The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-30
ADJUSTMENTS.


N&FKM AxL<&E THEATRE
p'EsBsrys ave set piay LIZ vieux caporsl."
snish hss been played here "rns soldiers
rruss." zoe pe~ preducsd 81 tho above
theatre und<r she simple translation OF Tho
Preach tnls. with sixnsr Hsjeresi IN tho leading
part. wss hesra lest nsxas ~nn interest throughout
snd rewarded With fr~qs~st spplsasc The event vas
interesting. inssmach a presented to Now York
audience smother artist 70 whom our vernacu-
kr On acquired tonsue signor Msjeroni
a an Italian actor Who Supported Nine.
Ristori. snd noe IN interpret ms
roles In Enslish. Ne spesks With foreign ac-
cent like Fechter's. only more pronounced A.
times no Is somewhat ipdistiDci. but In moments
Of passion his voice 10 eiesr and iuf aud his
uuerancs round. Tho play, ne Mood hardly say,
10 or the painfully emotional nature. wh'ch large
class Of our public regards AZ Subscribing" and
which. wnen pos the stage with dos nsssns'ou
70 detail, draws large audiences sos mosths ~ .
simo. French corporal rcecircs from his gen.
ersi ss q sacred trust the Of The
Generals litste slssgitmatc daughter 20 rear her
his own nut with instructions 10 speak ifs mothers
name 10 certain notary. ana 90 secure 70. hsr nc
overiako him before the end OF tho campaign. when
he proposed making the chia's mother hrs wife,
Tho encra rs shot skrmish; tho child ~ taken
10 tho corporsis native village. which also tho
homo Of the General. and nere reared With the Cor.
porai's his sister Corporal simon - wounded
ana taken prisoner to Russia. He returns pr.ms-
turey aged eleven after. In the meantime de-
Ola o can ss .nrrs dsuaS,rr
now q woman. BY trick robbery IL fastened ON
the poor Corporal his passport s,olen and under the
excitement OF this charge he In struck With nnralysis
OF tho tongue and cannot speak. The old
man ana the young people suner. lie
The girls mother has married the friend Of The
Eeneral but she s;ill pines for her chiid A. last
.nen Tho can1Ss false ns. on a me p0 nors o.
Di speech is restored TO tho old corporal
and ali is sct right This as will be seen, Is power
tai, and at times becomes painful In rs intensity
Sienor Majcvoni IN the emotona passages acted
w,h great effect ana paihos and fairly won the warm
su1rages OF tho house at the end OF tho second
act There is something disagreeablc tho In
srticuiate attempts at speech that the tension be-
comes sxremsy painful the Italian actor por.rsy,og
To the lovers Of tho morbid - Is least.
but may we'll question whether arr Is served BY
such exhibitions Of physical suffering, however excel
lent tho presentation What Is possible In tho char
lcter Signor MajcroDi makcs OF H.
Pierre rrochard, being especially we'll played NJ
Hamilton Harris. In the Corporal's son, also gave
. very credtable piece Of work There wcr.
companies his occasional short speeches with gcnu
mo Bowcry head shake, to the amusemen. OF tho
audience, but not to the plays advantage.
why in the world Mr.. John Matthews
was allowed accent &c p1, *. f1s1sa y
Is past finding out That sort OF thing 10 bad enough
as a necessity. put when put on - luxury. 80 TO
also. Miss Helen Tracy rs Nina Rantxbcrg. Miss
Gertrude Stanley as Genevicve, and Mss May
Gallagher tho pert and clipper Marietta were
good tho latter particularly So Miss Stanley needs
training before her qualities can DO fully made known
The AND a we're ~ good taste .na
In its line Traces Of scant rehearsal were every where
In H.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-s'vIR0rNIus."
Tho tragedy Of "vlrginlusr was given At this tho
atre night full house, with Mr.. John McCui
Tough leading role the character Of vireinius
Is regarded the best or Mr. McCulloughs rcpresen
iatons. He has devoted much study to an olabora-
sion OF tho part. His 10 the fourth act with bis
laughter before Appius Ciaudius was the finest Of.
fort Of the evening Tho support given him By the
company was good Mr.. WheelocK made passable
soldier, Dentaius, was crcdi.ably payod By Mr. Bas-
setL Miss Stoila Boniface was tho Virginia. and
Miss Marie Prescott performed the part OF servis.
