The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-29

best character in the play-both in regard tc
the authors delineation and the pleasing sym
pathy which exists between it and audience
St Lo, in the hands of a smart and witty
actor, can be made the character of the play
Mr.. Wiel belongs to that class of aspirants
whose ambition, If it does nothing more
makes them study. He had fair conception
of his part, and was passable in his rendition
throughout. But there was lack of force
His wiiticsms comparisons comic
Miniature, all of which are SO pointed in
themselves. failed to produce the intended
| effect from lack of force; while on the other
hand his fellow " clerk" in the hands of Mr.
| OSullivan, said nothing and did nothing, Of
his small role, that was not full of force. Yet
Mr.. O'Sullivan was not blameless If Mr..
Wiel rather underacted, Mr.. OSullivan. in
some portions, did decidedly overdo. His
| drunk scene was as unnatural and exaggerated
as such representations usually are, and bis
| manner of trotting about we thought very
unlike what we supposed to be the physical
| and mercantile dignity of Jean Ruse, whose
state Of semi starvation alone, we think,
would have kept him more sedate in his
movements.
In the character of Paul Lafont Mr. Theo.
David succeeded, we doubt not, much against
his natural inclination, in producing as dis
agreeable an impression upon his audience
by his make up as any one would desire. He
looked the serpent-rogue which he desired to
act As this was his first appearance, 50 far
as we know, he is deserving Of praise for the
interest he certainly manifested in the welfare
of his club in accepting SO ungracious part.
OF the others, except Misses Freeman aud
Stroudback, there is nothing to say. The
character of Margaret Elmore Is the heaviest
attempted by Miss Freeman this year, and her
performance was in her usual style. We have
never thought her best in tragedy, and conse-
quently may be too much prejudiced in favor
of her comedy characters to speak impair
TALLY. She was best in her scenes with Ell
more and Lafont, and her manner, both when,
on first learning that Eugene is the son of the
murdered man, she staggers into her seat
in silence, and when she leaves Lafont,
in the same scene, to go to her father, was
excellent, and her defiance of Lafont, also, in
this scene, we think the best thing of the
evening.
Miss Stroudback made pleasing Herminie,
although not "widowish" enough, quite, for
a widow. She is steadily improving and has
(what will surely lead her to success as an
actress if she continues her present course)
the power OF identifying herself with her
part.
Before leaving this performance mention
should be made of the pot-pourri which was
given by the orchestra, and announced as
being from "La File de Madam Angot." On
hearing it, we were glad Lecocq was in Paris
instead of our seat
As a whole, the performance of cloves
Sacrifice, or Ambition vs. Judgment" was the
least praiseworthy of the representations given
by the New Histrionics this season. And in
conclusion. we would say that if we have been
a little hard on them this time, it is in the
hope that their future renditions will cause
us to be different. STAGER.