New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-20
THE DRAMA.
TIE oprY1Na MONT AT wALLACK,s rnEArER.


nenty Tuesday. Tho house, which has been thor
oughy ceansed and fresheno vas brilliantly lighted.
and presented very cheerful aspect The orchestral d
vision Of the theatcr has been newly cspeed and 6ur
nishcd with about hundred seats. improvements
haze been made in the also and the scenic resources
of Ac thcaer have been largely increased Several OF he
most complete and beautiful sets OF scenery over admee
even upon this stage were employed on Iuesds IA pre-
senting the comedy of The Fast Family. Inat oil tne
third aci representing paTlor IN BcnoNons mousse was
especially admirable BY OF It's richness and real Gle
eanec. Great credit is due 30 Mr.. Gilbert and to Mr.
kelwyn Tor the perfection Of the STAGE arrangements
Iyorita tang worked well, and the performance, there
fore passed smoothly OF, without break and
without that yexatious delay which but too often
attends FIRST representations. the players were III
good spirits; the audience was sympathetic aud enthusi-
asc the comedy 6paed onward through four acts ana
took its place at once IN the esteem OF critical taste as
well Is the cordial approval OF popular IhVof' ~ 10
whitening piece Of satire the fOlies and fvotes OF
mcTccuaTy society. Its Pans aud us characters
are French people Of to-day; but Is satire IS evidently
and strongly relevant all social meridans IL presents
picture OF the domestic life OF modern amS III "hch
Money alone is respected and II details Ie" experiences
that bete It's members Tie picture occupies oul sna
canvas and is simplicity itself IN point VI coIPosih
a Gorccnarv father mother who IS pcTpettaly gone
OUT sons and daughters who given over 10 love OF
dress extravaganza social dissipation ana genteeI slang
gay wife whose imprudonce and false pride nearly break
her husbands heart and her own life as wei as MS
woman of the world who good and bright woman,
and tie guardian o. peace and love; few specimens OF
outside society, deity Introduced and skiuy Managed
thcso ore the elements OF the comedy Its story we shall
pleasure of others Enough say that the story deeply
nercsS and that 1t gives rise to several very touching
situations Considered as work OF art, TINS comedy
accompshes a good purpose by two-Olt methed. IL
holds up Folly might hold up picture, so that It's
very aspect may be its condemnation and It shadows forth
the possible consequences OF Artihciahy IN life, by
dramatic embodiment OF matrimonial jealousy stnie,
anguish ana reconciliation. Its language, too, IS strong
and telling. The personageS introduced actually have
something TO say Wit flashes from fluent lips, ana
Thought finds utteance in terse words The characters
also are real and haimonOusy drawn and contrased
That Of Clode is the most interesting, and Is v5or
ously gracefully, and intellectually persoRled Dy MISS
Fanny of toe most accomplished actresses on
che Am rican stage in all that goes to constitute al artist
Didier is the most difficult character to portny but in
the hands OF Mr.. Frederick Robinson 1t becomes
dgnfed and pathetic, despite It's inherent blelnisD-a
proneness TO low suspicion. Miss Hennques enacts
Blanche DCcr and in the later and more pathetic scene
shows marked improvement, both in power 10 compre
bend character and skill TO deueate the ttroes OF emo
ton. Miss Chapman as Fanfan, took the house py
storm with the remarkable performances Of the toue IN
EmbryO tae childish Benoiton Mr. Young, as the rep
resentave Of sharp talent acted trying part
with striking ability. All Wall street should hohor
him One OF the best hits in the piece his calcutta
zion of the chances OF matrimonial investment Two
other hits by the way of noticeable ceyerness are Co-
tides description OF modern matmony, and her lnerpre
IatiOn Of tho anonymous letter. MIS- Setons sketch OF
the vile, enyious Malignant poor relation IS perfect
Such characters uncommon IN real life aud are
the h0ns in social existence. MI Gilbert ana MI hOi,
land capital cmtOdmentfof two sorts Of moneyed old
gentlemen both mcrCeaaIy Golh hesrues ouI one sIne
and the other weak. MI Fisher is the gay representative
of semhonOrable French gallant, whom he yet COM
nends TO sympathy Mrs, Jennings who plays Rose
Benohon is a dazzling embodiment OF the supeThcauy
fast young lady OF the period, under whose
arifcaliiy, however, there yet beats womanly heart
The rest OF the is sufficiently well filed The Fast
Family will be nightly acted until further notices. and
since attacks social vices which exist here no less than
fn Paris Though in less exaggerated form doubt not
that the lash OF its satire will be felt and the good nfu
ences Of its teaching acknowledged In Pans this comedy
had run Of upward Of three hundred nights It's author
is Vicorcn SaldOn-he present version being the WORK
OF Mr. BcIjl Webster OF London.
