Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-12
say; Isl k Roi s'amuse, je ne Hs'amuse pas,
moi"
In this hostile state Of mind Of the public,
how could verses like these be received:

say: Isl k Roi JansHse, je ne rs'amuss pas
MOI"
10 this hostile state of mind Of thu public,
| how could verses like these be received:
Je veur METRE des ales
mon d01.j0B rOydis-CTeSt >l Jaire UR moulin
| Aurm0rs were heard all the time-exclam ma
tions Of "Ohl ohp The actors lost their
| presencs of mind, and N sde mistakes. Kisses
we're heard after while, and then the repre-
| sentaiion became perfect storm. The pub
lie would no longer listen in patience, it
would no longer be moved, even when Fri
boulet" speaks to bis daughter in admirable
verse-eVen when "Ssizt-Vallier" makes his
! fine Trades, when blanche" arrives on the
stage, with her hair disheveled, mad with
fear, with shame, with borror. The charm
was broken; the passion which had kept
Hermann sfoat was no longer to be found.
The last act seemed too realistic-the
famous act which has inspired Verdi with
his sublime quartette, the musical page
which Rossini proclaimed the finest OF our
time. When "fribouleln holds his daugh-
ter in the bag which he believes contains
the cadaver of "FTancis /, man screamed
in the pit, "Odt with iip' Vide ton soe); and
this stuDid pleas iniry made every body
laugh. TDe tumult was deafening; the ac-
tors seemed 10 move 10 a pantomime. 90 mo-
body caught what they said. The curtain
fell, and when, according 70 an old custom.
had The honor of presenting 10 you IL by Nj.
Victor Hugo" he could not even make him
self heard.
The next day NJ. d'Argout pronounced
the Introduction of the play, it was only
played once. Victor Hugo complained, in
slituted lawsuit, asked for damages, and
spoke himself before Inc competent court.
His speech ended thus: There has been
only one great man in cur century, NsPo-
leon; and only one great thing, liberty. We
have. no longer the great man; let Us try to
have the great thing" Simplicity has never
been the Characteristic of Victor Hugo.
BERsHARDr's ABSENCE.
II is not difficult 10 prophecy that the ap-
preaching representation of LIE Roi .SAmuse
will be more quiet than the 6rst. Fifty years
have elapsed. Everybody feels what is due
TO the old age Of Victor Hugo; everybody is
inclined 10 do homage to his genius, what
ever may have been his vagaries in late
years. Domitat Homerus. He will him
of his drams, somewhat as rem
naat Of pact ages. II is great pity that
our frat modern actress, Sarah BerDbardt,
has left the part OF blanche" TO Mile. Bar
tet AIasI she has left the French Tneater;
she lesde meteoTic, cometsry life, which
will land her God knows where. She will
have one, two theaters OF her own. She has
M ade her son of eighteen years the manager
OF one. She has been married. She has
asked Louise Abbema, her friend, to paint
the curt ain of her new theaters, and she is
represented on it in the most dramatic cir
-cumstapces Of her life-in balloon, on her
way to America, etc. She has lost none of
her wonderful qualities, but her oddities are
growing into manias. She cannot be vulgar,
though she tries 10 every way to vulgsrize
herself. Every body will regret her when
the Roi SAmuse is played. Ponds tot, brare
CiiHos on s'est battu sans toi