, 1875-03-24
iAMUSI311f;NI'H. 4


Tho play ia prcscnsctl in soricH nj ak hcte or
tnbieaux, otch co,ltalpiug so1no prominent &C.
tlon Of the play.
Tho fal1lor Of tho Marquis tie Ca0n,pccy han
becn cheated out OF Es fortune by 1aspar
LaroqHe, at old man, formerly the Captain OF
privateer. Lc Chdmpccy's father had intrustcd
the sale Of 1argo ,,osscesons In the Antilles to
The father Of 1a*par, who Was killed, Ieaviog
}a son to carry the money to tho Marquis, in
place Of which tho son betrayed The Marquis to
tho Engltallt by whom hc WAS shot. With the
large fortuno thus nntawfnlly obtained. Gdapar
Lt7ro1ue returns to France and establishes him.
sc'f.
Ths Young Marquis dc c'Champcey IL by this
mesnn left penniloss. and finds IL. necessary to
acek his fortune. Through tho influence Of
DR.. Desmdrets hc obtains the position Of slow
ard lu tho Laro7ac family, copsistiug Of the old
man Gdsqar, Madame Ldro7ue, ll!s dsughtcr-in-
law, and Marguerite his granddaughter; +;
md lIiie. Nelo'sta, = govcrncss, III. Ue Beranne*,
man Of tho world. IL q neighbor aud euitor for
tho hand Of the fair Marguerite.
In tho second act tho MarYuis lie Champcey In
introduced on the roenc, and In recognized by
~ tie. Neou!il, who keeph his secret for hor oNn
purposes, Tho old mhn mistakes tho son for
lls fathor. aud soon atsachcs himself to him in
manner ~ that seems very strange, 70 tho
In 1oyo with the f.eireHb, aud occasionally
forgets that ho Ia no louger Marquis. Tlin the
young lady resonts. although a.tractod by hin,
having grown BuEp|cious Of orery ope who A;>-
1roachcs her, imagining the solo aiu, Of all such
Ia to obtain her money; and s'mula:ol e.ill more
to Hllcl, thoughts concerning Manuel by ths
insnnations Of tho gorerncss.
Nuch Of tin dialogue - snrlghtIy, and
n vein o! humor run4 through the uloie
OlnY. Than frnrflRffr11r
dramatic scenes. especially TINT III which
Manuel makes tho leap for honor" whicl,
lnnas be somothing Of 4 tax upon tito gymnastlc
culture OF tho horo. The tsL!caux with wllicl,
point OF view, are undoubtedly perfectly correct
aud impressive, but when looked Upon with real
istlc eyes.-especla!ly that one In Which tho old
inan suddenly gives up tho ghost, AID the
Wronged hero stands potnlfnB hcavenward,-t
wholB thing seemA not uDly faise 10 Nature, but
iTrceistibly funny from that very reason. It
must ho looked upon ns dramatic picture, or
QUO must laugh.
tho usual mark Of llooley'H company. O'NeiI.
who played Manuel did tbs part faltly, and chat
WAS all. lilo played 1t better = year or two ago.
SfiRs Hawthorne al Marguerite, tho heroiue.
proud girl who fearB to 10 sought for lscr wealth
alone, and her Transition from the colder to tue
moro tender partR whs we'll defined. Size looked
the character. and she always roads well, AZ does
A1lH+ MAouGF A1D uuloEt4uILG1f &lInOHE AiWAf8
drc.tos very badly. IIer good acting covers
multitude OF such minor Sins, hut it IL unfortu.
nate that her artistic tanto In dress ieaus somc-
What toward tho grotes1no.
Miss Doyle oserdressed tho part Of the gov-
arness. and read her lines i1 very bioycnly ,lin-
nor. sne might tako few Lessons from both the
ladien previously mentioned With good effect. III
tie character tlleEo is chance for soma excellent
actng but Mis- Doglo failH to ronlize 1t. Mas
SlcIfenty ~ Madame Aubrey did much better
She drrssed t,o part to perfection. though tlo
might tono 1t down somewhat without detracsing
from it's amusing properties: yet rho HtiIl de-
serves commentator. The narnso1 scene in tho
tlltrd net was very good. sIias MciEenrv only
needs 10 roa!ize that noiso and tho imitation OF
tho burleHluo troupe IL not acting to eventually
make = very good Boubrctte. Sho showed her
capabilities in that limo Monday night, and
refs. dreesed the rurt we'll, hut it doeH nut
amount to murli. buckley as tho "1nau OF tho
world" played fairly, though tho impression
left after oil was OF certain cArolossneas upon
man Gaspar Laroqae was NOT pronounced
success. lie can mud has done better. Tho
wloln thing could be much botter played by ths
present company II they chose to do 10.
vANoEnRoFF. d
It pcrhars requires moro intellectual culture
to appreciate reading than any other species of
entertainment. That may have been tue roasou
why tile nudienco which listened to Af1. Yaudeu-
hoT last evening WAS not !a.gor. The inclem-
enty Of the weather also undoubtedly kept many
people nway, but, II not Go numerically great as
has becu tho case at soulo other OF the Star Lee
taro Course entertainments, it might roasonably
be considered very fair audoncs, and II up-
doubtcdly was an exceedingly appsoctative ono.
Mr. vandenlor has grown much older tn an.
pcarancc t'lau when lust in Chicago. but hts
voice has lost none OF its rountlneas, clcazneas,
or rchuosB; his gestures are Bt,ll most ant aud
tlt.
80 varied ma tho programme that al tastes
must iaso been suited a''d to thoso wlso arc do
barre barred by hny motive Or principle, whatsoever
fandonhoi1 must prove revelation and q god
Bcnd. 1tiH selections wore somewhat out OF the
ordinary tousine, and worry much more difficult
Of interpretation than taloso usually selected.
shak1pearc's :" Henry y. -''Agiucourt Before
tito Baltic" aud tho "Courtshsp Of Henry Of
England and Catharine OF Navarro Thesa
wore admirably interpreted. especially tho latter,
FrencA Queon bo!nE, II ono may 40 speak, In.
tollectual catnoos, caryod with tho most perfect
tr1lthfuItscss.
Tue secoad part contained q variety, all intor-
sssf Se SsSi fssp e ss ST'ssF Il In Ra
bolious, and felt his blood lesn within |
his veins ut tho dying zhout Of "ylctory.' |
tho expiring cEiefsatn throNlng into that laAt |
efort his remaining vitality, which scarcely |
h9tycd to finish the invocation before he dropped
back sonBoteeB and dead.
It would hardly seem that much could be made
of threadbase 'iounG eh!nvar,'" who l'aB
.choot-boy has had to dec1AIm on an exhibition
lay. nut 1t won new grace from hfr. VaudenhotI's
calling. Two consical sketchcs in Hoods pecul-
ar VEN, tho Nocturnal bketet" and "French
sud Euslial," were received With much laughter.
The Picket Guard" wAa another piece Ut real.
stsc readlng and acting, from the iirst tranquil
como Of IAN quiet on tho Potomac" to lilo
ilua OF the bullet aud ths dea!il-gasp OF tho
rounded soldier,
Part third contained two scenes from tho
Fickwick Papers," Tho tlrrt waH entitled
pickwlck At Bash." but really w.s the lutoryiew
otwcen him aud the ssctu and aggressive atr.
)owlcr, whom be meets At the atase.o!llce beforu
taEslng. where aIr. 11ckwlck 10 tlsst bnllted Aul
hon pstronized hy this gentleman. Tho bocond
election was "As WinkIc'a Midnight Adyen-
uro,," ir which tAat gentleman l'n1s himself. In