The English At Home Essays From the Revue Des Deux Mondes Second Series
The English At Home Essays From the Revue Des Deux Mondes Second Series
Alphonse Esquiros
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119 where had she obtained her theatrical education ? It was discovered that after studying, in London in 1852, at an amateur theatre in Catherine Street, she went the round of the provinces, from Rich- mond to Bristol, from Bristol to Cardiff, and from Cardiff to Manchester. Mr. Buckstone, recognising in her a talent that was not in its proper place, a candle hidden under a bushel, at length engaged her to come and shine in London. I have seen Miss Amy Sedgwick perform at the Haymarket the par...t of Constance, in the " Love Chase, " one of Sheridan Knowles' best pieces, and that ot Esther in the " Unequal Match, " written by Tom Taylor. What first struck me in this actress, was the wealth of her dramatic range : she passes gra- dually from soft notes, and if I may use the expres- sion, from a chiaroscuro to the most brilliant and vigorous effects. In the "Unequal Match, " for instance, a piece admirably calculated to bring out the extent of her talent, she first appears as a sim- ple, modest, and ingenuous village girl ; then, as the wife of a man of fashion, who deserts her after marrying her for love ; lastly, she transforms her- self, in order to win back her husband's heart, and represents a splendid coquette, the queen of fashion, the idol of a small German court, where she sub- jugates everybody by the unlimited power of her charms.
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