The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-04

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fsther's anger. Cnsuncey and Rose are also
| about TO elope, and are en- the same boat bul
finding her baggage has been taken on the oppo
siton boat she goes 10 search Of IT, and is carried
the other With Bessie, and RIVER l. engineer on
the latter boat 6kfiey. Who has already e.
sumed the diseuise of vender OF oranges, on the
| wharf Is now on the boat with Bessie, disguised
ae an old man. RIVER and Chauncey meet and
have lively setto. but are separated. Skifaey
throws on his Disguise. knocks ct Bessie's state
room door, seizes her and removes her to an sd-
Joining stateroom, where he ties her to . bed
rost-rasher On uncommon article on Q river
steamboat. 6kiffiey goes on deck and IL recog-
nized by RIVER, and the latter throws him over
board, when the curtain fslls. During this act
TWO steamboats, are supposed to be represented
OF the steamer, and quite an excitement takes
place, az the steamers are racing, and presently
the boat 10 found TO be on Ore. RIVER PUSHES 70
rescue Bessie, and the next scene shows the burn
her through the flames. The last scene is the
attic room, which has not been disturbed since
the day the chain was missed. The family assem-
BILE, also number Of policemen and Skif1ey, to
After while 1t il discovered that the lightning
entered the attic room, broke bell wire knocked
down picture and scattered the gold chain into
coal scuttle, where IL was found among the
coal. Everything Is then explained, and old FaI.
Ions heart is softened. Chsuncey has already
married Rose, while Bessie Is given to Byyer and
the curtain drops. t rs
MRS. sIDDoNs' READING.
We enjoyed Mrs. Siddons' reading yesterday
folly as much as We had expected 70. The scenes
from "As You Like III were fresh ss IL she had
never, as Rosdtind. taken SO prominent part in
them upon the same stage. We hesitate to at
tempt any extended description OF her appear
snce, as, with flashing eye, an ever varying coan-
tensnce-now April, now austere November-she
followed the changing episodes of the comedy.
AND N the recitation she was equally forcibe and
animated. Tennyson's picture Of the scornful,
heartless Clara We're de We're, the daughter of an
hundred ears," never stood out more wildly than
when portrayed by that wondrously gifted lady,
nor dic artist ever paint sweeter, more tranquil
pastoral scene than She in utterng those exquisite
lines of Whittiers Maud Muller.
II is difficult to specify which Of her selections
was read most scceptably. Here they are. We
say they were all read equally well. Judge,
therefore, yourself, reader, which would have been
your preference:
Scenes from GAS You Like IT, Shakespeare;
Lady Clara We're de vere," Tennyson LADY
Clare, by special request, Tennyson the Sleep
Walking Scene, from Macbeth" Shakespeare;
1.-The May Queen;" Anne Hathaway, or Shsks-
peare's Wooing and Wedding" Falconer; MAUD
Muller" Whittier; THE Courtship Of Henry w."
Shakespeare. %
The attendance was fair, but hardly as large as
we had both wished and expected. We hear that
Mrs. Siddons will read again in New Orleans be-
fore her departure for ST. Louis, some time next
week. She plays an engagement there at DeBsr's
Opera House. Flattering proposals were re-
ceived yesterday by telegraph from the manage
ment Of the Grand Opera House, New York,
where the Tempest I" is now being run.
SCHOOL.
We anticipate great treat in Mr.. Floyd's pro-
duction of Robertson's new comedy OF School"
before long, for some of the characters seem
to have been written especially for the COM
psDy at this house. That Of Naomi 7igie. the
young Indian heiress to whom the climatic or
other Influences Of the East have impaired an
ardent and imperious nature, which finds express
sion IN warn demonstrations OF personal afec.
ton, daring disregard OF the conventional sus.
vities Of life, lippant "sangy" boldness of de-
meaDor which might be Objectionable In an Eng
lish girl but which. in the Indian heiress indicates
only vigorous spirit of Oriental resistance to the
tyranny Of her new and civilized surroundings,
will find fitting representative in Miss Isabel
Freeman. while Jack Poy1atz. Beau Fdrintosh,
Lord Bedp10y, will be spendidly represented by
Messrs. Floyd, Bowers and Sheridan.
Those who remember "Csste" or "0urs,"
the only two of Mr.. Robertson's comedies hitherto
produced We believe. in New Orleans, cannot
but anticipate pleasantly in regard to " School,
Who that saw that beautiful "Ours" at the Va
rie'ies last winter, does not remember the touch
ing and pathetic vein Of sentiment, not too highly
elaborated, but delicstely blended. running
through its stirring martial scenes Was there
ever any thing prettier than that scene where the
inmates of drawing room look out and wave q
fearful adieu to the departing troops en- route
for the Crimea or a more suggestive fancy than
that the bleak Lilsides about Sebastopol
should be heard re echoing with the
strains Of an sir which his lady love had
last performed at the piano for the departing
lieutenant who figures as the hero; In fact. that
she hereelf. invading with some woman's within
those uDnviting scenes, should be touched to the
heart by hearing that air with all its tender recol
lections of parting?
Now if school, is only as good as Ours,u
and some say It's better, why let Us all turn chill
dren sssuredly and so 20 " School" once more.
In the meantime Manager Floyd brings out to-
morrow evening the comedy, a Dangerous
Game, adapted from the French of NJ. Ssrdou,
the author of that sparkling comedy, ia Famille
BeDoiton," played at the Varieties early in the
season of CTS.
MIscELLANEA.
Daniel E. Bandmann, the Anglo-German actor who
played an engagement in Germ IN at the National
Theater and in English OF the Varieties during the
season OF '66 and '67, will shortly play another
engagement in this country. He will be accom-
panied by his wife (hilly Pamerl, who Is spoken
of as an able aud accomplished lady. His Shy.
lock and Adrclsse were among his finest repre-
septatioDs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Watkins, who established
the dramatic troupe ia the old Olympic, In
this city, have been doing very well at Buffalo, N.
Y. ~.
The New Yorkers have been treated to another
Shakspearean sensation in the shape of female
Homlet-a Miss Marriott, an English tragedienns
of some renowD, who made her first appearance
last Monday night in that character. She Is
spoken of being very talented, and Is ably sup
ported by Mr.. James Csthcart, who, many OF our
citizens will remember, supported the late
Charles Kean and wife at the St. Charles, when
they played their farewell engagement in the
spring of 1866. She is to appear as Romeo dur
ing her engagement.
Mr.. and Miss Couldock commenced an engage
ment at the Broadway Theater, New York. last
Monday night. appearing In "Phil's Birthday
and " Milky White"
Miss Jsnsuschek appeared as Elizabeth at the
New York Academy Of Music. Her performance
Is highly spoken of.
Twenty nine balls, besides q number of concerts,
were given in New York last Monday night.
The attention of our readers is directed to the
of Messrs Chenovetb Casey 4 Co