New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-14
CTPPFNE COURT.-The Tarners' Loan and Truss
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Aeu'2gotk Daily Gribtl,te.
THE NEW COMEDY Ar WALLACXs.


The age Of Tragedy has passed Taiourd failed to pro
duce one ia his Ion that has the vitality of the old standard
works and Taylor took refuge in dramatic poem Piap
Van Artcre when he wished to follow up the legitimate
SEQUENCES Of the stage We have likewise recently eYi.
dences that great comedies longer be written The life
of the actual perd Is unavorabe to them The economy
Industry an9 equality OF the age all nmical to the soul
Of comedy The hard cut contrasts OF le-;he milk sop
lords and oaIng genuses the sneakng scandal monges
and recognized routs the applauded hbernes running
from house 70 house seeking FOR vomsGre all wanting to
make up the rampant wit; fun coarseness and immortality
of the old school which Gaick, Barry Kemb!o de-
pieted Our American Life is especially hostile to subjects
for comedy Our good men of business and our
women good housekeepers Even the fashionable world OF
New is a awdry exception to the simple forms of
national life in ordinary without the splendid polish OF art
fetal rank or the splendid deness Of hereditary privilege
For the same reason that cannot afford the material for
comedies we canno, sustain Char'rari 2 Punch news
paper The lights and shades are wanting. Nobody is
high enough TO caricaure nobody low enough bring
in relief TO rank What of innuendo by the artists zig
zae CT poet pasqunade when every speak boldly
out and the generous liberty accorded the pess has sunk
in some quarters even into the foulest license
Although the staple oftragedy is extinct and that Of uni
taton old comedy in merely galvanized state OF vitality
yet the stage in this City ofNewYcrk demands supply Of
has there been the same ruth Of crowds the theaer the
same demand for new pieces ard the liberal rewards
for actor-any and Of really superior talent
being of amassing fortune in short time and the
poor player being fiction unless the player be poor on
the stage.
This apparent cOntrnety OF demand without supply rend
ers any attempt to meet the deficiency bold under
tsking-for seems be fight against the spirit OF the
age, in this hemisphere at least Last night at
Wallafks TheatCr kuch an uaie A
edy with the classical FIVE acts and the oldtempered title
of Tie Game Of Life put the stage with fdelty to
scenery costumes and versmtude of personages that /.
in strong with the cheap and naty sceourernen
of few years back and constitutes inducement Of e
TO the polite world 10 visit the theaer The bills contained
no author name but the cast simply given The plot
as follows An elderly country gentleman Adam GreeH-
leaf Blake has just married young girl OF wife, Rose by
name Mrs Conway lie comes to town-London- spend
some weeks the house of bis nephew Mr. Smer Dyoi
The nerhew is not particularly young having daugh
ter of sweet sixteen The marriage OF the uncle ehsgras
the nephew as cuts OF the chances Of him and his and
renders spirit Of hate and the desire of revenge in his
heart His wife is schemng person succeeds IN mar
ryipg her mere child of dsugbter-Matlda-l
Fanny Deanl TO mere boy" Of a husband-Lyt.ls
Wypdbsm ESQ Mrs. Stephens l-representa'ives the
latter Of Young England Mr. CAatertoE Drake BTo1gh
ami and Nicer .SAa90r Esq (Wacotl-why one Is called
Mister and the other Esquire does not appear-are PAR
Of idle scandal mcngers Mr. Grin Burke the pariner
Of Mr. Smisr and has very Little 70 say except to report
on one occasion the approaching ruin OF ther rnereane
house and on another It's oompleti5n- RuPeri Hos Les
ter Is ruined rufsny young gentleman formerly lover
and loved Of Rose but biz wohsrass having caused Inn
TO be Gus, Of by her be to Australia to dg gold and 10
turned in desperate circumstance end clothes looAa5
compost Of bsigand Azzsrcne and god hunter TIE ro'
JosI,g rs Broughsm the wahins and evsrPrent op-
ponent Of the scandal abOvennmd The return Oh
Rupert Ucye and the prying Of C4a,erf9a D. ~ pas
Smler in POSSESSION Vi certain ict;er-fu OF gsl NJ
tenderness ard ovewri.ien frtaery ~ Roe 90 htef
before his fall Smr hopes 70 atouad snd crush 0reH
afby eueh en- aunouncnen but be only i-ughs as usual
tie heal.liu laugh Of a consned coanty Life But RI
gsrf has demanded On interview wheh Rose lbs s-reed
tui iu Trescncc 81 o.htrs g. on o.i g. hin