New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-27
VALLAcH'S THEATER.
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sbs artist is too well established 10 need any length
ned panegyric at our hands We eau only cay teat
n soy skepticism existed in his mind about his popu
,r.y the brilliant aspect Of the immense IA Hence
vho paid him the compliment Of their preset ce on
ss.uIoa y evening, must have relieved hin OF all
doub ard given him tse h4tterpg assurance that the
pumber of his admirers i, legion Mr. Letter is not
By am means iotelec ua looking but is unqusstion
sbly stIikDgly band,ome young man. aud on tits
sco0unt 9, OF course, quite fayore with the female
isbitUe. OF bis fathers iheater This tender interest
which he hss always inspired, his been recently, if
posib O. increased by the starring Of the momentous
question, whether Sir Jordan, who creates the sane
tuiter and sensation in female hearts or the classic
boards Of BaItOD's as Mr. Lostsr does at Wa aek's,
4 not the Landowner Of the two. Iodeed, for some
time past the excitement created by this interesting
controversy grew more intense "a The period
Of Mr. Testers benefit drew ner. Many ware the
h.,t snIieIies of our n.tve democratic and foreign
born bellies In most Of the streets that cluster round
Broadway female circles were divided into two
thques-the Lester bees aud Jordan bellies. To bring
.bout satisfactory d. cisoD, it was agreed, we
jersaDd. that the Jordan bellies sh .uld lend their
charming presence at the Lester benefit while the
Lkiier belics would return the compliment On the
ssneft Of Mr. Jordan. This Circumstance imp 8rted 10
Saturday evening performance g. T. us, most pleasing
excitement. 81 Ike Mr. JOresn much better said a
blue eyed adopted she-citizen near us with geat
bsnebce OF manIer aud a strongly marked German
accent 81 don't know, re,orted her friend, at the
sane time giving her black malicious eyes an inq ais
tive plunge into operaglsss of quite colossal pro-
PORTIONS. We could not ascertain the official result
Of this and many other eager discussions Of the hght
90 this vexsd Jordsn-apd ester question Iodeed
sdies fight pretty firmly for their fsvertes the war
likely TO last until the cese of this century or the
Crimean II is most amusing, this rivalry between
he iheaters OF Mr.. Wslsck and Mr.. Burton. Aa
Apollo ike Mr.. Jord an cannot appear at the with
out Paris like Mr. Lester at heOtber. We not al
owed TO linger for night unnteTu ptedly
he sttI sctioDs OF Mr.. Waacks little treasure Miss
Mary Cannon for forth buds the sef same branch at
Bsftons the full fresh beauty Of Miss Emily Thorne
Wecanno, have our full of delight in looking Bur-
tsrian Venus without being lured away to some Wal.
.ctian Cleopatra. This is pleasant and pr ftsble
doubt not TO bOh managers. There lie nothing like
excitement.
For the CON coy OF Beaumont and Fletcher played
CD Saturday night as inGeed for those gentlemen and
btr works in general we cannot profess any special
sdmrs.on. To the genius of Shakespeare alone it
plot aud characters which be borrowed from the drs
matists and novelists Of Ialy, Spain and Greece
Whether he scene be laid at Verona, Seville or Mes
,Da the characters under his a6aptati lose all alien
Asyos ana are at naursized with crisp English
ntttle Let the plot be ever so foreign AugloS,x-
u notions the intense nationality of the poet absorbs
L Hence the wonderfully magne c effect OF hi. play
upon an Anglo-Saxon aud ence. As the curtain rises
and the opens something Otnat strange feeling
which makes one start at the sight of rscy fox hunt
or ones heart pa plate a; an Epson, or Derby,
loyers around the place. We feel carried back TO
tie bauns OF our Childhood fin the presence of one
who had sprung from the sane soil and grown up with
the same feepgs-and soul as t were, di ates and
EXPANDS unde all m Anner of pleasant sensations and
genial impressions But MT SO with Beaumont and
Fletcher They took their plots FROM the noveiss OF
Southern Europe; but while they only give the origin
atty Of thu plot Shakespeare impars to the plot the
orie insty of bis genius The plot of Rule
"a Wife and Have Wife is taken from Ger
vsntes. Donna Marguerite is CastiIian lady
Of rs,her impeIious sposton. Disguised with the
pr6e and arrogance Of tue staggering beaux OF
Abdalusia, she makes up her mind not TO marry at
81 unless she finds handsome youth, who, wbie
glowing with manhood, must be utterly devoid OF all
ymp:om of intellect. She requires sound physical
nan but without the slightest indication Of brains
A, PERSONS without intellect present rarely really
manly appearance. our Donns might have sighed in
vain for a husband capable OF gratifying her love
without giving umbIage by his mental powers If it
Isd not been for a handsome youth of the valiant
lsme Of Leon, who assumes considerable amount
" sheepshness and thus succeeds in iDsnuating him
2f into the good favor, and what is more imp rtant
Al into no
! he eccentric lady.
Mr. Lester, who persOnsted Leon, possesses AL the
yAysics advantages requisite for this role. His sheep
AneSs however, was not 80 much that OF a renne1
Nmedsn a. OF an amateur carcsturist but his hand
figure and graceful manners are beautiful CON-
nsaiion for his lack OF artistic conception and if he
ioes no: excite admiration he succeeds in producing
pme uerment. When 10y offering the required con-
kna,icn be prev ais Msrguers o become the Lady
Leon be soon throws oil the mask. and to her great
ot sterr alton proves that TO Rule Wife IS to Have
awe Mr.. Lester assumed the dignity and vindi-
Gated the power of husbsNd with much effect and
rsto :, The edi6cation Of macy despoiic sPonses,
and tie un,peakable indignation Of a great nsmoer
q stroDgmindtd women among the audiences.
1lrs Conover who persoDsed MaIgaeri's, Is lady
Of hand. ONE presence Her cooutenanoe, lit up oy
fpe eyes ana surrounded with charming PERCUSSION
q fair cuIls fits her more however, for the persons
ten .; Cssi,tan besu'y than her general power oi
acting which Ia ks the buoysocy ana live'ess whion
AOu'd belong 10 the character. But though no.
very spirited, Mrs ConI,er msk>e handsome sno
graceful Mrgueri,a; and il we had 10 choose between
, he two extremes Of excess Of quietness or excess
pe;ulsnoy we should peter the former, into which
his lady IN this part falls.