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character was correct, and her performance, especially towards 

 the close of the second -act, was truly touching. Miss Jarman, 

 as Rose, was very good. Mr. Hield's Monval was not inferior to 

 Miss Mason's Henriette; and Mr. Horsman's Philippe was 

 acted better than any thing we have seen him do this season. 



Fuller, as Chevalier Pirouette, would have done much better 

 with a wig less outrageously outre. 



Feb. 2., Henriette f and Turn Out. 



Under the patronage of Sir W. Cotton and the officers of the 

 Garrison. The performances were well received by an overflow- 

 ing house. 



Feb. 5., Rural Felicity y and The Housekeeper were announ- 

 ced for this evening, but no performance took place in conse- 

 quence of the fatal illness of Mr. Sandford, who, to the deep 

 sorrow of his relatives and friends, and to the great regret of tlie 

 public, died, on the 7th, three days after an apoplectic seizure. 



Without condescending to fulsome or unmerited eulogy, we 

 will sum up the character of this upright and high-minded indi- 

 vidual, in the words which Shakspeare put into the mouth of 

 Antony — 



" Nature might stand up, 

 And say to all the world, Tuis was a man ! " 



Feb. 16., Jane S/forf, and Don Juan. 



Miss Mason's Jane Shore was the main attraction of this 

 evening. She was equally successful in the depiction of humili- 

 ated penitence, passive endurance, and the withering despair 

 which bows' down the soul when its last hope has perished. She 

 gave many passages with power and pathos, and in the scene 

 subsequent to her supplication, for a morsel of bread, at the door 

 of Alicia, (Mrs. Ilorsman) she identified herself so closely with 

 the forlorn condition of the character, as to merit the unanimous 

 applause with which she was greeted by the audience. 



Feb. 17., Eugene Arauiy and Tekeli. 



Miss Mason, as Madeline, and Mr. Hield, as Eugene Aram, 

 acted with their usual ability, and vvere very flatteringly encour- 

 aged by unanimous plaudits. Richard Houseman is a character 

 well adapted to Mr. Horsman's line of acting. By a few minute 

 touches he threw a sternness of truth into his picture of the 

 heartless murderer, which made it tell strikingly; whilst he also 

 developed, with fidelity of feeling, the only one redeeming trait in 

 his character — the solicitude of a father. 



Feb. 19., The Wedding Goimi, (which we noticed in a former 

 number) and Hurul Ftliciti/. 



The performances of this evening were under the patronage of 

 the ladies and gentlemen of the West end of the town ; but, owing 

 to the extreme inclemency of the weather, the house was not so 

 full as had been anticipated. 



G. p. HEARDER, PLYMOUTH. 



