The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-05

New Play, by Dsarsasault.
At Hope CHAPEL Wednesday evening, Mr.. Dioa B,ur-
eieaut rssa play advertised ~ the forth coming
novelty u the season Ct the Priross Thsstrs Loaion
There WAS . very good attendance. Mr. Boureissuit
announced that hs should mot read the whole play bat
merely give sketch OF 1t. he nmsnosd by
marks relative to originality, and schno. that In
FUSED Up" hs took the foundation Of his piece from
obscure French lcs The chars o. cir Charles Cold
stream he said could not b. found In French society
The truth was said he in comedy ,hs main thing was
the representation Of character and manners. It made
but little diDsrsnes whore the plot from. In
hs play he had taken the plot from "Quentn Dur
ward" Hugo's "QuAsimodo," and the dramatic poem
" ius XII" The time that Of tho conflict OF The
barons under Charles the Bold against the powss Of King
Louis XII The character Of Louis has been stro-
ducsd on the Englh stage The action OF the piece
mences when Louis had retired HIS castle near Tours
and few days tefore his death The rst act trans
prss In the vicinity Of the CASTLE the characters
dnetd being Philippe de COrinne, the hsoran thshpgs
pfyfic.an Tristan, the hermit; Marie de Corinne auc
others They engage In . dialogue relative to the her
NIT who 10 expected to arrive and heal the king The
hermit then arrives wen envoy of Charles the
Duke Do Nsmous. 10 the next act there ia scens be
tween the DAuphn and Marie de ctrinne when the heir
apparent gives her ring promising that whom he ID
king he win grant any favor abe may ask. Nsmour,,
the envoy, who Ia in love with Marie, has bean
saved in his youth from the vengeance Of The kipg
and now comes under another name. Coriune is
ss'eDshsd At the tsmeiity Of Nsmours. He advisss
Nemours for the rake Of Marie heal the differences
between the King and Bnrgendy Nsmours refuses to
anything Of the sort because he nenis to avsngs his
father executed 1t the command Of the King TIE King
enters and has sharp dialogue with his bu,qa ph,s
sian sert Of French Aeernsthy Then Nenours hAs an
-~fAAs
gauntlet challenge to the King from Charles The
Bold The King Dardons the afront The Kiog however
induces Tristan to escort Nsmour the frontier and
then the journey eontrvs to Kill him. The a,t .csns
very vel worked up In tho third act there IL bit Of
psasaDt dialogue between the King who 1, out TO-. .
walk, and several peasans Louis aware that there Is
mystery about the envoy OF Burguudy and thinks
thst Marie in love with him. and he with He d.
sires to bride Nsmours with something and will give him
this gI He picks the OF her and She think.
Ing ash shDows everything about the affair." mentions
the Of Nerours much to the sstopsh ment Of the
King. In the next there Is grand procession to
sign q treaty Of alliance between Louis and Burgundy
The act Ia about to be contaminated whom despatch
rvss announcing the defeat and death Of Charles tho
Bold Tns King then declares the envoy to be IA ipos
tor, snd orders him into custody The French and Bur
gundIsn hrights are about to hght, whsn the monk,
Francis de Peae intsrssrss and Nsmours Is led OIL The
Kings physician who has the ingress egrsss Of tn.
castle, gives Nsmcurs the key with the understanding
that he is Immediately to n.y. But Nsmours refuses to
fly, ard hides himself behind the Kings bed order to
asssinats him. The ply stefan Informs the King that
Nsmours Is gone very nuch to the monarshs indigna
iion who about to order him to execution but elents
because he needs his services. Altar . sceae
between the King and The monk, in which
the former sues in the most absct manner for s but
refuies to make atonsmen for his SINS Nsmous comes
from his hiding place 10 ful6l his desire to kill the King
but fusss to do bscause he thinks it will DO greater
punishment for him to live in his present CON tion Ne
mours rushes out and the king s the stage ia CON
WILSON'S. Tho action Of the fifth act tAnspires in 81
loon Of the CASTLE where the bs anxiousy Whiting
hear the Of the kings death TIE king enters In the
last stage Of disease but dressed In his royal robes and
Insisting upon life. The physician tells him, however
that his end Ia near, whom no orders the execution Of
Semours to take place Immediately. The king attacked
with spasm-the Dauphin, thinking him dead plsess
the upon his head-Mare rushes in and claims thu
faamert Of the pledge above noticed when the hing ia
vivss Daring al this time the fornalitiss preceding he
szscntn have been going upon terrace ct the back
Of the stage, the king having Tered the sxssuon TO
take place In his siga After he rssivss The monk en-
ters the king rpsnts IN erywis and the execution ii
stayed just the about to descend TAs he sas
advance and prosaim the new monarch and the ourtap
falls The reading occupied TIVE hours and was Interest
Ing The student Of dramatic literature win sss that the
character Of the king ID elaborated make 1t tue
feature Of the play and also that there opposta
nity for great actor TO dissneush himself. The Ian
gusge ID vigorous and we'll chosen, and there excel
eEt opp rtunes for the introduction scenic ee ,s In
The second, thhd, fourth, and fifth ACTS.