New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-04-18
THE DRAMA.
YANYRE IncKH LAM nARNuNi's MusEuM


hence from liquor; and. I'm Joe Morgan the sot, and Mr.
Bowa,e, TIE phnanthropst, it presents frghtul ex-
nmplcs OF both conditions. II deals, moreover. with
commonplace persons and incidents aud very duh and
tedious plane OF lc. Yet the cOnsdcrate critic cannot
deny that moral lesson sound one and that is
taught in manner that commonplace persons can under
probably does not demand and certainly does not deserve
On the score Of art-u construction and language that is
pieces. Its four acts not such divisions as are en-
joined by dramatic necessity but such mercy as O.
required by stage convenience. As substitute lof
dramatic climax we have the cheap exponent t VI
and manners exhibited under the stress Of dramatic cir
cumsanccs, have thiny skctched peISOnases, nuCh
morality These ingredients do not constitute dramatic
work of art The fashion OF the time among 9anasts
to knock together their materials anyhow 50 that stage
effects be produced and this piece is signal example OF
tcS NV ~ pratt esd but nceects to state that it Is
dramatzatiOu OF story by Mr. T. S. Arthur 1t acted
several mouths agoat Barnums Museum whenwe review
cd H. present revival at the Museum is chiefly notice
able from the fact that brings upon the scene an actor
an o' ensaicment at the Museum on monday after
noon in the character Of Sa%pie S,ci,cfSH lie was,
we believe the original representative OF me part ana ne
certainly plays it he were native and TO the manner
born" Tic character need not say is perfectly SIM
pie, Srchcl is sTcwd, gOOdnaurcd sensible, vulgar
iterate cOnntyman, FOND OF his dram, his joke, and his
McjdJ The figure corresponds, upon the stage, to the
Yorkshire bumpkh of the Old English comedy Warren,
Clarke Jefferson Owens, ana many DINER eomed4Is
have delineaed 1t, in one phase or another Yankee
been intimately cOnvorsant with New-Engaud life, yet
Wpon the stage such costume as tLat which he wears
nor have met with the Yankee pecuiautics of raw
good nature, in pronounced form as that wherein
they are embodied by this actor; Yet we
and his acting the anpifed and highly coorcd type Of
real and udicrOus phase OF England character His
Yankee is to the Yankee Of real life what the Mrs Ncke
10y of the story 10 the actual Mrs Niceby whom every
body has known YANKEE Locke is fortunate in peculiar
voice, that smacis OF the unpayed districts" in cOu.
tenance that is Sngulary expressive of shrewdness and
hunor; and in person that APPLY typines the ungay
creature whom it has been his ambition to depict. His
engagement at the Museum is good sign II indicates
some remembrance of what IS due to the drama from
those who live by and assume TO represent IT, Ten
Nights in BarROOm' was somewhat better acted here
on Monday than it when produced some months
ago. but, ASIDE from LOckes Yankee and Mr. Leyicks
praise hSdTI 1 te utero1ce Of pa
tudes and scraps Of morality. Mr.. Leyick gave
impressive earnestness TO the part of Joe Morgan;
redeemng it, at the end of the second act from Its natural
perls OF bOmbast and sicScning pueriy. Too much
Phenomenon, let here remark added to the natural
dead weight aud tediousness OF the drama NolGing
ton of Little MaS song, in the fins act-uness perhaps,
Of d a NJ G Be e1d Of adt thd YEN Nights in Bar
Room" will be played every afternoon and evening unt
further notice We have TO chronicle two facts OF interest
before closing this review. One is that the Exhibition
Department OF the Museum has been angnentteu ana
enriched by the addition thereto OF the Utica Museum
Collection The other is that the character OF the adVer
tisements Mr.. Barnum's drOpcurtain is gradually
improving Mention is now made OF Only TWO OF t h
diseases while the catalogue of nostrums has been
advertisements on the drop-curtan of theaerthOugh
the idea is TO lover OF the dramaat least let
Thursday.
