The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-09
.~.A my OF slu.se--m,,e. Rachel.

az ady T.r,uss comedy IN fve acts was played her
last evening for ,hs frss time In America with Racsoi
| Sarah and Binah yrih Nm. Raphael Felix, Kaniou,
and cheri oins iu tho prSacipsJ parts. We thinl
that this ,he hrrt sye act French comedy Of society
tina, has been pr >ssn'ed I'm this city in iis on
| ginni language. II Is tn work Of Madame de Giar.
din gifted and brilliant writer, who lately died
AT ParA. The suthore,s has taken Moliere's "Iar.
iuie" for hef sut-ra,um and has changed the time
to the nnseenth cssafy The rsrioac Of this piece Is
woman, Mae de Blossae {Mle he) who Ia better
than ior, but who strives by scls of bcne,olence
such jackets savoy ards monkeys aud by
ing particularly piou-, t induce peopse 10 think her
paragon Of virtue and piet She IL ia love With Hector
de Renne,ic t Raphael Felix, who hat "a her because
she has been the cause death ola friend Of his,
who jumped n window In order to sa~c Mile DE
Bossacs reputation and thessby broke his NECK Lady
Tartuae Is endesvoing to catchaa old the Marsha
dEsgny On. Chcri) when navridgc DE- oonr~,~srte IL
arranged between Hector and the Msrsbnls niece Jeanne
Q'ne binah feis), young. .iais, who Is what the
French call nofnu and who has definite idea Of the
awful responsibilities Of married l6s, except that u
involves tbs0 expenditure Of great deal ef
money for clothes bonnets and bysute, with which
she is inteni ely delighted. Mile do B,rssac arny cir
culates story TO ruin tho reputation ~ tbs little girl Ia
order that Hector not marry her ard That shc may
hsve the Marshal oil to herself circumstances favor de
anu IN on Poit oi succrss
for Hector and disclosures made by the Baron des
Tourbisres, (M Randoux) who has been in her conf.
dsnce, her to throw OIL the mask confess that
she the guilsy party in the intrigue mis-.
taken for Jeanne.
lady TartnGe" IL not TO idea, perfect comedy.
Tie plot Is incomplete aud the dialogues though often
witty, altogether too long The heroine does
rePrcsen, class in ioeety indeed she would hum.
bug any oi ordnSsy penetration. This last
the principal dncul,y which Mile Rachel hborcd
under in playing the part In addition she suffered
from The circumstance that the house is nnsuitei
elegant comedy, which ia much better appreciated in
small theatres than Ia vast establishments like the AGA
DENY. 1t Ia not too much t. sny that she triumphed
everything, and carried the play through
fully by her consnmmae acting. Nothing could be Amer
than her with the old Marshal tho injured
Jeanre's mother We have never seen an actress xho
could approach Rachel In that department OF the art
technically called repose.n This OF the great
features In her performance last night have sd
before, do not think she Ia great la the moderu
plays in Corneillc aud Racine but think that she
Il much better In 'Iady Tartutc" than In Angelo and
'a Tiste" Mile Dnah capital the artless Jeanne
and NJ Felix very good In Hector. N. Chcri, niae
clever, usual In the role of the old Marshal The
play was rather slow until the third act which
Mile Rachel was called ont. Che will not act again at
the Academy, but win go 10 kblos, whore ahc sppcara
Monday next. She complains that the Academy Il
large that IL fatgucs her 10 act there