New-York tribune., 1871-04-24
GERMAN OPERA.
MIR. DERGNER.
TIE DRAMA.
A PARTHIAN Glance.

THE DRAMA
| A PARTIIIAN GLANCE.
The turbulent sea of dramatic affairs,-mucA
vexed late by the winds and tides OF entcrprises
| gradually settling into calm. Two three weeks
hence, indeed it viii be quite placid for by that time
all the plays will have been launched and all the
adventurous spirits will have sot sail, and the critic
| the drama may survey the broad expanse
| with serene temper and equablc mind That tranquil
mood has not recently been possible. Events have
iostled another. and prOusOn Of incidents has
wearled attention. The activity Of tho last five 2x
weeks has not been paraleled in whole year, for the
| dramatic efforts put forth have been not only
numerous but uncommonly ambitious and import
ant Mr.. Wallack has made brilliant reviyals Of
sparkling plays, and has especially bewitched his public
by a fine production OF The Liar" Mr. Booth has act
cd trapic character-hat Of BdtueeO in The Fools
Revenge in which the magnetic power OF his geniush
superbly illustrated. Mr. Charles Mathews, whom tR
no exaggoration to describe paragon OF intellectual
force and sprghncss has reappearod in this city after
long absence, and has made the little Fifthaye. Thea
ter a yeritable shrine Of unique aud delightful comedy
shakespeare's tragedy OF Richard The Third, In SEQ
mic gsrb at once beautiful and magnificent has been
brought forward at Nibos Garden doing great credit 10
the management of that theater, and DOING likewise.
much to elevate the character and rank Of an establish
ment too long devoted to tinsel aud leg Miss Laura
Keene-reysiting, after years OF travel the gimpsea
Of metropolitan lorgnettes,-has won admiration
by acting Mary Leigh in "Hunted Down." and ma
afforded the public days wonder, in her manage
ment OF the mausoeum called the Fourteenthst Tae.
ater Mr William Creswickan actor long distinguishes
the English stage and one whose acting was popular
here thirty years when he was still young in ths
prOfessiOn-bas reappeared In New York. and has ar'ed
well in Inelodrama to make our payg gre ly
wish TO him in higher order OF artistic achieve
ment New plays have invited attention and have been
welcomed with various degrees of public favor. Mr.
Augustin Daly'5 HorzOn"so carefully and ably set
upon the Olympic stage-has gded into general accept
ance MI B0ucicaults Jezebe" has flashed and fadef
like the welknowR maekerel in the moonshine. "ron.
quiz" dark and heavy play by Mr. A. W. Young. has
had brief existence Mr. Booths stage, serving how.
ever to give us new view o. the genuine emotional
power and simuative talent of Mr.. Lawrence Barrett
And Mr.. T. Cooper De Icons play of Pluck produced
at Lima Edwin's Tneater has already proved suh
cienty potent in spite OF it's grave defects, TO give
prosperous impetus to tho fortunes of that cosy and
pleasant house. Mr.. Barnum has very prosperously re-
sumed his professional ayocatons, the Snowman Of
the Age and, with burst and rattng clash
announcement has started aileld with his now
Museum, Circus, and Menagerie. Another Circus
led by Messrs. Howe and Sanger-has visited
the city and departed. And. finally, new
Ethiopian Minstrel Hall. directed by Aessrs. Newcoms
and Arlington. wellknown and indsputaby clever Sfr
formers in this line, has been opened. under promising
auspioes at the corner of Twentyeghthst. and Brosd-
WAY Other incidents might be particularized, but
these suffice to show the activity OF the umei ana
certainly they constitute "a very good coming in'-o
borrow the phrase OF young Launeelot-for he ias Of
Lent and the first OF Easter
Upon all these matters we have bestowed some com
ment Glancng backward now, along this tangled pain
way OF enterprise. record few hurried obser'auo~
of two points as yet unnoed.
RICHARD III. AT NIBLos.
One of these is the change from "Richsro
Ill" according TO Shakespeare, to the more popular
because more rapid and bustliug version OF that use"
| made by Cibber. That change was accomplSheu 'Ass
Monday, after only seven performances oi the Fe0
originally produced. To us it seems an error OF P'
The bodness that brought ont Shakespeare hehSfu
| III" as Shakespeare wrote it, should have Dee' sun
tanned by courageous endurance-at least uh 'He
Gated ana refined class OF playgOers had been ao"'
time enough 10 find out that such an enterprise "~
| vogue NiDlo's Garden, il might have been ierA'i
had BEEN for a very long time, devoted TO Sp'o''0'
legs; and therefore, immediate ana eeherM ,,,o
| to its sudden resort TO the h'ei 80
literature in the most select form was searoop ..
nocted Me,srs Jarrett and Palmer reasoning uihe'a
~ seem IN have concluded however, that 'ie puDno
no, want TO see either Shakespeare VI s''"' ,s.
James Bennett a. Richard The oooei anIa.t
same beautiful scenery used at hrs'' was onciou ~,
| weok and Richard was played by Mr' Ne' ,l
| n.1,,on eXcels that Of his predecessor III "ni",
ir ard hodness OF cOloring; but IL nowhere eq~
,.,., q, ,boucht I'm emotional earnestaesS OK nm
| -, -, ,,i,,itr These elements peryad2d MI 'S"
pennetfs personation, aud showed that nc h'u ,asr
sbakespeare's ideal, and that he Is an a''"i " , .,a
,oI power acute insight into human nature ''il' ar,
n 'n sayereIv trained skill His defect was-a
| 49,, ovet eolorless tone. that much iese ie...
.,,,ooss Th. defect Mr. Neil Warmers peisOu
| ,enoirs. but 1t does nothing MORE Ia W. - .h,,.
| -, ,ho sbakespearean conception Tfue' v" "a,
| - h,s been somewhat cOarsened py 'lOo ~, 80
making all needful allowance Ior '''' , .,uje
on,res for its adequate presentation i p;x,cd
hi, than Mr. Warner has brought TO the '"s ,, M.
! a. all min, at WILL and there are times .d
- - h,s ,oood 10 rage and buster; but tDe ''o -,
| 49, .,,,ro a. craft-aud craft works IN oiy si -.
| , ,,ana ,a,ose Mr. Warner could we tIi'iA' " -.
| h,s ,ortr,val IN this respect. Its vgor Is %" 80,
| h,nJ,nt This quality though, piesses ' -.
| ,,l,i,,,ds ~ nlay.yoers, and this actor N' -
! ooonrIiog,v mneh applauded. To say thA' u 30 ~,
G,osIs. ~ tbe turbulent kind Ia to praise " -
:, o,, he .een for two weeks longer, amu W ' -,
| ,a,t .ocessories 10 which We have aa"r'u "A
| 80, ,he mo.k ayish and unstiated tScom'u" =,
,,I, IN ho seen-snd cannot fail to be eiV' 20
,,r.o ~ instruction and pleasnre-Dy 'ill pti'''
| ara interested ln matters pertaining {" 1ho s''-
PLUCK AT LIMA EDw1N's. "a
Arotber unnoted poiut viii receive MY
/ ,,o,,iop in a few comments on TIE pay d rs.s
n,,an has been acted Tor one week ut L'na -.
| ore.ter and which seems 90 have rne' VIZ ~
ouragement OF populr appa"so oa INC 80, cSs
ar.t repescnistou tas play ,aa rougall' anu va, "a
under inausp pcioas eoad..ioa'. 5.i,e 'I'A ~