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Review Of The Theatrical Powers Of The Late Mr. John Palmer:
least in excellence , claims our wannest mention . ' The School for Scandal has suffered dreadfully in its original cast . In Miss Fan-en we lost Lady Teazle ; in Parsons , Crabtree ; in Dodd , Sir Benjamin-Backbite ; in Baddeley , Moses ; and in Palmer , Joseph Surface . For the four former we have Mrs . Jordan , Suett , R . Palmer , and Wewitzer ; all respectable ; but where-shall we find even a decent substitute for Palmer ' s Joseph ?
Descending from tragedy to comedy , from comedy to farce , and from farce to pantomime , we still admire the force and versatility of his talents . His aclion was manly , firm , and noble ; chaste and correct , it always pleased without that redundancy of attitude and motion with which the impressive Kembie embellishes his performances . In the humble round of pantomime , Palmer , when he deigned to stoop , shone forth conspicuous . In his Don Juan , all that was grand , striking , and picturesque , commanded attention ; and his Robinson Crusoe , to be admired , needed only to be seen .
To fall yet somewhat lower , perhaps he was never rivalled in the elegance of his manner in announcing the entertainments of the ensuing evening . * The manliness and gentility of his appearance , with his respectful mode of addressing the audience whenever an apology was requisite , stilled every murmur and excited expectation . To the faithful biographer be the task of recording the actions of one whose life has been attended by various misfortunes and
embarrassments . We content ourselves with the humbler effort of faintly sketching his theatrical excellence . His fatal , though laudable ambition of becoming , a manager was , it is presumed , the source of many sorrows . Through the chicanery of law , and the collusion of rival managers , assisted by pettifogging justices , his pecuniary interests were ruinedand all his brihtest prospects blasted in the bud
, g . The possessor of talents which , had they received ; the guerdon of merit , must have accumulated a fortune worthy their master , was exiled from the social sweets of friendship , and thrown upon the wide world a needy and comfortless adventurer . If he had faults , let the veil of pity shade them . He is now no more .
' 0 may the turf he light upon msbreast l * ' No farther seek his errors to expose , Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode , There they , alike , in trembling hope repose ; Tlie bosom of his father and his god . ' The present state of theatricals opens a large field for observation : we shall , however , be as concise as possible . The vulgar adage , that it is an ill vjind ivbicb blows no one good , will , no doubt , be
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of The Theatrical Powers Of The Late Mr. John Palmer:
least in excellence , claims our wannest mention . ' The School for Scandal has suffered dreadfully in its original cast . In Miss Fan-en we lost Lady Teazle ; in Parsons , Crabtree ; in Dodd , Sir Benjamin-Backbite ; in Baddeley , Moses ; and in Palmer , Joseph Surface . For the four former we have Mrs . Jordan , Suett , R . Palmer , and Wewitzer ; all respectable ; but where-shall we find even a decent substitute for Palmer ' s Joseph ?
Descending from tragedy to comedy , from comedy to farce , and from farce to pantomime , we still admire the force and versatility of his talents . His aclion was manly , firm , and noble ; chaste and correct , it always pleased without that redundancy of attitude and motion with which the impressive Kembie embellishes his performances . In the humble round of pantomime , Palmer , when he deigned to stoop , shone forth conspicuous . In his Don Juan , all that was grand , striking , and picturesque , commanded attention ; and his Robinson Crusoe , to be admired , needed only to be seen .
To fall yet somewhat lower , perhaps he was never rivalled in the elegance of his manner in announcing the entertainments of the ensuing evening . * The manliness and gentility of his appearance , with his respectful mode of addressing the audience whenever an apology was requisite , stilled every murmur and excited expectation . To the faithful biographer be the task of recording the actions of one whose life has been attended by various misfortunes and
embarrassments . We content ourselves with the humbler effort of faintly sketching his theatrical excellence . His fatal , though laudable ambition of becoming , a manager was , it is presumed , the source of many sorrows . Through the chicanery of law , and the collusion of rival managers , assisted by pettifogging justices , his pecuniary interests were ruinedand all his brihtest prospects blasted in the bud
, g . The possessor of talents which , had they received ; the guerdon of merit , must have accumulated a fortune worthy their master , was exiled from the social sweets of friendship , and thrown upon the wide world a needy and comfortless adventurer . If he had faults , let the veil of pity shade them . He is now no more .
' 0 may the turf he light upon msbreast l * ' No farther seek his errors to expose , Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode , There they , alike , in trembling hope repose ; Tlie bosom of his father and his god . ' The present state of theatricals opens a large field for observation : we shall , however , be as concise as possible . The vulgar adage , that it is an ill vjind ivbicb blows no one good , will , no doubt , be