New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-25
THE DRAMA.
for the visit

Mr. Morris Barnett is the author OF an American
Comedy. which was produced at BuRroSs last even
ing with new scenery, capital dresses ard good act
ing The title is Our Set, the scene at Washington,
the motive a vacant COnsusbip The hero VIVIAN
Maiden. Jordan handsome and gifted young gen
tleman Of the legal profession, Is pursued by ad
we're fate and plunged in dependency, and is in 1--we
with Ber,ba Waverer Mrs. Burton; her father, the
Hon Mr.. Waverer, like him, bu. her ssep-mother
Mrs Husbe. does not. Our Set. coterie OF Office
seekers and in,riguers, governed by Mrs. Waverer
,broueh Dr. LACQUER, (BurioD,) obey that lady m-
mise and determine TO support her cousin, s. spoon
bill. ESQ, de Walden for the Consuship An
sdro;, friend of Maldens, Mrs Poodle Miss Ray
mo,dl deceives Mrs WaverSr into the belief that
Maiden is in love with her, and accordingly she deter
mines 10 give him the Consulship. DR.. Lacquer, a
c,a, haired old lobby-agent s set to work. The Set
do their best for the new aspiraut the President no NJ
mates and the Senate confirms him; but not TIL MIS-
Waverer finds that she has been deuled that Nal
den is really in love with her daughter naw VII ose
hand and fortune DIR. Lacquer had thought would
sure,y be his This discovery inspires the virtuo1s
LEADERS of Our Set with rage but it is too lae their
vork has been accomplished and they are obliged TO
see Maiden cary of both the office and the heiress
This meacer and threadbare plot is filed out with
rather lively dialogue and the opportunities i. offers
for effect are toerably improved but there is nothing
original or brilliant Above all, the play is not Amer
lean in ANYTHING but name. The wire-pullers al
Washington are certainly shabby set Of people,
but they are not such Of niDnes as Mr. Morris Bar
nett represents them; nor are tie gteIing prizes OF
office bestowed by such stupid means as he would
have us believe In bis use OF political Saus be $50
betrays ignorance where he affects knowledse; thus
he makes Senator Waverer speak OF attending
caucus of "Softs" at the Capitol, not knowing that
ibis euphonious epithe. belongs exclusively to the
State of New.York. So he constantly employs the
nhrase of the Hon. Mrs. Waverer'-a title which
belongs only 10 dgnitsries Of the masculine gender,
though in England, with whose u:ages Mr.. Barnett
ia of course more familiar-it is also appl to Ia
dies of noble birth. Altogether, Our Set is not des-
tined 10 make an epoch in dramatic literature II
hiss rather the air of translat or adaptation than
of an original piece. II it we're condensed into a
single act it might be made successful but there IS
not enough OF il for three.
OF the acting we can speak in terms OF eommenda'
ton. Mr.. Burton, as Dr.. Lacquer, was spendldiy
made up and did the best with his part. SO did Mn'
| Hughes, Miss Raymond and the others Mr.. MOORE
as Senator Waverer, played carefully and WELL
CINDERELLA This popular opera is atuscune
very large audiences at the Broadway. Even ia''
night the House was well filed, in spite OF the re-
pellipg storm while in fair weather, II 10 packed a.
full a. can hold The piece is put upon the stage
in excellent style, and aside from the rich muse
a most attractive spectacle. Last night there w~
title change for the better in the cast-AF' n0f'