The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-02
Grtnina TeItaraph
skTuRp1Y. July .. isslE
ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
Brass VERSUS TALENr-THB PATRONS or rHE
CHEsNUr srRKKr THBNrRh IN DouRr-TRBc-
LAT1oN OF THE SEvBN SrsrERs-NEw SCENES
AND STEELE CUrs.-Last week we noticed large
poBters, announcing that Mr. Nicon McIntyre
principal light comedian Of the Royal Haymar
ket Theatre, London, would appear as "I.ord
Dundreary," in the new scenes which were to be
introduced in the drama Of the SeUcn Sisters. As
we have been a constant reader Of foreign theat.
rical news for the hast three years, we Thought
that there must have been some mistake
in this announcement As we have read,
Nj ssrs. blackstone and Compton have been the
low comedians, and Messrs. Howe and Farren
the light comedians at the Haymarket The
atre for long time Mr.. Sothern is in
his second year as "Lord Dundreary" in
this same theatre, and recently, not having
succeeded as well in the burlesQue Of Dquid
GayTiok, he has returned TO his great i'm.
PRESERVATION of "my noble lord" Being thus i'm
pressed with the comic features Of the Hay
market, Is II any wonder that we were astonished
toread that the principal light comedian 0
that theatre was in our city, and would give u,
his great impersonation of "LOrd Duudrear-
as performed by him in 'rsaT'-r' r- indefinite
number of tisaegl
Bn, = tne wel-executed cut of the fastdous
I'D stared us in the face at every corner we de-
termined not to forego so great a theatrical treat
as we were sure the "principal light comedian
. OF the Royal Haymarket" would give as. Accord
1ngly, with an opera-glass as free from dust as
bridal wreath, we took an humble position in the
Chesnut Street Theatre last Monday evening" and
with mingled feeling Of awe and reverence
awaited the appearance of the luminary from
over the raging sea. The first act, over which
We had 50 often before enjoyed hearty laugh,
fD ms NhnFtfr raFa.s %.
"Dundreary" and the talent of the Royal Hay
market. Before our Imagination arose a man
greater than Sothern, the great original an en-
Dod1ment of the hopping, lisping, senseless fop-
pish, and conceited dDundreary,h In eomparison
with whom Sothern was the merest mountebank
An our guileless heart we also saw the Haymar-
ket 1heatre empty and its manager frantic, be-
cause the "principal light comedian" no longer
arod its boards.
The first act dragged its slow length along,
AUD the cnrtain fell with thug, which suggested
she importance of the individual whom il would
Jeyei 20 our gaze on Its second rising. Time
went slowly by, and the curtain rose. Mr. Nc.
dntyre appeared. Oh oh hal hal oh! oh
~ COS f'N 90 II iliy dressed
worse spoken, and worst acted-gho would have
thought that poor 'Dundreary" could have
tallen into such bard hands
we could say much on this subject of Mr..
Nicoll Mcintyre and his "Lord Dundreary" but
as he lately arrived in this country, we will
dismiss his miserable impersonation with this
admonition, that If the Royal Haymarket Theatre
ls SUI IN want of principal light comedian
ne had better secure the situation-if possible
The character of "Lord Dundrearyn is simply the
1carlcature> of an idea. He has no existence in
society but is the creation altogether of Mr..
bothern's 3 brain. II any other actor than Sothern
attempts the delineation of such an idea-embodi-
mt mt, he can be good only so far as he success
fully initiates Sothern. Mr.. Mcintyre has neither
the genius to create nor the talent to initiate such
an impers0natiOn.
Miss Katie Baker, as ''little Lord Dundreary."
made up very well, and acted with an archness
quite refreshing in comparison with the stupidity
OF her companion: II is, indeed, surprising TO
>" this little girl histrionic talent which years
seea. - fail to develop in many of the fol-
of exuerienyN Mr.. Sherry, as arthur"
lowers of the stage. non the former rem
tiition of the same character. have
q We do not think that the Sepsn Sisters -
been improved, however, by the introduction OF
new scenes. As for the additional dialogue by
Mr.. Steele, we are surprised to think that one
bearing such q sharp name could write wit so
pointless. The skating scene was very neffectvely
done on the first two or three evenings, having
but one redeeming feature in it, and that-the
drowning OF Haymarket "Dundreary. IL IS
evident that the utter worthlessness of the "Lord
DundTeary" has greatly damaged the reputation
of the new Seuen Sisters, and we advise them TO
cut his acquaintance altogether. No drama, if
we take into consideration the heated term
through which the country has recently
passed. has ever had such a successful run at the
Chesnut IS the Seven Sisters. Taken as a whole
n has been Neu pIOuuCtuB anu DdlIluB tLc OCCo-
sional absence Il several of the principal actors
but LITTLE fanIt % >pld be found with the cast Of
6bsracters MIS- % -mOn, Miss Gonrley, Katie
PaLsr Lessrs SonnD, ugh, Ward, Donaldson,
and Iennox have ali acau Itei themselves very
crtdtaby. We must not TO- 81 sora III ~
the "heaVy man in the reheaTsa. -, p 49,.
Sembled, in form and make up, the ena
and gave very good limitations Of the S.t,,
sneezts, and suDdued howls Of that .ul'nVp'
tragediap.
Ina LBE-CEcnB RUsH-BANJo PLAYIEG-
NRs. McGowAN's REEL-MIss LoTTA.-This
week the Arch Street Theatre has been dividing