New-York tribune., 1870-09-13

- se thrilled without being made to feel An actor
- ,x,ate others feel without feeling himself He
anpo. feel without being endowed with something AKIN
70 eu,Is II Is quite possible TO be goou meoufaa'c
.otor and not be able 70 properly interpret Shahes
80 80 n, no Who takes a modern mdodrarna, and, lift
- a ont OF its absurdity raises II TO an lNeal
ItSAt stands as al actor very near Nhere
sA,as,aare stands rs dramatst. the
-. make an apparent reality OF the
,-rossibe he has the Imagination OF poe1 ana N''
evidence Of rcater ability than In the perscha'ion o' q"
rvday hero Would it not be absurd to deny genius 10
Ristori in sister Teresa, in Aeded' IN h''-"O'' anu
~, antoinestel Mrs siddons was quite as great IN
~ pr,rlc, and Isabella in Lady Macbeth and queen
.s,e;n, vet no one we apprehend Will say that the
-,octrv s equal" says that oaptous critic, HazLtt
~. nroprht out in London several years ago, Mr.
,D.h,ors dramatizatOn OF Monte Cri'to ran Tor 100
ebts 1t was deservedy successful as II Is ine "oI" oi
- ,,avvricht. Ignoring the popular taste for
... ,Eeehter puts aside the wondrous cave OF
+Sr.o Cristo which plays so prominent part IN the
..n,;shod drama gives the gorgeous Princess Eaidee
P.aasi,c mention in the dialogue, introduces com
+sv few prominent characters, tells but one OF the
- stories which make Up Dumas's romantic nove,
story quickly, sharply, decisivey, and has not
.t, ~ take many liberties with the original plot in
=. rro1rce the requisite amount of dramatic effect
So Gov example Noirtier. instead ofbeing Nileforts
-, ,..oroes his half-brOthCr. by which change the
.roatist can without vistings OF conscience render
I-iuefor douby treacherous toward Noirer Mercedes
s NOT marry Fernand until Is years after the disap
,,oarapee OF Edmund Dantes Albert de Morcerf en-
onnters Dantes disguised Able roadside inn
instead Of meeting him in Rome the Count OF Monte
Cristo The youths life is saved by Dantes in Africa
instead OF Rome, and all Of Dantes's enemies come 20
most dramatic grief in the last scene, which witnesses
the triumph Of virtue the union Of Mercedes Dantes
and their These few Of many transformations
I'm an old acquaintance Excellent in plot, the drama is
no in dialogue than the Corsican Brothers Occa
sonal slips of phrase attest It's French origin, s
papsbe that II is they have never been cor
rected.
But q truce 10 literary criticism II IS acting that
have come to see Surely all the worlds stage" to-
night at least for all the world here. Groups Of the
icketess stand in the street looking eaSereyed at those
more fortunate and the bright theaer crowded from
pit 70 dome Even the family circle is given q surprise
party by the inroad Of kid gloves and feminine Curs
Art literature, doctors lawyers and divnes, lend their
moral support TO the Globe. James T. Fields alone
the Atlantic Ol his shoulders. George = l4rd
best n all things is enthusiastic enough % stand and
the air rcdOeut OF printers ink All is expectation,
and when Arbuche enters the orchestra with his harmo-
Nous piston the first round Of applause heard
Then Herr Koppitz excellent leader OF an excel
lent lOrchestra, who rosebud in buttorhole, bows
his acknowledgements TO the friendly audience
that intends 10 work its passage on this occasion You
would think that had never heard the overture OF VII
liam Tel by its reception Then the curtain rises on
most charming scene Of Catalan village. with the city
and harboI OF Marsces in the distance which Is warmly
greeted All of the scenery is new and beng designed
by MI Fechor shows the mauager-actOr in "a new light
The drama begins does the in fact tho whole
rst act is but condensation Of the first two chapters
-srtten 10y Dumas Mr.. Daley enters as Mor,i ana he
who generally does tie "Aeavy villains looks 30 Ike
his natural SELF good fellow, that the audience vel
comes him boisterously. Here comes Mt Griffin as
Douglass looking like very sailorly cuttnroat and he
has his share Of the cakes and ale james W Waac6 is
hardly % be recognized IN the disguise of AOter but Is
discovered and honored. He is quickly followed by
Charles Leclercq, who makes his debg IN the good
natured drunkard CdderoH-, and produces favorable
impression by the evident honesty Of his work and this,
this Miss LeclerCC, charming in the pretuest Of
Catalan dresses
Two prolonged rounds Of applause welcomed her re-
+urp 70 Boston What more can done for Focht-r
askl But what won't people do when they feel Tie tf
echters appearance the trim, Jolly carh Of sailor Is
4be recipent OF such an ovation would discover the
circulation of the blood had Harvey anticipated such
an emergency Mr Roche. in Fernando" ls admirably
dressed So too is Mr. c. II. .Vandenhof-Viuefort-wA
S not forgotten by his many Boston friends The ply
was snguary smooth and admiration is agaln excited
" beautiful moonlight with the gimmering Me'ater-
-auean beneath waack does his best and the interest
As well kept up. Fechter di1uses himself eyer5 where
Miss Lecercq has little to do but docs well andtAe cur
tain falls upon the effective tableau Of Dante Gcchter
arrest in the midst OF lis marriage festival Nothing
Will satisfy this audience until Fechter. Wallack and
Miss Iecercq appear before the curtain, when applause
gradually subsidies.
Our rereb now ended These or arO"
Ars melted into thin air-into thin air:
the great Globe .sel"
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