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- !• J A DRAMATIC CRITIC the figure — a single track, with very few- switches, and his confusions of intellect were the result of collisions of trains of thought, running in opposite directions. In a large way, Dundreary was an inclu- sive satire upon the small stupidities of our human nature, and his most inane utter- ances awakened answering echoes, as has been said, in the consciousness of the most sensible men and women. Mr. Sothern's Dundreary became, in- ' ^/ -,,^^ / deed, something more than "a definite ''^':!^av . as innate, unconscious sincerities, not as 6^i/A;tv/(/)/ii/^/
E. A. SOTHERN, SR traordinary were the variously combined expressions of complaisance, stupidity, hu- mor, and acuteness which flitted over his countenance, and the diversity of intona- tions which finely indicated the proportions of his much-mixed emotions was wonder- ful. A page might be filled with descrip- tions of his different smiles; the broad, effulgent smile which filled his face when he thought he had struck a brilliant con- versational idea, and his dubious, tentative, come-and-go flicker of a grin when he was feeling his mental way, being two striking examples in the vast variety. The surprises which he effected by his comic gift were often overpowering, and made the specta- tor fairly gasp and choke, as two contrary currents of mirth suddenly poured into the unprepared brain. I think the funniest small thing I ever noted at a theatrical performance was his delivery of one of Dundreary's speeches in connection with Sam's " letter from [ lOI ]
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E. A. SOTHERN, SR<br />
traordinary were the variously combined<br />
expressions of complaisance, stupidity, hu-<br />
mor, and acuteness which flitted over his<br />
countenance, and the diversity of intona-<br />
tions which finely indicated the proportions<br />
of his much-mixed emotions was wonder-<br />
ful. A page might be filled with descrip-<br />
tions of his different smiles; the broad,<br />
effulgent smile which filled his face when<br />
he thought he had struck a brilliant con-<br />
versational idea, and his dubious, tentative,<br />
come-and-go flicker of a grin when he was<br />
feeling his mental way, being two striking<br />
examples in the vast variety. The surprises<br />
which he effected by his comic gift were<br />
often overpowering, and made the specta-<br />
tor fairly gasp and choke, as two contrary<br />
currents of mirth suddenly poured into the<br />
unprepared brain.<br />
I think the funniest small thing I ever<br />
noted at a theatrical performance was his<br />
delivery of one of Dundreary's speeches<br />
in connection with Sam's " letter from<br />
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