Word: richelieu
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...large houses, notwithstanding the attractions of the comic operas. To-night, he gives his wonderful impersonation of the Fool, in the "Fool's Revenge," for the last time. Sat. Matinee, "Don Caesar de Bazan"; Sat. evening, "Richard III." March 22 (last week), "Macbeth"; 23d, "Hamlet"; 24th, "Richard III.": 25th, "Richelieu"; 26th, "Much Ado about Nothing"; 27th, Matinee, "Ruy Blas"; 27th, "Merchant of Venice" and "Taming of the Shrew." On the 29th, the Florences will be here in the "Mighty Dollar...
...night and Saturday night, John T. Raymond as Col. Mulberry Sellers. Saturday matinee, "Risks." Next week, Mr. Edwin Booth begins a farewell engagement of three weeks. Monday and the rest of the week, except Saturday evening, "Hamlet"; Saturday evening, "Othello" (Mr. Booth as lago), March 15, "Richelieu," three nights; "The Fool's Revenge," two; "Richard III.," one; "Don Cesar de Bazan," matinee. March 22, "Othello," one night; "Richard III.," two; "Hamlet," one; "Ruy Blas," one; "Merchant of Venice" and "Taming of the Shrew," one night and one matinee. Mr. F. C. Bangs will be the leading man of the support...
...selection of Mr. Fenollosa afforded excellent opportunities for a display of forcible oratory, which were fully improved. As a dramatic recitation, the rendering of a selection from Shakespeare's King Lear by Mr. Taylor was something wholly unusual in its excellence. Mr. Dumaresque, in his selection from Bulwer's Richelieu, was distinguished in a similar manner. Mr. Ellis delivered, with appreciative feeling, a portion of Webster's speech on the murder of White, while Mr. Holman was very successful in meeting the varied requirements of Browning's Herve Riel...
...which I must beg permission to do myself. I relied on an imperfect memory when I stated that "Calderon the courtier" was an attendant on Charles V. He was the power behind the throne during the reign of Philip III., and played much the same part in Spain that Richelieu did at the court of Louis XIII. of France. This little story of court intrigue would repay the perusal by any one, and I recommend it to the author of "Lord Lytton." Many works of Bulwer's, besides those already spoken of by either Magenta or Advocate, deserve extended mention...
...dramatic works are not numerous, but many of them rank well. "The Lady of Lyons" and "Richelieu" are the two most worthy his genius. Little has been left unsaid in praise of this latter work, which portrays so faithfully the characters of the weak sovereign, Louis XIII., and his powerful ecclesiastical statesman, Richelieu, - a man who made whole nations feel his power...