New-York tribune., 1873-07-03
THE DRAMA.
WALLACK'S THEATER.
gR. BOuCTCAUIT'S MINI.

When Adrien de Manprat, in the drama, is
ma nv Cardinal Rieheleu that he must pay his deo's
the young gentleman replies that he is perfectly "lis
90 do So but would like 20 know where he sha'i
The money TINS reply charms the reverend
vsho straightway chuckes over him as " a humorous
a.rs ov1s Tho bu,norons daredevil has always been
tavorite In the literature OF the Eacemueh more so
Than in life where his seldshness his roysterug 'nu
lenee and his confused ideas on the SUBJECT VI PoN
render him somewhat obnoxious 10 the comfort OF MS
fellow citizens II is the humorous daredeNl tna'
,.r. y, ho character of Don CGsar de BdadH. IL is
IN, humorous daredevil that makes Prince Henry SO
fascinating IN hrs Wild days with glorious Sir John II
ras the humorous edev that lately walked forth In
the person of sotherns Sap remorkinC that any
Sodys purse would do long he got half-acrown,
and eot il Itis the humorous daredevil tnat
Nj Bouccault oolebrates-and personates-in ms ne"
Ilay Of Mimi" produced Tuesday pght at Waraek :
Teater and seen there with interest and pleasure Dy
about $50 persons. Though Mimi be The name OF oo'h
the play and the heroine. and though the story o' th
hernines love ami fhte the main subject OF the piece
vet s central figure magpet It's allure lts soin'-
hating spirit Of fun and sentiment, 10 us humorous "e
dsyii, EGt1lcc DtroseL Portraiture OF msnners 'o'
tIasts OF SOCIAL condition. mirth. pathos' ahu seNclS
sorts OF morals surround this parsonage, and may oe
aednced FROM the neat pretty and touching hte drama
An which ne figures but the abiding impression that Is
f, by mimi" is the idea that erysalizes rounu ye
another Of those dasns farceurs 80 well repieSeh'eu
Nv that merry monarch in English history OF whom u
vas written that He never said foolish thns' ana
never did a wise one"
.Ns,vi, is hased on fhe French composition called
"IA We de Bobtme" by NJ Henri hurger; but 1t OILERS
from ITS original in essential particulars. and on The
whale SCENE entitled to he considered new piece. We
olsrrye however that recognition OF NJ. hurgers
authorship occurs the announcements OF the work
which is right although IL has not been usual. The
story Of Mimi" is the story Of the loves and troubles
oi "A gay young Freuchman and beautiful, unfortu-
mate gr who was born disgrace, who lived throogh
istresses and who perishod prematurey under bur
den OF iunsce and grief Aqipoe DIr0Sel the nephew
Of wealthy uncle was desired 10y that relative 10 con-
tract a marriage with Mad0me DArbidy - rich and
charming widow. Instead OF complying with tins de
sir, hberlfinc million OF francs aud settling himself
"a hfe the I0crcasa, youth played jocose tneA On
his uncle. ran away from home with medlcai
student a musician. and milliner and became an IN
h.maut OF the Partisan Bohemia. There, FOR time, he
vo,k,d Ioafed and starved Presently, IN Pounding
ksylum he encountered fair young maid naIned Num-
whose story learned, whose heart ne Won ana I"r
Nholn he conceived deep and true affection. For
while these two separated Then chance or tate'
threw them together IA lodging house where Hnlue-
e,aeiy Maurice Was arrested tOr debt aud where At"'
peniit4d herscf to be mistaken and arreeted for AIT
other deuqueut debtor order that she might follow
her lover "a prison BY and 10y they both emerged from
Jrtauce ana sweetiy joined their lps and their nuts
Neither o them possessing any nonoy The conjunction
roud scarcely be said 10 bsrle with opuleDce. BIIer
pevcrty Ia fact overlook these babes IN the wood ~
Yonns and ronapoe and to MIN. cane the adj
aiionaI burden Of feeble health Complications now
onsueG, caused in part by the well-meaot but mis-
