The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-16
AMUSEMENT rs.
Isou,icauit an the Decline.

the drama. r. 'ull TIE lesson which learned
when Wcr' e. Sunday school:
"m, ir." ,'',..'9 n"' 49,. ,...
Yea inay n,' W. a. familiar with lr. Bouri-
caul,'e conduct ua yoi nrr with h.s iani'. and
ought. tLcr, fore. To- io'l youto il hcH'ts Ikea
Frrwbnnn. Ac Nl.t.- li.r .u Nn'"-'at"n.
II, is IN, uuthus OF d charming llay. v lir! was
done nv London. anl Wa can,d Nctaphinr.'
and OF nmumorahic Other works g greater or
loss merit j.. Is also p regular 'u"irihutcr to
the pres. and n li.s careless moments writes |
perceive. for The r"Ni'ws. iilr recent appear
nm ga, Il chnmp,on 81 the Dc'ni-i- and as u
hntcr oi tAcninot," nth century AU- cUHsrd somc
nns.s"n."ut and no little amu.cmrnt-iDrw what
g.. ribs rlir. It is unacniahlr that he IS always
entertaining.
Icsorn recount his admirable errors must
inform yon that the decline of the drama takes
the inrin oi superstition ON ths sidc Of the
Atlantic which il. inrraliraiig huprI dod in the
nAtur 90 o'''-half the conmun.y.
4 Delinist IT, born with his hc,icf IN him
The urogros-ioni-is who are also children of
mature. make up the other half ot ,ir commu-
iit Tie organic d.ilcr'n between the,, two
cla>-"- of critics cannot hc decided hv ANY pass
INK CO.. nirrcs cs. Their philosophy DIVORCES az
too grra, Il depth.
tn ~indrstrg ability %. tho drama with one
=
supply 81 a want inherent in our natures.
tn" decline Of tine drama with thc other class.
is a congcnitm Illusion resulting from the i'm
possibility OF comparing the near rusgcdnOss
Of thc present with the soitcued AMI cNaggcr-
atrd past.
Il Mr.. Boucicaut has not disposed Of on"
lur;y. hr has az least exhibited tho other in a
mos, satisfactory HIGHT and hc has proved once
more with his pen what De- has 50 often shown
by mis- body. that he H. u comedian Of rare in
trcpdify and Extraordinary humor
For my part am greatly obliged t. him for
setting up tn old sklt.c- in a group. Here
toiore We had t. bowl all around the horizon.
and as fast as we Knocked one peg down an
other ono was w.
II there II anything that / DO with gladstone
alacrity 1t j. TO read an os-ayi~t who gcncralizos
I 80 rapidly and swccpingly that he takes your
breath away. II requires ironuthcan fire to
burn out the whole nineteenth century al one
dash. Genius alone can pos'uaic the galioping
consumption II tn" drama ior the sake of show
ing that the newspapers. the managers and the
public are the quarks. Less gifted men Of
talent would raslly undertake 20 prove that the
drama had declined, and thcy'msht succeed.
! but they would hc tedious.
/ Iassurr you il is better to be Illogical
! lou will under-tau! by this. that to reply TO
( Mr. Bouc.caut in the serious AMI regular way
would put upon ne the prrro-terous task Of
/ proving that the newspapers. the Managers
! and the public are innocent of the great wrongs
/ which nobody has shown have been committed.
The hes, tina, can 10 j. 80 review briefly the
list o!thnss which Nv lioGcirault thinks ought
t. operate adversely 70 the drama II they had
donr their whole duty.
therefore take the liberty OF quoting for your
anusenen;a portion Of the essay i'll the NorA.
IniT,cGn Rerir-:
purin. The last hundred wear. ,c ,ni fmsniinlha.
been ,a.'fi, ag,o''i TO- 81. siii' 'i.0" ,',nue H.
un.neaiion oi lentcai ana conncfciAl .''ei., In.
h o,i.'' T.. ' - ,, 'n
such j. ne r0,uss sener9u.n llat e'il- a..
10 le prnrtcs nu srin 10 Ic ~ :, n,pa.iic s;cori
MY, ne m'"l, ~ 'h, l'opr lie m",t no. n",aeF
IL iar,i soar ihcir ,Na.i Information turn. lian
'rse n,,,,an NE .s. 2,rnye , " ir, '
wa',n i'oyr. Ni--i, nnmc. amt snak' -leerc N
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a.g im N.ia. 't'nn- all o,"rr ,iaa-, .'lr eiio i
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,a,h pel, la.H' 'i.f'. or PHILOSOPHERS nov pa,
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''g'' sA n.''rde he --htrn- 81 .en -,,n'e l..,.
u,~spspcr Dante i- ,,ons 'he III iau. o ranana.
B.io, j. ','9- tga, a., Nofl1 -'ga t.
command inc world to other Objects. and has ac,epte
n, 81 o, ,.orR- ..,,p T., ,,, clio main cana, ,,-
r. irrhnr" i'ir srina and W., hricuc'i, a 'in.cr
,c ',.ic, ,t,v'. i!.tt, ,,a. to ,ae i,tfattne
i"Hu. lace %. '"e he"'p4isr iie''
The substance OF this lively argument is
rather novel when freed from Mr.. BIS vehe-
mcnt manner. Il may Dee stated thus:
The drama always reflects the spirit Of the
age IN which 1t iouri.hns
The present age b'inga practical and uuli-
tartan a. p, 'fea''h'' % oAly '"e DEMAND ioF