New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-27
NIBLO'S GARDEN.
THE NEW PLAY.


At this house was produced last night Irish DRAMA
entitled "Wie OReiy," with one or two aliases,
the usual custom of Irish plays of which the
first invention of that style of thing has ever, we be-
eve, been content to appear before patient public
with single name. This play is of the serious cast,
and, like all woudbe-serious Irish dramas, is made up
of stock of ingredients, the inventory of which has
never probably varied since the original Irish drama
was made. There has never certainly been a single
new character added ard if occasionally of them
have been omitted from so-caled "lrish play" why
go much the better for the audiences. The
play last night affords no chance for escape
to the audience they have nothing to congratu-
late themselves on. Not one of the old stereotyped
individuals is absent and the suffering auditors have to
endure them all. There is the invariable old hard
hearted landlord who dspossesses the inevitable poor
paying Irish peasant who provided withthe
unfaiDg wife and the ever-to bedepeRded-on child.
Then there the seiocomic sheri's officers, all Of
whom have been made on the came pattern from time
immemorial, and the only ones who receive tho
sympathy of the audience, who are commonly Of the
opinion that the derelct tenant is served right. Then
there is the aways-to- be.expectedbeca
bero-of-the-play impudent, ragged meddling i'm
pertinent oficious, Impossible Irishman, who
champions the tenant and his wife and the
child who knocks down the sheri and all his posse
with one hsnd, and has an easy job of it at that-who
sings sentimental songs-who dances grotesque dances
who makes love to all the women-who defeats all
the yillans-who sets everybody and everything right
at the end and marries the prettiest woman IN the
play Then there is the pretty Irish girl who comes
nobody knows where from, and says nobody knows
what, and goes nobody knows where, except that OF
course she marres the Impossible Iishman aforesaid
Then there are robbers and peasants and sailors, ana
all sorts Of people, whose mission 1t chiefly seems
to be 10 be knocked down and banged about by the
interfering Irishman before mentioned who scorns 70
fight less than four OF five to And this is all there
is of the Few Irish drama of last night Not mover
character not an original dea not even anew comoa-
ton of the old ingredients but dreary, weary, mean'
cboly waste of words, without the relief of single
CLEAN of sense, w.t. or interest, from the prosy begin
ming 10 the welcome conclusion The audience which
was large one, endured it with commendable pa
tjepce and the ediousness of the evenings perform
ance was afterward probably, somewhat mitigated by
couple of farces, which were played come time In the
cours, Of the night.
The acting with one or two exceptions, was not to
be highly praised Mr.. Seton was good. Mr.. A. W.
Fenno, who, with valuable ring on his finger, played
the staring man. was simply execrable perhaps, how
ever it was as much owing to the wretched claprap
the author put into lis mouth to any shortcomings OF
the actor himself
The scenery, which was painted by Mr.. Gaspard
Mseder Young artist of much promise, il good. Mr..
Maeders performances yet comparatively IN
known to the public but he will be heard Of hereafter
The play will DO repeated tonight.