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Strictures On Public Amusements.
Oct . 9 . At Covent Garden Theatre Shakspere ' s Tragedy of HAM-¦ iH T was exhibited in as tyle altogether new , but with a degree of attention and splendour that reflected the highest credit on theJVIa nager . The characters were all dressed in rich and appropriate fashion , and in a manner suited to the custom of the country where the action of the play is laid . The scenery also was selected with tisteand so adapted as to give the whole representation an air of
, great propriety and magnificence . The play was got up in order to introduce Miss POOLE ( a Lady whose vocal powers have been for some time known-to the Public ) , to the stage , in the character of Ophelia , which her figure , as well as vocal talents , rendered extremely proper to make the subject her entre . Considering her as a theatrical novice , she played the
scenes antecedent to her madness in a promising manner . She must correct a little redundancy of action with her hands , and , with practice , she may soon become a very respectable performer . In the scenes in which she is under the influence of a deranged mind , her singing had a powerful effect , especially in the old song of Mad Bess , which , though somewhat too long for the stage , during the progress of a play , was listened to not only with patience , but
pleasure . She sung it admirably . Among the novelties of the night was an alteration of the manner pf introducing and exhibiting the two portraits alluded to so finely by Hamlet , in his remonstrance scene with his mother . The figure of the poisoned Prince , the former King of Denmark , and precedent Lord of Gertrude , was presented in a half-length painting , as large as lifehung over the chimney of the Queen ' s chamber or closetand
, , she wore a large sized miniature of her existing husband , as a bracelet , on her arm . This certainly was an improvement , and much more natural and affecting than the old method of Hamlet ' s drawing two portraits in small out of his waistcoat pocket , which gave the whole the appearance of a studied device on the part of Hamlet , and by no means conveyed the beautiful and interesting effect of
his being provoked to the comparison by an accidental sight of the two portraits in the same room . Another addition to the representation was a solemn dirge , finely composed by Mr . Shields , and introduced in the fifth act . We repeat that the exhibition of the play was such as did infinite credit to the Theatre , and we hope we shall be treated with some more of Shakspere ' s p lays got up with as much care , and produced with equal elegance and improvement in the state of their representation .
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
Oct . 9 . At Covent Garden Theatre Shakspere ' s Tragedy of HAM-¦ iH T was exhibited in as tyle altogether new , but with a degree of attention and splendour that reflected the highest credit on theJVIa nager . The characters were all dressed in rich and appropriate fashion , and in a manner suited to the custom of the country where the action of the play is laid . The scenery also was selected with tisteand so adapted as to give the whole representation an air of
, great propriety and magnificence . The play was got up in order to introduce Miss POOLE ( a Lady whose vocal powers have been for some time known-to the Public ) , to the stage , in the character of Ophelia , which her figure , as well as vocal talents , rendered extremely proper to make the subject her entre . Considering her as a theatrical novice , she played the
scenes antecedent to her madness in a promising manner . She must correct a little redundancy of action with her hands , and , with practice , she may soon become a very respectable performer . In the scenes in which she is under the influence of a deranged mind , her singing had a powerful effect , especially in the old song of Mad Bess , which , though somewhat too long for the stage , during the progress of a play , was listened to not only with patience , but
pleasure . She sung it admirably . Among the novelties of the night was an alteration of the manner pf introducing and exhibiting the two portraits alluded to so finely by Hamlet , in his remonstrance scene with his mother . The figure of the poisoned Prince , the former King of Denmark , and precedent Lord of Gertrude , was presented in a half-length painting , as large as lifehung over the chimney of the Queen ' s chamber or closetand
, , she wore a large sized miniature of her existing husband , as a bracelet , on her arm . This certainly was an improvement , and much more natural and affecting than the old method of Hamlet ' s drawing two portraits in small out of his waistcoat pocket , which gave the whole the appearance of a studied device on the part of Hamlet , and by no means conveyed the beautiful and interesting effect of
his being provoked to the comparison by an accidental sight of the two portraits in the same room . Another addition to the representation was a solemn dirge , finely composed by Mr . Shields , and introduced in the fifth act . We repeat that the exhibition of the play was such as did infinite credit to the Theatre , and we hope we shall be treated with some more of Shakspere ' s p lays got up with as much care , and produced with equal elegance and improvement in the state of their representation .