New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-27
WAR DEPARTMENT.
DRAMATIC NOTES.

Matip6es to-day at the Olympic and the
Union Square Theaters.
The final picture that will be shown in The
representation of lie Roi Carotte at tho Grand Opera
House il said TO be magnificent was desig ned by NJ
CamDron Of the Gazette Theater in Paris.
We understand that the new comedy, by
sardou in which Miss Agnes Ethel will act at the Union
Square Theaer next season. is called " IL Amerlcalne
and that the piece Will be done IN the hrst place at the
Paris Gymnase.
Merry times on board the Oceanic going
over Mr. s0thern got mp dramatic and miscellaneous
comic entertainment, IN which he assisted by Miss
Iotta. Miss Clara Morris Miss Rosele Miss Kemp and
Others. charade by Mr.. Sothern In which he acted
Act Drop and Chorus, was performed with fine
effect.
A bit of rhyme lately published by an En-
esh writer defines follows the mission Of the modern
"The Drama labOrs not to please the earl
Ia dearth Of talent abe must fam supply
The wherewhAl to esltyste the eye
- ssePis . q ne 'sPg ys we s s Play
And end In wood the substitute for brainsl
II startling incidents your Acts require -
With reference to the tragedy Of "Medea
In Corinth." by Mr. W. @. Wis-whch has been played
at the London Lyceum, with Miss Bateman as NEEDED
we find these statements In print: "The author ac
knowedges his great Indebtedness to Legouves version
OF the famous Greek story In the first act he has fol-
his own. The other acts are chiefly original, or are
% SaS the Children the treatment Of Which is Original
The first act ends with Medea's discovery OF her pre-
incarnation scene in which Medea imbues the vail with
eathdealing spells: the third with the killing OF the
Children With reference TO Miss Batemans persOnatiOn
OF Meded we find this opinion: Miss Bateman was
completely sunk in Medea No finer display OF the art
which conceals art have we recently seen Miss Bate
mans true conception and wonderful histrionic skill
WIRE yvidly apparent How her representation
appreciated by the audience may be estimated when
only she called before the curtain at
the end OF each act but that at the conclusion she was
compeed 10 appear twice. and finally retired laden with
floral tributes TO her marvellous ability. The piece has
evidently been written specially for Miss Bateman and,
by the side Medea the other characters
sink into comparative insignihcance."
The London Saturday Repietc in allusion to
the PLAYS that were written in England in the times
when Macready managed at Coyent Garden and Drury
Lane employs language that equally fecltous In force
and description IN the following passage; There were
dramatic writers both in tragedy aud comedy, whose
productions II destined TO rank as classics were
nevertheless works OF serious merit and INTENTION ana
entitled TO consideration In purely literary SENSE az
works OF feeling OF imagination, or Invention, OF or
STYLE Some OF them had noble and elevated aim IN
the presentations human passions purified and exalted
by the conflict with human destiny or OF an idea OF SELF
sacrcing herOsm OF virtue some gave TO picturesque
OF romantic episodes OF history the charm or poetic
direction and dialogue some threw the genial ana
Kindly glance OF the social mOrast the manners and
Sobles OF the world around them; sattrzed the
vices ridculed the fashionable fOies OF the
age some with more unresraned and farcical hunor,
carcaured the vugaries OF class or the eccentreies
of some new variety OF the human species; while some
were content 10 reproduce the everlasting types OF the
comedy OF life, There not among them all perhaps
0host OF the tragic genius OF the Eizabehans, whom
thew were too prone To initiate spark OF the reckless
smaek OF the animal spirits OF Colman and his cotem
porares or more than faint suggestion OF the fresh
and bappy animation and tenderness OF Goldsmith or OF
the dazzling brilliancy OF Sheridan But there was
something OF a literary aud literary purpose In
their work and IN most cases there was clear title "
originality"