Word: portia
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...second act: Brutus, H. D. Jones; Cassius, Winter, '85; Casca, Greenman, '85; D. Brutus, Rogers, '86; Cimber, Foss, '85; Trebonius, Hamlin, '86; Portia, Stevens, '86; Lucius, Bailey, '85; Ligarius, Roundy, '85; Cinna, Dickerman...
...support was, as a rule, good, - much better than that given him at his last visit. Mrs. Barry's Portia was a quiet, lady-like performance, erring, if it erred at all, on the side of mildness. The characters of Bassanio and Antonio were also well sustained, and Mr. Maguinnis deserves much credit for his rendering of Launcelot Gobbo. The mounting of the play was perhaps a little better than usual, and quite outshone the venerable scenery that has done duty at the Boston Theatre as long as any one can remember, and probably a good deal longer. The performance...