New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-20

selves, who beat with little naulhNAs VI
dous instruments OF sound 1t Is not inc paf
let, though. that gives this piece Its ohafm'
albeit judiclous admixture oi 'A'
ment hiShtens the piquancy OF tno hi'n
wherewh 1t contrasts. That mrtb is .ho b.oa' i,
Mechanical devices contribute portion Oh H. III ono
scene, for example. number OF living "o"on a,o o
denly converted into chairs and tables In another'
wandering key hole makes its appearance III every
its appertaning door. These are suiicieh' Vpos VI @
mechanical part Of the tckery There Is no emu 70 'h
devices Of this which acute Invention can w
Mr.. Fox has employed both memory anu lh'on'lon -
this part his work. But the chief part OF the i'n VI
"Humpty Dumpty" the animating spirit tnat hiaA0'
what II is is supplied by the actor himself lie GIG
Yates the Clown into an artist He gives MS true panto
mime which ia the basis all acting The thoughts ana
feelings which undertakes interpret are SUPERFICIAL
and are confined within narrow scope. buch re-
striction is inevitable in work OK THIS hnd' but
they arc perfectly expressed by the actor Nothing could
be more significant eectua than Is the perfect con-
crrence of his facial expression and his sudden move
ment or sudden stiffness Of body, when some new con-
ception and purpose Of mischief flashes into his BRAIN
Though has done the same thing Thousand umes' no
does Il every time as 1t entirely new one OF MS
happest expressions that OF bland ana serene uncon
sciotsness whenever he has committed an outrage Oh
more than common gravity His face OF virtue Is simply
irresistible 80 10 his face Of discontinue "hen I'D sns
midst OF some unholy glee the distress no mas
Wrought he comes suddenly TO grief Astonshmen IN
dgnaton and the sense Of Repg t9una 0g1 as0 p7asH
fully blended In It, with the latent purpose 10 8es
into safety aud do again. Is no wonder tha' no
children are delighted with this performer lie earnest
In his pranks he enjoys them and so 10 MAKES 'n0N
ENJOYABLE 10 Others The worker must tahe T"
natural and sincere pleasure In his work. or no
one else will Mr. Fox has this capacity IL Is MS nature
10 be sportye that nature he dscloses IN iu Piay anu
the result is genuine success TO speak oi nu"Py
Dumptyv as an intellectual matter would DC apsuru ~
Is an OF fun-simple almost to triviayi but OF s
kind, genuine and excellent No such paptonime can DO
seen anywhere eso In America and In his peculiar 40
MAN. Mr.. Fox has rival on the American stage. AT
conclusion Of the new volume OF Humpty Dumpty
We should add, there comes grand pictorial scene
which. like Keatss window, is "innumerabe Of splendid
o light ana SaRss pen
dor n3t 6a t XII syGs H. pleasure nit ending to
BROUGHAM's THEATER.
An entire change of performance VIII be
made next Monday evening at Broughams Theater' An
Irish stew" and "The Dramatic Review VIII be taken
Off and "A Gentleman from Ireland" and " Pocahontas
will be substituted Mr. Brougham will appear IN both
plays Preparations being made with all possible dis
patch for the shakespearean Reyiyal-whch Is 10 lie
Illustrated by an entirely new and unique traveste Of
.'The Merchant Of Venice" Mr. Brougham Will enact
Shyoc IL will be seen that there is good deal OF inno-
cent pleasure in store FOR the habuos OF TINS elegant
theatere elegant and the cosiest one, be IL SAID
that can be found America. Let IL also be SAID
that SIR. Brougham deserves the respect aud APP
plausc as well the practical support OF the
portion % this community for conducting
his rheatcr IN the spirit naturally characteristic OF
gentleman. who ebteems himself his profession ana the
BooTH's THEATER.
Matinee of "ROmeO and Juliet will be
given hero today the first OF the season. and should the
day be fine there will doubtless be present large
audience " beauty aud fashion Matinees have grown
very popular in HewYork Of late seasons In the even
ing Mr Edwin Adams makes his special appeal TO the
rnbiic appearing for the first time in New.York, as
Nqrcissc, ia "Sarcis-c the Nagrant uans,a,ee anu
adapted from the German by Mr.. James schohDers'
MATNEEs TO-DAY.
In addition 10 the Booth Matinee, MatinGes
will be ri, en- AT the Academy Of Music tL Mricaine)
the French Theater C' Gcnevovo dc Brabant), Woods
Museum 1.-TWO buresquesl. the Olympic CHumpty
n,wnty,, tic Circus divers acrobatc featsI, tho
wayorey Theater Ohe Holt Troupe I'm Fra DavoloD,
Nblos Garden Tho Forty Thieves tho Broadway
- aud the Tamr-"J'
MIR. BouCICAULT on ORIGINALITY.
To the Riitof Of IAe Pail Mall CARTE o..
SIR: An anonymous correspondent writing TO
n moruing paper has stated that Mr.. RUbcrtsOn's new
comedy school," is not original IL IS time that this
ridiculous cant about Originality should DC chploded
There such thing IA originality as he WORD IS now
used When author conceIves work, be 1t great or
small there Is always father TO IT, IN SSe "ILs' inc
dncon takes after the mother that is the author; but
wS m % n 4o cc the be or bot
the characters, the Dialogue Now, without
has been accused OF taking his comedy spectator must
perceive internal and clear evidence that the dialogue OF
nmty and exquisite point forbid even the proposition ~
Is simply impossible The characters are essentially
English both in outline and in color, excepting ono sub
ordinate role mean the tutor CrnN lhls offensive
parsonage may be borrowed; m 80 'g o sooner rra
nOne aud that IL al that can nave DeSn taken irT
Jewels plot The iuclucnts not
serye To develop the characters they only slight
Sg Ma ss viii d. only
What next they will say There Is no action lnvoly
there d6nouement arriving at catastrophe What
plot there Is belongs to the larry tale CinasIea, ~
seems that German author conceived mo IDEA OF
applying this story TO modern domestic NE nr Robert
son ndopt tic same notion and builds comedy upon IT,
comedy original as any III tue Ehssh Vi ANY othor
language. ...,.,,.,,,,r ra,v orv T, ,ro,,,
have opened shakcspeares eyes to hear himself accused
of being mere literary thief Wycherly who borrowed
literary legislation Vanbrugh did worse than shake
SPnaoa s5sgSeters tGeren, he wrote continuation
And Sheridan took yanbrughs continuation and remOd
Again would point out that tho rules Of Legitimate
drama forbid originality IN The modern sense OF the word
warns the drantst against original plots and bids him
n OF pd ypS take old subjects and wewon heroes
and not 10 wander from beaten track In search or
fables and subjects from each other Novelty belongs
properly, 10 the Legitimate drama, and az that Is my
province, hone Mr. Robcrtsons admirers will keep him
| of my demesne.
Once. many years ago, wrote legitimate comedies
aludc the period when Mr. Macready collected his cell
ebrated company OF ragedans including Warde, Phelps
Anderson, VandcnhOf Elton q. Bennett Macready. Miss
Helen Fauct Mrs Warner-when Mdme. Nesris opposed
him. In comedy, with Farren, BARLEY, Harley, c. Mat
hews, Kelley, Meadows, Cooper Mrs Nisbett Nestris
pamy days Of the drama when Knowles Bulwer. Leigh
Hunt, Douglas JerrOd, Gerald Griffin, and others
wrote-when stanied, Roberts, Marshall, tho Grieves
and Telbin painted. Then ndeed great works greatly
10 the critical world OF London then indeed Drury Lano