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A DRAMATIC CRITIC
vivid Mr. Keach ; Mr. J. Davies, who was
a very " heavy " villain on the stage, but,
off it, lightly wielded the barber's razor ;
the blazing Mrs. Barrett, whose life went
out in darkness ; J. A. Smith, who did
stage fops, always with the same affected
drawl and rising inflection, and, an actor
at night, was a tailor by day, except on
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, when
he was an actor ;
Miss Kate Reignolds, a
very brilliant player, who, as Mrs. Erving
Winslow, now enjoys the highest reputa-
tion as a reader ; the dryly effective Mr.
Hardenbergh ; Mr. Charles Barron, a care-
ful and versatile leading man ;
Miss Annie
Clarke, who made herself an accomplished
actress, despite the handicaps of a harsh
voice and native stiffness of bearing ;
Mrs.
Vincent, the perennial, the great-hearted,
who for years was never mentioned except
in close connection with the adjectives
"dear" and "old;" and, finally, Wil-
liam Warren, the comedian.
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