The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-11-16
ADJUSTMENTS.
Varieties Theatre.

FnoU-FRoU.-The revival of the exquisite
drama Of "Frou-Frou' has given Manager Hall
another opportunity to prove himself equal to
aging the Varieties Thestre. We DOUBT, indeed,
whether the play is produced with greater ele-
gapce in the more favored cities of the country
than it was last evening at this theatre. We write
hastily, at q Ia Q hour, and hence cannot do that
justice to the subject which 1t deserves but we
may supply insufficiency OF detail byAH em-
phasis which we have always reserved fo4 htnts-
table merit.
After disposing Of the manner in which .'Frou-
Frou" was put on the stage, we come to the ques-
ton Of dress and personal appearance OF the per-
formers, which was very good except In the case
Of Byigard (Mr. Edwin yarrey), which was de-
lightfully abomipable, and presen ted him In the
character of an Italian barber whose art could
have best been lavished on himself. But enough
of such criticisms and let return to Miss Clax-
ton. One OF the features Of the play is the rich
ness Of dress Of the principal female characters.
In this particular Miss Claxton distinguished her
self to the utter satisfaction Of the most exacting
OF our lady fashioDables, enliyening thereby the
brilliancy OF the performance in material de-
gree. And we are pleased to say that every one
OF her elegant costumes were made here in New
Orleans especially for this performance.
Now, to speak OF the intrinsic merits OF Miss
Claxton, who will forgive us fer the foregoing
when we say that we have reserved the intel
bosscle We confess that we were disappointed
in this lady after her appearance in Soon
science" and doubted her reputed talent;
but we have another confession to make.
It is that after seeing her through the
five trying acts Of "Frou- Frou" our doubts
have vanished. A peep behind the scenes has
revealed to us that not only was Miss Claxton at
tempting the part of Gitberte Brignrd for the
first time, but that she has had only few days
to prepare for it, and we conrider it a feat sell
dom accomplished to play "Frou-Frou" with
such excellency after such short notice. Amani-
fest trep1dation or nervousness, and some conse-
quent hesitation and loss OF memory marked
her path through the variegated phases Of her
difficult undertaking, but heroically did she bear
herself throughout and, reaching the culminstiop,
brought the house down with an enthusiasm
for which Varieties Theatre audiences are not
noted. Notwithstanding many discrepancies
and errors of omission, we can say that the per-
formance was not only success bnt has satisfied
us that Miss Kate Claxton has it in her power 10
make the part OF "Frou-Frou" the best of har
repertoire, and one which will reflect the hioheat
credit upon her. But let her always take care not
TO go into exaggerations.
We have only the time to barely refer to Miss
Lillian G.. Clark, La BGroyaae de Canabri: MISC
Phillips, Louise; Mr.. Phillips, Baron de Cdnsb1i,
and Mr.. j. T. Alexander, Henri Saytorus and
Mr.. Stevenson, Count de Vdlreas. Miss Clark
was evidently playing her part for the first time
and was seized with stage fright; but, like ali the
other performers mentioned, deserves to be en-
couraged.
st. Charles Theatre.
The German Military Band will again present
an entirely new programme at this theatre to-
night. The entertainments of the band. as We
have already had occasion to say, are very ar
tstlc and deserve @ be patronized BY our public.
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