Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-24

Baker aud FaTrJn yesterday AFTERNOON
gave hair matinee, for which null price OF
left for New Orleans. II is not probable that
the thsater goeTs OF Memphis will be eager or
al a u disposed 10 patronize Baker and Farron
should they ever play again in Memphis.
This Is our farewell 20 them.
Milton Mobiles and Company.
Tomorrow evening Mr.. Milton No
bles, supported ~ Rogers dramatic com
pEuy. begins weeks engagement al the
Memphis Theater. The Chicago Times says OF
MI, Mobiles AID this company - ne AcadeIny
OF Music was agaIu PACKED last nigut with an
audience composed OF our very btsi cllIens'
Tue success achieved by Mr.. NoDles ana MS
model combination has been instantaneous
and complete. our record OF am use ments Tor
wears past presents 10 parallel to their cast.
The specially entertainment Is a model Of ell
egauJ humor, and MI, Ernest Byne Is truly
p IIEIsd - me appel alton. wonderful" AL
prev tJus performances or female characters
o. one OF the steTner Sc, sink into lnslgnln-
canoe 10 companion TO this great artist. OF
Mr.. NObles's great drama of B0heHliuns and
De ertiUef, We can cordially say that IL is
much stronger even than the glowing adyer-
il7cIugnts led us TO expect; and improves upon
acquaintance. OF Mr.. Nobless acting we
nevI only say that we can heartily iEdOrse
the glOTing eulogiss pronounced upon nlm
By tue eastern press. There Is strong ele-
ment Of character In all that he does his OH u
II Individuality /, always completely lost IN the
character being portTaved. Hlsdisguises a. a
dctt ctivc officer are maTyelS OF art, both in
facl al make up and vigorous Development Of
HtiDlElk COALtdN'tu tuaIAtltlN1 anu dEdAh MI
Notles mas shown himself to Ice man OF
sound judgment by engaging strIckly first
class arr its TO support him. There "a not
poor or even mediocre performer IN the entire
organization, but all established artI- Is in
their profession and selected for their partlc-
ulai fitness for the cheract er assumed. Anoth-
er noticeable feature Is the complete disclp-
line and rRpidity OF the entire perfor nance
The Unfortunate Two Orphans"
The New o rleans Picdyline Of Tues
day says: ali will be remembered that on sat-
urday Judge Haw kins, OF the supe rior district
court issued an injunction, on the spplca-
OF New York, eniOining the DresenJatlOl OF
the play called the 3SCO Orphans at the -.
Charles theateT, on the ground That the said
PLAINTIFFS had purchased the exclusive PRO
prletary right TO the usufruct OF the before
mentioned drama. The play having been pre-
scented according to advertisement on SUNDAY
night, tie attorneys for plaintld yesterday
filed several affidavits i'll the superior district
court 10 the effect that the enJolned perform
ance had taken place. Judge haWklns Iheh
i-Sued writ OF dlstripgas on applcaIlOn OF
the said attorneys, commanding the civil
sheriff 10 seize the properties, sceueTleS,
profits stage effects, ETC., OF the play known
as The TIUO Orphans As presented by the
CQgSwell Union rquaTe theatrical company,
at the It. Char cs theateT. between tWeINe
aud one O'Clock the wit was duIy executed by
toe sneTiffs officers, the sale OF tlchels inter-
rupJld and the effects seiZ d. Hence IL came
10 pass that The TOO Orphans were not seen
at The Old Drury last night. The attorneys Tor
plaintiffs took out a rule for contempt OF
count against defendants, who IN return Tor
this consideration got out rule 10 dissolve
the Injunction. These rules are TO be tried
this morning at the session of the superior
district court. The result OF these legal pro-
ceedings can only be surmised, but II is GER
tain that the COgsWtL Il troupe Is piled 10 play
the ITO Oy.I,adHs tonight without fail.
II would be allowing too much margin lor
error to anticipate tue tactics OF The attorneys
engaged in tie case, but il is probable that the
action OF Judge Woods, OF the circuit court,
now at Atlanta. Will be invoked
Ben DeBar's @Micawber.
