The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-30


Mis- Keeue commenced last evening the third ses-
son u her agreeable theatre and the circumstance A.
traoted very large and cordially disposed audience
Long before the curtain the pcards SO cheering to
managers, but 90 distressing To the general public stand-
ing room only" appeared in front Of the box Office and
soon after there not standing room Tho thea
ire has bright, esh renovated look, and has evidently
been put In thorough order. Tho nav covering for tho
benchescrimson in place Of yellow-s much peasAnter
70 tho eye Otherwise the general appearance Of tho
house ID nearly the same - before.
The performances embraced two pieces new TO this city
Tho first was . comedy drama In two acts, BY
Tom Taylor, called "Ths House or the Home"
and . clear case Of hrcenious abstraction from
:" Les Perib dams IL Dsmeure" Mr.. Taylor did
for tho Adeph theatre, London, where 1t was arst
acted in Nay at We give annexed the London and New
York casts
Character Adelpai. Laura Kseus,s
M Chstwood Mr. A. Wigan- Mr. George Jordan
Gen. Wilmington. M. G. selby. Mr. Burnett
Mrs wardour. Mrs. A. Wigan 90 Miss Laurs Keene
Mfs Cnetwooo Miss H. SHINES Miss Ada CT roa
The plot Of this play very slight and wa shall use but
few words In describing IT, Mr.. Chetwood il rising DO
iticiAn who negects his wife in order to attend more
strictly " his Parliamentary duties Left to herse Mrs.
Chetwocd hts to the extreme verge Of ruin with Frsas
rick Wardour, sucking diplomat who neglests his pros
poets az severely the husband culya!es his The guar
dian angel for all parties Mrs. wardour who mnnages
to break of the illegal filtration and give the errng couple
good moral Lesson At the time The incidents with
which this plot is elaborated are very trivial,
but arranged with great deal Of tact The
Characters are very well drawn, the dialogues
smooth and agreeable though not so brilliant az one
might reasonably expect from the author Toe pecs ia
ore OF those unobjeclonabe, inert sting affairs WHICH
without being exceedingly clever, still always agree
able. Il was carefully acted Miss Keece h4s changed
tho Character which she acts SO far make II repre-
sent the sister instead OF the mother Of Frederick Il Ia
thereby somewhat weakened but perhaps the alteration
was more than stoned for BY the very spirited way 10
which Ms Keene acted. We have rarely seen her look
Me chsrmingiy, play artisticaly Mrs Clifton
GOOD but acted rather too much. Violent aterna
tons and striking poscs out Of place in pieces Of
order Mr. Jordan, whose Tentee seemed especially sats
factory to the audience played Cnetwood we'll In the
the injured husband with marked dignity and apgomb
Nr. DAILY ives little stiff o. times, but tho
lsyed an unthaDkful par creditsbly The play
ceiyed with marked satisfaction by the audience and
will doubtless BIZ fixture in the rePetorJ OF the theatre
The aerp'ece burletta, called Sour Clerks" and s
iopnCed upon the call made upon the London shopmen
ers IN the army IN the country should need their
services is not especially appropriate 10 this locality
but made succeEfu BY the excellent acting Of MSses
Clifton, welis Mccarthy, Mr.. F. A. Vincent, j. Smith,
Pctefe and others.
The perform Of the evening were quito entertain
Ing, and the excellent orchestra under Mr.. Thomas
Bakers balcn not the least agreeable feature Mr.
Bs9ers overture wac very cleverly arranged and well
PLAY ed,