, 1877-12-09
THIS WEEK.

M'v1CKER's THEATRE.
The new play OF s'SidonIe; Or, The Married
Flirt, ~ which is to be produced at thls theatre
Tomorrow evening, is founded upon Daudct's
French novel Of t'Fromont Jcune ct Rislc,
Alnc." A translation has been published In
this country under the title OF tsdonie, ~ and
has attained wide circulation, but the authors
OF the play have constructedit it lron the original
kreneh version. So many have found
an absorbing interest IN the novel,
either in the French or the English,
1nat there IS q great curiosity to
sec s Mnat sort OF rlay could bc constructed
ta ~: some indeed have expressed the opin-
1c impossible to create play out Of the
material, not Oh account Of lack Of dramatic
interest, but because Ut e,nbarrds de r;ctessc,
and the difficulty Of crowding too much cbarac-
yer, incident, aud emotion i'lo the brief spuce
OF dramatic representation. The play to be
produced BY McVickcr must solve this problem.
I hc authors are understood to have ayailcd
themselves Of the characters and the main
thread Ut the novel, and thereon to have built
up their dramatic structure. The characters
the novel will admit, and, though H.
Gated in France, find their counterparts
Ill all civilized countries Of the
present day. There is Sidonie, who will he rec
ogn1:cd " thousands in sovic:y Us the typical
married flirt, constantly hanging on the danger
Gus edge, and yet avoiding the hopeless plunge
into crime; betrayed by sclfishness, ambition,
aud vanity into triliDg with mans love and q
husbands honor, and restrained by cold -blooi1cd
scli-control from actual ern:naii1y. The
Sidoaie OF the play is souewh hat different char
acter from that OF the novel, but Il type Of tic
coQuettc that is common In real life, though
new TO the stage. This character finds con
tra't iu the sweet and gentle Desirfe. who, lowjy
aud unfortunate in love, remains pure and
charitable The true wife finds mode!
IN C9Iht, who Is faithful to her hus-
band in his revcrscs, and wins him
back from the destinations Of the
'ln2rfied 1rt II By her love- collstaucy, and de-
yotlon. William Elsier, tie husband Of tie
n;sf, Is frank, generous, open.hea7:ed 1nau,
who Las made his own way iu the world and
finds the gfcatcst pleasure OF his lie III contrib
ut1ng to the happiness Of tarse he loves. His
lc is ovcrwncIlned with the shock Of his wifes
trcacherY, which has 7uiped his partner, bank
rGpted bis business, aud destroyed his couti-
dence: then be rises like 4 lion that had bcc:,
betrayed into snare by kindness, turns upon
his decc:vers, aud shows the world how noble
and just true u,au can be under adversely mud
dlshonor. Delabel'e, the crushed trugediaa, is
picture Of character not uncommon inside and
outEiie the dramatic profession. Such charac-
ters eau hardly tail to interest ii the authors
have doue their work we'll, and the actors inter-
pret their work inle1ligcntly. The piece will
employ the full strength Of the company.
THE ADELrnI.
Madame Rentz's Female Minstrels will con-
stitu.e the principal attraction at this theatre
for the week. Among the members OF the
troupe are James Collins, Rosa Lee, Viola
Clifton, Sallie Adams, Hattie Forrest, Fanny
Florence, Lulu Mortimore, Louise Montague,
Juliet Pascal, and Tierney nnd Cronin. In
addition to these. the management have en-
gagged the Mabel Santiey Loudon burlceque