Richelieu: . f Picciola, London, March, 1839. NOTE. The length of the Play necessarily requires curtailmentson the Stage, — the principal of which are enclosed withinbrackets. Many of the passages thus omitted, however im-material to the audience, must obviously be such as thereader would be least inclined to dispense with, — viz. thosewhich, without being absolutely essential to the business ofthe Stage, contain either the subtler strokes of character, orthe more poetical embellishments of description. An impor-tant consequence of these suppressions is, that Richelieuhimself is left, too ofte
Richelieu: . f Picciola, London, March, 1839. NOTE. The length of the Play necessarily requires curtailmentson the Stage, — the principal of which are enclosed withinbrackets. Many of the passages thus omitted, however im-material to the audience, must obviously be such as thereader would be least inclined to dispense with, — viz. thosewhich, without being absolutely essential to the business ofthe Stage, contain either the subtler strokes of character, orthe more poetical embellishments of description. An impor-tant consequence of these suppressions is, that Richelieuhimself is left, too often and too unrelievedly, to positionswhich place him in an amiable light, without that shadowingforth of his more sinister motives and his fiercer qualities,which is attempted in the written play. Thus the charactertakes a degree of credit due only to the situation. To judgethe Authors conception of Richelieu fairly, and to estimatehow far it is consistent with historical portraiture, the Playmust be J Scene I. A room in the house of Marion de Lorme ; a tabletowards the front of the stage (with wine, fruits,&c), at which are seated Baradas, Four Cour-tiers, splendidly dressed in the costume of 1641—2 ;— the Duke of Orleans reclining on a largefauteuil; —Marion de Lorme standing at theback of his chair, offers him a goblet, and thenretires. At another table, De Beringhen, DeMauprat, playing at dice; other Courtiers, ofinferior rank to those at the table of the Duke,looking on. ORLEANS {drinking). Here s to our enterprise ! — BARADAS (glancing- at MARION). Hush, Sir! —
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