The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-08

WAIIACx's pastoral play Of "As
You Like It." was performed last night At the above
theatre before select audience who did credit to their
taste by Just appreciation Of its manifold beautss In
these our days Of mesdranac fustian and noisy bonn
bas It ID not every manager that would have the courage
to offer for representation Shakspearean play Of this
description, which in truth is cavare to the multitude
Nor It possible always to find public that can duly APP
precias the sterling merit of many Of plays
which consequently falling into oblivion among
theatre requentss Any attempt to resuscitate the L.
gal drama shall always receive mite of commenda'
ton and We consequently glad that Mr.. Wslacks
praieworthy attempt is favoraby received by New
York public The attempt and the succeeding patronage
do credit to both parties.
With regard to the performance it very credabe,
and the characters generally very we'll sustained Mr.
Walack's Jacques well studied piece Of acting,
showing evidently that he could emily act bat could
also do what il dincut-enter with spirit into the
authors meaning. Through the whole range Of Shaks-
peares characters do not know of one difficult
than this. As character, it mere piece of poetic
imagery and to give the poets ideal visible form, and
to make it sufficiently corporal to suit audience
look upon the height of the histrionic art This Wal
lack did All those beautiful pieces Of poetry called So
oquies with which that part abounds, such as "a fool
fool met fool the forest" capitay recited
The wellknown piece, GAN the worlds STAGE" was
another specimen of eloquence rather too affected and
perhaps somewhat 0veracted; but of this We will not
complain, without the acting the solequy, although
fine piece in the closet would be considered tame and
spritless the stage. Miss Laura Kesnes Rosalind
was very well played was also the part of Celia by
Mrs. Conover The latter lady looked much more be-
coming in her shepherdess dress than in her duc robes
Testers Orlando is careful piece Of acting, in
deed too much so; for fear Of offending he
a. ar TV,o
blooded Orlando ought not to be made to ap
pear quite so stern and moody, although he is
a younger brother. With such Orlando, Shakespeare
would have made his Rosalndet to have fallen in
love. Otherwise the character very well represented
but the actor has taken, in our humble opinion, .
somewhat wrong idea of the authors meaning. This
play rather than comedyfor to the latter name 1t is
hardly entitled-has perhaps, some Of the most beau
Jiful ballads in the Eng sh language in it. "Blox
blow ye wintry Winds and Uuder the greenwood tree
sung with great skill by Miss Julia Gould. This
young ladys ballad singing is very good The remaining
characters all creditably performed particularly
Mr. Walcot's Touchstone, who kept the audience in q
Of laughter There vas however, in the
play that should have wished to have omitted
the last in the third act-where Touchstone and
Audrey appear on the stage. Much of the conversation
is too gross to be reshed in the present age and
over the character of Audrey too ore to be under
stood by any audience in America, where such state
Of besotted simplicity is unknown Mrs. Brougham
did not improve 1t by her dress, which Is too
ridiculous caricature. Such character as she
makes of Audrey does not exist in nature and conse
quent not in Shakespeare The scenery very pretty
particularly that Of the forest Of Ardenne where the
banished Duke appears with his lords dressed fores
ters in green. The gee "What shall he have that kills
the deer sung with much spirit and animation aud
epcored The Dukes speech, "Now, my donates aud
brothers in exile" too affected to be natural The
best Of the play however, work of art was the
opening to act third:-A river view the skirts
of the forest with mountains and water fall in the dis
lance The waterfall looked actually real The same re-
mark holds good with the banquetting in the forest
where Orlando rushes in with a drawn sword upon the
oresters seated at their table, This part was very well
acted by Lester also the wrestling scene at the
beginning of the play in which he throws the Dukes
wrestler, Charles. On the WHOLE MAY be said that the
characters all very credtably sustained. We have
better acting, but have often seen much
worse, and shall be satisfied IL we always meet Shak
speaIe's plays particularly his comedies as well exc
cuted as was I" As You Like It" last night.
LATER FROM SOUTH AdERcA.-We kave received files of
the Correio Aecdn Of Rio Janeiro up to the Goth Of
April and Of the Courier Of Caracas up the 3Oth Of
April
We do not find In these journals however, any poht-
cal or other news Of Importance
The yellow fever still committing great havoc
numbering many of its victims among the foreign sailors
in port.
The French steamer Colbert had arrived in port
the 19h from Toulon with destination to replace the
stesmer Gassend the Chinese station The Colbert
to remain at Rio Janeiyo days to repair her
machinery
The transactions in coffee active In the two
days preceding the Goth of April 5000 bags had been
sold
LOOKING FOR SIAvERs.-Capt. Colder of the brig Alfred
Exal which arrived yesterday from sagua la Grande,
PASSED an English steamer at anchor ten miles west
Of the harbor the lookout for slavers She was pro-
badly laying wait for the Lady Suffolk which was daily
expected to arrive from the Coast of Africa with cargo
Of slaves.
Meeting Of Mates, for the Formation or a
Protective Society.
meeting of mates Of vessels was held In Warren Hall
last evening" for the purpose Of forming association
for their protection and benefit There were not more