DOI issue:
April 6, 1889
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17687#0167
April 6, 1889.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 167
RICHARD HIMSELF AGAIN.
{An Imaginary Interview.)
His Majesty King Richard (bowing profoundly). Sire, this visit
does me infinite honour.
His Majesty King Punch [graciously). Not at all. Pray be quite
at your ease. Royal meetings are just now the fashion. I am very
pleased to see you—the more especially as I want to ask you a few
questions.
Richard. Which it will be my delight'and privilege to answer.
Punch. Just so. And now King Dick, die mihi, _ when it first
occurred to you to assume the Royal Dicknity. I imagine that at the
- Lyceum you re-
vivid recollection of the performance of my talented friend, Henry
Irving, who also has some claim to the title of Duke of Gloucester,
has he not ?
Richard. Undoubtedly,'—at the Lyceum. I feel sure that Henry
Irving must have been greatly gratified at the success which attended
in so marked a degree the dual impersonation to, which you, Sire,
have so kindly referred.
Punch. Assuredly ! I believe you have taken trouble to represent
Shakspeare’s great tragedy worthily in every detail. (Richard
. bows.) This being so, will you kindly
cj\ inform’ me why the two Bishops who
^JJ \ jjj attend you immediately before your
lb.yi.ustb. ■.!. yuaitt b .'i :
\ to {g aci pick strawberries
huddle up in a corner
“ Shall I be plain, or Twopence coloured ? ” roun,d a tabl? wheree they
r r can be scarcely seen r
Richard. Firstly, because they are afraid of me ; and secondly,
because the stage is left more at liberty for the perambulations of
personages of greater dignity.
Punch. Thank you! Do you know whether America was discovered
before the Tudor period ?
Richard. I fancy that Columbus landed on trans-Atlantic soil for
the first time in 1492, about seven years after the Battle of Bosworth.
Punch. That is also my impression. Then how comes it that
Stanley speaks with an accent that suggests that he must he a
citizen of the United States P
Richard. It is a new reading, and triumphantly proves that Shak-
speare was not for an age, hut for all time.
Punch. I am obliged to you ! Will you tell me who stage-manages
the tragedy in which you so frequently take part ?
Richard. A gentleman in whom I have the greatest possible con-
fidence—Mr. Richard Manspleld. I consider him my alter ego, the
Dr. Jeltyll to my Mr. Hyde.
Punch. I see! Will you then kindly suggest to him—among
several other matters of which, when I have an hour or two to spare,
I could give you a list,—that if the rafters painted to resemble solid
timbers in the Council Chamber were not
visibly stirred by every draught, the illu- M |jHi
sion would be more complete and con- miwwk
vincing ?
Richard. Certainly, Sire ; but do you Wlilf
really think while Richard is on the stage 1 'f"-'
there are eyes for aught else ? sUI
Punch. I really do. For instance, I can
imagine no better representative of dear A1&
little Edward the Fifth—the Shakspearian
Little Lord Fauntleroy, just a size larger,
—than Miss Bessie Hatton. When she ~ A
was on the stage, I really quite lost sight ; \
of Your Majesty. She is a young lady of A/, \
the greatest promise,—the clever child of y!A\\
a clever father,—and is sure to rise in the fffl AhAA
profession she has adopted. She hears AS- fly wj||A
herself with dignity, tenderness, and grace, //if - ST wwA
and her elocution is irreproachable. Then // j#
Miss Carlotta Leclercq as the Queen- // [1 If AW^:'
Mother is good,—hut a little inclined to /■' wr
overdo the keening (no, the Edmund- A
Keaning you do not overdo),—and Mr. "
Norman Forbes is most mirth-provoking A Norman (Forbes) Knight,
as Catesby. Why not engage him for
Richard. Is he not, Sire ! Especially a®xt -^0?r(^ M-ay°r s Show
when he has to walk about in armour, ^ an-/ '
giving forth quaint sounds in the last Act! Oh, he would he the
death of me, did I not die by the sword of Richmond.
