The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-29


f1ssv-As ssss~c~e tess1ey. s.s- sate~ess 1t u %
-. vtsk.y zsxe. h.ooa ssssAns and held a &c. .
Aesd~ssy es Masse-Ihe Aussseur Play.
10 the cfsn'os ~ The pafs~~ directly esaooreeJ the
ssss sm,cs~As a Ne age pAos night
hsns Iasoe. II exusosdiAAry tse~vsosi repre-
srosssa ny smssesrs ed o. sse Amss.oas Drsnsuc
fusd Assresos "A the anniversary u the tacospora
u soce,y recured the ie<h Of tss nth,
srd as 1a noticed in the usual ~y, we presume that
ths csusassrs,os ,s,eee~> take she place, In
part q the regular osistsau q tho sssosisses.
rhs io,a a the performance Ct lat ugh, orgaA,sd
sab Mr. Jcia Bcushs~, whose .sbos Cor she Fund nave
bep uhc,ssns, ssd cut o, seAsoa. die has
the ides bro,xhs sasefhcr ssgrants for his
uouo lame, aied then, ooaxei them. snd nod Thorn.
Ike eoscsmass visss rsssor. "usod each us
proved oecn cod dcisy." Whistler be alurci 70
b. shser cords, ~ qsst'os Of csstet'cr.
p,esI'arny, the ,h.sg noosseiy suooessfaL The
prices high higher thxs operate rates aud yet tbs
| lower house wss full The fasd VIII PROBABLY mako
good thing 81 10. though bot 20 good a. sn expected
People ATE sby q smAiew players, who generally
| ptcfees oasi boFo.
The bouse almost e1,'ey Metropolitan, and includ-
Cd aIncst everybody ira, saybody AID great msaf
peore ~ho have uieo for a ioug une b DO soAcboiy
| bu, 9th opiy moderate
The program me Of the evening included ave &C. play
{arst time) by Messs Broushsu ana Goodrich, called
" The Dark Hour Before the Dawn" and operate
selections, la which Mis BSasssoa, M Boaghsoa Mr.
James Caiessy and Mr.. Cooke sung Mr. csicrsy sung
capital patriotic air by Mr. hiiasd, and sio driskiss
dirty in the play and with his One voice gave al esc 70
| both.
Tie performances Of the evening werc commenced by
tho recitation by Mr. Taylor and very wei soae, too Of
tho euboined prologue which written by w. N. r.
| Willis
Ladies' and gentlemen, I cone 10 say
word about the moral cf our play.
Tho play itself-U've read h)-sccs 70 provo
| The terrible uncertainty Of kys
| You smile! Perhaps you think that's nothing new
| And yet, what lovers tovo alikeS No twvi
! Say what you will Of human multiplicity.
| Two mover yet had Just the same feiicityi
| So let us, you please, blow bubble,
| To Show you cue moro kind Of love AUD uoabia
| gentleman gots married, one ano day,
And tkkce his wife home with hIa--fs al o. NY
She OF the two was mos, In love DOT funny,
Considering che was poor nno he bad mooney;
For womnois justice comes frt m he4vtp above
When she's no tn, sue MAKES W In loye
Our bride was thef eiofe fond and sonetbng over
balance, mind yool that she gave 40 lsseri
Though not thought ber iod aud there's bother;
She had been seen by chance 10 kss her pfotaeri
Frantic the husbsnd' Tor tue story ran,
Bs lacy bad been 10 hiss a mani
On this hook hangs the plot. But IA not stay
| 10 tell you all Tie <orkioss OF the play.
| S1aee u that the story soes 10 shos
You, str bave chanced, ss everybody kuows,
j
| But, all OF that sseet cup you hide the lp,
| LSnt think the bcilesties won't try 20 slpl
Where bopey Is, the siy ,hnfs wii be,
They're IN tie habit Of il-(''Yes, sir cei'l
| This, then, our moral. hotter than partition
| In that roleafsal Of a bell, srspc,cni
| And though an angel sometimes turns out human,
| he true yourself and you may truss IN womsal
Then came "The Dark Hour Before Dawn" The &C.
ton OF which 10 Presumed 10 anspro France aarias
the latter part Of the reign Of Xfy Tho yoomso
DO Rosierc (hr j. l. keese) high spirited and very
sensitive robemaa, with large psssssnns xhs hAs con
tracted matrimonial alliance with Ccciie (x4ss Elsos)
the daughter Of "1oor but respectable prentsp rfs al
lance extremely disgusting Alfred De s.nneye mr.