tievons Interference Of the ner. Rigoiee, and partly
Wy the efforts OF the elder DWrOsei 10 separate Nam
rom MGtrcc and back the boy 70 the leash o the
widow. M,qi at last becane convinced that hoHrfce
wnuld h. happier she left him, and. accordingly, she
snde bin farewel-a dismissal which he accepted
Ueo aust IN uind was aleHated and poisoned by total
1lisuhderetaDdug Of her words aud conduct old
3h.fotl was now triumphant His nephew. sobcred 10y
experience caIne back TO the syuuculr roof and was
retrOtbed 10 the golden Madoao ID A'bloy and ali
seemed running smoothly toward .rning Of orange
blossoms The DeAt event, he surnised, was the
recurrence Of Mat she had heard OF her lovers Ini
laEen boeI she coud not endure TO be Thought utrh
f aud unworthy; aud she sought ont Maurice. al Aod
aRe DArblags LOOse There the two women luot, aud
thete was euActed feminine cncoCntef both spirited and
yathetic ending in the poor chIld's uel hscontture
ele went away heart-bTOken; She made fOt tue river
and. had she not tainted on its brink, she would have
Befshed a It's Maurice, informed OF the tTue
STATE af Hfairs nov GuReled with the widow accepted
4 pruupt and very fclictous dismissal from her hands.
and Ieoined his Bohemian associates in quest for his
lost love Mani was .uliud hospital. and was
stored 70 lin In "a garret; but she already struck
witt death and siune fast The musician, the millIrcr
AID tho medical student vcd win Maurice, ia kuuness
81 her aud several very tender aud Onciug little &c
tioUs were performed m her behalf M11Hce even pent
~ lar az to apptnl MS uncle who repul-ed him with
saorI. TIE end very near and it seemed abont
TO cviDc ~ icy grief wen sQualid pcu,
a.y Al the last moment, though, bUih
Nadl,ae D4rtdy aud Old DHrOsT came 10
NJ side. and there brief scene Of
sarIui5sion, reconciliation, and forgiveness The old
man touched 40 the spectacle Of her misery aud real
f..g h.4H
her to his nephew and promised them hat his fortune
hat while he WA set speaking, MIMI died That Is the
siiy of tue p,yU3tG it, yer! Oby Gus hgenrss to tie
story OF " Camille" aud with the same 0d hackued,
Supcruos animation, tending and apparently
rot des gucd 20 tend uywhefe, that there may he Il
great OF good ia The weak sDd the elrns that the
,nnerng. of sinners are les sunerugs; that
even Nagabunds Lave their f1e points and thai, III
some nyrtelioUs way, which nobody pretends 80 under
stand pcoplc whc ny 20 lead respectable lives
sVansO Ior all the troubles and sries 0 hIse who do
LSt
mimi " js couprised i've acts. and IL written In
fe4sc sprigty, elastic prose conveys the I'm
pTession Of vigor and peasurahe eNn'euieut
in The mood Of composition Eth act necasstacs set
sznc Tue hcEirs at country house near Pans
zpd Is eontined concluded ~ divers places that
oty. The scenes are made various 10y uSc Of the cc-
ent of contrast that may be 7kuby deAlsued Of may
lc accidental. The persons introduced clearly ndi-
vidualzcd, ana each pCrtrature cf chartctortnOueh
al are little than skctches-s consistently sJs
talncd. TIE incidents numerous; Dicy follow each
other In rapid Succession and they not
soore forced, unlikely, and surprising tban H.
t,,pipatibie with the atmosphere Of hghu-
ucss and extravagauce by which the drama
ts enveI0ped and pormeatcd In what may be called
affective dramatic cxpcdlc uls-iOr winch Mr.. Bouci-
naDi,is plays arr usually dstinguished-ths peco Is
tr.rren. There Is nothing ~ 1t. We mean, Ike the
aaguerreotype in The OctOroon, and the broken floor
IN Jessio Brown" The nearest approach TO such
leect-and this ie extremely remOie-is the use OF the
the fourth act but this felicity has much more
si kindred with that OF the claret-cup m DADDY
DDowdn For even the incidental particulars of
aatrichI rpnpp-