The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-14
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s.st Mare drama In ave scss, sritsea for Mr.. d.
"a, eort BY the aa' hor Of 'CivlizAos" produced
last night the 6rst time In the Unsd States The
sseDs Of the play laid 4 hodea% in Italy, and tho
period We presume to b. about the middle OF the a.
tenth century although the properties and stage furni
turs were mo srn and hs costumes wore san ,ently
varied TO Justify any iies upon the subject Of
time The plot Is simpe aud the incidents
are SO strange "a frequently TO exceed the
widest range allowed 10 dramatic probabilities.
It barc (zvenport) Is " soldier OF fortune"
married TO Danois, (Ame. Ponlsi wealthy LADY.
Diane "a hiss hid Irritation previous to marriage with
Lorenzo, Prince ~ Of Aodens (Galagher), and that In
dvduA stu lo,es her He sndeAsors to induce her TO
consent from her husband In order that she
may marry her sovereign and plots to carry her OF from
mask ball which The had attended alone But the
plotters, being snguAry ndiscre o., are overheard by
st. Mare who droppsd in late ana he illustrates their
plans BY carrying her away himself, and being guilty Of
high treason BY d.swpg bus s~Md upon the Prince.
Ths situsiiop closes second act and lie the third
find st. Ware giving up his wife voluntarily, because
he Is persuaded that she loves the Prince. From her
uct IL Is really difficult to ascertain who she loves.
But the Pr who Is net intelligent spols every
thing by getting up p,t To damn her citation The
po; 10 30 fimsy that St. ,sxc sees through II.
(,he author Keeps him brnd ~ possibls) and the
outraged husband obbsss the Prince to confess his vii
Lpy, and sgain commits high treason by St king his
yereigp 9TH the fat OF his sword That's the sitaa
tom lhighly efectiv.) Tor the end Of the third act
In Tho fourth act we ind that St Marc has been to
the was be l. without funds aoo Is afflicted with
the blues lie lisnora fri an overtarnec car
risee AZ has with her q Ia Claude Meiaot'e
He s not very much change, but she does not knoS
him The Prince whom he meets and DULLES, Is
more ssgacious, and st Mari is arrested and COM
mitted to prison. But he hncs iriends. inore
baa been change in the administration, and the "onts
b. AIDED BY Balcastro Finance Minister eangwel con-
spre to overt Lorenzo. It Marc to bs liberated
and to the Prince 1T the altar where the
royai nuptias with Disnora are to be celebrated ST.
Marc forces his way the palace interrupts pleasant
eo ee between Lorenzo and Dianora wherein the lady
s assured that gentleman only married her 10 order
to cast her into dungeop and Lorenzo 10 in fair way
TO receive his qaieus, when the lady ntercedes ioI
him and st Marc calls for the guard, giving W
his fellow. conspirator, TO be "loaded with cnaus
The Prince refuses to change his determination al
to the Lady, and mattars look very black, wber
Lorenzo is Allied by Gismando, (Conway,) mad
troo per no has been talking about 'reriouton aoc
srevepse through out the piece The Prince dies up
the sape-Danora rushes into st. Msrcs arms-virtue
such ss It s is xarded and viss in tn person of
very in consists mt villain is suitably punished
The language rises ab We common place, and
the audience bored Of verbage In the
first and second The CHI Of ST. Mar, is the
only one in the piece tina. all natural although
MIR. Conway made good part out of Gismaado Mr..
Davepports popularity carried tbs piece off, last night
but had 1t depended upon its uerits It would have
met the fate pred cted by Dcgoery for Boracho, and
been " condemned into everlasting redemption" The
acting Of the principal part by MI Davenport CAPT
tal and, far artistic effect goes, 1t the
mum oOnrm which We always expect and seldom
The conception of the part borne out by the knes
although 1t would not bear analysis. No sensible
would make any sacridce that 70 UNFAIRLY ma 10
by st. Marc, under any circumstances and the
author have desired to get Of strong
situations and effective toLeaUr without regard to the
natuIalness Of the plot thereby defeating the true end
and aim Of the drama Nature would not ,ognse her
image In such mirror.
Madame Pcnisi Played Dianora respectfully. Mr.. Gal
lsgher is not at for snch parts the Prince and Mr.
Grosvenor hard and tresome OF the old style
Of court butterflies
The people seemed to lie the latter part of "St
Marc" and Mr. Davenport and Mr.. Conway were called
out.