The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-08
The Nex Piece MT WallaoSs,s.

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lr. wallack it that such an interest has
| b en- within the past week two elected among US.
| The announcement that comedy, written by Mr.
Dion Bourccault, entitled sLove aEd Money was in
preparation and to be produced at Wallack's,
had the effect of stimulating public attention to
usual degree and = natural consequence thereof
found that theatre last evening crowded to its utmost
limits The piece cannot however, be said to be entirely
new, since it produced the London stage
three four years ago. under the title of the School
for Schening," which 1t still retains its duplicate.
II had very remarkable there, owing to its
great prolixy but the author has since pruned
down from FIVE act to three act piece, so that the
judgment which it may haze at first deserved
be fairly cited against It, We bound to look
| at 1t now and estimate it on its present merits.
The idea which formed the basis Of the plot in the
writer's mind to exhibit the of people
Of wealth. the schemng by which many succeed in de-
ceiyng the world into the recognition of their manifold
merits the arrogant concet and mental mbeclity of
ultra fashionable men, and to bring all this amsy
substantial hollow mockery into contrast with the
during reality of virtue honor, simple love- and high
nindednss of character He has, therefore, constructed
not one but four phases Of plot First there the we'll
known character of the heartless broken spend
thrift the honorable Claude Pantagene (lr Brougham)
who having exhausted all his resources, has COM
snenced to hypothecae loans the prospects of
(iss Kesne) is to contract. This lady, how
ever though entertaining the highest Of her ia
duties happens also to entertain feeling towards
young Craven Acton r Reynolds) But ono of eur old
familiar stage carcatures of English loldlings delghtng
in fash wastcoas and trousers which not ,ds for
sitting in and with the usual contempt for the true
pronunciation OF his RS is introduced the very
man whose large fortune is to save Mr.. Pantagenet
from ruin. This Ia Lord Ripley Afterwards the Duke Of
Bungay Er Lester OF it Is to be supposed
that the charming Helen renders herself up sacrifice to
her fathers wishes and necessities without strong self
contests but finally she her contempt for his
ordshp and her passion for Acton far accept
bis offer. And poor Craven Acton-whose own fortune
had been lavished in of splendid dissipation and
who is now almost pauper-is to be Tilted There is
another good character introi uced-that of capitalist
or stockjobber, who changes his patronymic of plain
John Perkins into the high sounding speculative Of the
Mac Dunnum of Dunnum, (Ar. Walcot). This gentleman
when he first into public life rents the hall door
Of Mrs. Sally sngeheart, in Duke streeta lodging house
keeper with whom the Pantagenets reside-and whose
heart the AacDunnum has made ndelibls impression
on. The best character, however-and the only one
showing any orignaltyis that of Job Sykes alias X. "
Orr Blake,) usurer who has accommodated both the
spendthrfts, and who Is unaccountaby introduced in
almost every scene. The about Mr. Job is that
in his early career he had while groom in an arsto-
cratic family eoped with of the female scons there
OF who afterwards deserted him. returning to her rea
tives with her son. This is young Acton job be-
comes rich Insurer, and furnishes his son-not
cognzan Of the relation he bears to the lender-o pre-
cPtas his pecuniary ruin the better to teach him the
error Of his ways Job Sykes considers that Helen Plan
tagenet heartless coquete, and he strives make
young Acton participate in that belief In the second act
the honorable Claude ands himself caught In his own
Ire nHrs 10 ~
ocratc manners TO young ladies' and has the reputation
Of being worth ten thousand pounds--ahough an e1ecu
ttn for three thousand 10 impending her-accepts
his offered hand under the impression of his unboundsd
wealth. and whom they return from church bas are in
the house, and the unpleasant explanation Of mutual
fraud takes place In the act Lord Ripley is
away with by rompish young lazy, pupil of Mrs |
Frenchs and Helen yields to the necessity of her fathers
desperate and the bride of
some other nobeman. Then it is that in the last highly
effective seene where Helen the intensity of her emo
ton falls into swson, that Sykes proclams his patsr
nifty TO Acton
The last act supposes the intervening of two or
three years All the actors find tn emseves in Boulorne
Psntagenet and his wife luxuriatng on a hu adred
and fifty pounds year Lord Fply 10 walked about on
the jety by his majestic little wife Mrs Stephens and
even the NcDunnum of Dunnum all his financial schemes
having exploded presents the sad spectacle of capitalist
out at elbows But what about Helen She had guarded
with woman's stancy her love to Acton; and from
legacy bequeathed to her. she had qudated by degrees
all her fathers debts And old Job Sykes meets her BY
appointment Oh the ety to surrender to her the bonds
but brings along with him his to enter Ato tie other
bond Of matrmony And the denos,c.en ends happily,
as such things always ought to do for Sally Single
heart who has suddenly become rich through the pro
ceeds of hundred shares in pavement speculation
TO hv I:
nnds herself in Boulognc and gives her hand to John Per-
kins
There is very little of originality In the plot The
characters, with q single exception are all very old
and respected acquaintance Nothing has been
created, but out Of the superabundant materials
which The modern drama affords, very enter
tanning piece has been tructed. The dialogues
spirited and easy and though of the sug
get to the critic the natural question of how such
such character happened to be there yet the whole,
they very effective Miss Keene's acting exqui.
site and true to nature that in of the affecting
passages tears gistened in the eyes Of large portion Of
the female adultery. Blake rendered his part with all
that panness AID humor in which he excels Broagham
played the dssolute arsocrat with great success and
Lord Ripley could certainly find nothing in the acting of
Mr. Lester which would not reflect credit his ordsap
And hacDunnum, of Dunnum, was rendered with great
spirit by Walcot. Reynolds reading Of his part
good but his gestures rather awkward and constrained
And indeed all the accessory parthat particularly
Of Rose Iawess by Mrs. stevenswere admirably played.
The piece well put upon the stage, and nothing omit
tad to ensure its OF that there be
1 no question. The audience seemed much interested in
the development Of the piece snd appaoded at the end
Of the acts After the curtain fell, the company we're
called out to make their ina bow; and this OCCASION
Mr. Lester announced that tho lessee had determined
tbe now c,roedv ths and the
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