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The first misfortune of the evening came in the next
scene (one of G'Oomor's streets in Verone ) . In 1182
William Terriss had made an acceptable i ercutio, and although
a little too animated, "over-boisterous, and distinguished
by restlessness and an excess of action", he had won "vociferous
applause" (The Theatre, ns.? Upril lu.2) 231-242 ; p. 241 ).
V'edmore, in The Acrdemv. had noted that the actor delivered
the Queen Mab speech "v:ith only too much zeal to the audience,
instead of to the stage" (18 March UL2). It wortinj.^ and Drgraatic i.evi-:s: Standing
T/,cvnted to m&i.e . ercutio s pe; k his t..'ju, ,;'tG
as they occurred to him instead Ji" as &
recitotion, ana there he -.;as ri^ht enough,
according to t e nooern viev.s of str ^e
soliloquy, rue so f-^rth. i ut he m&ao the
:dst?ke of beginnin, , too casually r-.nd in
too co&i'se a tone; j-ndthen "/nen sounds
of disap rovrl '.;ere heard, he seemed to tj ro'.;
nervous, and, like ino.ny .nothe.'. nervous
became almost
(S Novembei 1 }
This ;;e.b another example of "modeniisin^," - fi; actor, unused
to any but modern comic >erts, unable to cope with the £,li -