p,,mo,s-Tbs Antiyone.
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We went TO see this arienP. al performance OF
the Old Greek drama, fearing i could inspire only
disappointment and disfasie, but the result was 30
favorable that We hope II raay De carried iuFther


and think sincere satisfaction might BE- Produced.
The comp d'csIl is very good The arrangements IS


Ia grouping and gradation Of colors are so udclous
as to produce .-f-c;lon Of the !ea!ily,-a repre-
sea,aiion could not De expected Bot, as creek
dress and Greek manners were as admirable a
then art and poetry, being the purest and Simplest
EXPRESSION OF nature that has ever been known N
the word, any good reminiscence OF them IS con-
so!ing row that ali OUT usages and methods are 20
remote from their sources, OF so complex tlat COM
mon Iife Is almost destitute OF poetic enjoyment =
The p!ay. 100, though IN an ordinary Translation,
and so inadeouaiey recited, except by Fandennoh
himself, seemed much nearer 10 Us, and more m
pressive than modern play, the straightforward
progress OF the story, the simple energy OF motives


The unspoted oveliness OF virtue, no less thsrtne
blind madness Of the tyran, may be understood by
child. as well as restore the man 10 Childhood or
rather transport him 10 Greclen childhood OF a
strength and beauty unknown 10 modern tunes -
Tn. pure depths Of the character OF Anrsone drew
,hher,te listening soul, though specifically blurred
hv the acting ''We ali must" says Shelley,
"have known an Antgone in some previous state
OF existence, and that is the reason We can never
be content with beings such as we meet here. =
There is no herosm in the way in which she per-
forms her perous duty to act otherwise was m
possible TO her; the question whether she could re-
psnt seemed strarsest madness 10 her untaiisTns
seul Ye, the soft human womans nature comes
out at the thought of death, and the deep Tnean-
choy surprise at the bassness OF men taat Can
dream of furnishing her for doing rgh;, expresses,
in few words and with overwhelming Fathos, all
the tragedy which noble natures can ever know
The music is in itself good, and the effect oi lis
Introduction delightful; but II is i'll performed
The impression produced by failure IN the attempt
TO accord the voice OF the actor with the ins:ru-
mens in the closing scene was burlesque but could
not destroy the impression ofthat scene as whole.