New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-12
Academy Of Music.

In the 'Lancers," a grand romantic mill.
tary play, to be produced next Monday by
the celebrated company under the leader
ship of Miss Louisa Moore and Mr.. Charles
Wyndham, we anticipate the first important
dramatic production Of the season. Great
preparations have been made for its presenta
ton here, and we are positively assured
that it will eclipse anything in the way OF
elegant comedy ever produced here. A
better idea of the company and the artists
than VIC can give, can be obtained from the
following notice, from Memphis paper
| where the company is now performing
The Arnldnche says:
There has been an air of refinement about
the Memphis Theatre the last two nights to
which that place of amusement has long
been stranger. Last night the " Lancers
was again presented and was received with
increased enthusiasm, the play, dis is usually
the case, going off much better than on the
first night, and eliciting uprOarious plaudits
from all portions of the house. OF the play
brief mention was made yesterday. 1t Is !,
modern comedy of the French school, with
with all the romance Of camp and field,
with Just enough OF the melodramatic and
sensational to give spice and effect to the
situations, some of which are both novel
and fine.
In the hands of an ordinary company the
play would not be remarkable, but well
presented as it is by the Moore and Wyndham
combination, it is an entertainment OF the
highest order. and strikes nearly every va
riety Of taste in the drama. Its great charm
is in the fact that every part, from the high
est to the lowest, is well represented. In
other words there is not "stick" in the
troupe, the utility ladies and gentlemen
sharing the honOrs with the leaders, and
even the auxiiaries acquitting themselves
with the air Of veteran actors. Indeed, the
writer has never seen any thing as effectu-
ally and, in all respects, as creditably pro-
duced outside of Wallack's Theatre, New
York.
The troupe is a star combination in every
sense Of the word OF course Miss Louisa
Moore and Mr.. Charles Wyndham as the
heroine and hero, are the central figures,
but the Mesdames johnson and Burr, and
the Messrs. Fitzpatrick, Edgar and Ryan,
are equally meritOrious in their respective
characters. Miss Moore is wanting in melo-
dramatic force in some of the situations
but this is compensated by her beauty, ex-
cellent taste in costume and superb acting
in tie drawing room scenes, to which may
be added a voice of rare sweetness and
well cultivated, both in elocution and
song.
Something there is about her that wins
all hearts. Mr.. Wyndham is polished, and
yet alike impressive in all the situations.
One thing which pleases the critical OBJ
server is the absence Of "staginess" through
out the play, and the easy, conversational,
and in every way natural manner in which
the players acquit themselves. 1t is COM
plete reflex of what it aims to represent in
every particulars mirror of refined mod
ern society.
The opinions Of this reliable and high
toned journal speaks more for the excellence
Of the new enterprise than anything We
can soy. They will, no doubt, obtain here
all the success their merits entitle them to.