New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-10
THEATRE FRANChlS.

Tie FIeuoh are tse best of actors. They have the
az. OF hiding art. The first impression OF an American
On core to Partisan tbester if he be accustomed TO
the see saw gesticulaton AMI mouthogs of oar
melodrsmstic establishments, is-shy have / paid
mercy to view and hear merely whs. is said and dooe
in the streets the cafes and the dwellings around me
l. il all 30 fluent 30 vital-intense without rant witty
without vulgs,i;y. Partridge, who preferred the King
in Homkt bscsasc be talked big Ike real player,
ard net Garrick who did not act bat wss frightened,
jsst a. Partridge Lin se would be, seeing ghost
is delicate piece Of criticism on the falseness OF
English sctipg in ordinary; ssd the vice il describes
is in efpecsl contrast to the French style ofexcsence
This Parisan school, however, is exercising the
bsppiest influences on the American stage, and by
degrees oar actors begin to nonste like human beings
some OF the most eminent Of cSuse having the senti-
ment of reality sufficiently strong to be natural. In
the very important matter OF good scenic arrangements
and facilities to place and costume the force Of Parsi,n
monitership largely for the better. the stage
here indeed has undergone revolution in this regard
wi.5ins few years.
Looking upon French acting as the school, we eau
not but welcome this effort to domestoate it among
us. The directors of the Theatre Frsrcss. Messrs.
Widdows & Sage, haye had their establishment bravey
fitted up and remodeled, that there is nice array
of boxes and pit seats, and IS neat kttle place Is
could be desired. For an indefinite period q. Laura
Keene's "Our American Cousin 4" has been played To
delighted audiences who laugh With refined ecstasy at
the Cousin, witty remark on somebody who is very
good MAD bat be cant keep hotel For a definite
though prolonged period the veteran Wallsck has ex-
cceded himself in his Veteran" and its lively and
brilli.n. scene illustrations. For months the Acsd.
n n,,r,, ks, haap oil and No lpa n
linked their sweetness with prime ladies', kettle
drums detonated wrath with ruffianly bsssos. Thus
has our theater going world been hou'eess and
for.oru-so place open for then-no Amusement ex-
cept Iteration on iteration. The overture Of the
Freuoh Theater, therefore, was the signal for
rush and crush of people. Every seat was more
than tsken-every avenue stalled After the grand
ove,ture TO Tampa, which we recosct to have heard
before, the curtain rose upon IN enlargement de
main" 1t is not humane intention TO inaict tho
reader an analysis of the plot Suffice it TO say IL is
Feuch and clever. The actors, too, are bright and
interesting. NJ. Paul Lahs, who figures 10 thu larger
letters on the BILL is the young first man. as the French
have it. He comes OF Tboa!re Francois 90 Paris
place wters they do not have bad actors. It was
bis first appearance here, and he made success.
Then there was M lie Laurence Chevaier of the The
strs des Varieties, . nice actress; also Miles Jane
Monthesux and Louise, NJ NJ. Tsllot, Delalaip,
Thiery and Leon the leser lights. Ia the after piece
NJ. Bertrand figured.
These actors suffice to make nice entertainment,
and give a specimen Of average Ftench acting. The
pieces are well put on the stage aud the directors
seem DESTROYS to command approval. la proportion
this enterprise sustained will greater variety and ex-
celencs be forthcoming; and the probabilities favor
lie continuance and extension.