New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-01

visa tina, ~ rood.sesrtsd and rathsr ccnnonPac
Young ladv Mrs.. Wood does all tiNat the requirs
ments of the case demand and her ehoSA 00I1iv.s
to the success the play second time ooSa'neu.
Jefferson acts with all the qrsint humor ios' ons
inay marked his perccnation of Asa, ana 10 now -
them entitled to the tbsnks Of the public TO- ne.''
oversseppIg the bocnds Of naturslness, and maAns
the part caricature and monstrosity. The conSsa-
| tional Stsge Yankee" tnsy mis- shadsw eontruaav
grow less) is ignored BY Mr. jefferson, szd be pre-
sents Yankee not only possible, bat rsccgnatlsi
Yankee with strong local characteristics Of speesh
and manner, bat who Is neither boor ror brffoon.
Mr.. Sothern, whose creation of the nondescrPt
Lord Dundreary wen him considerable fame aud no in
considerable fortune, plays the part with
new aggraystions Of It's original assrrdity. We sp-
prehend tina. no person IL the world would be mere
astonished q. CIR. Sotberas Dundrvary than Ton
Taylor who wrote the play IL wbi,h he figures. In
fact, Taylor could have had 10 idsa what ceuie
be done vita the part Of dozen uninpozs-
ant lines thaa he threw in to GIL up ecsne
or two. The Dun6eary, as acted, is MIR. Seth
ems; and to this comedian must be given the
praise Of havirg created character that Is anhrman
andinypossble bu. a. the time rresistiby funny
whish outras es seIse reaeon, and intelligence, while
il carries the audience away in perfect tornado
Laughter, which refuses to be checked, even by at
tempted sage reflections the otter preposterousness
of the whole proceedisg. The wonderful combination
Of those three graces Of speech the lisp, the stuter
and the draw could be accomplished ~ the vocal ~.
paaus of no other person. that snceze is not to be
achieved By the nose of ordinary maD nor are othsr
legs equal to the required hopping grseefuness Of gait
Sotbern 10 the sole snsezer So,hern the only hopper
Mr. Burnett as Coyle, and Mr. Peters as Binney
were both excellent-these two admirable actors are
never seen to disadvantage. Me- Couldock's Abel
Murcot, ia deneation powerful and mastery, and is
one of the most Impressive bits Of acting we have ever
seen this gentleman do. Repeated rounds Of applause
nightly Gro wa bis efforts and show that though GU
diencs may go to the tbeater to laugh at comedy,
they seldom fail to recognize and reward any de-
serving attempts in more serious vein.
X Mics Sara Stevens plays Mary Meredith, with the
same modes nauraness that has marked her art
s.ic efforts, from the day che first appeared OF the
stage. She is thoroughly good. The other charac-
ters are mior in importance, but are rendered with
csrefuness consistent with the excellence Of the rest
Of the cast The piece is well put the stage aud de-
serves fre success.
WAILAcK's THEATER.-Mr. Wo~ence as CdP'n
Cuttls-In congratulang Mr.. Florence uponthe well
deserved success which has attended bis ncursions into
diHefert line Of characters from those which have
been supposed to be peculiarly his own, we may also
congratulate ourselves and the public at large, for
we have we hope, get forever rid of most objection
abe cIass of dramas, and at the same time have
Won to the ranks of legitimate actors two clever
aod talented performers, Tho have shown BY their late
efforts in new direction that they are capable OF
iy placing themselves in the list OF artists OF true
and acknowledged excellence. We are glad to hear
IL at Mr. ard Mrs Florence have abured forever the
Irish and Yankee plays have forswon alike the rich
broeue CT the Patlander and the drawing whine
of the Down East gal and are determined to
pursue their studies hencefoh in the direction of ec-
centric comedy and broad burlesque for which they
are 90 well fitted.
Mr.. Florence lately appeared for the first time
in Eew-York as Capt. Edard Cutie, in Mr.. John
Broughsm's version of Dombey & Son. The part
wss for many years favorite one with Mr. Burton,
aud was one of The NEST admirable and artistic of that
comedians creations The character is to
try severely powers of the actor by of the
variety Of emotions excited by the contradictory scenes
through which the Mariner of England" is made to
pass BY turns broadly funny, pathetic, patronzlDg,
humble, Borrowing and geeful-now, weeping with
OliG ils u en- dancing frantic borppipe in crazy JOY
now leading the burial service with bare head aud
fearful eyes, and then ripping sharp oath or two
By way Of emphasis there is little monOtony in the
deiDgs Of the Captain and the succeeding shades OF
feeling are 90 constant and withal contradictory
that the actor who Can effectively impersonate the
character must be possessed Of more than ordinary
powers But Mr.. Florence succeeds 70 the astonsh-
| ment of those whose eyes have not yet been
opened to the fact, that here is q young man OF
much more talent than he has evinced in
| the IRISH dramas upon which he has wasted so
many precious years. The personstion is necessarily
to certain extent an imitation Of Mr.. Burtons and
we recognize in the Cutie Of Mr.. Florence the same
bluff hesrtiness the same quantness of speech, the
same ealorke peculiarites of gait and manner with
which our fayoriie captain invested by Mr.. Bur
ton The pathetic moments OF the old sailor wherein
are DEVELOPED his noble unselishness, and his ever
present consideration for Others perhaps tue most
impressive of Mr.. Florences deneations. The
with Florence Dombey, where the captain relates 10
her the story of the suposttious shpwrsek and going
down of all on board is particularly good. The pet
| ph, ace of tic scene, "Poor WsllS, drownded,
| amt hel' was made specially effective. But
| Mr.. Florence can do better with the
| character than he has yet done-he has srasped
| the salient points only of the part-the minute
| details are yet to be completed There are
| often times when moment Of forgedulness,
aud relapse from Cutie into Florence mars thescepe.
AT tines too, it becomes apparent that be has given
more atts rtion to close mimocy of his model than
to careful study of the book. If Mr.. Florence win
trust less to his memory and to bic invention; viii
| and will
nest study rather the descriptions of Mr. Dickens than
the mannerss OF Mr.. Barton, he viii dodbtess make
his Captain Cutie much more HARMONIOUS and con-