, 1879-02-26
PARIS.
Moilhac's New Comedy, "6amuel
Brohl "---The Plot and the
Interpretation.
Heilhse and naler5's "Le llarl d IA D.t1.
tauts"-..flle. Ltgault ths Real
"Dthulante."
aRomeo ct Ju1iotte" ut the Uhate1st
-..Capoul and the Marquis
dIvry.
sptejai csrrrsponatnes ot The Trtet

0Fst'~' S~''''~~'''- -
PANS, Feb. o.-Fo'lo"lnE aulsEls'n IN Tue "aKe
Of his 1clIow-naf1ascF ~ 'he Fauae''he: 81.
Duqnesncl last Week presented IN II urashatlAea
rers!on OF N. Cherhtl'cs.s CHARMING novel;
sSamue' Brolil a. CsG.."-~hlel, deserves,
though unfortunately II seems nhraly uestlncu
to hare, ns tnetes:tul u career as '1c oueoh as
" "l.ad'sIas bolsAl NJ 'ne oou'eShF1 'ea'le,
after sce'1g SUCH p'aS6 rs 'osepa pt'sa'Ao
nntl L'Aseo1ainoir,' one 's wen MUG 10 app5e.
cate MI thc oi'i!euIl1es snat psscs tEc uatn VI
tho playwright VINO attempts 10 t'ans'eI 'no
plot OF popular ROMANCE OF npFe' 80 '4'e slaEe'
100 often u'e fesult - olsastot'-to ,nc pay
'1sunl!y; TO THO pooE' almost hsar'ao'f' MA
Hells'ac, however, nus once l0o9c p9oseo uac TX
ception to lilo general ru1c'
sAAush h"ontr
as the Odeon comedy IS ca'lea' rs primarily
conspicuous by the absence OF MI tho faults
TINT 90 frequently mar similar works. II re-
=, ,,io. u ,rhr mint ia s1u,n,e fntcroatinr.
a.. ,,,a,,n,,n .,,,rI,nv ,.o, unfrrroj.
ura"aI'c' slt o'"toIue hp1 ".E, ~ "".o'ssa'
tho uchoueMeht 1'atur"'' iou n"'e l'ot ~
keep intention on the rack to understand tho
connection between Tic yqrIous tucjlcpte Of tho
star.. for thc ntcrrst ccntrcs rs ,hrr In thc co,
atoi! ~. N4'o ..s, 49, N"..t.t" -. t.
tfast Oh ehaEaetc1d h.n' .nc ooi'os'!o'' " "unua
passions, than IN artificial stage-tfleks anu son"
4rt,,e tn nt1c nioudncy to tic intrinsic attrnc-
49,. - .,.~.,,t. - a,,,,1 ,..m anro,3 =,
.'on VI ulo n."', ~ ~ou ~
dispense WILL soc'' sn,a'1 1esiloei''s'''henss'
T1tE STORY
of stSamucl Droll u might bc told in very few
1t,,,. RIO tero ia n f;c,1tc,au odxcnturcr. w1.,
an,as ,s .,1,cn,,on IN t,,c ch,r,a hlo ranr,cc ~
y 1,,-.,n,, 1,rtr.nsa lInrfn- o,,ta,rcd MI ho
nuee,u.l ~ ,.s.r.a.sa.a H., st,.',,,a, ~. -.
ro ~, scss III. fortune J in his own wsv ,s
Assuming tho natno and ,itlc Of certain Polish
count viii, whom lie Ind been acoratntcd, ho
s.,...., r. ,,In,In,, ,,o ofr,c,,ona ~ ro,nor+fo
ssaceeeus !" Winning ''iu nltet!o"" " to'''1"te
young tfencn laoyt Iesluh'S w pteasnte-Fcsost
In Switzerland with her father, M eminent
sayant, md M elderly lady-companfor, even
,noro ram snt,c than l,ersslf. Tt,s marriage Ia
~ NO nn,nt nj hcnr celebrated. w1,rn. by the
timely arrival of tho Russian Princess who llnd
bcfriendcd him, tl'e lalso Cot'f LdrfnS' Is dts-
covered to be ~ ,,,,os-on
and tho too.tr1stIns young Indy rescued from d
tifsgraccfu matrh. .>un.ae' Eroht disappears ii.
search Of ssiresh fields aui pastures ncw," attcr
making ono desperate nttcrnpt to retain the lore
opcncI at Inst 10 tho real character OF the };cr-
son whom she I,ul taken for Polish l,cro-for-
gcts lser love II, passionate scosn aud anger
ind ut the fail Of the curtain, 1t seems probable
tat she will speedily transfer her Infectious 10
tnnre worthy sultor.-a ccrtnin Ca,"iie Lan7:s,
to wi,aiN she owes tito recoVcry nt two coin
promising letters aud rortfa1t which she lad
given the Galliclan ndveNturcr.
Nothing, It Will bD scetl, tOtlln he simpler than
all this. Here 10 nciliur ecnsattonalIs.. cxag-
geratcd ROMANCE, nor PAINFUL reu'sa''' 1et
"Shtnucl Brohl
NR1TuEi. wEAnin8 MOI. n1sArroIETs
yuu frJM brgtpujug to cutj, No character in
inc 4tcolnctlrN {roiugtiy-t]rama would dcfInu the
wurl; ulorc i[tly} is too angelic to be real: M
villain loo ,linbulic Hyvht himself ia merely Il
yerysmootl,, clever, AMI unscruDu!ous comedian
From cautin,nIly uctlttr false part N thu world
he us co,u almost TO cheat himself iuto at, OK.
rassto1,al belief iu his uwn honesty, No matter
how unpleasant situation, llc o,,ttnues to ro-
tnIn the borrowca djwuily md refinement ri II
gentleman; while, By uilu p.ccc Of apparently
1isntCTCscu generosity, after Ills detection. llH
manngea TO win 1alr ataEo OF tie BpcetAtbr'a
sympathy. 4lHe' 4Hprdax, again. charnl1nE
good for human naturc's aaily food"
Ntt. .HoiSseaer. tlic col1lpnlol. Is O sensible
aud refined m!ddlc.Ercd sp!ustcr. Her only
fault Ut inn}t It be} Is llcr slightly cxssayagant
admiration lor tile uncommon. lhe old ecry-
unit, again, Is we'll nlgh perfect. benevolent,
kind, indulEcnt, he has bnt u single faw tIf fAw
II be}: he has too little atlsntalton tfr The nt-
fThfa tlfuphtStua p, Gov