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notice headed "Cleopatra Lilyised", arruod that ^in-field
had been "merciful*1 to the "defects and shortcomings of the
company", and concealed them with rcenery. At the other
extreme of the critical ran^e was The otr^c which < eve on
uiiusa/.lly commendatory account of the net in/ , but took
.vin-fi^ld severely to task for the prolong ion of the evening:
Mr Lewis Win/-field seems to have had a free
hand in adorning tlie plcy upon archaeological
principles, and, fired by the zeal of sn enthusiast,
he has not made sufficient allowance for
the com-..: ritively modest cwpetite of the orCir* ry
pi ay fo or.
'•line acting wac 7:in cncr. •! ruoz'c ti/n co.:j.i.vnr"..\.ble". The Icily
'.Lclc^z'c.'.pli u Voice b,v Clcnuit ^cott ^raises tiie effioion.cy of
the ete.£'e-n:--.i. ^raei'it ("I'ae v;h Ic tliinff went like n machine")
but concluded that "t.ic . uccecc of tiic evening v/ac c;->cct-~,culrr,
not i..r;- :'-tic f' ciicl t;::, t tac "lov-r of £rocc ctin,: v/oiuLfi be
cIi&G;jpoiiit':f' 1.. 1^ liio Illustrated, i.jjij^on ; r ,\vs column, ocott
described tr.e unsuitability of rr; ...• a (^."^ry for tie part, and
the deficiencies of her moke—up:
•he charm of Mrs V u "try's no tare is iu itc
fjontlenesfi, ite softness^ ite rdlurinc .-race.
oho ;ro'«7 under the ,y~trees of Inland, not
uncl 3r tic loti'.fj-bl oosoms of tixe ;7iie. Her
p.'iycici..! i^iTts and tr^.inin^ -..-ill not r c':. it
of Iior reclici:: Cloo xitra, r.o she mt^es i?r
i« vdld-eyed criiit ins toed of a 'MM cion^te
r,::.i-i: 1. Conceive c. Clco^rtre v.it:: eyes of
blue cui'J li: ir of ;.n Erirlioh r^.nci rait-br .-,/n liue,
curl a £ entle countenance ?_•.;.£ milcl ex^rescion,
beo iiog v/iLtfully . t Iicr Mitony, and -cre;:lDlinLo:
in his presence!
(22 Hove ;,or 1890)
'-iacreac!y r.nd Phelpc, '10 aci^otl, diC not need spectacle, but
i.,r,-:. Lr-'iv'try, like Charles -"can, Chct'-erton r.nd Culvert,
"wanted the ; how becau:;e t:icy hfic no vury ro • rk-. ble ootiiif
to put in front of t:ie nictures". It v/as doubly unf .ir-Gi^nte,
t:G;,, th? t the Gloosa'ro ? iiould not even lo .>]: ri 'it. ^>cher
coraplrined that the octrem's cor'tuaes v.'cre "j-rvasy, ^irlir;!).
and innocent of tr ins":
Correct they :::; y be, be--utii'ul fiey rre; but
•jucy It.c.:: re rr,-~:.lity.
The costir:;iiic of the Oueen of i-'-_'y?t v/r.s lrcl:in^ in rlr^.r.1. xic
. : iro .riateness however "correct" it nirht be - was this mi