New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-02

sr CHARLES THEArRK.-There are great many people
who consider Sheridan Knowles great dramatst, and
look npon his psss with infinitely favor than those
Of Old Kit MARROW, vanbrugh Ben Jons or Beaumont
and Flecheeven If they do not prefer them to those Of
Shakespeare. Certainly his productions have strange
popularity among actors and more frequently pro-
duced than any others We do not share to any great
extent in this judgment the contrary take excep
tons to the plot OF nearly every piece he has written to
the moral Of many and the working out Of all There
are some Invested with considerable pathos and
some sentences bssutf1ly expressed There are some
characters which cannot but admire. And yet when
closely examined il viii be found that all Of the more
prominent characters have been stolen and all the more
beautiful sentences and sentiments pagarized When
subjected to rigid criticism his much admired productions
will be found guilty Of faults and bunders which
Joanna Balis avoided and which Maria Edgeworth
escaped The he is examined the more seems his
demerit and the less his ability He looms up like great
dramatic humbug-imposng upon public endurance g
of teachings and characters which are
familiar, very tolerable and not to be enduredn
Knowles play entitled the wife was performed last
evening at the ST. Charles theatre with much merit
than its excellence ever deserved. Miss Logan
played Mariana in an able and artistic manner bringing
the points on which Of the play mate
rally depends with strength, clearness and emphasis
rendering it really entertaining aud attractive
Our regard for Miss Logan has grown in accordance
with our acquaintance She improves she is better
known-which cannot be said of all actresses Her per-
cepous of character are and discriminating and she
is exceedingly gifted with power of impressiag upon
others the correctness of her ideas And beyond
that she has better elocuton than almost any actress
the stage As popular professor of rhetoric
remarked she makes the fall like an old
hexsmetsrn In the part Of Mans she displayed ad-
vantage great many of her finest characteristics and
succeeded in rendering the Of which it is COM
posed quite interesting.
Mr. Jamsoa in the character Of St. Pierre appeared to
better advantage than in any part excepting that OF
Richele in which have him. and sustained the
efforts of Miss Logan most admirably His voice is rap
idly recovering its and his style is becoming easier
and more eommendable.
Mr. Maddocks felt necestated to fasten upon Feyrsrdc
the same moustro.tss with which he would have Dor.
trayed bandit pirate scowling fssrfully when
scows not needed, speaking most tragesly when
there need of horrors and sridng about in most
melodramatic and unnatural We regret to see
these continual faulsfor faults they and very ser
ones too-becaue convinced that Mr. Mad
docks play well aud acceptably. He only needs tc
lay aside his for exaggerated action speech
down into the regions of humanity coin degree
of popularity that the Bombastes style never did and
never will secure.
Mr. Bradley blurred the part of antonio by Ignorance
the text-a fault Of which he is not often guilty Mr.
Maggie Leonardo exhibited good deal of ability mixed
up with very considerable and short comings
The attendance last evening good and the dres.
circle tenanted by larger number Of ladies than
any preceding evening The town is filling up and with
it the theatre