New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-05-21
GARDEN CONCERTS.
THE DRAMA.
A .wnRn EoR Actions.

Many people. misled by the word "amUse-
scouts applied TO theaters, and msied also 10y uc
own vulgar and RsOleDt notions TO the morality OF the
theatrical profession fail TO understand That actnG 10
the actor IL much business as law is TO the lawyer
an preaching to the parson Sick We'll the actor must
IL AZ has post Of duty Death may DC in his house and
anguish in bs heart but his smiles, his laughter ms
haaeination his w.t. and his mental ana physicai at-
oriy be ready. all the same, since the demands OF
MS business are imperative and ineXOrable And death
and anguish do comeo the homes of actors just as they
come 10 the homes of dealers in dry goods. Goldfish,
Yickks and Ere There is 10 difference 10 TINS point,
An the common lot Of Very often, theTefOrc-faT
Oftener than many spectators know or imagine-tbe
actor who rattles gaiy through his comedy
and is thought TO be the happiest of men of
10y chance he is not thought to be the wicked
est of LOthm3Osl, is, in sober truth, bowed
20 the very earth with affection. Who however,
Who pauses TO thinks What kindly human consideration
is needful, toward mere mummers who live TO dauSe
let the lights burn therefore and the music sound. We
mnst have 70 sadaced clown here so cries the saga
eiOus multitude the dramas patrons" Sometimes the
actor flags little IN his work. breaks down altogether
and tien they think he is drunk. There case of
this kind very long ago, at tho Broadway Theater in
this city An actor named Goodman was on the stage IN
one of the pieces produced by Mr. Chanirau But lie
happened 10 be dying, with the consumption, and he
failed 10 do usce To his part So he deemed drunk,
aud got Kissed Two nights aferward he dead. OF
course have tried TO when in i'll
health Only, strange 70 say, he happened TO be po9r
well as sick; and 50 il was needful for him TO work
which he did till he came pear falling dead in his
tracks. There some minds that regard Conduct Of
this sort heroic performance Of duty. But that is not
she popular view Instances OF this sort Of experience
are by no And the moral would urge is
Justice to the players There countless idle gorant,
and offensive theories in society aDOut the stage
Thousands OF sanders pass from mouth to mouth through
out herds Of vulgar fools, in reference many of It's
professors Drunkenness is not the least Of faults inn
puted them We are for part very weary Of such
triyality and YenesS Actors and actresses are htmah
creatures with the same merits anu defects that mark
common humanity: aud their profession stands on
precisely the ground the other learned profess
siOns recognized society; whereby they entitled to
just the human consideration and respect
that accorded 10 other workers IN the honest
business Of the world. Not every poor player, who
chances to agger the stage does so because Of cham
payne. often he is not half so well acquainted with
is taste as the people who sit in judgment upon him
Not every poor ballet girl who dances in spanges, Is the
that she is thought TO be- by yonder country
merchant, who expectOrates blended profanity, morality
and tobacco juice he denounces the New York Stage
and the wickedness Of this dreadful city, There may be
sheep in the dramatic profession, but there
every walk Of life. Let judge another gently;
OF rather seeing that Of sec clearly into
hannah motives and conditions, let us not Judge at all or
she three cardinal virtues ST. Paul preferred charity
a DRAMATIC FOSSIL.
They have in England a Lord Chamberlain,
part Of whose duty it is to act theatrical IN
fhis capacity he commonly strains the gnat and swa
lows the cameas moral censOrs but too apt to do
On recent OCCASION although he had managed TO tolerate
Madame Finette he forbade the performance Of Oliver
Twist" dramatzatiOn by John Oxenford, OF Dickenss
story but this decree he aerward wisely concluded to
Tescind. 1t interesting fact ithat the existence
Of the Lord ChamneEains power Of cen;2gsG9 q &c
DRAMA Sf5S ont " quarrel Of e state With Henry
Fielding neatly hundred aud thirty-fve years ago
Fielding in debt at that time and had little
money "a predicament to which, would think ne
might have grown accustomed and he had also been
noyed and illtreated by some people in power |
Thrift aud resentment thus cOncurred 10 |
prompt him TO active enterprise. He got |
together troupe Of actors called "The Great MOens
Company OF Comedians aud Herewith took possession
Of the teater an the Haymarke where he brought out
Az original piece called Pesqum" which acted he
fore crowded houses FOR 80 nights IN succession TINS
high rank and political magnatcs Fielding followed mp
lis SUCCESS with satres, but The novelty gone,
and he ultimately failed in hts purpose One result how
ever, followed, which has lasted since Parliament
An 1854 passed act forbdding the representation Of
any Fay not previously licensed by the Lord Chamber
Aan Sao taxing from the Crown the power Of licensing
any more theaters Lord Chesterfield had yanly opposed
xnis measure which To this day operates as
ent'i1nlse author OF |
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