New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-01

canvas conceptions of Megsrs. Pitt and Thompson.
The story is too well known to require recapftula
ton. Its one Of Mlesian " true' love, the course
OF which, like that Of true loves elsewhere, runs
not smooth, though in its realization and fruition
it turns out to be fortunate and happy. Diyested
of its subordinate characters and surroundings we
find Hdr6lreSs GYegdH (Mr Bilngton), sighting |
the hand of Aim Gl1de miss Woogar), one of
the fashionable and artificial ladies' Of Killarney.
and throwing himself at the feet OF a bineteyed |
maiden, the C2i1eea Barn (ifs. Bonrcicau!D, who
reciproCates the tender sentiments, and whose
eyes brighten with the beams that bless him. The
Cregan family discourage the connection, and one
Dos1ty 4Nttila fAir Il. Falconer), whose acting is
Characteristic and clever, enters as the evil spirit
and ungarnahed villain Of the plot to sever the
union, Or in other words, TO prevent the connec- |
ton, once and for all, by numbering the tar and
artleas G0Lleea BatcB. Although distinguished BY
much wesustained dialogue, Irish repartee, raci-
ness and scenery, the drama proceeds somewhat
tardiy and tanely until, at the conclusion of the
second act, it terminates in train of romantic in
cfdent, trancendent sensation and stage effect, and
the attempted destruction of the Maiden COHSeN
Barn, in the depths Of an unfathomable water
cave, by Danny, the ruan, who lures her thither,
and who, in the attempt to destroy her, is himself
shot through the heart by lHiles-Ita- Coppaieea,
character eyceilenty performed by Mr.. Boarci-
eault and who, with unexampled Irish chiva!ry,
rescues the maiden from watery grave to CON
sign her eventually to the hand and arms OF her
lover, HdrdresS Cfeqa'l
/ have also copy of the London Athenaeum
Sullivan, who has been playing at the st. James
theater The Athenaeum says his new points y
and "original readings" in Hamlet are all non
sense and that he is old enough to know better
than to do them now. Some truth in that, Colonel.
send you the article to print, if you like. 1t may
be interesting to of your people, there is to
be this season sort Of Shakspearean furore every
where. Why not Shakespeare again, ] should like
to know? Bourcicault won't return till next year.
| Barney Williams comes up this week at the Win
Ter Garden. He has latterly produced two infer
nally stupid pieces, drama written by +. Fal-
| coner and called " The Leprauchaun,m and bur
Iesque by the Brough Brothers, styled The Magic
Joke" The first is for Barney, and the second for
Mrs Barneys legs and Paris costumes Nhey are
both very ine.) Barney has bad luck aboutplays;
the only hearable piece he has given Ms since his
return from Europe being Selbys Hour in Sc
yille,'' whichis, by the way, an hour and half.
i They have grand ola fogy management at the
Winter Garden nowadays. Jackson, generally
called Black jackson, is the money man. | don't
know how old he is, but he was pretty far gone in
this vale Of tears" when the first BoweTy was
built, and that is matter of forty years ago. |
have heard that he was one Of the first settlers Of
Williamsburg, and that his father was married to
an Indian Princess, which accounts for the mag
nifcent colorng of his meerschaum. Frederick, the
stage manager, goes further back than Jackson
He played old men in the Chapel street theater
before the Revolution, and remembers BettertoI
perfectly. But the finest old fossil Of all the party
is tile gay Drummond who seats the people in the
orchestra stalls. Drummond preceded George
Barrett as the light comedian Of the Boston thea
J ter lit is the Sunday school truth I'm telling you
in 1920 or thereabouts. Mrs. Barrett was origin
! ally Mrs. Drummond j. e. after she was Mis-
Henry, and not great while after, So you SCI
what an odor of antiquity must impermeate th
classic pile. I always raise my hat as 60 by the
vestibule. It is like passing the Parthenon, o.
going under the arch of Domitian
$ They have very pretty row going on at Wal
E lacks about John Broughams new comedy " Play
!, ing with Fire" @m
$ AS you know, the redoubtabe ). B. is at presen
n in Europe. The last heard of him was at Pari:
!, where he, with large number of other youn
e scamps from this side of the water, were slashin
I. about in the Boulevards and things, making the
tin fly splendidy. When Brougham went away j
e left this comedy in Wallacks hands. 1t was wri
i ten last year and accepted, butnot acted. Broug
:. am had written in it a part for himself; but o.
$ Waack, cnriously enough thought Lester woul
J be better in it, Lester had part-one He1be
Jparerly-a white-trowsered, sentimental fellow
e whom john did not exactly see. The cons
G quence was that the piece was held back till tn
: season, when Lester assumed Broughams part 4
d H.Davenport received Herbert Harerlyan Walet
a Pinchbeck, fop. Walcot Immediately threw up h
q part and claimed that of Lester. The consequence
. is that the production of the piece is postpone,
G and it is probable that Davenport will eventual
5 get PiacdbecI, which Blake declares to be the be-
y part in the piece. " 1t is an i'll wind, y etc.
u They DO little French opera at the Academ
tonight, giving Robert lie DiabIe,n with some
: your artists. Colsonis the Alice, Philippe Rober
: and Genebrel Bertrd0o. Colson has lately mad
y great hit as Ze1lt1ta in Don Giovanni" Ht
- performance is not exactly evangelical, but it i
as a gentleman from the East said to me, almight
! good. At the downtown Opera, (Nibloi
Medea, :, with Certesi, is to be done to.morro1
for the winding up of the season. Servadio tax
:! his artists to Boston, thence to Philadelphia, Il
= Southern cities and Cuba. He has new featu
= in the person of f. Amodio, brother of the ODE
~ artist whom you know. Amodio frere never p
= his foot upon the stage until last night, when
~ sung the role OF the interesting old father in i
. Trayiota.,' Good gracious how awkward Al
as frightened he was. You can't imagine anythl
~ like it. His hands and feet seemed to be alt
gether beyond his control, and his legs had appa
- emily declared their independence of his bod
y, y, and were in state Of open rebellion. He sal
. very we'll, however, and has fine voice, n
=. unlike that of his brother He is q good-leekil
- fellow, and, altogether, l think he will do We
= well. LENrANr TERRIBLE.
er J. A. BRAsELMAS's UPTOWN Dry GooDs Esr
RI;A-uayin his stand at 5l Camp
to the corner Of Magazine and Andrew street, that cerpy
u Ing dealer Nj A. BrasGloan opens the campaign with
Characteristic goahead business esSent
e nnr Of e veFIising his erehandse all the world