TIE 81. Louis Republican, of Sunday
last, says that prominent feature OF the week
was Ben DeBar'S production anu embodiment
of "Micawber." Though, of all writers OF fic-
ton, Dickens is, beyond comparison, the most
dramatic, not only IN the narrative and con-
struction OF the story, but also in that far
II ore difficult and important element OF
dramatic art, the creation OF character, 1t Is
undeniable that no novels present so great
al tficulties to the playwright as do his match
leSs stories. The several characters are sharp
ly drawn and forcibly contrasted, the points"
and SITUATIONS" are numberless and highly
eff, ctive, and the pei sonages present them
selves to the readers imagination so WILDLY
and so essentially and Enthusiastically human
are such real creatures of flesh and biood
animated, swayed and controlled by the same
desires, emotions, hopes and fears which are
seen in operation in daily life and so common
in the experience OF every one, that the
dramatist vainly imagines ne has only to
place them before an audience in the
pOSlLlOlS OF ClICGElsbdnCGS pOIlIdytu ny
The novelist TO produce the greatest
even gSeiiO's the Almost most sEiiIfuI Of this
class have rarely succeeded 10 doing more
than sugges ting a faint resemblance to the
peISOnages they have endeavOred to repro
duce TO the sight and hearing of an audience.
The costumes and peculiaIiJies of speech or
manner may be copied with the utmost pos
Sible fidelity, but the subtle essence of both
the scene and the character which distin-
cuisines both from the achievements OF every
other Imaginative writer, inevitably escapes,
and the result is a feeling of dissatisfaction,
OF expectation unfulhlled. This, which is nee
essarily true of all attempts at dramatiZatons
OF Dickens's works is prominently true of
DnU d COppeTJieLd. The majority of readers
have come TO regard il not so much as mar
rative of fictitious charact rs and their imag-
mary suffer ngs, but as the recital of the un-
deserved Affections visited upon personal
fiiendS most of whom were dearly loved and
highly esteemed. The noble simplicity of the
PeggOtys, the winning beauty and innocence
of little Emily betrayed by the dazzling quail
tiles of the accomplished scOundrel Steer
forth, the humorous "pecuniary difficulties"
of Mr.. Micawber, and the numerous shifts
not always the most reSpectable-tO which he
resorts to overcome them, his unfailing conf
dence and trust that something must turn
up" the malevolence and cunning of the
Shiny, creeping Heep, the lofty purity and
goodness Of Agnes are all blended so harmO-
niously that OOe feels it something like prof
anatiOn to attempt to separate them and re-
duce the story 10 the narrow limits necessary
TO adapt il TO a stage representation. If. how
ever, toe entire story OF David COppeTJieLd be
beyond the powers of the ablest playwright,
il is yet possible TO convert some OF the char
act ers and certain portions of the narrative to
dl amatic uses. This has been attempted, with
greater or less success, by many dramatic
writers, from John Brougham to the author
of "MicawbeT," in which Mr.. DeBar sustained
the title role for the first time in this city on
Monday night. This latest dramatiZatlOn of
DdUid COpperJteld is less artistic, and more
Fl agmentary possibly more spaSmOdlc) in It's
construction Jnan any of its predecessors, but
this blemtsn was perhaps inseparable from
the design to present Micawber" as the cen
trail figure, the action and interest being &C
Ce!erated or retarded in due proportion to his
presence upon or absence from the scene.
Whatever opinion may be entertained as TO
the excellence of the drama, however, there
can be no question as to the great merit of Mr..
De Bar in his conception and Interpretation of
the character of "Micawber." He presents
the pOmpous, important, imp reSsiOpable ard
variable victim Of "pecuniary difficulties"
with distinctive, peculiar humor, and fldel-
lty never attained by any actor " no has preVi.
OuSly attempted the part. His tragi-cOmical
despair In recoU nting the elimination of his
difficulties" il recent encounter with ga
mlnlOn OF power-ln short, the turn cock of
the waterworks;" the ludicrouS eaTnestness
with which he consoles himself t Eat mo man
is without a friend who pos sesses courage and
shaving materials" cODci udlng with the
lugubriouS adjuratinD, Emma, my love,
bring me my rsZ0rs," COntraSted with the al
most childish faciil.y it'll which he regains
his sanguiue spirits and confidence, when
Heep discharges the trhing Indebtedness,
and his subsequent hi arlty in the punch
making anu CflnhlhS scene Win winch ne
celebrates his entrance into the legal pro-
fesstOn IN the office of WIckheld ~ Heep, is
something to which no words can do justice;
one must see it to realize the combined
drOllery and Eumor which rel der il so laugh
able. 1t may be maintained Ivy some tnet
Mr.. DeBar IortTays "Micawber'' in bro sder
low comedy colOrs than Dickens intended,
but his objection viii lose all weight when it
is RENE bered that, though an i'm p0riant, he
was but a very subordinate figure in the
novel, whereas in the play he is the principal,
the central character: and, 10 make him
such, his peculiar traits have, of necss-
sity, been exaggerated, and that eXag-
geratiOn necG ssaTily results in caricature,
and that caricature and portrait are wide