The New York herald., 1871-01-12
AMusEMEH Hrs.

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SFADr THEATER-SBEBACH-JANB EYRE-Another
crowded house, another enthusiastic greeting an
other superb success Positively Madame seebach,
in the ripeness and plenitude OF her intellectua
powers as she Is, has, II we may apply such an
expression to o finished artist improved since her
nrst engagement In this city. To explain our exact
meaning-she has become familiarized with cis
Atlantic audiences ana, as we suggested on Tues
day, In writing OF her Maria Stuart treads the
boards with freer, less embarrassed-in Q word,
with more selfdependent American motion. she
has breathed this republican air Of ours, now for
weeks, from our seacoast TO the mountains OF the
far West and there Is bOlder spring In her every
footsteps clearer, ringing richness In ner
voice; letter and broader sweep to
her sr..s.- .. ninions. We're We 70 yield
tn. tn, rain to our impulse IN ~s.''W ss''.Olns
the impression produced on us, in common
with many hundreds or others, by her repre-.
sentation Of Jane Eyre, we might incur the charge
Of having exaggerated, and yet we nhd 1t impossi-
bic to deface the subject in the stale jargon Of the
schools to tell how 1 great genus "nanded" this
ana manipulated, that as though we wege. ex.
tolling the fine points and Indicating the defects Of
some Punch and Judy peep show. Achievement
like Madame seebach's scars away above al such
laborng mountains OF mere verbiage. Its triumph
Is written in spiritual light every countenance
In her auditory 1t thrills with the emotion that stirs
all who behold 1t to unbdden tears, and is heard in
the half-suppressed sob and the murmured excla-
nation that precede the uncomfortable heartfelt
and prolonged applause IN which stiong men
and gentle women, childhood and old age, spon.
taneOusly unite harsmiling WITH Intellectual plea
attempt q statement Of the minutia by which this
supreme influence is produced would be as futile as
n0uts the s0cean billow and leaves rivalry behind
racer that sweeps the crowded field. But how far
transcendant over al material aids are the match
less perceptions and sensbiites OF gifted, artistic
mind There Is nothing WOODEN IN them; nothing
nxed there by rote, one would gauge heights and
distance by line and plummet And herein Is The
stage-her acting is grand and irresistible because it
Is ,.n1 not mere mere actngmis M " nie While % she
Of Scots 'r asnSs shH Louisa nafy M
Ter, Jane Eyre, because she feels as they
would feel and act were they when living highly
endowed as she, and IL is enough If the taste OF MIS-
tory, poetry and art accept this Interpretation and
crown 1t with their honest plaudlts. She has in
all her utterance the divine breath OF nature and
nature OF the regal stamp-her suffering, her anger,
her tenderness are genuine, and were the words OF
her written text suddenly to fail her at the climax
Of one Of these great scenes her own words would
now right on, We doubt not, In no inferior measure.
All these remarks were more than justified on Tues
day night. The great German artist never before
played tue same part here as she played Jane Eyre
at the Stadt theater Her performance was far away
superior to wha: we saw and recorded Of it IN Four
teenth street some months ago. Her soloquy ana
Rochester and her rescue OF him from his
burning room in the third; her interviews with Mrs.
the close were superlatively fine. and she was ad-
mirably sustained by her whole company aud by
stage. due to the care and Of Mr. Harry. There
was no mistaklng the temper OF the audience. They
last and no one would talk again Of the phIegm and
philosophic stoidity OF Germans who saw them give
way to their delight each time scene had lowered
to its climax 1T the touch OF Seebach's genius
And surely the public press, in its great mission Of
instruction. can do no worthier thing than to en-
glorious work ike this, and sways the hearts OF
thousands resistlessy to the alteration Of what Is
lofty true and good in human trials and the victory
over them. Such lesson is Jane Eyre" upon the
German stage.
NARCIssE.-This fine drama, so full Of passion and
incident was brought out In superb style last night
by the Seebach Company, Mr.. Harry, of whose
powers In this part we have repeatedly had occasion
to speak, performing the title role with even more
than usual success. MISS Mathilde Veneta, as Pom
padour, was also very good, and the scene
had q brilliant acquisition IN the lovely and
gifted Marchioness dEspinay Of Miss Bardenheuer.
Miss Bissnger also acquitted herself admirably
The setting, The management, The costumes. the &C
compartments were ali tasteful and elegant and, to
sum up The Impressions thus far received OF the
SeeDach season, it opens scale altogether moro
ample and attractive than Its best at the French
tAedtrc those VINO WOulQ see tne German neart
respond to eloquence and feeling fifty uttered In the
German tongue should not fOrego the thrilling eX-
perence OF an evening in the Stadt Iheater as they
may now behold 1t nightly with It's vast audience.
This evening Schiller's renowned tragedy, "Kabale
und Liebe," Will be presented, with Madame See-
bach as Louisa Miller one OF her grandest parts and
Mile. Veneta as Lady Mylfort.
Musical and Theatrical Notes.
On Saturday evening the popular actress and
manageress, Miss Lima Edwin, takes benefit at her
pretty little bijou theatre. The bill consists of kind
to Fault,n scenes from Little Jack Sheppardn
and aladdin" Miss Edwin during the past sea-
son has made herself favorite with the New York
public, both by her clever acting and her manage.
rial ability. She still retains the theatre, and Will
return TO this city with her inimitable burlesque
company after the engagements OF Frank Drew and
]. =. Clarke are concluded. Numerous offers OF en-
gagements from provincial managers have Induced