New Orleans Republican., 1875-12-29

'SsN hSV pay WilttOu NY rTtU. MATS
den, ESQ. and now being performed at the
st. Charles Theatre, is worthy of more than
passing notice. 1t is entitled "Musette, or
Little Bright Eyes, The characters and
cast are as follows:
Masette, Little Bright .Lotta
Jules Timothy Tliters, somewhat uncertain
and decidedly unpleasant '.,..... =. a. Locke
Adalants an ex & psy chief ..,....,C. W. Couidock
Sir Hugh Tracy, the mad knight . Halt CONWAY
"l4ham A bokns bud about TO blossom
s,,,,:.o po,.,, Z. Wlnnitred Butler
Philip Darcy, man of fair words, =. James Taylor
Maud an exotic among wild hogers
Angela Darcy, firm believer in herself
Selma BOkue with whom duty : law
The scene is laid in England The first
act is at the gypsy's home. The man known
as Addlanta has been an English gentle
man, who, believing himself guilty Of mur-
der, takes his child Maud of high birth,
and leads rowing life, disguised as gypsy
chief. With the Bohemians he marries,
and has another daughter, called Musetse
The villain of the piece, DarcH discovers
the self-exile, has his secret and holds him
subject TO lis will Darcy has a stolen
child he is attempting to make Sir Hugh
marry to secure titles to estates depending
in possession on such marriage. Of
course, to make a plot Sir Hugh must fall
in love with Maud, and he gives up chances
OF brilliant alliance to follow bis heart
The gypsy is forced by the master of his
secret 10 drive his daughter from his roof,
and the sisters go together. The spell
is broken in the second act, when the gipsey
tells his story, and learns the man lives
whom he believes he has killed, and the
villain is foiled by the vag4bond filters,
who turns up and reveals that Anqe2n is
his child and no heirese, and then all is
clear, and the loves of the lovers runs
smooth. The Bokus family are introduced
as comedy people, and consst OF henpeoh-
ed husband, strong minded woman, and
the boy William ii. who is a sort of Cousin
Joe, who is in love with the rough diamond
MuSette With such an outline Mr.. Marsdep
has produced play of great merit; every
character in it is strong and distinct
In blending them together in action
the imagination is drawn upon, but proba-
bilities are not forced nor is consistency
outraged. The language of this comedy
drama is elevated above the commonplace,
it is refined and witty, abounding in gems
of thought and flashes of sentiment. Mr..
Couldock plays The father, struggling be-
tween affection for his children and shame
and fear, with all the feeling and strength
for which his acting is noted in the "Wil-
low Copse" and Chimney Corner" Lolita
has part which allcws her to romp like
Man, take liberties with all the characters,
and make herself generally amusing, AID
be at all times the little heroine, smoothing
sorrows and capturing the audience along
with Billy. After the long siege of one part
pieces like Zip" and the Little Detec-
tive,' it is pleasure to see her in go good
play as "Musette." Fred Marsden
very nearly missed writing the best
American comedy We have when ne wrote
Clouds" He also wrote Zip to order,
but finished only one character. "Musette"
stands as complete comedy drama,
worthy OF his genius, and worthy of
the talents of good company and the
attention of refined audiences. If we are
not mistaken it will become very popular,
and prove the most attractive of all pieces
in which Lolita has appeared. The piece
will be acted this noon and night, and until
further notice. With SO good play we
can well dispense with the clog dance and
the banjo, which are banished for the