Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-16
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resentation in this city at Leubrie's
theater last night. l. may be said,
and truthfully said, that no better,
more beautiful or more intensely in
.teresting play has been seen on our
boards during the present season. 1t
attracts attention from the start, and
there is ne point to the clo'e at which
the interest flags. In fact the play
grows more absorbing as it progresses.
and the intelligent audience present
last night gave emphatic expression,
not only Of their pleasure at the SEEM
ing reality of the dramatic picture,
but they rewarded the players with
round upon round of applause, in
token Of their appreciation Of the ad-
miral manner in which they ~severally
carried tier parts. The action
of the drama is laid first
in New York, and after
at Paris in France, and the characters
are all drawn from the highest walks
of American and French society.
There isa fund of comedy and spright-
ly repartee scattered all through the
piece, but it is Of the most g~enteel
type, and while it supplies a humor-
Gus zest all along, yet it is never over
done in the slightest particular. The
scenic effects are like the PLAY, of the
most beautiful character. Thatrepre-
senting the vestibule and stairway of
the house Of the American minister
in Paris, was a splendid sue.
cess, and when the curtain
first rose upon it the audience
applauded heartily in testimony of
their appreciation. Equally beautiful
was the grand snow covered ruins Of
the old chateau, by moonlight, near
Paris, the Illuminated city, and other
attractive scenes in the distance.
This also afforded delight to the spec
tators, and they bore audible testi-
mony to it. The story Of the play is
woven round a young woman, marry
ing an elderly gentleman of wealth
and culture, where the affection was
all on the side Of the latter, the lady
having a youthful lover, with whom
she quarrels, and before making up
marries the man Of money,-aud a
noble character he is, withal ,-merely
to please the father and to save the
latter from financial ruin. The couple
live together six years without the
husband suspecting that his wife's
heart has been yelled to him. his
blind devotion causing him not to see
what is plain to others. At a
duel between the lady's early
lover and a noted French
duelest, the truth is disclosed by the
wife falling upOnthe mortally wounded
body Of the handsome lover of hel
early years, This scene is especially
and intensely exciting, the sword com.
bat being a realistic picture, SO APP.
parently true TO nature that ever
practiced theater goers were las
night aroused to a high pitch Of ex-
element. One enthusiast from Tie
woods OF Arkansas, with planta.
ton mud on his boots anC
pants stuck inside gave vent to a wilC
American yell at the moment tn,
climax vas reached, causing many t,
turn their heads from the stage to tn,
hooter in time to SEQ him rise .s IL ;,
become a participant. Several per
Sons near the excited spectator calme,
his perturbed spirit and induced hin
70 resume his seat, by remarking tina
it was only a play. The leadinj
feminine part is illustrated by Mis-
Anna Boyle, a bright young Washing
ton lady, but recently a debutante
and she sustains the delicat,
role with signal ability, p%icturing tn.
passions of a youthful heart, and tn.
suffering of her after years. with re
markable accuracy. Mr.. +. C. Bang
acts the part of the gentlemanly an,
wealthy husband in an accomplishe,
manner. The French count intro
duced in the early part Of the piece
to disappear after the duel scene, j
as finished a piece Of acting as it j
possible to picture, and so excellent,
we'll done by Sig. Mageroni, that
though the character is not one to con
vey pleasing impressions, yet the au
dience regretted his absence in tn,
later scenes. The mischief-makin
widow, Mrs. Brown, as played by Mrs
Wolcott, is a charming illustration
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eelleaee, indeed without a blemisl
from first to last. The characters ar,
all strong and complete. The pla,
will be repeated to night, and i
worth seeing by every lover of tn,
drama.
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