cultural resources in henrik ibsen's early environment - Ibsen.net

Yesterday the visiting theatre company gave their third performance before a full house:
the comedy Mistress Siddons or the English Actress (Mistress Siddons eller den engelske
skuespillerinde), and afterwards: "Desire and Indifference” (“List og Phlegma”). For the
presentation of the certainly quite difficult roles in these pieces the acting personnel
deserved and received unanimous praise. The writer is no real critic ready to make
pronouncements about the specific roles, but so much dare be said, that Madame Steiner
as Georgina and Madame Petersen as Amelia Siddons gave their parts with a truth and
feeling as if in reality they had been the persons acting, and individual scenes in their
acting even gripped the observers in an obvious way.
#8, July 28--
Mr. Petersen with his company enjoys great acclaim at every performance. On
Wednesday was given before a good house: “The First Love” ("Den første Kjærlighed");
then: “The Mill in Marly” ("Møllen i Marly"), and in conclusion: “Emily’s Palpitation”
("Emilies Hjertebanken") -- all pieces with much success. Messrs. Steiner and Bech
played their roles remarkably well. In "List og Phlegma" the former was an exceedlingly
phlegmatic individual, and he who had no conceptiion of such a characteristic could
certainly receive it clearly and evidently by watching his masterful acting. And what does
one say about Mr. Bech in his merry roles as, for example, Baron Palm in the last-
mentioned play, and as the miller's apprentice in "Møllen i Marly?" Could anyone do it
much better? This evening will be presented: The English Actor Kean (Den engelsk
skuespiller Kean). This is certainly a large and difficult play, but the company's previous
performances, and especially what one saw of these in Et Glas Vand, which everyone
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