The scenery and appou tmcnts were good. Al the
close OF the third act Mr. Mccullough Was brought be-
tore the curtain three times.
OF Mus1c-.srHE wrE's APPEAL"
There was produced at the Academy OF Music last
evening piece called ~The wifs's Appeal, an oris
nal society temperance drama Tho pioco contained
nothing but dialogue, aud that Of ssaies --LATEST
and most unpron able kind. II IT, intended AZ
temperance lesson IL was a failure. for II such drIvc
the effect OF total abstinence the audience had
fearful warning. IL 10 hard 70 say who acted IKE
tho biggest fools IN the ptscc. tho men who
were under tho influence OF tho flowing bowl
or those who took nothing stronger than tea. We
can hardly coll 'The WHO'S Appoal' drama; u was
SIMPLY dialogue spoken 10 tho shifting OF scenery
and cnhvened by song and dance The author stoutly
wuhnolds his name, and would advice HIM to con-
.inue TO preserve his incogniio With one or two ex.
ceptons tho actors were scarcely known IN New York
they did AZ we'll rs they could under the crcum-
stances. The audience small TINT thipk an
idea OF the play must have becn noised abroad.
LYcEuM rHEArRF-"RoMEo AND JULIET
This seems to DO an era OF burlesquing Shakespeare
and WONDER therefore, that the youthful cal
low pupils OF q "collcge OF eiocution and dramatic
art" served up "Romoo and Juliet" to . circle OF
friends and q few strangers at tho Lyccum Theatre
Lass night IL ridiculous and sicKy perform
anee any number Of school boys aud school girls
could we'll hope TO give. Mr.. Edwin Lawrence. tho
Romeo, 10 young tragcdan Of eighteen VINO (uncou-
sciously) treated rather noisy gallery great deal
OF iun. Miss Rose Kenn's juliet was n trine better
aud afforded also innocent hilarisy Al ono limo the
row a la Count Joanncs, but peace was fortunately
and the rising salvus and Modisskas Of
the Lyceum mcandcred with many slips and nitchcs,
through the play 10 tho end.
sTErSwAY HALL-THoMAs' CONCERT.
Mr. John Lsvine's third annual benefit concert was
givon at stcnway Hall last evening before . fairly
good audience The performers consisted OF Theodore
Thomas orchestra with Mr.. William Mason, s. b.
Mills, Nine Pappenheim and s. $. Sanford soloists.
The only novelty by ihs orchestra was the ballet
music from Rubinstcin's opera "rho Demon.n AZ
ballet II very suggestive and would certainly
DO effective for dancing IL is light and graceful
and introduces the cymbas In q somewhat wagnerian
manner. IL was beautifully played but did
not arouse tho audience TO any great enthusiasm. IL
remained for Bocchcrini's delicate ana farcifui
minuet. played on The mued violins, 10 call forth
loud and long applause and TO receive On encore
Mr. Mason and Dir. sanford, an amateur. played
certo, by Mozart, Tor two pianos and orchestra The
littio shat hoard OF the pianos was thoroughly
good. Mr. hasons classic style Is well known. Mr..
sanford displayed GOOD touch and clean
execution Wo should prefer TO hear him in
> solo before pronouncing naaly upon his
merits as a pianist. Nine. rappcnbcim sang tbo
famous sccna aud aria from .'Dcr Frc,schdtx', aud
''widmung" and Gounod's "Fruhiings
led The former bcttcr suited to her style al
though sho sang tho two latter with taste and deli.
cacy. Her voice, however rs hoard to greater adj
vantage in heroic music She was warmly applsude
and encored. Mr. 5. Is. Mills played three selections
from Chopin. While We cordially acknowledge Mr.
Mills exccllences as u pianist We do not fnd him
interpreter OF Chopin. NO one but Mime
EssIpon mas interpreted Chopin as wo understand
him: even Rubinstein failed In this but ne gave us
h self. and satisfied.