; 7-7 ‘-C— -‘ her graceful motions, her sweet voice and her love tricks with Sunder filled fWVttyWTOlt mance. Ifc is I a character whioh affords sufficient,. opportunity to display 'theatijjcal talents by the frequent and sudden Change of pantomime, and bjy playing such tricks as to^e* vent the Raja, who is the father of the heroine of the play from detecting the amorous pl^ot. Toung Shama Charar tried occasionally to Vary the expression of his feelings, but his gestures sdemed to be studied, and his motions stiff. The parts of the Baja and others Were performed to (jhe satisfaction of tl&wlfole audience. "The female characters in partiflhlar were excellent. The part of BidytT (the daughter of Raja Bira Singha) the lover of Sundar war played by Radka <Moni ( Moni ) a girl «f nearly sixteen years of age,' generally called ‘ was vefy ably sustained the minds of the audieice with rapture and delight. She never faildd as lqng as she was on the* qtage. The sudden change of her countenance
amidst her joys and herTamentations, her words so pathetic, and her motions so truly expressive, when informed €hat her lover was detected and when he was dragged before her father, were highly cre- ditable to herself and to the stage. When apprised that Sander was ordered to be executed her attendants tried in vain to console her
she dropped down and fainted, and on recovering* through the cans of her attendants, fell senseless agsin, and the audience was left ( for some time in
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awful silence.* That a person' uneducated as she is and nnacquainte'd withtthe niceties of her vernacular language, shculd perform a part so difficult with general satisfaction and receive load and frequent applauses, The other "female characters were equally well performed, and amongst the' rest was indeed quite 'unexpected. we must not*omit tcMhention that the paft of the Rani oVwife of *Raja Bira Singha, and that of Malini ( a name applied' to womek who deal in flowers) were acted byan
