The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-24

Mr.. N. B. Clarke the very efficient stage manager OF
this establishment, takes his benent night. Barney
Williams Frank Brewer and others have volunteered
Four popular pieces will be performed There ought to
be al overcrowded house.
THE OLYMPIC.
Mrs Wood appears to have the singular aud danger
Gus flcul.y OF doing the right thing at the wrong
time. 80 far bringing out new plays Is
concerned She produced that very heavy tragedy,
Camllas Husband, just at the time when all the
children Of Q larger growth were crying for
thing funny Now. under similar circumstances and just
is getting too warm to be comfortable a theatre
any how she gives another solid heavy, avordupos,
fearful, narrowing winter evening DRAMA called Pauls
Return II was brought out last night before rather
slim house.
Pauls Return written by Mr.. Watts Phillips, and
playing in London. is about as original as most
modern English dramas-that IS 10 say the author has
rrowed hs plot aud cribbed several of his characters
That OF Abel Honeydew for instance Uriah Heep oil
Tho plot Is a family history. Paul Goldsworthy
falls in love with his cousin, Beatrice Goldsworthy.
Thereupon bis uncle, Richard Goldsworthy, kicks him
oil tho house He goes to California, makes money,
Is captured by tue Indians finds out that his uncle has
robbed by bis partner Brassngton, and then returns
home poor. That is Paul's return
Tnen Beatrice and he fall in love over again. Uncle
Richard again objects. Paul begins to talk about
the funds entrusted as per previous paragraph
ao@ meSes in Uncle kcSara nonsy matters SSss
and wants TO marry Beatrice Uncle Richard moraizes
about his misortunes aud consents Beatrice moraze'
hard fate and consents The audience, seeing from the
beginning how is going 10 end don't weep aud d NJ
feel badly ut all this Finally when the author nc
longer protract tho agony, Paul meets Honeydew and
recognizes him Brassnson, and tue curtain falls with
Tho exquisite denght OF sitting through three acts OF
this stu may be imagined but cannot be described The
aount of sermonng done Ia The piece exceeds that at
a conference meeting Miss irving about her
love and her and her love leads her 20 corn
coloed more antique dress for walk through the woods,
and her does not her from coming down TO
breakfast In another evening costume Mrs Brown does
not sernonizc, and IS consequently toerabe Mrs Vim
ing sermonizes little but que CHEEKY ,notwithstand
ing Miss Walters and Mrs. Preston dreary. During
the sermonizing all the indies play spies aud saves
droppcrs and otherwise conduct themselves in manner
which shows that they never practise what they PREACH
and none OF them, except Mrs Brown, seem to have
joined the dress reform movement.
As for the Mr. Barron preaches about Indians and
the school for scandal Mr. Jamson breaches ABOUT every
thing and looks like Buchanan becomes moral
as his villauy is discovered, and lays IL
TO Honcydcw," and never does H. Mr. Owens breaches
in pair OF nankin trow sors Mr. Berry breaches a
shocking bad hat Mr. Clarke, who plays modest youth
In love with Blanche, does not preach, aud acts
very well Mr.. Barron comes pretty near act.
ing well, but Is rather 100 STACEY and Is
too fond of extending his arms horizontally.
Mr. stoddart as Hopcydew, works hard TO save the
piece, but cannot His act two Is marred by his
shouting but in the last act he superb On the whole.
however, we sincerely pity the actors They are quite
buried beneath the verbose dialogue. How hr. Watts
Philips whose occasional wit shows what he might do II
he liked, could write such trash we cannot understand
let Wood hurry Aladdin and let Paul return no
more. In Easy shaving, the after piece, this rockng
almost removed the disagreeabs impressions Of
the heavy, domestic drama.
WINTER GARDEN.
We neglected TO chronicle the return to this theatre
some days OF Mr. and Mrs Florence and the Ticket
Leave Man Last night the Ticket Of Leave Man was
withdrawn in favor OF farce entitled Thrice Married
and buresque by Byron, entitled Fra Davoo-Mr and
MIRA Florence appearing both Fra Dayoo is announc
cd as new burlesque but II Is the all the other
buriesques that Mr. Byron has lately written THIS gen.
teman hav ing made business OF writing burcsaues,
has pretty eecuay taken the iun out u that KIND OF
entertainment Mrs Lhanfrau was tantai1ingly pretty
as Zerlpa and Mr. Florence very concai AS neayy
brigand-especialy in hB broadsword combat.
BROADWAY THEATRE.
Chanfrau commenced an entertainment at this house
last evening Tho performance was Our American
Cousin Il Home Mr. Chanrau has been seen In the
character OF Lord Dundreary before this question
has arisen whether chanfrau or sotncrn is the best
Dundreary The best way OF making the positions
OF each known Is by making them both appear the
metropolitan stage Last nights performances furnished
indications that Chaurau ahead of soihern in the
Of the character Of Dunarcary This Is
but the beginning Of performance nj tue broadway
which will end success The characters are all well
represented and must be great mistake w. with the
buaness they bring before thc public, aud the amount
Of talent they have brought forward last night,
tine theare) with the old and favurite name II the
Broadway does not collect around fair proportion Of
The pay ing theatre going population OF New York