Punch. Mr. Luigi Lablache, as the Breton Masher of the period,
Richmond, throws a new light on the character. And now, as to
yourself F
Richard. Ah, Sire, your conversation is indeed becoming
interesting. Have you anything to suggest F
Punch. Why, yes. In your dual part of Jekyll and Hyde you
were weirdly successful. Don’t you think the Shakspearian play
would he even more attractive than it is, were you to double Richard
with Richmond, and arrange to fight single-handed P
Richard [ecstatically). A revelation! You will come to see
Richard again F
Punch. I will, when you give practical effect to my suggestion.
Till then, farewell. [Exit.
Richard. Adieu! [He ponders.) If I played Richmond too!
The idea is magnificent! Now, let me see,—if I do, 1 must, of course,
restore to the character a number of lines that at present, for some
reason or other, have been omitted ! Yes ! yes ! yes! Humph!
Ah! [Left considering.
TO OUR EEDILES!
Ballad of the Day. Sung by the Hyde-ParJc-Cornerite.
Come! mount a Hansom. Try From here, if t’ wards the East you
with me drive,
To drive to Charing Cross. ^ Bent o’er the space to scour,
Our journey, you must surely see, Your pace, no matter how you
Is quite a tour deforce. strive,
In Piccadilly’s channel jammed Won’t top four miles an hour.
How can we go ahead, So, agitate : the scheme pursue,
’Mid all this pent-up traffic And clear the block away,
dammed Defeated by that vote of two
Within its narrow bed F You ’re bound to win the day !
So, speak the word. Ah! say you So speak the word, and say you
will _ _ will
Throw open Constitution Hill! Throw open Constitution Hill!
New Work.—The Stud Farm Record of Hampton Court Palace,
to be edited by Henry Labouchere, Esq., M.P. ; and to be here-
after referred to as “ The Foalio.”
Sporting Intelligence.—“ Lincoln Notes.”—Taken last week
by Mr. Jeune, Q.C. We believe he selected “ Miserere ” for the
Lincoln Stakes, for which the Bishop observed he was ready to go, a
willing martyr.
VOL. XCVI.
P
RICHARD HIMSELF AGAIN.
{An Imaginary Interview.)
His Majesty King Richard (bowing profoundly). Sire, this visit
does me infinite honour.
His Majesty King Punch [graciously). Not at all. Pray be quite
at your ease. Royal meetings are just now the fashion. I am very
pleased to see you—the more especially as I want to ask you a few
questions.
Richard. Which it will be my delight'and privilege to answer.
Punch. Just so. And now King Dick, die mihi, _ when it first
occurred to you to assume the Royal Dicknity. I imagine that at the
- Lyceum you re-
vivid recollection of the performance of my talented friend, Henry
Irving, who also has some claim to the title of Duke of Gloucester,
has he not ?
Richard. Undoubtedly,'—at the Lyceum. I feel sure that Henry
Irving must have been greatly gratified at the success which attended
in so marked a degree the dual impersonation to, which you, Sire,
have so kindly referred.
Punch. Assuredly ! I believe you have taken trouble to represent
Shakspeare’s great tragedy worthily in every detail. (Richard
. bows.) This being so, will you kindly
cj\ inform’ me why the two Bishops who
^JJ \ jjj attend you immediately before your
lb.yi.ustb. ■.!. yuaitt b .'i :
\ to {g aci pick strawberries
huddle up in a corner
“ Shall I be plain, or Twopence coloured ? ” roun,d a tabl? wheree they
r r can be scarcely seen r
Richard. Firstly, because they are afraid of me ; and secondly,
because the stage is left more at liberty for the perambulations of
personages of greater dignity.
Punch. Thank you! Do you know whether America was discovered
before the Tudor period ?
Richard. I fancy that Columbus landed on trans-Atlantic soil for
the first time in 1492, about seven years after the Battle of Bosworth.
Punch. That is also my impression. Then how comes it that
Stanley speaks with an accent that suggests that he must he a
citizen of the United States P
Richard. It is a new reading, and triumphantly proves that Shak-
speare was not for an age, hut for all time.
