The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-27
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Acuas ssd esASs Gs.ssse. .............1 1A06ea
rhl.d and lass night bat ossef ~ most stt1nely
nstursi Drama of ths aGe, from the pen I'm
mylor, the dranatss q the nsnsssensh csstsSen-
TICKET OF LEAvE MAN,
which has been In acsive preparation for 1vsi
weeks.
This beautiful play win be placed upon 6a4&Aee
In magnificent style, oonpists with
co:sssss,
Mechaniml 1Ascs1 -;
the new scenery from the peacl OF ~ re4 eseh !;
mechsnieal arrangements BY our mschioist hs en-.
tire piece under IL direceion Of b D Ogden.
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A. much a. has heen >faid apropeS Of uJ1n dfa-
ma, on the subject Of origiuailty In play wiltina,
wish TO submit here few remarks on ths matter.
ventioa of the story belongs to MN. Brsesasse and
Nus, the authors both OF Les Drames de h Vie,
and IT the drama Of Leonard, founded, ~ well ~
the Ticket Of. Leave Man on lie RetOur de melan,
one Of the dramas In question:. Bat here my oblt
CATION to the French authors ends. The tf-iogne
Il my own. | have made the penonages In the
play, its sentiments, and IL action, Engisb, and
ciam on this ground, some, at seast, OF the lights
VI a creator. ] have always conceived that ll.e
dramatist y at liberty 10 take his story where ne
pleases, whether from hfe, from history, or from
fiction. Scarcely any sublect treated In tie dEaA,
ov In romance, but has roots In s0melhng he1ides
the authors personal haven't an or obssf e-.6N IN
this free appropriation If his subject matter, II In
nothing else, the puniest play wright, who adopts
novel or predecessors piece, may claim fellow
jects freely and widely the great master OF all
dramatists; he did not scrupIe to lay under c0nfr
button even the plays Of earlier English writers,
reeasting them, and giving the breath of his own
life to their dead bones l admit, al the same
time, that IL Is perfectly fair that the sources from
which an author derives bis subject should be
stated and 1t Is fair, also, that dra,nast who In
vents his own story, as we'll as the dramatic dress
Oi II, should receive the additional credit which
his inventive faculty deserves.
] have invented many Of my subjects have
borrowed several ; In my printed plays have In
variaby mentioned the source TO which am in,
debted for my story. OF my longer comedies and
dramas-victius, The Unequal Match, The Con
tested Election, The Overland Route, Payable on
Demand, Helping Hands lhe Babes in the Wood.
and The American Cousin, are strictly Of my own
invention-subiects as well as treatment. II the
case of other pieces, Ike Plot and Passion, Masks
and Faces, The Kings Rival, Two Loves and
Life, have worked In partnership, but may claim
nj least half the hOnOYs of invention, as well
dramatic treatment In others, as Still Waters
Run Deep, Retribution, The House and the Home,
and the Fools Revenge, have worked on themes
supplied by the plays or novels Of others. But
parison Of my work with that IN which It's found
ed will show that 1 have nowhere confined my
self to the functions OF mere Ieproducer OF other
mems thoughts in another language, but that
have thought for myself, and fngrafted dramatic
shoots of my own growing upon the stocks which
l have transplanted.
Lastly, may express my belief, however start
ling the avowai may be thought, that there has
been no period for the last two centuries In which
Invention and activity have been more cOnspicu
0ts In the dramatic field than during the thirty or
forty years which include the epoch of such dra.
mhtists as Miss Milford, Sheridan Knowles, Bull
wer Lytton, James White, Jerold, Browning, G
Darley, SeaFle, Maiston, Horne, Lovep, Trough
ton, Bell, Mira Gore, Sullivan, Peake, Poole, Hook,
Pianche, Charles and George Dance, the MortOns,
Mark Lemon, Blackstone, Selby, Fitzbali, twhO,
whatever may be the literary quality Of his plays,
has given evidence of genuine romantic invenlion,)
Bernard, C0yne, Oxenf0rd, Shirley Brooks, Watts,
Phillips. and those peculiar products of our own
time, the buriesque writers, like the Brothers
Brongi and Messrs Byron and Burnand.
TAYLOR.
Lavender Sweep, Wandsworlh, June, 1861.
SATURDAY EVENlNG, Ftb 81, 1864.
The performance will commence with the beauii-
full
Overture Na File du Reeiment) ...... Orchestra
When viii be presented, Tor tho third time, Tcm
Tay ior's beautiful production, now having tre
n1endoue and unprecedented run in New York, Lv.
erpeol and London, Of three to four hundred coIse
cutive nights, entitled
THE TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN.
Robert BrierIy, Il Lancashire Lad, afterwards the
Ticket-cf Leave Man. -. ......R Ogden
james Dalton, alias Downey, alias tue
Tiger. .-...-......, CnaFes
Na~ kshaw, q de tectIve. y Thorpe
Green Jones, a Cockney gentl. man un-
der adverse fortunes s....................J j Wells
neter Moss, = Spectator and an exior-
toner. .s.................C C NeIscn
Mr. Gibson u banker r......-............KJ X Brown
Maltby, landlod uf the Bellevue Gar
J.mos asns i.cs.oo snr,gb,,y waite, n Alien
Detective, confederate Of fiawkshaw .....P P ckGn
BlAkely, guest Of the Bellevue. e.........F Willis
Brunt0n, Mr. 2bs0n's clerk. rk............G G W Raltt
Sharp, Mr. Gibson'e clerk. ....... j w Williams
MAY Edwards, poor orphan, wife Of
the Ticket or Leave Man...... Miss Eloise Bridges
Emily st Evermond, q lady Of The bal
let, Afterwards q nightingale Of the
con0ertT0Om. M!6b u Ntystai
Mrs Wioughby, grandmother Of Sam,
rather gaFru'ous. ........... Mrs DeBar
Sam Willonghby, rather . fast young
man, with "stun'n manner"
Miss sall:e Partiugton
Guests, sNavvies, Policemen. 30.
An interval Of three years and half between the
first and second acis aud intervals Of four and six
monihs between the second, third, and fourth acts,
respectively
Time and pace-London, the present day.
Synopsis OF Scenery and Incidents
Act l-Seeing Life.
The Bellevue Gardens In q southwestern suburb
ruinmef evening.
Act 81 Back from Portland
May Edwastss Lodgints.
Act 8-The Office Messenger.
A bill brokers' Off e IN the city.
Act i-Huntsd Down
The Bridgewate Arms-a Street Ia the Gity-an old
Caurch Yard-some good in the Ticket of-Lsays
Nan after all
M Grand and sffscting TAbleau.
sNavviss, or Nsvlgators, are gangs of English Ia
borers, who are employed in digging trenches, and
upon railroads, &c
Will soon be presented, an entirely new play, en-.
titled
LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET.
Doors open at Z, performance commences at pre-.
ciseiy. fe90-n
HALL,
M Franklin street.
SATURDAY. Euening, Ftb p, 1854.
GO SER
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