The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-06


nimbly danced and set or with every external At
traction OF sumptuous costume and picturesque
scenery. Bot It Is nonsense none the less. ! nate
| these burlesques They burlesque nothing on earth
except themselves and are, In fact q description
Of dramatic entertainment whose sole aim and pur-
pose would seem TO be to turn the drama into rdl-
cule One can understand such a burlesque az the
sham tragedy In the ''Critic,n whose object was to
turn plays or the Observation-Disclosures class into rdi-
Guile; bat your modern burlesque derides upon the
i Is as though fellow should make ,wry
object OF the drama is as we are assured by shaks:
peare himself 10 hold the mirror up TO Nature"
not 70 turn Nature inside ont and upside down
all occasions, as is the habit IN burlesgae me
new piece, however, is sumptuous IN adornment,
and, as 1t Is briskly acted by Miss Amy Sheridan,
Miss Emma Chambers, Mr.. f. Terry, Mr.. Atkins
and the other members OF the scarborough COM
why 20 70 be to S
OF their bent.
AN ENGLISH OPERA.
Az the Gaiety Theatre new comic opera, en-
titled 1.-THE Miller of Millaberg," the music of which
has been composed by Herr Meyer Lutz the con-
duced with nnequiyocal success. The merits Of
Herr Lutz as an original composer are already well
known since he has written excellent works In
variety OF styles for the stage, the concert room
and the church. and many OF his compost
tons reach very high standard OF excellence.
Such, indeed, ia his versatility that he can with
equal facility write solemn mass for the Catholic
Church or melody for the Christy Minstres. Some
OF his airs composed for the Merry Minstres OF st.
which forms the librettO OF the opera Ii OF the
slightest possible construction, simply narrating In
marries an orphan girl whom he had befriended,
and showing how the mhler's married life is ludi-
crousy disturbed by certain Jealous suspicious, which
lead to series OF absurd misadventures, happily
however, eliminating In the conviction that his
fears are but visionary and that he Is in secure pos
session Of his wife's affections. Bright, tunefu and
animated, Herr Lutz has proved in this little work
that he possesses the true vein for comic opera.
There ID enough sentiment to give character and
tn he hn1a i1n m
in the music has just the SPARKLE finish and delcacy
that required for the purpose. Mr. Toole appears
az Raymond, the miller, and Miss Constance Loseby
AN UNSUCCESSFUL RUN
Plays have sometimes great runs" and so, too,
have players. Early on Wednesday morning Mr. Ed
ward Terry, of the Strand Theatre undertook to
from the stage door OF the Strand Theatre to the
stage door OF the Victoria Theatre exactly mile
in five minutes the hackers of time laying ESQ to
f25. The event caused great interest at both
theatres and In she neighborhood. The result,
however, was In favor Of time the swiftest Of all
adversaries as we AL Of us know to our cost. Mr..
Terry lost his wager by minute and half, bnt it
mile in six minutes and a half Is famous speed for
pedestrian. l remember to have run mile in six
minutes on two occasions Of my life, once when
pursued by mad bull and again when pursued
by baliff; but Mr.. Terry had no such motives
to speed and, therefore, deserves far higher
that he could run hon saders' Wells to Drnry Lane
In ten minutes; but can't help thinking that this
assertion w., was sanguinary deviation from the
and redskins are nObOdles) Is ever likely to run
quicker than Mr.. Terry, unless, indeed, under the
pOste7iOyI pressure Of u bull or bailif
AN UNCOMPROMIsTNG CRITIC.
The same malc0ntent critic who was at logger
heads first with Mr.. vining and then with Mr. Al.
Mr. Charles Reade,. whose new play Of "shiny
Shally," in course Of representation at the Gaiety
Theatre, he attacked with characteristic acerbity
This formidable critic who appears to have taken
for his model the French cynic, OF whom 1t was
written "Ques Grand ho'nnei Rie,s ne peatt tut
1l1<riQsD
Mr.. Reade, who disposes OF them In the following
summary fashion,
honor OF gentleman and the word OF Christian,
that every OF those nine statements is another
fasehoOd. The FIRST five are little more than the blum
ders Of fool; but the last four the falsehOods
OF slanderer who dare not say these things Of me,
except under the disguise Of the anonymous, but
under that shelter has mised his employer and the
public and done his best to cover my declining DAYS
with dishonor." Mr.. Reade goes on to say that
"the libels of which he complains 'betray play
wright writhng with envy and malice at the intru
sion Of his intellectual superiors into his narrow
MARKET" but there Mr.. Reade Is mistaken, his
who has yet TO learn that talent and modesty are
natural allies, ana that the truly gifted for the
most part generously apprecatNe of others.
THE TICHBOKNE Play
Just like Roger slang phrase to which the
Tichb0rne trial has given rise, serves for the title
Of an amusing little farce by Mr. Il. Webster, Jr.,
which has been brought out at the Adelphi Theatre.
The central notion ia not bad. A country lawyer,
who may be said to have got Tichborne on the
ana to believe that everybody Is sailing under false
colors He selects as the special object OF his in
sane suspicious an inorcnsive young man, who is
the heir to handsome fortune, and it, moreover,
the point of being married To the utter amaze
ment OF all concerned the lawyer calls rudey in
question the personal Identity OF this youth, and
seeks TO make out that he Is passing himself or for
totally different man-an idea which drives not
only the individual In question but also his sweet
heart and all his friends to the verge OF madness
All manner of blunders and recriminations ensue,
and little comedy of errors is kept up very briskly
for an hour or So when the mistakes are cleared up
and all ends happily.
Shakespeare's play of "Cymbeline" has had a
short but not particularly merry life at the Queens
Theatre, whence 1t will be Withdrawn tonight in
favor of Mr.. Sheridan Knowles once celebrated but
now well nigh forgotten drama OF "Virginius" The
latter piece however, is only stop-gap to I'LL up
the interval pending the production Of Mr.. X. Lees
new play OF "Ordeal by Touch"
Considerable misrepresentation appearing to pre-
vail concerning the kind OF entertainment proposed
by Mr.. BOucicaut to form the attraction at COvent
Garden during the autumn dramatic season, 1t is
authOritatively announced that the novelty will be
an original fairy spectacular drama, IN four acts,
written conjontly by Mr.. J. X. blanche and Mr..
Dion Bouccault, and entirely distinct from what is
ordinarily understood as extravaganza. The
scenery will be elaborate, the embellishments OF
music and dancing will be largely employed and
the costumes will be Of an unusually rich and fanci-
cept In those scenes illustrative Of supernatural
agency.
Sianor Ar,itti and Madame Patti will return to
London from Vienna on the LIST OF May.
Mr.. Crcswck, having returned from the United
States Is to appear Hamlet at the Surry Theatre
tonight -
Miss Nelson Is playing very successfully at Biz
mingham in DR.. Wcstland Marston's charming
play Of Life for Life"