ppOk nNxA Y THE
A considerable audience was present Monday even
ing at the Broadway Theater greet Mr. Adams in the
new part of Aar,en de Teigny in the drama Of " The
Hereto" which then for the first time acted at this
house Neither the play however nor MI. Aaamss per
Ing aud are therefore, constrained to chronicle the
occasion as a somewhat dull one The drama Of The
Hereto" was written by Robert I. Conrad Of Philade-
phia now deceased for Mr.. Edwin Forrest. 1t is
prsed in five acts is written in mingled prose and blank
Verse and embodies tragica story Of the Catholic and
Huguenot quarrel IN France under the bloody reign OF
Charles TX. Its hero, Adren de Teligny Huguenot,
returning his rural chateau, after period of exile
lust boon welded to the SON of deadly enemy Gaining
admission 10 the chateau, amid the wedding fesuVlues
Adren seeks his wifes presence. Complications enSue
the climax being the wes death by poison and the
turned husbands death by tho sword Inc scenes NUS
tatng these complications are OF various ment-Ihe pest
in dramatic sense being that wherein Adrlen details to
his wife the consequences Of her aenated Affection But
such interest the play aouses is consequent rather
upon the development OF plot than the PoItTat1e ana
contrast of character One wishes TO know how 1t will
turn out but cares very little for any Of the personages
WORKS of which this is true belong TO very common
order in literature As TO the personages Adren alone IS
grsphc-the others are weary, nat ana unProhaDe.
Mr. Conrad appears 70 have made the play as tailor
makes coatto tit one man. AdrieD dc lelgny IS self
reliant brave, determined noble in spirit devout IN re-
Ngon faithful in love- terrible in hatred; and the play
allows him frequent occasions TO eyinee these character
istcs in and word. Graphic though he be, however
he WINS little sympathy Mr.. Adams conceiyes the part
with uneng intuition, and portrays II with ample power
and dignity and intense eehng-Without rant oheatr-
cal rckeTy But, when ell IS done, he shows us no new
phase of his intellectual nature. His Robert Landry had
ALREADY disclosed the force OF his viii and the keen energy
of his mind. It had shown, too, what his Adrien De
Tegny but family indicates, the quekneSs ana deP'h OIL
Tonight 2lr. Adams win play Romeo, and on Fri.
day-foT his beneft-wil enact ROUer, IN the comedy
of" Wild Oats" His last appearance VIII be made on
Saturday at the matinee and in the evening We have
written in il havenot clearly given our readers 70
ton and study Of honest lovers Of the drama Among the
subsidiary PRESENTATIONS Monday evening" that OF Mr.
Stoddart was noticeable for debcaey OF sennes aa
that of Mr.. Lefngwe for accuracy The drama OF Inc
Hereto" we should remark has been purchased by NJ
Adams Ii has not been acted here before for long time
for which we have treated it as in some SORT
novelty.
domestic play holds the stage of this Theater 1t
was first brought Monday afternoon, when we wit
messed its representation and it is acted every after
noon and evening "May Lockwood or the Thirst Tor
Gold h its title and MI Baye Bernard is its reputed
author II is manifestly an English play bat mas Deeh
cumsly localized, 10 suit the taste Of TINS merioian.
New-York figures instead Of London, and NswJersey
settlement instead Of English rural distinct Inc moral
lessonfor what would become OF the domestic drama or
of Barnvms Museum without its scrap Of morality is
poor people ought be content with their lot and not
indulge craving after wealth. TINS idea u aims 10 ENFORCE
bydotang the sad experience Of NewJersey youth, who
gained 500 900 IN a lottery brought hrs wife up TO
town fell into bad company ruined by gamblers and
AT Last when about TO become murderer and robber,
pented came to his senses and started life anew
Under tho auspices Of kind brother happily returned
from California with q lot Of nuggets There Is an under.
plot showing how scoundTe-played by an individual
xsohlino barhers bIock in fashionable clothesvanly