The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-28
AMUSEMENT CULINARY.

Stuart" and elizabeth "Medeau and III
prosecuted Jewess-this is the change that ha
suddenly come over the theatrical skies. On
day last week we were ell but uncomfortable s
like unto the warmth of summer was the tempers
ture, yet on the day after coal fires and overcoat
were barely sufficient to protect from the bitin
blasts. Even IS then shivering we looked bacl
unable to realize the suddenness of the change
80 may theater goers, surveying in memory th,
sensations OF the past month, and having fresh il
their minds the heavy tragedy of the departed
week, find it difficult to persuade themselves Of
| the transition.
Janauschek has undoubtedly been the sensation
of the week. With New Orleans audiences 9
reputation gathered elsewhere is necessarily no
! guarantee of its emphatic Endorsement here.
I Laurels won in New York or London have been
known to fade under the leyeed lorgnettes of our
own city. great name, when heralded before,
may have the effect OF summoning together vast
grand jury OF critics, ready TO pronounce upon
the merits of the artist claiming their admiration,
but the communication must come from that ADM.
ration won, and fairly won. When, therefore, the
| great Janauschek, as the unfortunate Queen Of
Scots, came forth early In the first act on Mon
Gay night, glorious and stately, to meet for the
fret time public eager to behold her, eager to
know If she we're indeed that queen Of the Ger.
man drama which her hearers in New York and
st. Louis had represented. applause greeted her,
hut is was the applause or courtesy, or welcome
an 81 plause which said We are here, prepared
to judge impartally.n
Many man, many fair woman that night had
gone TO the st. Charles, armed With lorgne.te and
lloTetto, determined to be conscientious in crti-
cism. The house was fuI, and mostly with such
people IS were Intellectually qualified 10 const.
tute themselves critics. They had most of them
seen Ristori two years since now they would
zee Janauschek. She came. Royalty itself, not
the tinsel royalty of the stage, but q woman in
the prime of life, regal in intellect, In refinement,
in feature and fgure-the noblest Of Gods cres.
tons-she stood before her hearers, unconscious,
seemingly OF their presence, rejecting only upon
tbsttyrsnpy which impeed her queen sister to de-.
spoil her Of the jewels, the last vestigss of her
Scottish state.
lis not these baubles which can make queen
Basely indeed they may behave to US,
But they cannot debase u.s."
These words she uttered, and they carried with
them their power. The audience was more Intent
thereafter, and every one of her distinctly uttered
words fell clearly heard in the remotest corner of
the house. What mattered il that she spoke In a
language foreign TO many before her? They for.
got this In the dazzle of her eloquent eye, the
fervor OF her utterance the vividness OF her
resignation and grief. But il was not until the
scene OF her stolen interview with Mortimer.
that the pentup applause burst forth 10 all its |
power, and cries of "Bravo," bravo. Janau. |
schek," re-echoed through the house. Thence |
forward her success was assured, her welcome
became an ovation, and when the curtain fell that
evening 1t bad never screened from public view
the scene of completer dramatic triumph.
And on the following evening, as NEEDED, the
character in which it will be remembered Rstori
hrst appeared here, Miss Janauschek but re- we'd
her claim upon respectful admiration. 50 intense
was her passion, so vehement her despair, when
sae looked into The winsome eyes of her child and
told in its childish ear thoughts to which bnt few
metephysicians ever attain, that the little fellow
actually terrified, regarded her with genuine fear.
and burst into torrent Of tears. What truer YER
dict could the dramatic Medea wish for?
As f6zdJeth, signing the death warrant of ESSEX
or haunted by remorse for the cruelty which had
consigned him and Mary to the block, Jansuschek
considered by many as having achieved her
most remarkable success. Around her bedside
night in imagination be wildly seen the ghosts
II her victims, coDjured up by her own uuspeak.
Ible torment.
She repeated This character last evening to the
yreat delight OF large ardspprecative audience.
On Thursday night Lady AFFORD in Sehiuer's
Kabsle and Liebe," and on Friday night De.
ordh, ("Lesh, the Forssken'') were the roles in
Which Miss Janauchek appeared. 1t may be said
bat the support she receives is unexceptionsble.
Ter company has evidently been chosen with
are, snd by o discriminating choossr. The
cenery and mountngs, while not elegs1tlhaye
cen good enough, for after all they are but the
citing about the diamond.
The St. Charles company with the exception ,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce, who went to the Varieties)
ct out for Vieksburg on Monday evening, and 1
'aching there on the following day, opened in ]
re evening under the management Of Mr.. Charles !
Ope, and with Miss Fanny Price as leading star. !
it'll Leah, the Forsaken," and before crowded | .
Onss. Itwould appear they have been giving q {
lange OF programme every night. On Wednes- .
~ Miss Price played "Fanchon," Of which per. :
FINANCE the Vieksburg Times of the following r
orning says: t
Mics Fanny B. nrice, as Fdnchon he Cricket. 4
herself great credit last night in the play Of n
at name, end If anything was lacking the night q
efoTe to completely win the audience che Ger. a
inly held them spell bound last night. Her n
'ice Is pleasant, gesture graceful, and in those n
nder parts in which we have seen her. ia very Il
ie citing. Mr.. stevens and Mr.. Murphy as the ?,
lin brothers, Landry and DidieT Miss Preston. | q
Nddelon and others of the company received h
any evideDees.O of favor. while Mr. ID. Hanchett, N
Father Bdrbeaud, could scarcely have been IL
celled. We were glad to notice quite a large ~
mber OF ladies In the audience, and as the | ~
sather gets peasanter suppose we shall see the 81
auty Of our little city turn out in full force az r
rs Price and the talented company fully deserve N
DIVIDED houses. III
We give the foregoing as a specimen brick of p
e complimentary notices we have clipped from W
press of the Hill City since the conpany's ar IA
al there. 1t viii be observed that Dr. Hanohett, III
IS Prices stepfather, is embraced in the cast t.'
was, While here, though not appearing at all, =,
oxen Of as being an actor OF experience and III
sh, and as having greatly aided, by his instruc ST
ne, in impsrtDg to Mss Prices acting its m
sh. y
IN Thursday night the company played "Esst HI
one," with Mr.. Stevens as archibald Crrlyle, as