New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-27
AWUSEMENTN.
Varieties THEATRE

! The rea?pearanse OF Mr.. Lawrence l;af.
| rc.t at this beautiful home of the drama,
| last night. was greeted with Just such an
| audience of refined and cultured people as
| the actor deserves. After a surfeic OF
| meaningless protesn dramas and bui lesque
| bosh. acting OF the legitimate standard.
| plays with ideas, historical and poetical,
| yielding the best thoughts of the best au.
thors, are doubly welcome. and it will be a
| credit to the intelligence of our people if the
short season Just commenced proves one re.
| munerative to actor and manager. Sulwer 5
''Eichelieu" was the play of the evening.
10 can not be denied that Mr.. Barret!'s im.
| iersonation Of the crafty cardinal is a most
finished performance. He is Il mast'r of
elOcution. and from his lips come the Ian.
guage " the text with new beauties
added. He is slender in build, and has n
face and forehead in which the intellectual
predominates. He makes uP and PLAYS
Richetien with all the lights and shades
history gives that great character. The
cardinal was a man Of foibles and con.
irasts. With country for his mistress. lis
sins were all for France. He was crafty
and cunning that he might cops with :Iea.
sonable courtiers. He was u man OK wit.
with skill to draw out the condolences Of
those about hun. He was even u fawuing
tatterer Of q weak king. but more for the
sake 81 power to be used IL behalf of his
beloved France than for his personal ambi.
ton. His was = giant mind. alternately
possessed with hopes and fears. and coupled
with trail body. yesterday was Rich.
ei'es: To-day very weak cid man! To.
morrow. know not what" With such .
character the actor has to deal. Mr..
Barrett has evidently given it much
study and brings out strongly the leading
points in the character. Suiting the action
to the word, he is easy in manner when ex.
hibiting the wit and pleasantries Of the
Cardinal, terrible in invective, and assimi-
iates Old age and :eeb!eness with grea skill.
The leading members OF the company are
we!lknowH to rs. and acreptabiy performed
their parts. Mr.. John w. Norton played
d. .Ha.prat. Mr.. George Morton. who was
1. tavorite when connected with the .Acai.
envy of Music. played Louis NH. and the
sterling young actress. Miss Louise Haw.
thorne. made all that was possible Of the
character Of J,.'is lie Mortimer. Our young
friend. Willie Seymour. who may be said to
have almost grown up on the Varieties
stage, comes back To us a graceful young
actor. and was the Francois of the evening.
This evening 'he marble Heart wi; be
produced. with Mr.. Barrett as Pyidias. To.
morrow noon a grand "iomeo and Juliet
y. Aimee vii! BE- given.
st. Charles Theatre.
2ssioS hISHI was pcSIuiiHSu 4tS kAc tlSs
time at this theatre Iotta's new play en-.
titled Zip written Tor her by Mr.. Fred
Marsden. in "hich she plays the title
heroine. The first act shows Point Lynde
lighthouse. or the coast Of Anglesea. Eng.
land. lip appears as the supposed daughter
OF EatteJ' Phelps. the lighthouse keeper. OF
course. as III dramas of this sort. she is a
los: heiress. and the villain of the play finds
her mother. restores the child and seeks to
marry her. The villain JFeltomot is about
to consumate his plans by seeking to obtain
possession of certain papers proving the
marriage OF lips mother. when Zip
goes on little detective excursion and
gets them herself. The villain is foiled aud
zip is :ett free to marry the man OF her
choice. The plot of the drama is slight. but
the drama itself is lively and full of action.
Lolita is seen at her best as Zip, and the
character gives scope for her pecuiarities
in the rompish acting line. Philosophy
Jack, PLAYED by Mr.. Z. A. Locke, is sort
of man Friday for the heroine. an odd
genius, ready for fun or to argue point,
and is well portrayed by the young come
dian. The cast was further strengthened
by the appearance of Mr.. Frank Evans,
who comes from Memphis especially to
play the character Of Hon. Chamncey Elmore.