Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-22
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Ine hoee"t Gress Literary ImPostares.
we have exposed, and we shall expose still far
ther' The literary impestare practised by the re-
cent Subiicaian Of the Book Of Jasher in this citv
Noah' the peddlins old aio' man in literature, re-
ision, andevery thing elss has worked himself into
passion upon this points but this is premature ON
his part, as we have another story to tell that will
excite hiss ire still stronger
orsomedays past our old fayorite, that excellent
actress, Celeste, has been playing with gysat sue-
cess ronrd OF her favorite characters written bv
Jerold,) at he Chatham theatre. She has in fact
revived the dropping fortunes Of that
by her inimitable pantomimo performances. and
has succeeded in all that she has produced thor.
with exception. This laser was the pma.c
ton Of play pnrporting to be written bv NJ M
Noah, called +" Natalie" Owing to the novel.x and
curiosity always attending fist night, the house
was crewdeds but it was instantly to be one
of the most miserable pieces of trash, in the shape
of DRAMA that foisted upon an intelligent
community. And nothing savediit from utter con-
demnaton, the FIRST night but the inimitabe acting
life, and spirit thrown into her character by Ce-
leste.
Now as we possess the particulars connected with
the history CT this singular production, we shall
here detail them in order to show how tha.h
rary old co' aan Noah, not content with his late
matte impostare even worse than the spurious Book
Of Jasher. He not only wants to destroy all the
beauty simplicity force and sublimity of the Bible
bat is DESTROYS of supplantng even Shaks peare and
rs-modellng dramatic literature suit the old cls
and pawnbrosing taste of himself and his clique He
atone time wants to pass as the modern Mes siah
and the next as newly hedged Shaks peare.
The history Of this dramatic humbng is simply
this. About the time that there was slight differ
ence between celeste and the stage manager Of the
National Theatre, several of thu small fry Of the
press attempted to write her down. All this of
course, occasioned considerable annoya ia her
husband, who, about the time, was waited upen
by Noah, as sort of volunteer counsel and defender
w hat am Ito do in this casel' said Elliott. "Il
tell you exactly how to them up" said Noah
" Howl" said Elicit I" Get me to write a nlay"
replied Noah, "and the whole affair will be setsled
Worried and leased as he had been by set Of such
fools, Mr. Elliott consented that Noah should write
play for Celeste.
On the strength of this Noah goes to bnas B. Phil
lips, and employs him to write Natalie; which Noah
takes possession of as soon as finished His then
orders diRner at one Of our hotels, to whish he
invites the husband of Celeste, and brings with him
George +. Morris, Epes Sergeant, and asmall Of
ciaqueurs, to assent to all he advanced The dinner
and wine were discussed, and then Noah produced
and read the play. And as Richelie said to Joseph,
George l.. Morris, EPes Sergeant, and the rest APP
Pauded in the proper places. Every time Noah
paused for breath, Morris would exclaim, 3" That's
a capital passage" Superb" ehimed in Sargeast,
g its equal t. any thing in Shakespeare"
4 H's i--SC ICING Kept up tnc was con-
cluded Noah turned rcund to Elliott and exclaimed
" Well, ION see is first rate play, now nsuch will
YOU give me for itl' Elliott, who ID shrewd man,
and saw the hunbug of the whole affair, but still
wished 20 avoid entrance to quarrel replied that
times were hard, and that Noah must ae moder.
tie.
''GiTc me 5000" said Noah, sand it's yours"
" I irt cheap" chimed in Morris.
"Too little by half" said the echo, Epes Sergeant.
Mr. Elliott, however, having dernier resort, al
though he saw through the mposture, paid the $780,
took the play and at the time took his leave of
the literary humbugs. Noah then paid for the din
ner and the wine, gave S200to poor Jonas Philips,
for all the labor, thanked the parvenue Httrateurs
for their performance in the farce, pocketed the
balance, and walked down Chatham street, on his
usual road home.
Such is the simple history Of the new play Of
" Natalie" said to be written by Noah; and which
is even, bareaced is, less Of imposturc thaa
the Book Of Jasher. But the psddng old clo'
does not stop here. His success at humbug in this
instance has emboldened him to attempt similar
system of deception upon Nh vandenhof and his
daughters for whom he has to write play
upon the plan and which IL completed, lis doom
ed TO be damned the first night of its production