New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-08

BOOTHS raEAlhE-sR. BoUcIcAULT

BOOTHS InEAlhE-}R. BOUCICAULT
The public desire for knowledge o. The
movements oi Sir Blacieinlr is from ume 90 tmc SD
literally sitated by MI B9uc.ctuit himself, that VIC
nave hot fer IL AIRY to oe prscpfate ID recording
Ais pro .ccdlngs 90 BDltIs Theatre. lie assumed tho
management OF that house last -nmnri ald De- opc
u on t 0f Septsub sr wth new play, ui eh Dy
himself. entitled Rescued" That pay has been lcr-
.orncd ever since. 10 small audiences. aud 70 is .tl
kept upon the stage; and we believe 10 mas also
D,.u brou-l forth 40 the Aicphi Theatre BE- Llu,n.
Sotce meanwhile. has been given that ID Wall soon 90
aI -Idr hcre aud taat Nh Boucicaiut VIII bring
ward, IA is place. bis weiknOwn adaptation OF tle
Ff.uc! lr.tun az Louis Nl." AID Will hnNcf unner-
tax. nrr-uuate that irch. i IS added thar AS
sol Mr. Don GcOrE' Boucclut will be- Included DO lc
cat OF " Louis XL"-iuakius his appearance tls
DauQhn OF France. This should prove an interesting
occurrence MI B0ueicau.i, outside oil certain -pc-
riic OF Irish character, always appears Iatucr asa
preccptor in the at Of dc Ing an actor hlscf
bui his in-s are sometimes mai6 b. wisdom, and
by amusing aulaciiy. aud It j. NOS dou0te that in
ilis new gusc. he viii be a parsonage well worthy OF
public inspection. Tic fret appearance ~ us
son, however must be- viewed eyoat
thar ought t. awaken sympathy ana inspire tbs
hope of a bright career Mr.. BouccaIit has tie
Stage service. aud they know II; and II rgnt
the boy should reap the results OF all that Is best IN
his fathers influence and fame.
The play OF Rescued" the meantime f. a failure
J.. y ]
4 good piece. The former fuct not necessarily
consequence latter "a pieces often succeed ia
pleasing the public. No one better knows tina. tlsl Mr.
Bouccaut himsefand II Is JUS possible tLat Wrote
Rescued" in the mIsapprehendcd hslt OF one portion
Of his valuable experience. The design apparently,
address the taste that relshcs what used 10 be
called yellow-covered literature an order taste
and a style Of writing that are ana vulgar AMI
the existence of which is doplorahe. The plot 81
r scucd" az any rate, nlsn plot, and the mt
ters that used IN tAc piece tae ola STOCK pro-
peres 0f tne dash" hciOn OF the last forty years.
They reach BAGS the Minerva press. 10 Ingraham 70
the Juvenile period II Aiuswofth ana Keynote "a tbs
years beyond the flood" Iney must have made
even Mr.. Boucicault,-ls they arose ~ his amused
rccolect iOn-thiuk 81 the dying echoes 0i tae
Bells OF sAanl0n. and tbs fading fragrance
~ the shamrocks Of his youth Thee aged boy 0nd
easy computation, and nothing more thar salute ~
greeting u such venerable shades VIII d. expected here
The ruined nODcInan Tho forged w the lost heir. the
bad foreigner, soen child. the inevitable AMI ire
mrudOus detective, the honest SOU OF toll hc NruouS
yagfant-hOw often, oil, how often does the reinem-
hrance OF a noycl-surielled boyhood revive These
moudy figures is saffron colored ieavesl Iney have
noated many an ancestor OF Rescued" and. D.rhaps,
they would have nosted this, had it been more sly
Speed aud tLen launched at another theatre even
here al another tine To present piece Of this pecnl ar
character at formidable aud pretenious Ie-
opening of Booths Theatre as iniudici0us as It
would have been for Mr. BOucl au 10 open the regular
season at Waacks With revival OF his After Dark"
The yotarles OF the many grades above the
Victoria standard: educated and renned public Of
New-York was very properly. IN the expectation that
Mr.. Boucicaut would sgnalize with something very
much better than this resumption OF theatrical man
agemen az one OF the first theatres IN the land Res
cued has proved failure because IL Is not the right
kind OF play for Mr.. Bouccaulrs present audience,
and BECAUSE Also Of It's Kind II Is hmsy ana dull
In his management OF the old hash materials Mr..
Boucicau. TO be sure. has again display ed-thoagh n
fully and like n revolving light the edge OF murk
oceanhat feoitous Ingenuity. which long ago won for
him foremost place among the playwrghls OF the age
There Is In this piece effective sensation" climax
If may Mr.. Bouccsults Own word to describe
t-and there likewise In IL several strokes OF true
dramatic power directed with aud warmed With