New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-24
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THE THEATRE.

Editor nLruBLICAS:
In ,your .,,poc Of the eighteenth Instant.
uud"r the head "A Managers Expert
ment." /. gwen Endorsement to thcatrica.s
and adj" 70 your readers, the soundnc-s
of wi,ic: come 70 your columns TO Cucs
ton. deem il y sricvous error n any
public Journal. more especially ac.cr daily
of wide circaa and great influence. to
a,ivis. ia readers ~ flock 20 tao per-
torlnanccs o. an ;:;ncrant theatrical troupe:
and wo:,.. 20 commend such exhibitions
IL. likely - ilstruc: thcic aud:-orS and
cieTate ruo.:c morals.
Nov. NJ. Editor. that The Attendance
upon t!!c.,:cica!.. as they commonly exist.
WORKS contrary e.fcc. i. The verdict OF
experience. May young men may trace
their first steps 20 ruin through the glitter
and .in,ci o. ;lc theatre. /. compcis late
hOt:c., makes bad company. cultivatcs 4
des.r. t,c strong dr.nll-and :he end is
Yea. led. .wotliris OF those who attend
night: upon the theatre care nothing (and
hal. know less. .. he merits or dement's
o.. "a" pc..ocm,ncs. or performers. What
is uai."liaa! for tn, nigh. is ~ no i'm
po-taac. ~ :hem: .he. 90 - SCI. tlc
show
The ,,..r WI. c:aci+ vulgar joke, and
ili::,,c- in .ow filings a. society and re-
ii.on. finds creates. :avr- IA thc.- eyes:
and re aet,es, who is bo.dcst in dress.
oy Father un,.rc-a. i. ..,c burden Of con
ve-,.c.on b day and he: appearance the
81 snal e.: applause b. night. Caadiily,. is
il no. So'
| consider :nc theatre ot :o-iav one OF
youth discover i: but too soon. without
the AZ: ana indo:sencD. of The public
press.
Bu, DO no: consider "a, as a wholesale
denune:ation of thc stage. There are a few
brigl. stars in the theatrical! constellation.
men and women OF acknowledged talent
and o:itv. who are entitled 20 our respect
and admiration: but the great a-m;v o.
natures ;oufncyInen and women who AFRO
eat. 20 themselves :lle name OF players have
brought the stage into disrepute, and C:llti-
vate! a d;s.astc for the drama as given by
sir, one-!,a!f the tileacrc-yoers Of today Will
criticisc t.ic performance OF Booth as tame
and unwsrthy, because unattended by the
u,ua; songs. dances and vuigarisms. once
sat istcnin. 70 this gr.a. actor i'll dis
maste-l- inpe-sonat;on o. Hamlet. and saw
a youn. man turn to his unfortunate neigh
Dor and ask If there were no songs Or
dances in the play; and sha,. never forget
wit.l VIVA. an ai- Of disappointment he
turnsu his attention from the play to hi,
programme when answered in the negative.
This man hold up as a representative play
goer whose mind was poisoned by the rabbie
who crowd the stage aud ''ct"ave the
general ear with horcid speech
silal! trespass upon your space 10 further
THAI 20 ask place for a paragraph from
Humlefs speech to the players:
"Let your discretion be yoac tutor; will,
this special observance. that you oerstep
not the modcsty Of nature: though
it make the unskillful laugh. cannot but
make the jlidltiois grlcrc; the ccnsurc of
which .one must. in your allowance. Ger
weigh whole theatre OF others. y, there
be PLAYERS that l have secn-and heard
others praise. and that highly-not to speak
it profaneiy. that. neither having the accent
Of Christians nor the gait Of Christians.
pagan nor man, have SO strutted and bel
lowed tiiat have thought some Of natures
iournaymcn had made men, and not made
them we'll. they initiated humanity so a5om
nabiy.'