The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-10

Thextricni md nrnsicni Rcvie1--Gosssp Of
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ThoGtrScnt md efnsfcni Keviey--1csssp Of
tho Stage aud side Sce0es.
H94 L0sDOE, Oct 10, lsco.
Among the most amusipg curiositias or dramatic
literature must 10 c'assed two letters addressed In
the shape OF advertisements 10 .erne Patrons Of tile
Legitimate Drama and the Psy-gong Pablo IN
General" ty Mr. f. Il. ". vslIere, who halls from
the parnassiau heights OF Harrow. 'what is gem
tleman without his recreation ~ asks the Jovia hero
OF a once popular bnt now forgotten comedy.
what ID gentleman without MS prieyancesfp
might be asked with eaua propriety. There
ale those 10 wnoul grievance ~ as light 10 their
eyes and az music To their ears; and OF such IL Mr.
yellcre. HIS grievance IL one that NAV well awaken
tho compassion OF gods and men. lie Is the author
OF two plays. entitled respectively Stern RealItes
and TRUST and he tells us that 1t took more than
4 year OF his half holidays 10 write the former sno
about i've months to write thu latter. Yet-woud
heart OF man ere think 1.-THE cannot get
either accepted by tho London managers. ."
have been trying" ne says, 'for tho last
eighteen months to get one OF these pieces
performed, but all nv endeavors have been in vain"
And the misenef OF 1t is that they really good
PLAYS What world 1t ia, TO be surel The saturday
Rere,c declared later than last Saturday that tine
art OF dramatic composition Is dying out IN Eng
land; yet here We have gentleman who has upon
his hands two plays Of genuine merit, neither OF
which viii any manager 10 London touch with
pair OF tongs. II reminds one OF the days TO.
nowned In nursery literature when little pigs USED
to run about the streets roasted with knives
ana forks stuck IN Ihem. crying aloud Nyho'll
eat meS Who'll eat ncgi Yet nobody could be
found to taste them. 81 beg you believe ine, IL
d!es ana gentlemen" excaiuls Mr.. yellere with
charming ngenuousness, " on the word or gentle
man. author ana schoolmasteE that the two pieces
l baye written VIII meet your approval.n He must
be indeed an unreasonable critic VINO would re-
Quire more than this. When we arc assured
upon such DISTINGUISHED authority az that
OF the author himself that his play il sure
TO please u.s. what moro can mortal man
requlrea certain William Shakespeare. to whom
Mr. xelere ar odesS haas ass n .,m himself ,sss
each was unknown 10 lame, spoke more modesty
about his Htle producNons, which he was conen. 70
describe as shadows. lhe best In this kind are bu;
shadows, and the worst worse II Imagination
amends tnen,n quotD Theseus III "A Midsummer
Nights Dream.n But ar. yeerc rates his literary
wares al higher price, A fellow miyht make money
or Mr. Vellere, was said Of Iaharpe by buying hun
CT the pubc's estimation OF bin ana selling him at
his own.
81 vous voudrez fsire bieniot
une fortune immense, suant gus legitinc,
Fl ls vendre &c gun sestns.
Mr.. vcileres lot Is cast In an ungratefu age. He
calls upon every member Of the piay.aoing COM
munity to write him q note kindly informing him
which OF the pieces stern Rcaiities' OF "Irust,n
should, in his opinion, be performed frst: ''and
promise me,'' adds the enthusiastic author, s'that
you viii come to sec either or both. Receiving from
you great quantity OF letters, shall, armed with
such phalanx OF patronage, present myself as the
the London theatres and--we shall see.n 1t would
be WORTH while crossing from your Broadway to our
Haymarget, merely TO observe the expression Of Mr.
| BuckstoDe's face on receiving visit from a
foreign gentleman provided with waRon.ioad
| or letters from unknown writer's, expressing
approval OF couple OF plays, not one line III either
OF which had been read Dy the correspondents IN
with a vengeance. Bat Mr.. Veere would have US
believe that he Is getting Oh ike house on fire, and
lone OF London's most eminent tragedans mas NJ.
ready offered his services This s the most joyful
tldnss OF all We were not aware that there Is one
eminent tragcdan IN London, but seems That there
are several aud that Mr.. Yelere has caught one OF
the best OF them so tae work goes bravely on, and
new era OF the English drama VIII DO dated from
the nlgn. when s.Irusti or s.arn RoalltiesN shall
be revealed To the gaze OF an enyaptured public.
