The New York herald., 1863-09-29
The Drama Ia France.

n The Drama Ia France.
GREAT IaPoRrAsos os CHARLES MATHEws' AP-
TkARANOs ON THE PAHis slA0E-rHK ACTOR
sprEhsgDfNG faE STATESMAN IN "BIEkDfSa gHH
rAroSs' AND PROMOTING The ENTENrs ooR-
DALE.
fPsris fsept. 15) correspondence Of london Times
In the Gust mary tleatriull review given every Mon
dsy all the principal Paris papers OF yesterday date
ak honorable meution Of Charles Mathews perform
auce at the Varieties
ne Moarer leads the van. and aearly ths whole Of
tn 60 bile Ganticr friiletcn s devoted TO Te Trnd
Engiishman" In him he finds sign Of the timos,
tendency, and One peculiar 10 onr epoch.
Ho says-wben En- i1sh actors came Franco for the
first mo, rds the close of the Restoration their
presence caused tun.aes, which almost be ame riois
The national amour prone repuhed them with .
violence such 10 day one Can hardly imag ne.
One might really have thought that porfdious
Aibon seriously attempting TO dtsposess us OF our
territory then rare between tho two ma
tes, and there little go0i wiz between them. The
study Of shaKspere Byron and walter SCOTT had not then
initiated into the Lrgtsh imagination and tho gro
carcsures doe rancors Of 1915 passed for
striking portraits. On tho other hand the British had
them always ha,rdressers and dacing masters ieed
Ing exclusively frogs That was the sumrotsl Of their
information CONCERNING u.s. and HogMshs old carcatures
s appeared 70 them trleto nature Things nave now
changed. Thanks TO steam we breakfast Ia Paris and
dine in London. Icope seldom hate another except
from want OF sufficient acquaintance, and aversons
generally spring from msapprehenstcns Paris gave
enthusiasts reception 20 Macready end Helen Faucet.
and London applauded EecAter playing In Eogish
as il had appauded him when that charming actor be.
longed 70 the French compapy at the st. James'B
theatre And now tMr. Charles Mathews pdw W
form IN peco OF his own IN our language.
MIR. Mathews Is a first class comedian, very Colo
brated IN England, distinguished author and perect
gestiemaa. His success In Paris has been compete,
pecaly the poce has bean relieved from certain do
which understands everything when only half spoken aud
listens longer when II has understood. Mr.. Ma
Of Henri Manner and scmeihng Of Arna and moreoyer
a special Britannia savor which, 10 our mind gives
great deal Of orisnay 70 bis play Bs accent exceed.
part OF au Engshman who IL speaking French.
is II not strange that, at the moment wnsn
acting In our language Taillade s preparing to per-
form Macbeth In Eogsh at the Vaudeville theatreS
Is anot a sign Of that ieeos reconciliation spoke N
al the teinang of article and hcA be brought
atoa after such lang 0,apathes, BY ne progress o.
hsaion whch tends TO blend all nations IN one common hu
Jules Janiu In the De,e.s tho Temps the France the
rrese-all. In short speak IN equally hsnesome and
acting something OF afont and something OF Levas
The Temps declares that Ievassor or asseur would
him select In the Frcn repertoy Of the pieces
Ievassor Is wont to play The Op,.'on Ndtoank wishes
him TO take Anals part Of the Hon,c asc, which he
has played habtuay in English version and preiicts
great As 1t Is, 10 the AnQau 1,nside, the
papers az declare ms success success o'S9s ana the best
badly with stupid piece callcds. La Chanson do Ia Mar
gucrite before he came now cannot find room for all
who iaiu would have places, IL Mr. Mathews has thus
succeeded 1t is certainly not due 10 pains taken be-
fore hand little more and II would have been failure
on tho irs, night II was 70 no preliminary flourish OF
| trumpets that his sncccss Ia due. 4
II must be owned says the Opinion. that he went to
work badly enough and onsled ION purpose, oil the
chances against him lie arrives In Paris without being
announced unknown to everybody, dozen artists knew
who ho was, becasc they had seen him ACT IN London
but tho entire public, and the journalists Ig
n0rsnt lis very One day thcy read in the bis.
"L'Ane'ais Tmide, by Mathews, played by Mathews" /"
Who Is this Matthew'S, and whence conner Eyeryb Ia.
quires nona answer the Enredce solf, the official
Journal Of daatic industry, remains mute as the ark Of
Israel ard propouns oracle. 7As Hust,ion Muhers,
well known the three Kingdoms, doabtloss Thought
ugeiess 70 have himself recommended In France He
did not know the extent OF ignorance the English
journals and reviews; but in Franco do not
read The London 7tmes and that for good reasons.
MIS-. KEY BLUNT As LADY MACBETH.
Pars (Scpt 10Y correspondence OF the London News
NJ. T. Gnuer says, IN the Mo1,itcay, tina. n Tna!de
is going TO play Macbeth 10 English al the Vaudeville
theatre ami that Mrs. key Bust, American lady we'll
known for her Shaksperean readings. will be tho Lady