C. g. Rosenbcrs), relative and her prssumptve of the
vicomso Alfred refuses 70 rocogsizs cscis ~ memssr
Of tho family. and dkguhcs . dAsAlns rascal oas Ia
force Mr. Alfred Carrol), . nobienss, and through
that means oon,riyes 70 throw tho suspicion tina, ccce
has had IN AFFAIR before marriage Ho AIDED innoscusly
In this By friend Of the family, Baron Dc Tro2 M
T. N. Curts), fellow who 10 always blunaerlns and
getting In the way Of every ooe- The ycs.aiesss
gcts worry miserable the vicourse very angry and bc
vnOmtesse has brothcr joseph OR. J. IIosad Wan
wrishc who fstead OF standing by boz, s big 6sccrs
hcr 20 . sS% az sor s's as s
things But Afterwards Joseph goes "a iow oasr or
taps f'uhc kept BY Papa ChAuve surs M James Car
OF the rich rewards has obtained Cor viyu ,s
vcomtetse. OK course, Joseph goes work n a scry
o
husband, and the donoocmcbt 10 happy ote.
Beyond the persons above mentioned thore several
minor characters, which were acted by M~srs J. A.
rage j. Astyn Marsh. mscou, Ecmsen, Ffcdsfcts, h.
l'clew, Norton, Bovine and Addison. There "a 40 od
.shioncd under plot, wherein Mons eira walls, (Nr Gam
bril) makes lovo to Mldames maid fMhS Brosr) and
these make up the dyanoas fsygona.
Ire play iuelf weak and unir,,rcstne not MY dEn
and stupid There In the lighter d.sosae ,rtoe here
and there Of Mr. Bfougha clever hand ~ sasa spDs
are az cases IN desert Of p.ross Iners arc
ELECTS enout b. scenes enough, snatons esoag,,
motive Tor them, And in IN
OTHER every day Offences, there lef die re
tenoe OF motive The intrigue o. prs pay, n Each Il
may ne called would DOT deceive gfensst niersra
dus'e or the fofiest boarding scDool girl.
On The Tile psge "oretnaisy" GAINED f~ tbs pay
fore in artistic shape. AMI no, fAaslsn uIsai
its counterpart IN the dramatic repertoire II osbora
Broueham should work aloEc nsrcsfsor. ~"
As for the performance they better than 90 "a
peced There WIS the usual shskincfs ana gtaarss
good many people 10 the hack scats oSuld nat hear
word that was spoken on the stage. Perhaps
was TIC moro gracious. The ad,s good of c1arac
Cece might have been q little more g1ssiug sni rsna
os but the lady's maid suiscectiy shafiy sns
Iaforce was rather mild rsssa sd n sros, ~.
Sessions Judge Russell would PROBABLY let k1 81 c9lg
On on thc ground that 60 nice young raan
who was most artisi'ay made NJ and Admirably Acied
BY Mr. cafer,y, Mr.. wainwrlgh, GER poaosssd a
shade Of the character The Others msnxsi " 81 on
and OH tho stage and speak thcr speeches wsh more o.
less cleve'nese, generally Iosg
The audience seemed 20 Ike u: Tho aapis1~, vac
hearty and frequent, and thore were 600 or 100 reAs
me ptrfor atee, considering tbet tne AcAdey
No large Tor this sort OF thing and play very
oao may DC considered rather csoaiLabe than othcr-
IHE Oft1A lila fayorii' VIII be sung This evening
or the lsst time tbs scsson Tho dstbason IL the
as on "edncsaay-Gazzanga stefaDi and NoFon IN The
principal paf,s. Cazz,iga Is grand In Lsrors, and
one VINO can appreciate high masespecc Of lyrisas