New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-05

saye) Lord Satan as her future husband. Anu 10"
comes on latter grand ballet, the Deluge. The stage
opened out full width and depth presents IN all Their
sinister grandeur the pictures Of Girodet and Poussn
groups Of families olngng madly TO rocks ana trees
losing one by their exhausted holds ard SINKING
into the everswelng Aood-a rain Of real water ever
beating down from the front ieze Of the scene-ni al
last springs forward in the only last unmerged hock
Satan with lis terrified bride in his arms'
he, now triumphant bursting ont In frank
blasphemous boast Her agony of prayer for him quie!
changed to pure horror, as she wrenches herSe i'o
his passionate proud embrace, and casts nerSeH' ye'
innocent into the fatal waters Even then his great
black heart superhumanIy capacious OF all passio"S'
ravaged with the beginnings OF the eterha
of an insatiate love- be breaks out IN semisubnme
9audeomus howl Of victory: YOUR pretty scheme OF
creating new race to finally NIL our empty places III
YOUR high courts all gone to water nowT But mere
the proud words are cut short The avengng anger
hoyers in and pointing with flaming sword far out to
the ark that slowly the watery waste tells him
therein is borne the fruitful seed OF the new race out
of whom shall come champion, your fltalycrushing
enemy And with that springs ont on the distant
sky the bow Of promise, and underneath, visible
in the clearing Storm the Holy Virgin Mary the saving
God child in her arms-and still again. her Nemesis
features are still again those of the first hopeessy
loved Eve and Of Noami Apart from one or two
ballet scenes can't discover anything in the Paradise
Lost after Milton which should be unfit to be exhibited
to an audience OF American Sunday School children
The extremely effective and complimentary tabeau Mt
the close Of course presupposes Catholic educated
audience.
This is not the first time that French playwrights
anna
great Rebellion to profitable stage account turned
up on the book-stals yesterday copy OF what was
meant by its author to be drama entitled adam and
Eve a new tragedy initiated from Milton" lnls ""s
written BY AN anonymous Mr.. A. d. ", and dedicated
TO the members of the French Academy In l743 IL Is
woefy hard reading at the present date and had no
literary luck in It's time. But this one.ha OF staley
rhymed line opening opening scene IN Pandemonnn
sticks to me, and WILL trust procure something OF the
funny pleasure TO the readers Of The TRIBUNE that 1t
gave TO me: Satan Ioquifsr Mon cher Mooeh" Fancy
to yourselves mon cher Moloch"-dear Moloch
Running readily in with this Paradise Lost after Mil
ton"-which don't forget has more than ordinary good
literary qualtyis grand spectacle show, the DsiaSe
Uaireele General Deluge which has been in prepare
ton and rehearsal with unusually careful and extensive
preparation for fortnight past at the Chaeet Theatre
Here we are to have no end of expenses Of real water
which with the real live sinners in pit and paradise
will give striking actually to the scene.
NJ Emile Girarlin's new realistic drama, the DtuZ
Seus TO the writing and rewrtingend careful correc'
ton OF which he has been giving most laboriou pains
for month past read to the actors at the Naude-
vile this week. His pride excited at once and snbdued
by the excessive notoriety and hahfa,tering. half
vexatous success Of Dumas skilf dramatic fixing OF
his rough finding OF lie SuPpliee dune Femme spurs him
to do his utmost best to conquer independent repnta
ton as playwright now. And though left TO himself he
is singulary inapt for dramatic work, it wonld not be
altogether surprising it, under the exceptional stimulus
of defiant pride and wounded vanity, his very real
talent should be provoked to cleverly and. for the
nonce acceptably, break out in the guise Of genius
Victor Hugo Just now in Brussels has ready for
press work TO be entitled Les rdr0eprs Dc Ia Mfr or
Les Dromes de Ia Mey. Not so much plotted novel,
guess as representation with his poetic and rhetor
cal ~ of painting of the perous dramatic life oil
the sesfaring population Of Guernsey and jersey.
OF other books printed or In press emnently notable
when will the time come that can say worthy WORD
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