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26 THE TOMAHA WK. . - IJanuary 22, 1870.
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THE VALUE OF DRAMA!IC CRITICISM.
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p the ieces No dail one that and who app...
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RATHER OBSCURE.
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secrated Mr. Mackarness to the See of ( ...
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OUR WOOJDEJSr WALLS AT A DISCOUNT.
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junction During with last an week eminen...
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The Time Has Arrived When It Has Become ...
which the money docked from the salaries of the needy had in been a word lavished , to paint upon the the dark ( politicall side y of ) well the connected picture . . Fortuna He forgot t ely , , the people having lost their great Tribune have still one friend left—a friend that has become dearer and dearer to them as municipal mismanagement and official cheeseparing have
grown apace . That friend is Death ! Why does not Mr . Bright persuade his colleagues to raise a statue to the people ' s friendto the friend of the poor and to the Government ? Why , we repeat , do not our Ministers give Death a statue ?—it would only be one job the more !
26 The Tomaha Wk. . - Ijanuary 22, 1870.
26 THE TOMAHA WK . . - IJanuary 22 , 1870 .
The Value Of Drama!Ic Criticism.
THE VALUE OF DRAMA ! IC CRITICISM .
P The Ieces No Dail One That And Who App...
p the ieces No dail one that and who appear weekl is in from the habit time can of to time reading have , as failed occasion the notices to observe requires of how new , in very far y they fall short y papers of a , really lofty and impartial standard jud of criticism gment on . the Indeed stage , the has worthlessness now grown into and an accepted venality of truism press , which none but the purely uninitiated would venture for a moment - » ^ « - ^ ~ - jfc *» »^ wr to ^ - «*¦ dispute — » ^ pw w *^ ^*» «* ^^ . w No ^» » ^^ r p W- laygoer »*** y ^ p ^ ^^ ^ p * ^ , q who ¦ w -p *^ h ^^ has ^^ ¦ * " ^^ any iiira ^ T experience ^ pr ^ t ^ m *^ ^ p' «* ^ - » ip » ' ^* p > - » p » - ^ r — in — ~»^
for such he matters knows , that ever in pays nearl any y every attention case to the " wh good at the understanding papers say , " , I modern or certainl the reverse y dramatic most , effectivel of criticism author y , and insp as critic ire the their , hase possibl utterances runs y unconsciousl does . In not a y stand word , but , high . It is not a matter of , surprise p , then , that , off its balance as to sound the judgments leading princi , namel ple that y , an oug uncompromising ht to guide the and formation plain spoken of all honestyit should b err tfv « a good deal in minor . Notabl
^ among ^ ^ ^^ ^~ ^ w ^^ ^^ J these , "I *^ ^ ^** , mm ^* as - ^^ vrv ^ a ^ ta ^ p > matter ^^ *^ ^ h *^ J of *^ k ^^*^ ^ " ^ course ^^^ ^** ^_ J < ma , comes ^ pr **>^ pj . phpBj ^ fc opi ^ n the ^ — , , — ^^ growing ways % f n ip w ^^ m ^ m neg w ¦ ^ p ^ ^ m ™ lect *^ —^ y j rule of the , the actor very . next When morning a new piece there is appears produced a now column -a-d , ay more s , as or a less " column , upon " is the probabl subject y knocked , in most off of at the railroad leading speed journals by a fatigued . This writer tain , hurries , who , having off to get had his to quantum sit the play of out " copy to the " ready fall of as the fast cur as
-1 he he ing possibl iDossiblv furnishes y can can the . . public The The result result with a is is long . , that that and the the limping paper oaoer the the account next next of m morn orn the --! mere merits p of lot the of actors the new who piece have , and interpreted says little it or . nothing No one as care to s the to wade and honestl throug y h attempted the former , , prove whereas of the the greatest latter would benefit , if judiciousl to the in y - terests of the drama itself . The reproach of the modern British stage MHh is unquestionably the miserable unlife-like deportment of
¦ p *^ ^ pr 1 m ^ pF ¦^ p' ^* w *• ^*« ^^^ ^ P » ^^ ^ ^ - ^ pr *¦» ^ ^ p- ^ r ^ pr ^^ 1 ^ " ™ ™ - ^ t ^ ^™ ^» ^ ^ ^^ F ^ a ^ ^ B ¦ ^^ - ^ ^* m ^ " ' ^^ h ^ b ^ ^™ ^ ^— - ^ ^ pa ^ ^ ^ m - ^^ - ^^ m ~^ m m v ^^ ^ w ^ " ^^ ^ " ^ ' ^^ ^™ ^™ ^ " ^^ ^^ the actors who have to fill the second and third-rate characters . The stars are well enough in their way—not that they would not from derive the far fulsome more benefit and hackneyed from a little adulation straightforward which they advice are , than now obliged to swallow in the place of true criticism . While doing all the the honour mark mark to to to say sav our that that reall acting actiner y first . - not not class as as actors a a profession profession , it is not , but but overstepp as as an an ing art art
is as yet practically unknown , in this country . , very A p servant iece well who played brings in Paris in a is letter well p is layed a servant in every and part nothing . The more our illusions , while , here continuall in Eng y dispelled land , we are by the so sudden accustomed appearance to having of of impossible it , or , if creations we do , grumble on the stage vaguel , that y about we think the little decline or nothing of the drama ¦ without exactly knowing what we mean . For this
