New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-07
Anusemeuts.

WALLACK's THEATER.-A new comedy in
four acts entitled " The Winning Suit was performed
on Tuesday evening for the first time at this Theater
The author ia Mr.. Lewis Fillmore, formerly CORE
spondent. and now a Parliamentary reporter Of The
London Tiaes. when first brought out at the Prin-
cesss Theater this piece received with much crit
ica favor although It's popular success was neither
brilliant nor long continued The dearth Of good new
plays in London is sufficient TO account for the warmth
with which one Of comparative ceyerness may be vel
coined. It's reception in New-York-the authorship
and the originality being matters Of interest here
was simply TO be determined by its intrinsic value
This being moderate the appreciation offered By the
audience last Tuesday evening moderate likewise.
The story Of 1.-THE Winning Suit is Spanish, and
the characters represent various grades OF Spanish no
biity This is equivalent to stating that the entire
piece is tissue Of agreeable impossbilites Since the
DAYS when Cooley Cibber wrote. every dramatist has
found it safe TO strain creduy even beyond the usual
theatrical limits provided be Keeps Wen within the
boundaries Of that superlatively romantic land No
incident is too improbable intrigue too fragrant, no
deus ex machina" too easily invoked when the insp'n
ton Of Spanish fable prevails. Scribes most reckless
dramatic reyels are in fictitious Spain so are the
piquant fippances Of Alexander Dumas and host OF
other French authors. SO are the busting compica
lions Of the best English writers OF century ago Mr.
Fillmore follows precedent, and having fixed upon
plot Of utter impractcabiy and series Of amu'ngly
incredible incidents, flies naturally 10 CASTLE and
Aagon chooses kings and mobiles for bis characters
and is completely at For is only in Spain that
naughty prinoesses TO escape persecution haouaiiy
forsake their station mpenetraby disguised in trans
parent walls and become sprghtly barmads in low
inns 1t is only in Spain that lofty monarchs also i'm
penetrably disguised, seek out these hayward Prin'
cesses espouse them unawares, and afterward reveal
their natural pendor at hysterica crises Elsewhere
such irregularities might provoke remonsrance; but in
theatrical Spain they must be taken not only natural
but inevitable. All the fantastic inyoluons, therefore
Of 1.-The Winning Suit recommend themselves as
pleasantly as may be 20 the Of our plant public
Even the face and usory DISCUSSES Of the heroine are
accepted in good faith AL is Spanish and therefore all
is pardonable.
TIE piece is wen constructed. and neatly written
Some OF the dialogue Is extremely yyacous, and more
Of it may become so when all the actors at "alaeks
are thoroughly acquainted with their parts some were
not on Tuesday night. The performance generally was
careful and effective. We cannot, however, compli
ment Miss Ayona Jones upon her personation Of TIE
principal character Such qualifications as his lady
has for dramatic distinction shc nVadates by misuse
Of them She is always in voice and bearing. strained
hard and unnatural She abors constantly for bold
and startling effect to leave herself hardly legit
mate opportunity for effect Of any kind Miss lone
Burke played the part of pert lady In waiting with
ample briskuess but with too obvious an imitation Of
the style Of Mrs John Wood--an imitation which is
becoming dangerously frequent with Miss Burke. The
other important characters well represented by
Messrs Charles Fisher, \. H. Davenport and George
Holland Mr. Holland, in fact although bis part is an
entirely subordinate one, received the heartest sp-
plause Of the evening.
The scenery arranged FOR The Winning Suit ia
good. A landscape-the background Of the principal
scene in the third act-deserves close inspection II is
unfortunately injured by being in parts accord
ing to the highly sensible and artistic usage Of our
theaters The orchestral interudes on Tuesday even
ing were inappropriate At the close Of the first act,
Mr. Mollenhauer siguaIizei the fnting agony Of the
princess and the CONSERVATION Of the court by gush
Of musical e1hilaration nom Zone"
The Winning Suit viii De repeated every evening
for the present.
NIBLOs GARDES.-"The Dukes Motto" is
attracting large audiences this week II put upon the
stage with the refugence o; effect heretofore
and appears to satisfy tie public quite thoroughly
At the period Of lis fret production Next week The
sea Of Ice" viii be produced
BARNUx's MUsEUS-Mfiss Cushman's en-
fit viii take place tomorrow She vii appear in the
afternoon and evening in the farce Of The Married
Rake. besides relating her martial adventures.