The New York herald., 1863-10-02
Theatrical.
Efpf.O'a GARDEN. .

Theatrical.
ETBLo's GARDEN.
Mr. Forrest plays spartacus in " Tho Gladiator" to-
n,shi. THIS 10 one OF his very best rarts
NEW SowRRy.
Mr. George Broores, tho low comedian Of this theatre,
sskos a benefit this evening Five capital plays Will be
wsssntsd.
Asssnas Ward had an immense audience Wednesday
evsnng AZ ieass for husdEed p~sps weys unahes ~
obtain adm SION 70 tho hall. The lecture will therefore
Do repeated next Tuesday;
wALLAcK'a.
Tho nrst performances OF Mr. walIaeks row drama con
alluded safely st an early hour Thursday morning.
Last evening the piece repeated, In considerably
Abbreviated form. Al the end Of the play, tho rst
night, Mr. Lester waack spologlzed for the extreme
isneh OF tho and oil himself the author
OF the ofama which be claimed 40 entirely original.
"Th1 play" SAID he ''is no, adaptation from the
IRE ch but 10 entirely original such as II B" We think
thal Mr.. Lester lack is somewhat mistaken.
The tie Roscdale the Riae Bal !" docs not refcr 10
rife bullet but TO q bop, givon by English rne
pany about tho eabre our City Light Guard or
Tigers Tue plot s simply tbn-A child is stolen and
taken 10 gypsy camp and Mr. Lester walack dsguises
himself as q gypsy aud the child. This plot
worked tho third and fourth asts aud the other
three have nSshins whatever 10 do with u, and
might slher be given separate entertainment or
omitted sogsihcr The merits OF The piece are its strong
situations The picturesque scenery aud the ns acting
On the other hand, "Rosedaio' has many and grave
ysu,s II neither suits the actors TIE audiences a,
walAeks. Il improbable. IncoaprebensibIe. slow, dis
connected Irrelevant and verbose. occquArtcr Of the
liaiogus consists u upon the beauties Of pagi
sm the beney doctors and the exceeDcies Of
ths hero Anolbsr quarter 10 devoted TO family histories
and explanations. Another quarter Is occupied by the
vsr,oas characters In exsusing themselves FOR coming
gong on the stage, for changing their drcssos
snsxpscedy aud for doing onsr very absurd things too
numerous 10 mention. The qnte witty aud augha
bio but henry says But one bali penny worth
Of bread 10 shs n,oisrab,e deal Of sAcx o. morsuousr
We noticed Que vugsrsm gross overlooked. All
Ne characters used the phrssnS "son 70 Lady Grey.
"satsr 10 Matthew" "granamo,bsr 10 Rosa" and the
like. This bad ~ "pls,iu. 10 the Bcwery."
sRossdaIs, certainly mot adapted from the Frcpsh,'
although u n OF the ssn Glars The plays brought
cus 81 the Porte Saint Marin, Paris. We cannot
but doubt iu cnllre origin tiy, however. The child
stealsng bss,ness Mr. wAllacs will hardly olaxn
altogether original, afor bic lon expcreoce q the stage
Nor are pcaepts isss fsmiIisr tran The plot ARer
much dialogue ths nrst ACT ends with q 10 bc
tween The bero and shs rufan. n this be entirely
original, then "Gyy iiv.sspcu' and "Tom Brown are
passts. rhs great scSos In the second ACT between
the same characters i sdapied from chapter first
Of The tenth book Of Bu.wers 'whAl VIII lie 10 with
iU' with fsw acd.lsonf from tho scene between Pip
and The villain IA "Grcai Espectatousr The abduction
d little Sir Mthrr May 10 The thrd sct managed pro-
oss.y IKE ihe sbaoc,hn Of leie sir Rupert Mss Brad
Aons "TAdy Linle" 10 the fourth the hero dis
covsn tbe ;ost ehEd by singing a little song See thu
schsme By which Waite discovers Sphv in What Will
10 10 vih Iu! Tue huais o ths act, where the hero
sammcAs kis troops ~ ns aid, IA ibs nna scene IN the
king Of the hourtans play once brought out at this
same theatre. Are these incldens crtrey oVignsfr
fstees " We bad ibe tAaa the disposition break
sty UPON vieei," we could trace every Of Mr
wsllAks situations 10 ia real source I've truth q tbs
matter probably rs that Mr. waiacK keeps q common
pacs book, 10 VII ch he no,os down pi of the strong
points BE- meets With 70 bio msoeI snoous reading IN
order 10 work them Up ato dramas We 40 not And
faslt snh him Tor that Other pay writers A. same
thing 10, tbe rc-0il IN this very r,iscelaneous
dramatic hash. Every possible endeavor nsde trans
sotm this basb into q success Mr. Lester wnlack Mr.
Gsbes, Mr.. Holland, Mrs Hocy, mrs. Vernon xrs sefon
sos especially Miss Mary Gaunon dressed and aetsd their
raN supsrbiy; bu, Mr.. psy fearfury bad-so much
70 shss the ssdsencs loudly sppsudsd tbs line, Never
20 shs stage" sddrsssd 10 him by crs o Tho other
sAsraclsrG Ths scenery and oossumes rsusrk6eiy
nss snd splsepsiss Ths neonIshs Ia scs sscos,
sgS Ne ~ - ths ecss u The play be perfeccA
Il slaes sG1ps Ths ioehsrta ns~ls hy Mr. nclcnhsuss
tAs cspai gul. y spite n all vs care, sxssess, labor
ssd Taste, d. ect As how sscha drama osp ces6st
rsch ihssrs