con-^* V ^ m ^^ ^ v ^* ^* " ^ ^* * ^ W ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ^ w ^^ r ^ r ^ w ^ v ^ v ^^^ ^ v — g ^ m ^^ ^ ^^ - ^^ w W ^ B ^* ^^ ^ ^^ v 9 W P ^ ^ v . pi ^ F pi * ^^ V ^ " ^~ ~* ^ BJV ^ " ^^ *¦ . V W ^ P" ^^>^ ^ rm ^ P' *^ ^ " . B ^^^ ^^^ ^ Pp ^^ " ditiori of the stage we unhesitatingly say that modern criticism ble is answerable be the part . which Every he actor is called ought upon to get to his fill due . Were , however this , hum and - the not a exception stereotyped , in laudation a very short for mere time names as much , the care rule would and not be bestowed on the smaller parts as on the larger . Actors would have something nobler to struggle for than the greatest
numj gainers ber of words by the , change and they . Instead and the of public having to would stare be while immense melo-( dramatic ruffians with much-pomaded heads strike , attitudes in i their capacity of common domestics before the easy-going 1 ; mirror Baronets held , their up to masters us . The , we whole should tone have of something the profession like a proper would i improve , and the humblest nspirnnts to dramatic celebrity would
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ing do their the present best—and sphere be compelled of their exertions to do it . , however Mr . Coe unpretend and other - able and experienced trainers for the stage would soon have beneficent their hands influence full of work by finding , and " ourselves we others every " should day approaching realise their nearer the erroneousl Channel and y . supposed nearer that to be ideal attainable of dramatic only on perfection the other which side of is that ¦ The the next critics time will a new avail % Jb Ct > J p iece themselves is produced \ of \ SM . the lilJ , we hint , do we earnestly have thrown trust
the out cism There ——— || — v to merits , alone « . them are ^ ^^ A d one . , of ; take WW and the or , two , without . A leaving . actors V papers .. , kXiVlAlUWl one p great lot , one atom , except V and ^» especiall J of . small prejudice for -V the . y LAAAA , , c that purposes arefull V II or ^— rise predilection **• y *» W in V of in hand . * . criti their * V «» II Jll - . , dramatic judgments above the accepted standard , but they are it exceptions is raised . the The better general . tone is in a sad state , and the sooner
Rather Obscure.
RATHER OBSCURE .
Secrated Mr. Mackarness To The See Of ( ...
secrated Mr . Mackarness to the See of ( Oxford or is he Dr in . Westminster Mackarness ?) Abb is to be on con the - Wh 25 th y instant this day , being has been the Feast chosen , of we the cannot Conversion guess of ; ey but St , . Paul there . it mony seems may of to take consecration be some place hidden on that has day been meaning . unusuall Perhap in its s y it selection del is ayed because , in for order Mr the . Mac cere that - - karness tounding ' s as selection St . Paul for ' s a conversion Bishopric ; was but , as beyond unlooked this , for we and cannot aspri see ated any to reason himself that the the feast reverend If it gentleman is with a should view ¥ ¦ of v have « making appro a -
fuss r ^ ^^ and ""•¦ w w advertising a * a ** av V AA WAJk himself ^ p * * . ^** -VfcJV . » , a . Jh few fb hundred A » p # I » * **« fc w « coloured * * •¦» ^ i > tablets —»¦»» - •—¦—** ., w _ in the carriages much of better the . Undergroun Some such d form Railw as ay this would would answer do nicel the : purpose y BISHOPS ! BISHOPS ! BISHOPS ! THE REV . J . F . MACKARNESS , THE NEW
BISHOP OF OXFORD , Is prepared to preach Charity Sermons , preside at Public Meetings , lay Stones , and perform Marriages . Address , post paid , to Bishop called , Post for . Office , Oxford . To be By a little judicious advertising of this description , in a few years time who knows but that Mr . Mackarness may not become quite a well-known man ?
Our Woojdejsr Walls At A Discount.
OUR WOOJDEJSr WALLS AT A DISCOUNT .
Junction During With Last An Week Eminen...
junction During with last an week eminent the Admiralty City broker Inspector was engaged of Timber in , in an con in- - spection Government of the yards immense with the stock view of of timber coming , now to a stored conclusion in the of what that easy the of had solution onl best y use be , the done to inspectors which with it the . having The timber question been could previousl seems not be y to informed put be was not shipbuilding . As this happens to be the very purpose for which and his the City wood friend was if intended they are , we a . little cannot perplexed blame ; the but inspector we think that the material mpl p & need not be a loss vPJP to the 1 PP public PTP . What have
^ H ** ^ " ^^ ^ ^ V ^ W W S ^^ p * ^* ^ P > ^ P ^^ V ^ P ^^ ^ PJpT ^ p ^ B . > 4 P ] ^ B VP ^ B ^ f ^^ tf ^ W ^ P * ^ V ^ . ^ P ^ ^ p * P >^ pP ^ P ^^ ^^^^ ^ V ^^^ F > V * ^ P * ^ p ^ p > ^> P ^ PPp ^* ^ P 1 ^ ¦ V * . - ^ ^^^ ^ » ^<^ ^^ - ^ ^ ^^ - ^ v * ^^ ^^ v ^ p * ^ ^ ppv point they bundles to is evident say for sixpence to that lucife the , r always matches Admiralty commands ? or is anxious even a firewood stead to get y sale , rid thirteen . of One its surplus stock and , be paid for it before the Estimates of the year are the put £ 50 together 000 that . the The timber entry will fetch certainl will y look well on , the for credit while ,, may appear per side contra of the that account this , there same will material , of course originall , be y ' nothing cost the to country show
ber ten ten times times when the the the money monev vote comes , . unless unless on , , indeed indeed in the , , some some House ill ill of --conditioned conditioned Commons ' Mem Mem inter- --rupts , the course of business by questioning the propriety , of the whole transaction—a course which anybody , either in Parliament or out of it , might not unreasonably adopt .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 22, 1870, page 26, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_22011870/page/2/
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