New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-29

Hs-The clerk Of the steamer Grand Tower has our
thanks for copies Of the ST. Louis Republican Of late date
ST. CHALEs THEArRE.-In all the catalogue of popular
dramatic pieces those which represented often
enough to be kept alive in the minds Of the public
are well patronsed when representedthere is of
modern authorship better entitled ito the honors of the
legitimate drama than Sergeant Tafourds play Ion
1t is classic in all the best Specifications of the word 1t
is classic in its conception aud its working classic in
its plot and classic in Its style The plan springs of
Grecian soil is adorned with Grecan characters and
illustrated by Grecan spirit and history While how
ever, the main features and striking incidents of
the play hinge upon period old the times of Heas
the attendant and supporting portions fresh to-day
as they were then. The passions the emotions the
causes and the conduct strictly natural and therefore
peculiar to age country. Men are represented
in the character of living by means of the same
breath and moved by Of the feelings then as
now Therefore, while Ion is farorite in the library
it is also favolite upon the stage and never fails to
draw discriminating and highly intelligent audience 1t
is akefree from the rant and folly Of the Harmodeus
and Aristogon dramas which have been so profusely
produced In France and the stited and unnatural non
sense Of similar plays published in England Germany
1t untes to an unusual degree the merits Of reading
piece and an acting oneis full good in composition
Byrons Sardauapausn and infinitely better in scene
than Knowles i" virgnius."
Miss Logan exhibited great deal of correct Judgment
in selecting Ion for the night her benefit and we
were gratifed to see that notwithstanding the unpea-
santness of the weather the house filed with one of
the largest audiences Of the season Miss Logaps Ion
was admirable in every respect 1t character peculiar
ly adapted to her talent and is in which we do not
know that she has any superior There no particular
portion feel inclined to select for special oommenda
tion for that every portion beautifully powerfully
and correctly played She depicted the various passions
as they rose without giving undue prominence to any, or
leaving any in the background, and her enuncation
would be the delight of rhetorician
Mr.. Jamison's 4drastus was exceedingly good and in
good keeping with the demands of the character 4dra
tlss by no means an easy personation which any third
rate actor may undertake. The King is compound of
strange and compcate feeling envroned by crcumstap
ces OF an unusual nature and requires much study and
much tact fttingy to portray him We rejoced In Mr.
Jamison's success and only regretted the hoarseness
against which he labored
ctesophoR was not so well played by Mr. Nage as it
might have been The piece is severely classic that
light fault is readily perceptbls and the fault of
ageeloquence and ssd oratory very painful In at
least one scene Mr. Maggie entity of this error.
Mr. Davis looked well in CieHlane but did not come Nm
to the requirements of the character in number of mar
ticulsrs
The popular and admirable comedy of the Honey
Moon strongly cast and quite we'll performed concluded
the evening amusements We think the success of the
bill would warrant the manager In putting it forth for
some other evening