Madame Ristor's American tour is nearly finished.
Throughout the South and West she has been spenddy
successful Within few days she will be with us once
more play her last engagement in the United States
and to bid farewell to the American people OnSaturday
evening acted Buffalo. OnSunday she made visit
TO Niagara Falls On Monday she appeared in Buffalo
again. On Tuesday in Rochester on Wednesday. in
syracuse q Tonight she plays in Utica on ,, Friday
pearance in New-IOrk, in the farewell engagemnt,
Will be made ON "Wednesday evening o. next week 'he
Victor Hugos "Angelo kneWn to the EAglsh stage as
respects and one in which RstoT has acquired
European fame; This VIII be followed 10y
is limited to six nights. it being designed to
give three week IN e irn tS Sl 1
Vile de Paris on her homeward trip to Europe During
thS times m Pas Her soSn in the United States has
been marked by very brilliant professional and pecuniay
success. She arrived here on tho Ath OF septemDeT
having been engaged TO give 100 performances in TINS
cOnntry and Havana But though the latter place mas
before she goes away We assured that she has earned
eight months Of labor is certainly great success. Nor
has gam been limited to money She may not have
but she has, also, nObly and splendidly interpreted
several OF tho greatest characters in the drama,
In our midst which cannot fail to be productive
Of the most DenehSa reis p pe f U
other players OF genius To VISIT these shores All who are
worthy will be welcomed, and all such will succeed; and
In their successas well IN that Of own players,
who VIII by emulaOn be prompted 70 loftier effort
may naturally expect to witness the conquest OF dr9
matte art over that mercenay spirit OF speculation which
has deeply degraded the AMERICAN STAGE The char
at the French Theater Is IN many MINDS WIN
Rachel whose Tsbe, first seen in Paris in the spring OF
1850 has been recognized OF the greatest and best
OF her representations. The part was played here by
say that the English adaptation Of Angelo is, for En-
glish aud American taste, preferable 10 the original
French. 1t is the work Of Gilbert Beckett.
The aspect of theatrical affairs in New-YOrk is
not very cheerful at the moment TO think that IN an
this vast city there is only one really excellent heater Is
TO be panied well as astonished Yet tha is tne lac
prestige Of the drama. Good meces-2s good at
Least "a, as can 5e gCrS we'll TG acted Weak points
may DO perceptibe, now and then, both IN pays
ana 1T acting put on tne T s e co are GOOD B1t
when YOU leave that house and look elsewhere you ma
l cold Comfort" The Winter Garden been burned,
and Mr. Booth has gone away The Olympic stage is
occupied by English OPERA temporary eXOtic tnat
blooms IN the place on Ine lcSs , u b ' een Niblos
In colored fire and dancing girls. There is pantO-
mime at the Bowery-well enough in its way, as
the French wit remarked bun its way small good per
Is nov ana en x gve Ia ny ebfe be-
noted. occasionally. at other places OF amusement But
altogether the local drama is somewhat stagnant IN he
PROVINCES "a nearly as we can determine, dizziness is
regning in like manner This state OF things - IN part
attributable the proximity Of the seasons close Buta
deeper reason for dramatic decay the fact that spec
lators have largely Overrun the stage Directed III
great measure by men who look upon heater sort
Of mestal grocerystOre shoe-shOpi the drama must
inevitably dr0Op. Like gravltates 10 ke ana
who appeal TO the lowest will attract 70 their
theaters only the lowest orders people For all this
however there is everlasting vitality IN the dranauc
art which neither sordd baseness nor low ignorance can
utterly auench and which will burn brightly up again,
whenever wherever OF heart and brain ana hgh
purpose and character seriously assume the conduct OF
the drama.
The pantomime of Little Boy Blue, &C." is
to be played but two weeks longer at the Oid Bowery
neU piece called - Robert Macaire " has Deen
PRODUCED by Griffin q Christy's Minstres The
Bunyan Tabea9x may be seen as usual e. T fepndons