New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-06

ipeov THE REGULAR coREFsPoIDFNr OF THE TRIprNEl
LONDON, MAY 22.-I can hardly do more than
mention the fact OF NJ iryirgaappcarance on sat"r-
day mt the l.yceum in new version OF m oid ply
"The Lyons Mail" formerly knownas The Courier
on Lyons" Abseaca from to9'n ~. ented nv seeing
this interesting event. NJ LIVING donoes inc
characters OF Leisure lcs and B-hosc ana appears 10
have achieved considerable suoc -. Inc pEY -
pur, nel,drana. and those who tank Nr. iry.a"s
powers essentially melodmmatic would expect ma
to win 4 triumph beyond dispute. Bu' there - come
dispute the critics are not wholly of ore mind
They seldom are. The most judicious-of Judiciai-
of then, POINTS ont one great difficulty OF ire play
which the actor has to vanquish. This Is the con-
trast between the close physical resemblance Oh
I.esurques and DubOsc, and the complete n"iu 'i-
likeness which the one actor who represents lie
two men has to bring ont. In this MI Irving s"ls
The Times, IS but partially successful Lesurque,'
in his hands, is not Iuuch more than "e-pehaN'"'
wel-dressed, and generally respectable DnOosc' oi'
perhaps we shall he better understood II we say
that they are both too much like Mr. irving vi
the two this writer prefers hls DuDosc, Whie an
other pronounces with equal emphasis for Lcsurques
a. the more finished and striking picture OIL
the two The praise of The Times, such az II 49, If
coupled with a remark that the performance VIII
confirm the opinion that Mr. Irving is better suited
else. A remark which must be gail and NORWOOD
TO the actor II is unjust. One of the least good
things Mr. Irving ever did is his Matthias in the Bells,
rs Hamlet is one of the best 1t is elsewhere pointed
ont that the contrast between Lesurques and
Dubosc is made too violent; that the terocity
of the one conld never have been his
taken by anybody for the mldness OF
the other: albeit that DubOsc is creation OF
genius and unlike any previous Dubosc Inc shIil
and subtety the sud0usness of detail, ana thc real
power shown by Mr. Irving are praised with niue
reserve; and everybody agrees that the audience
wag enthusiastic. The whole performance which
began with a farce, was over at 10. This did not
suit the views Of the English public, which, not less
than the American. likes good deal for ITS money.
So by way of afterpiece came what ono OF the
papers calls an animated discussion between MT.
Irving and his friends in the pit and gallery. And
il ia politely ntated that the prices charged for
admission demand longer entertainment.
There is once more report that Mr. irving is
going to America for a professional tour, and even
that he has sgncd contracts with an American man
ager. But don't know whether that IS true or
not. Mr. jefferson see, who was to play al The
Havmarkct j. advertised as about to depart Tor
America. But that again. may be only MI. Chat
terton's way of ignoring the haymarket engage
meut. against which he vaiBly invoked process OF
law.
Fisc French plays began on Monday with the ap-
r;,gsuoo OF x Febyrc from Sle IheatTe francais Ia
iAmi fYi.z a performance by which febyfc MS
t .ly i,l,roascd ms reputation IN Paris. Here, un-
haDpiIy Il ,, gwen without the aid OF the other adj
miYabie ARTISTS ;sot AMI Iteelemberg, to whom the
finish OF t, performance was there 80 largely due.
IIA Nits is, in fact of those plays which de-
pend tor tte.y dranestie vitality, almost wholly on
tho art0g. The authors, Messieurs ETckmann-
Chatrisn have done irlhe more than compose an
agreeable klyL IL Is deficient in the ordinary
requisites for N,eatrsoal suess that it would proba
blv laye been a faiuPe If originally brought out on
any other stage thm thai of the Theatre FraDeais.
II has next 20 10 pot and hardly any strong Stua-
tions. Bmt 1t boasts two or three very good char
oeter pats and it was produced with an elaborate
attention to detail AMI a perfection of east which
gave it hong rm in Paris. Probably iC was rather
he gped than hurt By .he BgnapArtist caba against
IL: q cabal based nothing in the play
itoeH bot Swinging ont Of tho hos
filthy of certain Unparalleled newspapers TO
the authors of tire play. TheiR olsnse consisted in
their pepubheaDhsn. 1 saw 1t, however, ut the
Fyancais long after ths little spurt of maicc had
drd away. The piece YVES tlsn kept on the boards
pIsey By The atGGetWeneSs Of the representations
There was full ho,se, and tlSTe was mKh more
onuIo f.e than one commonly beaBs AT that theater.
,, hyre WIS admirable bus Got and Goqnelin were
MOI hess admirable, ;EPi It j. oicait 10 conjecture
What could be made by les skillful hands Of the
materials which obey togrthef wrought into 50 per-
feet a whole. Nle. lAiehembeRg again, the
heroine is the bsit s,g7lls on the stage. She Is
the p,ssessor OF an aYtful simplicity Of style 70
which lp,r substitute m london cannot pretend.
And the play vsld 20 TO pteces "A once if tire deli
cate testltIos Of the hSgUne were roughly handled.
Tiy, WAGNER eoncests have ended in financial
f,llure Nothing struggles successfully against the
ur,,+tise OF disaster which overhangs The Albert
IIau. Nothing is big enough 90 fl H. Fashion
iiae}f waJ oveTpoweE- and lost in the vastnoss 0f
the aulitorimn aud a zaaons effort Ia fin the boxes
by ewing away tickets dh not quite ill them And
nov, ,orp DIE H,usrSaI cfities with grave complaints
of nsa4e,l ,letieleness aud mistakes. Herr Wag-
ners failnpc ~ a conductor not the wOrs5
faillryc II was not surprising that some Of the
artists shoH.d break down and the programme have
fo Dc atepei. But the programme seems 10 have
been originally nlidike OF, wOTse than that,
voof ION of the veIy ens)ns of the now art in music
which Wagner hes sought to lIIId NJ. Says writer
who AI,rs 30 Iuicb EStcuid what lac talking about
Hcrr Wagner has OiEy pat himself - false posi-
zion e has done ilio al tuln 20 Tia "D.w art" OF
Which ne spoke ~ BiyVuth Aier pYOclanine rs es-
sntia indy visibility, he has divided H. At'sr ealing II
:. ause4lrama" he ias gwen muse and no drama.
Amer advocating the need ~ constructing the poem
dat sfusuuus IrIrrp iiOn not iiei.ert'E necessary,
h. h.,g offered fragments ~ ID truly perceived
ettiqg y GnIBa OP feeling Ife result say again,
aud wefhalinge dsproCf that lif new arr has been
a. AUeET Hall throw Hisuer-
able pl ult..s in the VIZ OK estimating both Is merits
and detects
III al this be true there il Justice h the remark
Chat .ne action VI Wagp4 AMI iEs friends hae done
something 10 shake oonhdence IN tle sincerity Of
their own profeffior5. Bat ms friends stood by
then master S-llantiyy eeen ~ The extent Of bTay-
ing rid,cnle, and pRoVoking u. The conclusion of
II h,-f .