they are at home and understand their position . H r *
? $ •« th # Lincoln G *«* tte , Nov . 6 , 1855 , wherein will also b * found highly toflMaeittfoVe Bpeeofc by Mr , E us ton , and by other member * of the company .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1836, page 335, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2658/page/7/
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