The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-25
AMUSEME NTS.


The house not crowded, but II was well
hled for probably there present 600 people
once more Shakespeare was butchered, aud one OF
the nobest works OF Imagination was turned
into hdcous burlesque. Tho audience, like guilty
creatures sitting ut play" evidently enjoyed TINS
travesty but. looked A. from just point Of view,
was not Imaginable alone but painful to the extreme
Parody Of the best poetry may DO extenuascd Tor IS
merely like mud thrown upon statue-the nrst ram
from heaven washes it of and leaves the Parian
marble pure But here was great drama debased, and
dragged In the cutters of the town. To make Shake
spearc object OF ridcule is like treating religion
with contempt: There is something painful In the bur-
lesque which not its humor can entirely excuse.
1t was certainly very iunny. Tho audience
solved be amused and, although II was
mischicvous enough, 1t was good nat,ned. II
appauded ironically, condemned kindly, en-
couraged ins1ncerely, recalled the Ghost cruelty
orally damned everything and everybody that came
within It's observation. II was a-house convulsed with
incessant laughter lnstcad Of bouquets tootstools
thrown the STAGE and 1t s wonder that they
not followed by chairs. SO exuberant tho
vancng the footights just before tho fencing
in the hfth act and saying, Remember this Is tho
Academy ,,l Of Music. Prove yourselves gentlemen
The King Of Denmark bore the strongest possible
resemblance TO Fuchs. Polonius looked like Bender.
The Ghost recalled the memory vi Pxobst RosencranZ
was the picture of Judas Iscariot Gudenst
mild study Of the late Dolsn. Most OF the other
bcrs Of tho company had general resemblance 70
pesach Rubenstei They nearly all murdercrs Of
the hrst blood and water and seemed TO have per-
sonal grievances against Shakespeare and, II they
had they certainly r-venged They not only
killed his play but dHobeycd The advice which Brutus
gave 10 the sayers OF Caesar, "ie us be sacrfcers.
but not butcherso There was Poonius who read
we'll, but inaudibie; Laartes who dsoboyod
every word Of advice which the Prince gave 10 the
players; King who ought TO have been IN box with
The rest OF the bad sovcrcigns, and not the
stage; Ghost reminded everybody OF an
Irish policeman Broadway mild aud PEN
sive Hornlio and Roscncrantz and Gudcnstcln who
were better described by the Count in his .indcpcLd
cnt speech than we can describe them. when he said
~ was supported BY tall giant and little dwarf.
This was point which brought down the house.
Hamlet dismissed these important characters for the
good that they did know their parts, and
always looking round for the promptcr Ho
saved the audience tho trouble OF expelng them from
the stage The Count made almost great point
when he drove the tall giant and the little dwarf from
this stage when he made Horatio and his comrades
swear =. me en-, emu s,cn Tue m's' acs sns
an adjuraton which the audience hailed with
sarcastic JOY but which lear the crtics will not
was little better Its only advantage the want OF
intelect-nability to speak. Its dum6ncss was
resembled panorama Of the world The batlcments
Of the Castle OF Elsnorc dcpced by view Of tho
ho SWAMP ~ snd s ss other part
autumn Then the panorama wandered TO
the Lake OF Como. and then to street IN
Rome Hamlet and his enelnes flor he had riends)
met in dungeons where the Troubadour had been
lined the ochurch stceplcs and Alpine Wales
All the operas the Academy brought out wero
represented In tins cosmopolitan scenery which proved
the universally OF Shakespeare's mind
10 Count Joanncs hmsel we are disposed to give
praise than blame. So lar he Is
cerncd those who came to scof remained to praise.