However, there IL n serious aspect even to the
funniest question, and there is one grain Of common
sense at tie bottom OF Mr. Veere's absurdites 1t
Is unjust and prsposterous that the privilege OF
writing for the London stage should oe restricted TO
hive OF little Dusy B's, Beauford Paigrave Simpson
| ana two or three others. That the dramatic lte-
nature OF England should be confined 10 this little
corporation and that no new men should have u
chance OF hearing IL monstrous- IL Is quite tame
| that the monopoly should be broken down, ana that
We should nave Tree trade in plays as in potatoes.
II Mr. vellere should contribute to this desirable
! result ne VIII have deserved wei Of the country,
| laugh at him as we may.
IL has been said that everything suffers by "tran
laton, except bishop. How long this episcopalan
exception VIII hold good IL more than living man
can undertake to predict. WHO win venture to fore
tel how It VIII fare with bishops whether stationary
translated. ten years hencef Cobbett declared
that the tay would surey-come when 1t would DO
no dincuit matter to find ian able bodied man will
ling to do the work Of the Bishop London for $500
year-and glad to see the money! and indeed We
seem to be drifting fast towards that economical
contamination. Let us hope mat the august shade
OF DR.. Sumner, late Bishop OF Winchester, who
received for his services in the church the
modest pittancc OF Gs0.o00, or Whereabouts. WIZ
q revolution IN profits preatcal However this may
be, there Is no denying that plays surer fearfully
uH y ia @ mo a
moiodrama OF Gle Mangeur de Fer" OF whtc
heavy, yapid adsptstion has been brought out at
land" The French drama was originally produced
In tue Spring OF 1906 at the Amb.gn Comlque, where
u proved great success, N. Clement Just in par
tlcuiar making great hit In the character Of the
1Rd'geur, or prison burster. In compliance With
that absurd superstition 30 prevalent in England
which exac,s pleasant ending to PLAY, however
gloomy its previous career may have been, the de-
,oeneat Of this piece has been completely changed,
TO the ruin Of the dramatic interest OF the story
well as 10 the utter destruction OF its moral. The
p h . y NO. cloudy and confused ns ana
dents In which 1t abounds is simply vanity aud
vexation OF spirit. Mr. Charles Mathews cleverly
villains 70 man but nothing said or DONE even by
this brilliant comedian, can claim impart to give
vitality or beauty TO tue play. 1t been brought
piece tof course by MIR. Bouccault); bu, the sooner
tho Escaped" makes his way back to portland
without hope OF ucket0feave, tho better both for
the manager and the public.
The gentleman, In one OF Mr.. ]. I. Tooies farces,
who proclaimed nls intention 10 learn French IN
order tnat he might study the British drama In its
original language would have enough to do If ne
were now In London. At the Gaety we nave yet
another translation, IN the shape OF new play by
Messrs. Banford and Horace Wigan, entitled "A
Lie Chase, being an adaptation or NJ. Beots famous
melodrama, lie Drame de ia Rue Ruyale.n Here
the lie chased Is that OF murderer aud the hunter
or rather the huntress, who drives him to bay is no
other than the widow OF he man he mas murdered.
Defeating her lie to the task OS detecting assas.
sin she tracks him, with tho aid OF police spy from
haunt OF feshion or dissipation 10 another till
vi last she falls In love with hiG aud brings herself
10 believe tn6t he is innocent OF The crime she had
imputed 10 him. The assassin reclprocate Der pas
sion WITH rapture, little dreaming VINO she IL. on
discovering the fact he as utterly unnamed In an
agony terror and remorsc he cpnfasscs the crime
and stabs himself TO the heart with the very kniie
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