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£i:c! DIVJ obse ver useci "arch" as ;.< term ol ;. p ./rovc I v i.ilst
others ra^cie it one 01 uisst tisitg ction.
The act ended uiti. II.6., sot in a cli; pel ' r.ci.lc/.c^iit to
the nom story" ^by La ;.;es Craven). As the scene crc, , to its
close, Romeo and Juliet bo_,aa t. eir marriage-service - n
i: in TV• t:lon of /hich The Ti-ies (3 November) approves:
Ins to c. of retiring to the \:±n s rnc ler.vin^ 'oh-
^er^orricUicc of the nuptiol ce, oi.j ;ay to the i ; .k
The reviev/er perhaps uncer .stinicites the intolliLJi'ic^ of tl.e
Lyceum audienco, but tlio U.ran-tjL^; v; s e respectable visLyl
enphads. It also >rjvidud ;\ tableau for the ; ct-u.-ci.^., he
bh;.es.o.re had si-ply cleyroc his sti. o for the on try o±
:j'ercutio L nc lienvolio in the next scene*
Act F ;ur opened OJ A O'^o:uior f s set of t^iu ri;.ci'. t< uc.-^e
at Ver~>n , ; ncl tiio scene (lil.lj encuc; \;itu "0 I am fjrtiaio f s
iool w (133), omitting the crrivel of i;he Gitir^jns and ti.o
.-Tiacj. This hac been Irving's policy. 3t. nc:;.^, rec'ee:iec
hinsolf a little i.: this 3ceno, ^iiriix e.n "ef •.uctivo" ccount
of Me-'cvtio's cef.th, in liic- Scott discervied "si, ...-, of
pathetic efiect dimly rnc !v f.ily su^^ested". Te:, r±-->^,
c../c >ito :n earlier tendency to tcmcness and unco/. —• cti^.._,
aven. -,d .ier>:;utio "-,1th p.cequrtu spirit ino r-picity 1 -' (The_
London t'if-;p.ro) - :n out : ?ur::,t -./sdch, Scott rei i- r: ec^, "rouswc
the caidiejiC-.. to enthusiasm", ihe lines bu^i ,iin,_ ' Aliv^! in
friunjhl and .'.ercutio slcinl" -,;ere, rccorciix, to ^l^^il.
filled \rith "electriCc-1 force", and '^ L-J :i ^y..-^ a xelt it
likely th-t he h>-o. hitherto restr£in..-fc "an olci toac ^.-ic^>.. »-c >
coliver toace. pcs:.r^s is ii h,> y cesc, ibu liin rs "quito
tror;ei:dous", ^nd ^_n£t_i-^ir obouivo^ tii t Ir-vin C'-t-lc iiiil