New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-07

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OLYMPIC THEATER-RICHELIEU
The cold was so intense, last night. that en-
,oyment OF tive dramaor of anything else except cover
,ing by the reseemed Of the question Play-goers
were few. Every body stayed at home when we say
everybody except those few adventurous spirits who
always emerSe on first nights Quite number Of these
eOngregaed a. the Olympic Theaer. and they speedy
forgot the winry weather-under the summer glow Of
most delicious exhibition Of drolery Mr. Fox person
ated RiehelieU: and protest, in al sincerity
chat q accurate piece OF bTlesque has
never been submitted TO the public within our
recollection. The performance was based on the well
known Roheieu of Edwin Booth and its resemblance
60 the original in costume in movement in stage-busi-
mess. and in mannerism really wonderful The
reader will Of course understand that the copy while
literal FORM consistently waggish III spirit
Mr. knows the secret OF tho art Of true burlesque
perfectly He preserves repOse He uses
ouiet huDGr His voice with suppressed drolery
He enjoys thu mrh that he creates and thus he arouses
and maintains sincere because unconscious sympathy on
the part Of the audience His RcheteH last night was
completely set of with comic business The burlesque Is
in two acs II follows the current o. the original story
1t rAvestes incidents and the language One OF its
cts comprises the substance Of the first three acts Of the
original The other condenses the substance Of the last
Ftwo. Excellent scenery has been provded-the stage
pictures as well the costumes having been modelled
on those employed at Booths Theater The richness OF
those rappin-s really surprises the behoder Seldom
or never has absolute nonsense been decked In sueh
sdoruments. The burlesQue moved with remarkable
sOothness and, laughter on the part OF an audience
may 10 accepted criterion OF success 1t certainly
accomplished its object The ripple OF incidental laukH
ter was continuous and when Mr.. Fox, As R'cAehep'
uusicay uttered the aspiration TO be put Ia MS niue
he'd there was tempest OF amused applause The gen
era distribution OF parts has been skfuly maze L'ue
Yeamans as Francois excited the enthusiasm OF the au
dienee Miss Harland, as De XaHprd' MI. CoeinAA aS
Bdrradus and Mr. Beane as Joseph, were likewise col
ousy spplsnded II would be unjust not 10 cOlhehu'
,h nartiouiar force al the incidental music OF the
niece Itvss apt and effective. The language would
bear pruning with a view 10 condensation EiaDOIato
ness sometimes defeats the purpose OF iuh' Oh 'No
whole however the writers Of this travesue-Mes7is,
sch5pberg and DE vaden-haye reason 10 be wei
Dl.ased both with what liberal management has done
for their work and with the acceptance awarded to by
Che s,t Of the many audiences by which II is sure to be
seen and enjoyed
Mr. FoRREsT's REPENTANCE.
Mr.. Forrest appeared last evening at the
Fourteenth Street Tbeater Here, also the unowardn
huaDce OF the Arctic Fend made ITSELF visible Iere Was
not crowd Tie assemblage, however, was sincerely
ntbusastic and Mr. Forrest was1caled out at the end
=, eaeh sol lie acted King Lear and he did full justice
10 his abilities and his We shall not noWspeak OF
the performance IN careful detail 1t is topic that Will
lose nothing OF interest by being held IN reserve "hai
can be said ohand IS that Mr. Forrest physiea fee
blep.s riake his Lear and better performance
NOR, consistent with the ideal Of Shakespeare and with
itseI&a II ever was IN the actors robust days The
4ragedyTste's vers0n-was respectfully put upon the
staeethe costumes, in particular being comInendaoe
for sufficient accuracy and for good taste MI Forrest
will act Year every night this week excepting saturday
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Mr.. Sidney Woollett may be heard al Asso-
.iefion HsI on wednesday afternoon lie Eiil Tecte,
rum memory the whole Of Longfenow's Hiawatha."
Mr.. George NJ. Kelly appeared at the New
able leaps re Is described as The Champion Leaper
Of the World"
Maria Seebach acted last night. at the Stadt
Thsstre n EBiIa Caioti, Nile Neneta acted, a. the
rieess Orsini. Tonight The latter actress will appear
in TseschuDg auf Iaesehung
Miss Keene continues to act at Lima Ed
wins TBes'er, in Hunted Down and 10 one VINO
for dramatic art should f9 to see herpoWerfu ana
tender persouAuou Of Mary Lelgh'
The Coleman Children appeared yesterday
Afternoon Al Woods Mus.un.-Miss Lucy RusbtOu began
49, secun6 Of her engagement there, last night IN
Red Hsnds"-Ile Improvement. lately introduced
tHto .The Black crook" at Nb.os Garden, have given
fresh impetus TO popular interest in that differing and
sf b1rries uenE Les Brigands and sporting generally.
-"Mohsy" viii De- acted again al n9 az iheatet
TSGrsdsy
Mr. Pl0yd's advent at the Boston Globe
Thezter asf "Wednesday night made, il appears,
under the most auspicOus circumstances and with
ceent results. Tie Advertiser says: Not little Of
ihe pleasure Of the evening due 10 Mr. W. r. Floyd,
who his first appearance on the occasion in the
person OF Perez Ardent The merry lghtness and ami
able dazh!ng eccenrIcity Of tie nhammabe youth de-
mand a very easy ard delicate hand, nice sense OF
bumor grat variety Of method both IN action and
speech AZ ~ these excellent traits Mr. Floyd eXhib-
Ited. and houEh his evident nervousness betrayed him
into occasional eXtylya gBces, biz approximation was,
the whole, very artistic and effective His acting IN
his drunken scene tn particular, showed both huInor
Ous power and capacity for moderation OF style, from
which excellent things IN the future and the
brilliant gscity OF HE entire mpersOnatOn made itself
most happily felt thrOu gheut the Performance"
Miss Lima Edwin and her burlesque com
pany-from Lima EdWin'- Theater IN this city-are
acting in Little Jack sheppard the Holiday st.
Thaater, Baltimore. A local paper says: MISS Llua
Edwin made her appearance, last evening, al the
HOLIDAY to fun house. Little Jack Sheppard or the
Idle Apprentice" u those buJlesques after which
people, nOwa-days, 10 have gone crazy, and, as
people B Baltimore quite prone 10 theatrical
1unacy people other place, they Hooked eagerly
10 Is. II ever q builesque n baltimore worm
seeing u is this one particularly ~ the style which
il put upon the stage OF the Holiday. Miss Edwin Il
tbe center Of attraction, and az the Idle scamp
Jack" s excessively funny, rORish, ana arch. She
made decided ht Miss Marion Taylor made very
favorable impression, d Mr. Edgar Ia his character OF
Jaeks Old mother, created end Of amusement by his
drOiLaess aud oOiuical dancing"