The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-21
OUR NEW THEATRE.

OUR NEW THEATRE.
Opening Night-Crowded House,
Splendid Entertainment in Beautiful
8 Hall.
A very large and select audience as
sembled at the D. s. G. B. Hall las
Saturday evening to witness the frs
performance of the new dramatic SO
ciety organized by the members of the
| Silver Cornet Band of this town
Long before the hour announced fol-
the lifting of the curtain had arrived
every seat in the house was filed
and many gentlemen were obliged te
stand in the aisles and galleries. The
tasteful manner in which the interior
Of the new theatre was fitted up, clio
tied much surprise and admiration from
the assembled people, and the new
drop curtain, which is a perfect gem
and credit to the painters art, and
the painted figures or statues at each
side Of the stage were especially ell
logized and admired. All the auditors
were on tiptoe Of expectation when,
after a tune by the Silver Cornet
Band, the curtain rose and displayed
the stage adorned with its beautiful
scenery.
The first piece on the programme
was lie Vagabond, a French drama in
one act, with the following cast of
principal characters: j. J. Claverie
as Pierre Maillard, the vagabond !;
Mrs. A. ,Claverie as Marie, his wife {;
Miss. E. Gondran as Maric's sister :;
DR.. B. Claverie as lie Marquis, pro-
prietor of a factory; J. j. Lafargue as
Clement, overseer for the Marquis;
Jules Gondran and Noise Levy as
Julian and Jean, workman i'll the fac
tory; Octave Terrio as N. Rocquart,
Mayor Of the village, and Miss. Luti-
cha Mollere as Marguerite, school
mistress; workmen, countrymen, and
policemen, by other members of the
society. We have not the space to
comment upon the manner in which
each person rendered the part assign
ed him or her, and to make special
mention of a few would be injustice
to the others. Suffice it to say that
all did unexceptionally we'll, that no
balks or mistakes were apparent, and
that the drama was rendered through
out in such manner as would reflect
credit upon a professional troupe.
The second part of the entertain
ment was two act English domestic
drama, entitled The Golden Farmer, in
which r. N. Sims appeared as the
farmer Morris Marks as Harry Ham
me,, the jolly, tipsy, rollicking auc-
tioneer; Bernard Lemann as Old
Mobb, craftsman; VIM. Klopman
as Wn,. Harvey, brother-in-law of the
farmer; John A. Cheevers as Jenny
Iacitcher, ambitious though unlucky
burglar and prigger of all sorts of
other peoples property, from a lady's
neckerchief to gentleman's watch
chain and pocketbook J. F. Parks
as Lord Et=azlan; j. D. Israel, E.
Meyer, NJ. Levy and l.. Terrier res
pectively as John, Thomas and first
and second officers of the law; Mrs.
J. Israel as Elisabeth, the golden
farmers trusting and affectionate wife;
little Miss. B. Tobias, a remarkably
intelligent fye-year-old young lady,
as Loais;a, the farmers daughter Mrs.
NJ. Blum as Mrs. Hammer, strong
minded consort of the free and easy
autioneer, who asserted her right to
rule by locking him out in the street
when he came home drunk and Miss
H. Levy as Jenny, waiting maid.
Of. the rendition of this beautiful
drama we may say the same as of the |
first: it was as near perfection as could !
be, and delighted and surprised every |
body. |
The evenings entertainment con-
Guided with Les Deur Aveugles (The |