The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-28
AMUSEME NTS.
VARIETIES THEATRE.

1.-THE Double Marriage" continues To draw
splendid houses at the Varieties. The NAV
will be repeated tonight for the last time.
" The Two Orphans, with Kate Claxton in
her best part Of Louise, the blind girl, being
billed for the matinee and night PERFORM
ances on Saturday.
Next week Manager Hall will present thu
great English and American novelty, entitled
" I'll. nj. s. Pinafore," musical extravaganza
of much merit, says the entire press At all
events, 1t Is highly comcal. and, what Is bet
ter, the roles WILL all of them, be interpreted
by well known lady and gentleman singers
and actors OF this city, several Of whom have
very fine voices and have achieved undoubted
success already. Seats may be secured In
advance for this novelty.
las You Like IT.
At the st. Charles tonight there will be q
change OF programme, and one that the public
will certainly applaud. Shakespeare's comedy
Of "As You Like It" will be presented for the
first time during the present engagement Of
Louise Pomeroy, who will necessarily be the
Rosalind. The following language that we
used last year, when Louise Pomeroy was
playing at the Varieties Theatre, will apply
now as well.
Whatever compliments we were urged d,
address to this lady on the occasion Of her
first appearance as Rosalind In New Orleans
last season, are Scarcely q circumstances to
what we would wish to say OF her now The
ndt,tret OF this actress. the correctness OF her
style Of reading, surpassed her own best efforts
and Indicated . conception and talent for
expression that we must ascIibe to n most
patient intellectual training and love for her
profession land for this part particularly,
that we are pleased to say we admire In the
highest degree. We shall not soon forget the
exquisite dialogue between Ganymede and
Orlando, nor the delightful manner In which
Kosalind read the epilogue Of AS You Like
Mr.. w. II. Leake. an excellent actor and
reader, will play the part OF jacques.
At the matinee tomorrow, "tne Adriron-
dacks" for the last time.
On Sunday, the Mishler Concert Company,
comprising the Swedish Lady Vocal Quar-
tette.
Diplomacy at the Academy.
It was n treat after so much American
bosh We have had on our stage, to sit before
one of Sardou's eleaniy cut dramas at the
Academy last evening. There can be no
question but what the truly good In drama,
as In everything else will surely win In the
end. From the time the prompter rings mp the
curtain to the fall there is one constant sue
cession OF brisk action that keeps the specta-
tors attention riveted on the play.
As the reading character Mr.. Maurice
Barrymore was the representative of the
average young legate such as we see In
Washington City. His manner at times is
somewhat constrained, but he gives to the
part all the force that the situations require.
Mr.. barrymore was brought up In a school
different from thore actors we have grown
up with, and hence his style strikes the OBJ
server with the sense Of novelty that is In IL.
He Is the perfect gentleman throughout, and
divides the honorS with his eonfreres In the
cast.
Mr.. John Drew is the finished dipIomatist
throughout, cool, cautious and wary; he
gives to the rather uDgrateful part q warmth
that makes 1t almost leading one
We were more than pleased at the Count
Orloff OF Mr.. b. c. Porter Natural and easy
he elbows how much more effective Ii is to
portray characters as they are than to pre-
sent al exaggerated picture where only ex-
travagances are depicted.
Miss Ella Cummings, who Is In this play
what Becky Sharp was In "PendenniS, the
shrewd tr1ckSter OF a woman, was admirable,
and thankless as Is her character La "Di- 4
piomacy" made for herself, as judiciOus
actress, a host OF friends.
Dora, the bride, as presented by Miss JO-
Sephine Baker, merited all the applause the
Characterization deserved. She was as beau
tiful a5 the part required. and acted neatly
and with cleverness that she iDherits ma
turally.
Her mother Mrs. AlexIna Fisher Baker, b
too well known here to need encomium at our
hands. AS the adventures and mother OF
Dora she becomes a central figure In the
play, and invariably In her appeals to her
sainted husbands portait, brings down tho
house.