The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-21
CLANCARTY.

CLANCARTY.
OF late years we have been served with som
-. remarkable distortions of historical facts an,
=. incidents in the guise of Historical romances
- and it seemed at one time as though all on
world-famed heroes were destined to destruc
-, ton by the quill Of the novel writer, but, hap
PLY, Miss Muhlbach and others, of that stamp
have been consigned to merited oblivion, ant
!, only now and then some unconscionable play
- wright does violence to our feelings, by at
~ lacking some revered character of past history
We can forgive Mr.. Tom Taylor, however
for his pardonable infringement of minor his
- torical details in the construction of the new
play, "Clancarty;" all the more readily, too
because in it he has presented life-picture
Drawn from one of the most glorious epochs
of of old Enslands history.
n The reign Of James II and that of his sue
of cessor, William III, both present wonderful
Va dramatic material, and it has often been mat
m ter of surprise to US that it has not been made
as more generally available. Mr. Taylor has en-
. tered upon an almost unbroken field, and it is
to be hoped that he will still further utilize it,
:. In the play which has been presented at the
ties Theatre during the past week, the
NarlesoE action Plot" OF 1896 is made the
" Assassin. "exlca nd the romantic marriage of the
groundwork lille youth of fifteen to the
Earl Clancarty rhter of the Earl of Sander.
ten-year old dauR OAant meeting and union-is
land-their subseqL> CITY !.
the setting. - of historical record
This marriage, which ae. is ,,onall by Lord chas
Spencer, an adherent Of Wiz Merof CIancartv,s
Of Lady Cancarty account eet ,;1ad lays
adherence to the fortunes of the el,igl-n;se and
II, when Clancarty appears in disgsiz-.is wife
through lucky circumstance, meets he bt ,x;lo1
to whom he pleads as a friend of her tq1S :.
husband He is rejoiced to find that shene
true to him, but dare not reveal his Identity
In this scene Mr.. Thorne, as Clancarty, gave W
us some splendid acting and was indeed the +,
beau idea! of an Irish gentleman and soldier =,
Miss Don, as Lady Clancarty, evinced a clear n,
perception of the demands OF the character. IN
The author makes his hero, Clancarty, . n
participant in the assassination plot The n,
Earl can not overcome his natural horror
of assassination. however, and though bitterly
opposed to King William, he determines to "
warn his minister and save him. For this g,
purpose he goes to the Earl of Portland, at h;
the palace, to divulge the details. Here Mr..
Thorn was again most effective, and Chippen- d.
dale, as the Earl was, usual, excellent. r.
While the Interview is proceeding the King nj
(Mr Hamilton) in the course OF his rambles o.,
through the halls comes Unexpectedly upon
the scene, and after listening moment aO-
vances before the astonished Clancarty, who
recognizes him at once. MI. Hamilton, as he
King William made of minor part an ex- Az
ceedingly effective personation-one of the re-
best we have ever seen. He was indeed the tn
king il every act and motion In the subse- or
quent scene, where Clancarty is arrest fo
ed in his wifes arms by Lord Spencer, On
Miss Don, as Lady Clancarty, acquitted her no
self nobly, and fully sustained what we of
imagine to be the authors conception of the err
character There was no effort at stage effect.
but faithful portrayal of the deepest grief,
subdued naturally under the peculiar circum- H,
stances and softened by the overwhelming sej
nature of her misfortune. Many moistened
eye in the audience bore testimony to the m,
genuine nature of the impersonation.
Lady Betty Noel, the light hearted, was
by Miss Ada Gilman, who scattered An
the sunshine of good humor through the wi
entire play, and, it is needless to remark. met ne
with a hearty response from the audience. M
'Clancarty" is, the whole, beautiful play, tir
moral and entertaining and it was put upon co
the stage in a manner peculiar to the excellent Ii
taste OF the management tn