New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-03
LAURA KEENE'S THEATER.

10 onresque fury seems 10 have possessed sssraJ
an the broadway mansgsrs a. the same r,me for ,v,
,ipe,e exec tion. all The Br adway thea,sr. produsI
burlesoues last ght- The leading aurs Of all ,hl.
wbirlw ind of absurGty, which ha, over yhelmed On,
civ was doubtless tie piece played last evening foe
the first time, at Laura Keenes Theater It /. eaIsl
"The Tycoon" and Is clever alteration Of sao,I,sr
hur)esque founded originally upon the story Of Prince
Csmsmalzama and the Princess Vadoura in the Arabian
Nights. The plot Of the piece rus as foIlows:
| youpg New-Yorkr-fis name b Persimuoas--
takes The plsce Of Camsrslzsman aDd he daughter II
the Tycoon that Of Bsdoura- After hi, sight Of her
beauty in the room where bic father has ,oeked him
up, to which she has been brought by the Dia-Kos-
Dsc, for the rake of mpetirion with himself who q
the favorte Of the Fairy he makes up hs mind 20 run
a.r her, and starts in cpper4bp Of biz fathers for
Jeddo, where he finds her sire the Tycoon and goes
through all sorts Of tbuaton and opp tion TO securs
her hand, and "do" Young Coon In the end the Ty.
coon Is kledtbe Fairy gives up an claim 20 the hand
Of Persimmons, and t all ends happily 10 the usnsi
hureeque sty that is to say, the Prince marries the
Primo &c. and the reprobstes are disposed Of 10 the sat-
isfaciion Of everybody.
The play Ia the production Of Messrs. Fitz James
o brien and c. G.. Rosenbere--Mr. OBrien, we be-
eye being responsible for ALI Of the soBgs and the
greater payt Of the dialogue When add that tss
songs are all sxcelently written and tbatshe language
h for The most par, good and at times absolutely bril-
Espt, we do brit simple ju,sce to NJ O'Brieu.
II ia cardinal point in suresrue writing TO choose
subject with which the public IL rerfectly well
auanted or The sad public win ob.usely fail 10 see
the refut Of the authors efors The stories of thu
daughter of the Grand Vizsr, Mis- scherezads,
.kav Ia IN &.
youth, ere for the most pa, suppsn,sd in tho
adult ntnd by noney, and stocks. and such
other bass considerations as occupy children when
they have grown old ergugh 70 BE- called men. And
the story Of Camaralzaman and Badoura is not 20
thoroughly familiar to tie audience that they Instantly
perceive what The author "a driving x. However the
piece of last e7ening psr,kes rather of the operate
and spectacular shan of thepurey bua~sque. 1t was
suecess, well received y the au fience aud win
doubtless have q, run. In he way II scenery and
DIRE ses everything has beer done by tie management
tina, could be asked even by The suthorcs All Of the
seer ss are new, and most of item are good
cellen,,
The acting Is all that could be desired, N most
spects. The only shortconing to be particularly re-
gretted was that of Mr. Simmonds, who failed utterly
not only realize the idea but speak the language
ofthe authors, ana VINO should De quicuy withdrawn
om the stage and compressed into the pcompers box,
and there retained Mrs. Wood and Mr. JeAer-
son have the first praises Miss Cornelia
Jefferson and Mr.. James Burnett come next. This
last named actor is always admirable in whatever he
undertakes. Mrs. Chanfiau and Miss lone Burke
were very good in the small parts ntrusted to their
care.
The burlesque is too long, and has too many songs
proper curailments viii make it one Of the greatest
successes Of the season.