The sun., 1870-02-15

very excellent travesty on Hamlet" was
produced last evening at the Olympic. 1t Was writ,
ten expressly for Mr. FOX by T. {. De Leon ESQ
OF Mobile. 1hc plot OF the tragedy is very flth.
fully followed, all the prominent scenes and siiu,
tons being reproduced In the burlesque The version
Is In rhyme, and has the .la puns and local hits.
and much more than the usual fun. The piece las
been very carefully prepared, Hnd some OF the sco
painting Is exceedingly fue.
Fox cos'umed the part In the traditional purnls
and black, and woIe dark Wig Gu, SQUARE across
the forehead. In the ghost scene. when the mir is
eager and nippihg,' be had on an immense pair OF
iur gloves, uea'y ur uppet coming up to Lis ears,
and round sealskin hat. Apparently Mr. Fox did
not attempt any imitation Of any other motor. but
struck out Hamlet Of his own. which certainly WAS
In better taste, as any Imitation would have become
fauguing II carried through whole evening
Thero were however, occasional strong suggestion,
OF Mr.. Booth, especially In the exit where no follow.
out the ghost and in the scene with ODAeHa. where
he suggests nunneTy 10 that unhappy maid. The
uavesty IN many places followed quite closely tho
words OF tho tragedy. There were, Of course. a
number Of hits at prominent men. Beecher came in
for his snare, and 50 did Grant. Alludina 10 tho
marriage OF his uncle with the Queen HiD,Iet says:
Z" ss senn9tl Beech Psssherllk say TO nv mother.
tinanh neaNsn loT what these Two have been 10 one
When Ophelia returns Hamlet the present be bss
given her she hands him a large photograph of
Humpy Dumpty and copy OF Mrs. Stoves work
about Lady Byron, "Twice Told Lies" or whatey
er ts name may be. Bat Hamlet proceeds 10 reccr
10 the presents that she failed to restore and
among them are house IN Washington a Garner lnt
In Philadelphia, bull pup, and horse that viii nut
rot Dexter. some OF the lines are very adroifIv
turned into burl"sqe. For instance, Hamlet SAYS:
"Ihe funeral baked meats were able
IoluinlAh hash TO grace tho marriage tablen
One OF the most laughabe of all tho scenes ia IN.
one Wbere the play II acted before the King and
Queen. A sheet IL hung across the stage and ne
hlnd u Is bright light the shadoW of the actor.
on the other side Is cast on the sheet nn5
me poisoning scene IL pictured to the audi.
SnSe, inc whole thing Is made exceedingly
Ipucrous ny the appearance that Is given on tie
sheet oi the actors lesping down from overhead
new one, viii 'emcmber the effect we refer to- The
play Was very well cast, though not very well com
mitted; In rhymed burlesque like THE eyerytbing
1epends on the parts being perfectly and
verbally correct; aud there IL no onnor.
tuhlty IOr an actor TO compose his lines ior
the whole point II lost unless the metre ia
Ihe Ghost was represented by the ample proportons
OF Mrs Edward Wright, and was trulya wellcon.
duontd and by no means ethereal spirit Rossn
eTdHts aid GuAdeHsttrn were co tuned IKE the Two
Gehs GArnes IN "Geneveve." The members OF the
o%ourt % were pretty girls In tights and carrying red
~ l ~ ms lhere was too much singing In
such interruptions let the hearers interest In ,bs
buriesque cool, and serve no good nurpose On lie
whole, the TayestY may be pronounced very n,aas
ant aud entertaining one 'N'' '''ee'