The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-17
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FipTn AVENUE THBATRg.-This little gflded 0Utom
reopcned last night for the regular fail and winter
dramatic season, under the management Of Mr..
Augustln Daily, with FIRST class stock company and
an eminentiy attractive programme. The house was
wen filed with fashionable and highly appreciative
audience, and. taking into consideration last nights
attendance, performance, and the promises OF the
management regarding the future, we hazard the
prediction that the suspicious opening argues favor
ably for the success Of the at this establish
ment. The inaugural sensation was Mr.. T. w.
Robertson's four act comedy entitled "Play," which
piece has never before been produced In this city,
although we believe it met with somewhat or an
equivocal success IN Philadelphia and Boston last
year. As presented at the Fifth Avenue theatre the
play has received from the pen OF Mr.. Day-who.
by the way, combines the experience and ability
OF journalist and clever playwright with that OF
theatrical manager-a certain amount OF favor In the
way Of comic dialogue and brisk action, which has
the tendency to make the comedy all The more en-.
joyable The piece passed OF with but few bitches,
and the performance upon the whole was q COM
plete success. Not any one Of the parts was badly
played, and the ensemble OF the company was sucn
a. can but seldom be witnessed at any Of leading
theatres. So good and well matched company as
Mr.. DAILY has marshaed at his little dramatic tempe
can be found at but few houses Of hike character
In this city.
The scene Of the play Is laid In Baden Baden-the
celebrated European watering place and gambling
res0rt-and the story deals entirely with phases OF
every day life Of the present day, and therein
lies Its great charm. Lovely young girls,
the victims Of fashion and Of fortune
busters; olasS English mobiles, seeking 10
retrieve their London gaming losses In German play;
the crusty, gullibe old English shOpkeeper blindly
travelling about from place to place because 1t ID
supposed to be fashionable and the sharp old female
specuatOr trying to gain his heart and with It his
pIethoric purse the ardent young tourist, who fails
in love with 'sweet SIXTEEN" and nearly gets shot
for his pains; the stiff and cOmical German Orlcers
with their ludicrOus attempts at English ana dignity
aud their readiness for dues; the scene at the gam
bling table, where masked dues at rouge Ell nor are
fought, ana where revenges, piques and despair are
turers, caught in their own vainOus actsall these
are moving IN play In continuous shifting picture
The story smpllded Is this:-The Hon. Bruce Pan
quehere (Mr. Il. l.. Davenport, 6tds5 man OF plea
sure, IL stopping with his niece, the lovely Rosie
miss Agnes Ethel at Baden wnere they are living
broken In fortune and Rosie has nothing but sex
pectatons from one Trcmane, q near relative At
Baden they meet certain Chevater Browne tMr.
George II. Clarkel clever, tnslnuating and un-
scrupulous gambler, who seeing notice In late
English paper Of tie death Of Old Tremalne and Of
and wed her. Notwithstanding the fact that he
already mas wife, distinguished actress Amanda
mrs Clara Jennlngs), who dotes upon her rascally
''biackieg' husband, whom she has come to
Baden to try and md. Browne has q rival for the
hand Of Rosie IN the person OF Frank Price (r. J.
inexperienced In the ways OF the world who has
been fortunate enough to save Rosie from drowning
and who manged to lall desperately in love with her
w q
water Browne manGuvres TO entangle Price in o
quarrel with certain high Dutch officer, the Haupt-
lenge is laughably effected In o glorious scene OF
wrathy Dutch and broken English and Price stands
good chance to De shot, Fanquehere, who does
not exactly relish the idea Of Price aspiring 10
Roses hand assists Browne in his endeavOrs TO get
poor Price out Of the way but he discovers Brownies
and with the knowledge Of these designs he also
learns that Browne Is married and to Inc daughter
Of an Old friend. Fanquehere therefore determines
to save Rosie and make Browne return to his wife,
he intercepts letter which Browne has written to
Rosie making an appointment and asking her to
Fanquehere makes Rosie wear the flower Browne
is deceived, comes to the rendezvous, meets Bruce,
and in deeply dramatic and powerfully wrought
scene ID reduced TO submission. The assent of
Fanquehere to Rosies engagement with Price Is
brought about by the blunders Of Mr.. Bodmln
(Mrs. 9. H. Glbert, two originals in the
way OF funny business, always at swords
Ss ssa IN their Gs %e peoples
and the four SET scenes which aSe ali That are In the
play, by their pleasing beauty ana superb scenic
sent. Mr. Hof DAVENPORT made very acceptabs oias
r. part = .ss ssssay broyas tie very si is
officers IN broYsn English to perfection. and Messrs.
Polk and Holland made the most OF their respective
characters. Mrs. Clara Jennings and Mrs. g. II.
roles but TO Miss Agnes Ethel, who made her metro
B BsOnss ds the ions NJ; s NJ tie
mirable manner in which she acquitted herself She
IDENTIFY athorough knowledge Of stage business ana
make her mark. The impression winch SIZE made
last night upon her auditors was decidedly favor
able.
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-THIsBE, THE ACTREss-No
one that has the great Risor In this grand and
gloomy sketch Of Padua and Venice can ever forget
the effect. In the foreground drama Of wild, law
less love- stronger and more reckless In proportion
to the fearful danger IN which the lovers are placed
and behind the dark figures or the Council OF Ten
and the satanic sneer OF their spy Apart from the
inexcusabe f0rgetfulness OF the marriage VOW,
which not even the circumstances can gloss over
the character OF Caharne Is one Of the l0veest In
Italian drama, and forms an admirable contrast to
the erc nature E, Gl !S hs6 the latter
characteristic energy and fire found ample field
here The rest OF the cast was rather weak, the Spy
notably 30. sCynthia, the Gypsy Queen" Will be
given on Wednesday, and the "Sea Of ice" next
week.
TAMMANY.-Tammany Hail. or as 1t is now called
"Grand Theatre Tammany," was reopened last
night for the regular fall and winter season. under
the management OF the New York Amusement Com
pany. The opening was celebrated outside the hall
In real Tammany manner by the burning Of
large number Of fireworks to the great amusement
Of vast crowd Of lads and boys who completely
blocked up the entrance to the theatre. In
side the building the commencement Of the
season was inaugurated in the presence Of
a crowded house by the production of 1--WE
quote from the bills, "a new spectacular fairy ex-
travaganza and pantomIme, entitled 'The Queen
OF Hearts, or Harlequin; The Knave of Hearts, that
stole the Tarts, and the OLD Woman Who Lived IN
q Shoe.'" This title Is vague enough, and no one
would expect anything but q senseless, meaningless
piece to rejoice In such an unconneced conglomera-
ton OF titles. No was therefore disappointed at