His Hamlet possessed intelligence, sincerity earnest
ness and eentlcness We specify its principal faults
At first by saying that his reading OF the
times inaccurate owing TO want Of practice, doubtless
and the worry to which he was subjected; that his
emphasis was sometimes wrong. and that several
scenes were rendered with decided weakness. But
Iidiculc He commanded the respect Of the house,
disposed 10 laugh at the least mistake, and
only needed better support to have made respectable
peror, and ono or two points wcrc accord
ing to our memory. original without being
IT," he said referring to the speech intcrpolalod by
Hamlet the play of the murder done In Vienna.
Again he sa,d which was new at least to u.s. "And for
my soul what can do TO that Tat, being thing i'm
mortal as itself. pointing at the word 'sit' 10
tho Ghost ana then to himself Altogether we can
only give tho Count praise. Ho played u scholar,
and IN despite Of much provocaion, behaved himself
gentleman. He called out at the end
good naturcd speech, in which no aioned for tho
inadcquacy OF the acting by excusng his fellow per-
r6es The actors who needed no apology were especially
Miss Blanche Osborne, who played Ophelia very
pleasantly, the FIRST Player. The two comic grave
diggers and tho promlter-a very overworkcd ind-
vidunl
PRESENT.
William Shakespeare. Gent His Excelency General
Grant, President OF the United States and lady their
MucSlcs the Emperor and Empress OF Brazil Tho
Govcfnor General OF the Dominion of Canada, the
Right Honorable the Earl and Countess OF Duncrin
The chief editors OF the city Of New York and ladies'
His Excellency the Governor OF the State OF New York.
William Thornton. British Minister, and Lady
thornton; His Honor the Mayor OF the city OF New
York, the British Consul General at New York. Chief
Justice Waite, OF the Supreme Court OF the United
States. Chief OF the Judiciary; the Hon. Edwards
Picrrcpout Attorney General OF the United States,
john ns. @ osho crd. G Of Ssw
York the Right Rev. Horatio Potter Protestant
Bishop OF New York; tho Chief Rabbi OF tho Hebrew
Synagogues OF New York &c.
At the end OF the performance tho entire audience
adjourned and took peer.
sTEINwAY HALL-MME. DE RYTHER's CONCERT.
Ono OF the most popular and deserving Of New York
singers Nine julie Dc Ryihcr, had benefit concert at
s,elnway Hall last night. which numerously at
tended The lady is Of tho singers that Now
York boast Of rich, full, telling voice which
this lady possesses united school Of vocalism such
as must interest the vcrest musical cync, u sum
attraction for the fashionable attendance Mt STEIN
way Hall last evening. Nine. De Ryther, for the Arst
time gave TO the American public insight into the
beauty Of Rubinstcn's lovely song, Thou art like
lower" Tho accompaniment OF this song was
not at all satisfactory. Nine. sslvoati and the
Young apollo Club assisted Nine. De Rythcr
in the concert but the feature or all the
The Beethoven sonata opus u, No. Mr. J. \. Pat
:son pianist who has long since earned the tore
.aon well deserved the pianist OF tho
very best kind. Judging alone from hs performance
last night Mr.. Pattisou attempted very ambitious
ieat, aud that entirely successful We have
had u host OF ranists, some extensively announced
from the other side OF the Atlantic others put forward
here Tor manufacturing purposes Mr. Pattison be-
longs 20 neither class His electric touch under which
the Stcnway grand seems to be instinct with new
life, his versatility Of STYLE ranging from Beethoven
To- Thabcrg his entire command Of TING resources Of
the instrument and his long experience IN piano play
ing tc has studied under Hense ana Iisxtl give the
known. The touch on the piano OF Pattson reminds
one Of Gottschaik. II Is exceptional In IT'S quality.
Nothing could be charming than his interpreta
ton OF the Beethoven sonata Wo have heard Won
Bulow play the piece. but the effect very
different Yet Bulow, who Is Beethoven player par
frcesace played this sonata with much spirit
and dash and correctness did Patson last evening
iatison has years ago, achieved the FIRST position
among American pianists and at this late day,
when he is TOO seldom heard in public, his and
tamc are unmpared.
IYCEUM THEATRE.