, 1880-05-20
FOREIGN THEAI'RICALS.
Boucicault, Modjeska, and "The
Danitee," in London.
Success Of All Threc-Revival of
the Old Drama, " George
BarnWell."
The oher.lmnIergau Observation-Disclosures
ptrforuaRes-ltyh.prieed rIays

IADSt,OS, May 4.-'rlle recent Gvents III tho
London theatrical world laye peculiarly
American Interest, for Our three latest llnycI-
ties llayp come IL us from the other side Ut
the Atlantic. Though / ain hardly Justified
III speaking Of Doucfcault a1'tl hts "Shaugl-
ra,l,l " III I. novelty, 3f,ne. Modjeska and afr.
NtcKee Rankin reaIIze tho word in it, most
l.erul Significance former, bpcatlse such
actlng M s'Iu gives us In "1leartscnse" "a
version Ut ''1.n Dulne a,lx CulnGI[aa'' n by Mr.
Janles Mortimer, the editor of the Figaro)
Ii rarely seen upon tho 1.otdnn stage, and
thu lutter, becausu "rhe Dan1tes Introduces
thentre-g0ers 10 phase 0f American ]lfu
whicl, they l,ave hitherto only known III
bo0ks, and never, 1t would seem, quite TIM
lcrst0od.
II IS now five years. since
MIs. l,oUoIcACLT
Inst appeared OIL the London stage. During
his absence, however, II may make myself
n ILibcrniam for tho noncc, Ee l,as been coil
stantly will. us, for tho rol'fcking Conn
Inns never deserted us, even Willie
its creator was far away. Owing to
some detective stnto Of the copyrtxllt-laws,
"trhe ShnuKhraun" is becomocotl'l,oll prolr
erty. and 1t Is safe to say that Tiers Is no
British tlleatrt-goer WHO las not witnessed
t'c iAcee' Ne'ciuso'' I S. I'll. .i.s AZ
public were perfectly MIh''saI VIII ule
ioying Conn, tic devotion OF Claire Ftlliolt,
tic gaiiantrlrs Of Capt. Moluncttr. the sylll-
pllcity Of Afou1, md the rascalltyof kinc'scta
and Of HdrrcU DUFF, did not prevent large
and friendly audience from greeting the
author md actor on the occasion OF his IT.
appearance at tho Adelphi Tlleatre Saturday
,rnaL Ar btntin1cnilt is HtlnfDrtttl llY ttl0
a,mrt from tie performance Of the principal
mi, ,na % cost IT. nrp4rnta m features Of special
'.o. v, a'le =. ,,ns ,,nss, r,,,norn,I t1at Sira II
wns in tho theatre on the first night Of the
revival, und tint her husband WIS fearful Of
a ascunc" not down in the program. II
a., 81. n,,,r,, ia ,,nt avf,1ourn n,1r nnnr,hen-
sI' sion To- Of % the kiud. Bythe-6y, Mrs Doncicault
was the original Interpreter OF Ntouu when
arI'lm Sbnunl,raun ,. wus first brought out ut
1)rury T,anr. Thouph Dlon's appearance
amnrost ma ra,,scs yrry little comment. lie f.,
l.henr, piaylngto gooa business. fitS. lhoeeu,
If lie were not, for the Adelplt management
rot let in desperately over that ridiculous
). n.ecraa i ,vl,ich waa brought over the
ocean With so ln''cll ado.
has nut everything else in tic slat1e. Size
Gang to 1.ontlnn tllthsral4ed BY ai.y ql % t1tose
pretl,ary pulls which IN A,nersa ,I begin to
make their appearance weGks oelnfe new
artist arrtvcs,-l do not think there were
linlf-sl-dozcll papers. nll told, who mentioned
llcr beforehand and she ltnS Mkell l.Mlli!oM @
by STORM. liaye seen the grent Polish
uctrcss on the stage many times, any Welit
t. the C9af TentFs st ,h dv nt
oxuctEy like a stole. at least l!ke ono who,
having tasted tho cup sufficiently often, need
not fear ii,toxication, wien parMk-
Ing once x1nors OF Its contents. |
wls, III. fact, llko n 1l,Htt. choosing
Ills second wife,73not TO DO dazzlca BY glitter
aud show. But had scarcely sat on 9iis
net wllen fcr marvellous power electrified
1ae, as It thrilled everybody rise. Mod
Erasp Of tic emotional r6le IN which slle MP
Tenrea l,ns positively startled tho critics
here. Tic absence OF oil exaggeratlon IN her
nctlng, and the bewilderlnE: grace Of her
gestures, astonisll thon!, aud they sl,aro s II
the enthusiasm that characterized the lirst
representation. 1t ts another Instance Of
Eclipse first, tho rest nowhere:
For tho t!rst time IN NY lifD witnessed, on
tho occasion OF Motiteska's appearance. tho
s1lutcly qutrt--thero wus not even rustic
III tho pit-,,util the curtain had fallen OH tho