The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-02

NIBL0's GARDEN.-The inimltaD.e commedienne,
Lolita, opened her engagement last night TO grand
mass meetiDg-yea delighted multiIude-in John
Broughams astonishing drama, IN four acts from
Dickens Curiosity Shop entitled Little Men ana
the Marchionessn Introducing Lottas speciaties OF
banjo soios. clog dances, jigs and songs There are
tweDtyfour OF Dickens sharply defined ana extrava
gantly natural characters this play, with as great
mixture Of curios,ties and varieties as was ever
crammed into four act extravaganza. And there
are, withai, sufficient plot, method, goodness,
aeyiltry and scnemng rascaiiiy in the plo. TO make
ts deseiopnent exceedingly interesting rom lHe
opening 20 the end. There is tagging or dragging
ia the rapidly changing scenes and situations; but
,nn ~ s, an nyey wideawake iaugaple syapa
Little Nell aud tue Warehouses two characters as
widely separated as the little Angel and Topsy OF
Lolita that IL Is difficult TO say IN which she most
exces, Dick swivelIer,. by Vincent, is .
diamond. Ola Grandfather Trent, by Mr. Bradley,
~ good rendering, we should say OF the seryile and
man, is line and well maintained representation OF
the leading vlllain doubled up, but active he Is
required to De IN his difficult roe OF rascaiity Mrs.
from It's contrast with her Black Crook, her lord
and master. Mrs; Bradshaw the keeper Of
far. Indeed, there was that generous rivalry
among all the performers to make a hit,
which never fails OF success They were all up In
their parts, and II, with half dozen exceptions,
there was nothing required but dash aud activity,
there Yves ciSiit aCtsy and dash to bring do
Tie house in an almost continuous round OF
applause broken only by explosions or laughter.
The particular feature OF the drama - the stunning
English country fair, win It's peculiar shows and
amusemeats, including MOTIFS dancers, wax WORKS
thltnbe-rsGlng acfoDats ana Niger mnsTels. In
short this play is regular curiosity which VIII sure.
~ Ill NIOlos Tor many nights to come. II Is hberay
mounted me cast II good the accessories are good
and The Whole performance Is calculated 10 leave
the spectator IN happy frame OF mind
WALLAog's THEATRE.-The third week OF variety
with Tom fayiors popular comedy of ''stin Waters
Run Deep" which was given upon this occasion for
the first tine THIS season, The piece was strongly
cast and appropriately mounted, and was, with but
very few exceptions, capitay enacted Mr. J. W.
Wallack sustained the aole of John Mildmay with all
His customary grace ana ease and was supported by
Mr.. q. Wynoam as Captain iiawksley, VINO, however,
did not quite come up 10 the mark His great fault last
evening was the endeavOr to Infuse into tile charac
ter which he persOnatcd spGsmodic sort OF action
author originally intended Mr. Stoddart personated
Mr.. Potter with his usual Whim, and MISS Louisa
Moore and Miss Emily Mestayer, as Mrs. MIldmay
aud Mrs. Sterabod respectively, were very accept
able in their parts. Upon the whole, however the
performance last night was extremely enjoyable and
was thoroughly appreciated by those VINO were ior-
tunate enough to witness IL. 'Still Waters Run
Deep" Will DC repeated. on saturday evening, with
the same cast.
PARK THEATRE, BRooKLYN--A new piece was pro-
duced at tins house last nigut, entitled Check
matcn The authorship belongs to Andrew llalll-
day. II is u co,uedy OF a very light, Lively and
amusing character, and kept the audience In the
pleasantest Of good hunor from beginning 10
end. The principal parts were played-and very well
PLAY ed by Miss Jennie Carol, Miss Marie Bates
Mr.. Il. Lamb and MIR. Mark Bates IL il one Of those
cheerful, pretty comede,tas That come INTO our
theatrical programmes now aud then to enven the
routine u dramatic drearlness. The melodrama Of
'Ine Miller ana His Menu followed the comedy-a
romantic, Railing, musical piece that afforded II
very good opportunity Tor the display Of the versa
tile and talented company which Mrs Conway has
always at the command of the Brooklyn public and
which, with the able assistance OF herself and MI
GonN az, serves make the Park theatre SO popular