New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-07
,IrrrE KEEpH' s THEATEE.

49,. .-,o,,g wa. 7icsoalcd at hi, house, iOr
G, .,,. :, A,ossi,s, a tTo--rt play by Eimrcd
- o.o viii c. oas particularly ot'gna n9ne
-. u,.hss5 fer AZ gou.." We have not SO pea
Lt,ovirr who ~. Edwurd Felconer may be-,
s,. evident that 10 90 ve1y cticfsly Ft1d.od tho
~. of co9ea,JSsA;y play vrteys. and that when he
...,s rut Tcu 10 paper ia Ms own behalf, he was
N.,o ertirry fo,get tbeir rnerits. Indeed, 81 fully
.--,,,.sd do<s Mr. Fa.cotey seem to hsvo been with
.niueretoe oftte work q one Mr. +. I,y'ton bat
,,osE Bu,rer LyHon rs tic whim . the ia''lO'
ar ke. thst lie hsi Mt e ss'ed 10 adopt bodily 'no
,srs plot Of orc q the uos, popular plays Oh 'ur'
,u;nert writer, which he ha- partly covers" W.
.ue unv, ,kmsrlike patchwork Of his own " CIV
IA g,css Ct revness ard originality. bat 'oe 49,
! to. thin. and too butglirey laid on to c'0'0"
sr~ssbiy, tho underlying ieb &c. IA. - ,bo
II tie rosder would got "a Impressive 80
Mot Of q, Fusbsrd 70. an Hour e' nun '''''9
Abe LAD ofI,yons with tae hcGeh'' a.
and enourh Of lie dialogue cat ou' W '.u"'0 = 'C
,;ya so4s totyo The fortunes OF the AcIses Y ''o
800 dr,,o,s aye 60 exactly parallel that 1t requires
arcst strrteo Ct charity 70 suppose purely acciaea-
Al. Ttst excess Of charity we hsvo not a. present
on hsnd. spd .dspossble IN that direction. Like
l., Claude Nelnoste," in Bulgers play, Robert in
,he drama Of DIR. Falooner by strange combination
lof circumstances InaiIes q wife above MS
cation vhom Re has Cor o long time &C.
astly loved; like Claude, he fights duel in her
hbslf and comes Of victorious by disarmng his an
xeonst s Ike Claude, he is Immediately separated
lyOn Ia lie. leaving her "pure and snspotted as
i,bs- H,st the day" sc Ike Claude, he returus his
fuSe 20 her mother while he departs for parts IN
A,cwr; ike Claude, he is abscut throe years, aud
aesn.mc studies and perfects himself in the accom-
,G.hmepts Of u gentleman ike Claude, he returns
spd bis wife peisecuted BY the addresses Of another
lie Esadc, be at one time rushes furiou'ly in and
sycs her fien the insulting advances Of that lover
lac Claude he on his return from foreign countries,
pate his wife in disguise, discovers that she sill
4 Ives him: ind finally Ike Claude MelnOtte afore-
lad in TIE be-enbcfore mentioned drama Of
The Lady Of Lyons" he, at the OppOrtune moment,
Ifrys OF his di guse ard takes bis loving vile once
rOre 10 his bosom, and sends Oa the discounted rival
nth, TO put it very decately, flea in his ear Add
al these things the circumstance that the rvalover
avery Ike Claxdes evil genius, " Besuseant,' aud
ba the mother Of the heroine is q matchmaking,
,.beming old woman, the copy of" Madame Deschap'
,elss, the mother Of Pauline, the naughty besuty
dLycns, and the points Of resemblance between the
Two plays arc nearly al noted.
Mr.. FaIconer hes, to be sure, introduced two low
srnedy servants, bat in the management of them he
shows the came spslngness Of originality; having
20, ead ynade TO HE hands which has already served
Ii. masters, lie thinks It quite good enough for the
men, and their career is prccieely similar to that of
eir betters nis.resses, absences duels and ali. But
81 all this tie play is not without interest, and it was
way well liked by the audience. But hold-Te may
sn been 700 fast in all tbs"A husband for an Hour
k no date, aid may possibly have been written be-
tslhe "Lsdy Of Lyons" if so, We make our lowest
anm and humbly beg Mr. Falconer's pardon but a.
essme tine in that view of the case, we take occa-
non oremsyk TO Mr. Bulwer tina. our good opinion of
I'm has fallen lower than Erie Railroad stock. for we
lave heretofore supposed he wrote his own plots and
slnt appropriate resdymsdc ones from other people.
But the sciDg on Monday night was very excellent
saeed, and Mics Keene and all the other ladies de-
myed much cred;., which they got, and Messrs Jor-
an Wheatieigh Jefferson and Peters acted tue other
hsr se,s wh care AID ability. The piece is superb!
costuoed ard the excellent taste Of the ansgeress ia
plainly vieibie in al accessories.