The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-14

OF ours. What q pity they don't lay TO heart the
general, N. Dombrowskl. who when q cannon ball
rolled between his legs the other day at the rate OF
one hundred miles minute or Whereabouts, waved
MS sword exultlngly In the air. shouting TO his CON-
rades, "Ardncez mes enfantsin Our dramatists
VIII do anything rather than advance. They run
AT THE QUEENS THEATRE
the mountains long In labor have produced very
ridiculous mouse in the shape OF Mr. Tom Taylors
new play Of sloan Of Arc,n which is as wearisome
and ill-constructed piece as eer my conversation
COPIED witha." Divesting the story Of the halo OF
poetic sentiment and romantic interest which the
genius OF Schiller shed around 1t. Mr.. Taylor has
substituted such strong sensational seasoning as
suits the coarse. keen appetite OF the age. The play
Is thus sapiently summarized by one OF the morning
critics.
table than thoroughly cohesive drama 1t leaves out
entirely possibly for prudential all Of defeat
attributes doubtless ike TO Queen
sorc his mistress The first shows Joan,
AL maiden Hs pTOcaimins aloud the task imposed
te faith attention. her mother her confessor,
Furnished with the promise Of La Hire her 70
staying Favored BY the Queen Joan hnda her way into
wins her eoquence the younger and mpe,uous Of
the soldiers around 70 promise follow the banner she
msdsa who appears moSned on horssnacx The fourth
az Rouen tried by the Inquistion. condemned and
there 'ns '''s few s dramatic
bited There not however single in winch great
?:
needs more than mere @ to rank BESIDE
the a
II the
series Of pictures Of physical torture presented which
thoroughly distressing audience and followed by
the effect which the general public may pro-
nounced without sickeninG In the last scene
Joan Is shown stake, the tired the
bound apparently stands in tho midst of the ames until her
escape seems almost impossible
Mrs. Rousby acts very well as Joan; her husband
but so so as LA Hire. Whether tnere money IN the
piece remains TO be seen. AS general rule we find
tnat the worse the play the longer 1t runs and the
more lucrative 1t proves TO the manager. - yet,
however, there are no signs OF grand success.
other night there was Kissing aud mucn marks OF
dlsapprova at the mimic representation OF divine
service In Rheims Cathedral, tnat SCENE mockery
being decided lrreverant by many Of tile audience.
AT THE PRINCESS
they have simply dlslnterred the Old drama Of
"Faust and Marguerite" which is being played to
very thin houses
FRENCH PLAYS AT THE LYcEUM.
M. raphael Felix VIII open the Lyceum for the
performance of French plays on Monday, com none
ing his campaign with ''Les Pattes de Mouche," the
original of the English drama known as "A Scrap
oil Paper" Owing to the civil war In France there was
some doubt whether the French actors could effect
their escape from Paris; bat Madame Fargeuil aud
through all obstacles and here they are. Sic suOS
Se'rdon apollo, TO which may add with an astOund-
lug display 0l erndltOn, " CtuuU NfHlU 1OyB i"
THE FREE ORDER QUESTION
There is mighty TODD just now about free orders
to The theatres. Managers are writing to say that
they will dispense no more OF such favors, and that
the public are unreasonable to expect such compll-
ments There Is something 10 be SAID on both sides
OF this question. That there Is large class Of the
British community who are mean and selfish beyond
description IN the matter OF orders does not admit OF
question. People who ride IN their carriages, keep
rctinue OF servahts-pOwdered footmen, boys III
buttons and the rest OF twill not hesitate to beg for
orders as Tor aims, even In cases wnerc, the play
being popular one and the house filing well, such
request IS tantamount 70 a demand for money.
Meanness like this deserves the sternest reproba-
ton. On the other hand. 1t net unirequentiy hap
pens that the play Is eXecrabe that to sit 1t out
Is torture. 10 expect man to pay under such
circumstances Is maniesty unfair not to say cruel
II q man be an exceedingly handsome fellow
which is just my case-he confers favor upon the
management by adorning hali-cmpty theatre
With his cOmely person. 10 require such q man TO
shell out his cash for the privilege OF witnessing an
utterly worthless performance IS odou5 lngratitude
stall always be under the CONVICTION that in ac-
cepting Tree orders 10 ''assist aJn trashy play
confer great compliment upon tie manager.
Owing TO the disturbed state OF Paris portion OF
the orchestral part OF the opera bol6e, "fal Sac Al
Par" has not arrived In London. This Will necess-
tate the postponement for another week OF the
Globe theatre, which otherwise would have opened
Oh Monday next.