Punch. I am obliged to you ! Will you tell me who stage-manages
the tragedy in which you so frequently take part ?
Richard. A gentleman in whom I have the greatest possible con-
fidence—Mr. Richard Manspleld. I consider him my alter ego, the
Dr. Jeltyll to my Mr. Hyde.
Punch. I see! Will you then kindly suggest to him—among
several other matters of which, when I have an hour or two to spare,
I could give you a list,—that if the rafters painted to resemble solid
timbers in the Council Chamber were not
visibly stirred by every draught, the illu- M |jHi
sion would be more complete and con- miwwk
vincing ?
Richard. Certainly, Sire ; but do you Wlilf
really think while Richard is on the stage 1 'f"-'
there are eyes for aught else ? sUI
Punch. I really do. For instance, I can
imagine no better representative of dear A1&
little Edward the Fifth—the Shakspearian
Little Lord Fauntleroy, just a size larger,
—than Miss Bessie Hatton. When she ~ A
was on the stage, I really quite lost sight ; \
of Your Majesty. She is a young lady of A/, \
the greatest promise,—the clever child of y!A\\
a clever father,—and is sure to rise in the fffl AhAA
profession she has adopted. She hears AS- fly wj||A
herself with dignity, tenderness, and grace, //if - ST wwA
and her elocution is irreproachable. Then // j#
Miss Carlotta Leclercq as the Queen- // [1 If AW^:'
Mother is good,—hut a little inclined to /■' wr
overdo the keening (no, the Edmund- A
Keaning you do not overdo),—and Mr. "
Norman Forbes is most mirth-provoking A Norman (Forbes) Knight,
as Catesby. Why not engage him for
Richard. Is he not, Sire ! Especially a®xt -^0?r(^ M-ay°r s Show
when he has to walk about in armour, ^ an-/ '
giving forth quaint sounds in the last Act! Oh, he would he the
death of me, did I not die by the sword of Richmond.
Punch. Mr. Luigi Lablache, as the Breton Masher of the period,
Richmond, throws a new light on the character. And now, as to
yourself F
Richard. Ah, Sire, your conversation is indeed becoming
interesting. Have you anything to suggest F
Punch. Why, yes. In your dual part of Jekyll and Hyde you
were weirdly successful. Don’t you think the Shakspearian play
would he even more attractive than it is, were you to double Richard
with Richmond, and arrange to fight single-handed P
Richard [ecstatically). A revelation! You will come to see
Richard again F
Punch. I will, when you give practical effect to my suggestion.
Till then, farewell. [Exit.
Richard. Adieu! [He ponders.) If I played Richmond too!
The idea is magnificent! Now, let me see,—if I do, 1 must, of course,
restore to the character a number of lines that at present, for some
reason or other, have been omitted ! Yes ! yes ! yes! Humph!
Ah! [Left considering.
TO OUR EEDILES!
Ballad of the Day. Sung by the Hyde-ParJc-Cornerite.
Come! mount a Hansom. Try From here, if t’ wards the East you
with me drive,
To drive to Charing Cross. ^ Bent o’er the space to scour,
Our journey, you must surely see, Your pace, no matter how you
Is quite a tour deforce. strive,
In Piccadilly’s channel jammed Won’t top four miles an hour.
How can we go ahead, So, agitate : the scheme pursue,
’Mid all this pent-up traffic And clear the block away,
dammed Defeated by that vote of two
Within its narrow bed F You ’re bound to win the day !
So, speak the word. Ah! say you So speak the word, and say you
will _ _ will
Throw open Constitution Hill! Throw open Constitution Hill!
New Work.—The Stud Farm Record of Hampton Court Palace,
to be edited by Henry Labouchere, Esq., M.P. ; and to be here-
after referred to as “ The Foalio.”
Sporting Intelligence.—“ Lincoln Notes.”—Taken last week
by Mr. Jeune, Q.C. We believe he selected “ Miserere ” for the
Lincoln Stakes, for which the Bishop observed he was ready to go, a
willing martyr.
VOL. XCVI.
P