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the picturesque grappling in a deliberate and
conscientious manner with a series of great
tragic points. This hardly gives the impression
of strength, of authority, and it ic not for force
and natural nr>gic that wr Irvinp;'s acting is
remarkable,
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In 1875 Irving had the inadequate support of iss Bateman's
Lady Macbeth: in the new production he would be partnered
by Ellen Terry. The interpretation of Lady "- edges, x'o this '-re
aof-ed a clonk of ehot velvet in hepta--_r toner,,
upon which :;rcat r-iff ins -.vcrc crnbroiocrod in
flame coloured tinsel. The v.lmle, 3r veil, \;,:c
held in -ilrce by a circlet of rubico, cnr two
long -ol.-its v'.vir'tcc! v,dt'i •• old liunf to the kneoc.
Spiclman's ••rticle cliowc hov/ the oi-il -.iaiicc of tliis
and of Cattermole 's cortumcs for fv re bet a - v: c i ct ~w inct
a sombre b. cl;,;