New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-29

The manager of the old "Oreansp has kent
his promise faithfully, and the pieca which he
has brought out during the past weeklh been
selected with judgment, and renderedIin d man
ner creditable to most of those engaged in their
performance. We regret that the holse has not
been as fully attended as it has deserted to be
but, pretending to know something # the taste
and preferences of our theatergoers. we would
10th to attribute this slim attendnncet to any lack
of willingness on their part to patroni;e the ex-
cellent company which Mr.. Labrunb has col
lected for their amusement. We have been told,
moreover that great many of our people up
town were slow in finding out that the Orleans
Theater was opened. If SO, this fact, coupled
with the general feeling of sadness which has
pervaded our French population since the intelli,
gence of the Evening Star disaster, by which
so many of their friends and acquaintaaces were
lost, gives us some clue to the mysterious lack of
patronage, of which the manager, during the last
week, has had some right to complain, after his
conscientious exertions to cater TO the public
taste, creditably to himself and satisfactorily to
his audiences.
The comedy on Tuesday was "Nos Alli6es,"
by P. Moreau. This piece, the only one of this
writer which we have ever seen, stamps him as
sprightly and interesting author and playwright.
CASTOR de Rech, who has lately been serving in
Africa as q captain in the zouaye corps, arrives
in Paris and meets his cousin Henriete Dolcy
young widow, still pretty and fascinating, and
long since reconciled to the loss of her first hus
band. Castor, whose life has been spent camps,
and is uuacquainted with the manners of the
beau-nloaae, puts himself in her hands to receive
the polish which none better than herself can
give him. Besides, he wants a wife; she under
takes to find him one, and, with the natural fond
ness of her sex for marrying of their friends en-
deayors to effect match between the zouaye and
young Clare 1f0mgGrard. To accomplish this,
she will have to contend with a rival, Philippe de
| Ndpri, whose attentions to the young lady evince
a strong desire to accomplish the same object as
the widows proteg6 The plot then becomes very
interesting, developing the strategic maneuvres Of
a woman of the world, determined TO effect her
purpose coUte qtte coNte. The result of the con.
test is that the widow has displayed, during the
struggle, so much determination, wit and talent,
and in the education Of her cousin such graceful
ness and seduction that poor Claire is f0rsaken,
and both rivals fall rretrieyaby in love with the
charming Madame Dolcy herself. She marries
The captain, and restores de Mduwi to the good
araces NJ +ba vonner Iaav who accents Ais bo,5
and what little he HIS left Of a heart
Madame T,armet needed ma studv to art ercb q
mart as tbe n1ottino fasc;natnt, Iai1y, ~ fac
tioD and Madame Suzanne was eouoIIv interest.
fuo in the mart or Claire iCa,t1ero,d Fourniar 9
| G1eton de Rsc5 and Cbamonn os P5iJinno Js
| 7Erurj deserve a great deal of credit for thair
impersonation Of the two rivals.
| On Thursday another comedy was nerformea
the plot of which again rested on the macbina.
tops of female ingenuity. in a field, however
where the results are ant to be muob more sarioa
and produce much more mischief than in sncb n
ona az Il donicted in tbe nrecodnn nioco In
"Les Fep,n,es q45 Pletsrertr the author presents
two different nietures Of married life hotb NJ
which however dissimilar, are equally common
| in the world. De Rierr has q Young wife who
loves him and looks up to him as her oracle
Madame ohanlbzay. on the other hand. has bns.
band who should wear the .stilters u as sbe has
assumed the most INDISPENSABLE article of hfs
wardrobe. The life of the first connle is q
continued honeymoon. bpt of the Isttar
what If should he. constant bicl,arro .
and contention, Madame Chaz,17t, how.
evnr not content with the ascandancv utbiob gbo
hau aconiTad ovar her bnshord 10 o,, o7rooo+o 80
woman,s rights for others as well as barsaIf and
recommends dnplicitv and deceit IN ,,rirr from a
husband what his good sense and dissertation has
prompted him to deny. He discovers the deceit
and the banniness If ber friend f7otb1Io 10 do
stroved. De Rie,sc has lost all confidence in his
wife,s manifestations of love and whom fasr for bor
husbands safety actually brings tears from ber
ewes he turns her mfr with seorn and dorision M
moral lesson here taught is good and woDId he
more effective if the author had not seen ft to
brinr IN +oo soon tbn final rayoiotio, NTH, ~
storce II rba rehand all conf1onco in 1is r,,ieo,.
affection and sincerity. Madame Tarroat vas Ma
5fqd1,,o fgno,t7t and Madame enyorr,, +t,o ,,;ro
of De Rfeur. and notbf1p conId have hoon bettoT
Than tba acfing of these two tole,tod or+is+, ~
thair rasnoctive nar+s Tboir r,orFor,,, w..
slammed with aII. the grace elegance and ooso NJ
fba most oristocratic narIor not cromno7 ~, 49,,
of tba AFFECTED Stiffness and gaerata5 doitv -
tha stare
The same evening we were deIinhtod with III,
snriobtIv graceful acting of Madame Albert !,
ia FiIie da Dominioue1 We trnst VIC will cor
ber oftan on tbe boards of tha orIeons
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