New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-14
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
AID n.1Ys CIBBER REVIVAL.

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ou,eav of "She Would and She |
xQould Not" which was revived iaSt hIsn' az
,rha.trs Affects the modern observer win e'i"nso
'no"" ontiouity that is still vital ana ira
49, c;bher's name comes down to US pref"
az ~,orlad bv the truculent and effective rope;
- was nv no means a dunce-notwl'hstanuihs
]. Tho nnuciadn He wrote more than two dozehsuo-
of which are still Occasionally
.ct.d-and it would be hard to ma more en'e
t.,ninc or more sagacious book than the peiS
Memoir that he wrote under inc ";.TrV
- An Analogy for the Life Of Mr.. Colley |iD' 49,.
II was n life that needed apology pu' NV I;s
less was the biographer very clever nis" ,. naIv
nlavs-and particularly in this one. wnon WI.
has 80 neatly and tastefully revlVeu'no Of
- .xsrt vast amount of the buoyant eAui'"'ou ~
-, ,ise nermeating with this Joyous sensuau.y
his style no less than MS cnai"''''''
-vitanty they have survived.
"Shs Wonld and She Wouldn't Is all ABOUT al
,:,+rioue and frolic in Madrid place "n0'
Arrange things happen, indeed II the tesiHons y.
the old comedies may be accepteu' auu ~ ee
hefore ma charming picture OF the sort VI i4i' anu
M mirth that pleased our great-grahuiaeho's'
orcbt for this reason if tor no other' 10 DO goo.
Ienoupb for u.s. Here is chucklng ola Spanish
+ it.tber whose handsome daughter is the prague VI
-. ne and who can hoodwink him as easily al IL
a
,n;scbieyous. bright-eyed girls, dressed up In
80. onrsre, u caring swords and smashing about
th. old Don,s house with all the impudent grace OF
lsrccassfnl imposture and splendid and exuoerah'
youth. Here is the brisk and loquacioos serving
lman-tne evergreen Tappanh,-vho can lie win
lxbe celerity of a trotting horse and before WHOSE
breath of brszen mendacity the legs Oh the IRON PV'
tvauish like chat. Here are the galanp spanish
lovers CAPABLE of anything and everything In the
Uay of chyalry but whose artistic doom IS three
lbours of fine raiment and mysti6cation And here'
of course, are Alguazils and CorrigiooreS
AND pert waitnC-maids, and the dear ahcien.,
ancient. dazzling talk of doubloons, plstoies anu
lR.rharv cold. Il makes one young again
only to think Of all these tantalzing images io'u
ttbot romantic realm of the old English comedy on
sn,sr,ng into which the wise explorer will leave
hotb reason and prudence at tho door. limo turns
hack his wheel for ever 80 long, and Julia barrow
and Matilda Wood are before us. beautiful ana daz-
cling as Hvpolita and Flora,-snd there Is no suon
thing "a sorrow or WEAKNESS III the world
II ia neither easy nor, perhaps desirable 10 spoaA
seriously of such a piece as She Would ana ono
wouldn't" The reader might be told That f"'"p
and Hvpolita are in love with each other, Du' nave
not vet spoken; that OctarIo and RoSard are
IN love with each other, and are asreeu
Ito marry; that Don Manuel the 1a'her
lof Rosara wants to wed his daugn'er 10
Don Philip; that Hypolita and her mad' ftoTa' put
on mans dress, and proceed TO Don Mdnaefs mouse
the former In the character of Don Philip, ana
armed with his papersi and that prah"s' oio''-p"-
inosss and abundant mischief ara the consequence.
Abundant mirth, too-for as one of the persons de-
rlares toy ard the last, heres the lady In tears
+be lover In a rage the old gentleman out OF DIS
senses most of the company distracted, ana the
bridegroom In a fair way to be hanged-the merrles'
wedding that ever / saw in my lie" but "h"'
signi6es telling about the sparkle OF the SUMMER
waves OF the simmer of the wings OF butteriles
Fverybody should see such things rather thah heai
of them Mr. Daily has cut ont some OF the over
ardent lines of Cibbers text: the old Laureate was
an unctuous prof gate. and he loved 10 gioa' owe,
beauty and young desire: but. even had they I'll
been retained the morality of this comedy Is IRE
nroachable. Virtue. according to even the gayes
=, .hoa old teacbers consists not In the extinction
~ the pas.ons but in their government. Humanity
Ia, warmbooded ricb and full of color, in those ole
nlavs and its winehask Is enwreathed with roses
bers was no thought, then, of redreming the wori'
with brown-bread and a shower-bath.
The performance last night was exceeoingiy cheo'
g., Exsrv nlayer seemed to understand. and t
fss that the draft Of the play is upon the reserves
animal spirits the faculty to express amusing PEI
nlexity and to accent the comicality OF une1pecte
occurrences, and the inherent grace anu @e4uii0
.Ii,l IN realize fine manners. The frehc tone Q
T,ibbers comedy is not that of merry making upo
che village green or a dance in q country barr
The persons are at cress-purposes but they move
An atmosphere of elegance. Let your WI! oe .
fnan savs Sir Lucias but, at the same time o
,oishsd no vour swOrd.5 Mr.. Fisher as Don Mdnue
was in excellent FORM and Mr. Lewis, as irdPPdnt
80. a mart that seems indeed TO have been write
s3or him The cool assurance aud airy nlppanc
were sustained without the least apparent enort
Che impudence was never Invested OF Winning goo
jhumor: and the essential earnestneSs was preserve
throughout all the vcissitudes ana transllons ~ ~
which the part abounds. Hurried manner, lnc
dent 10 constraint under extremely novel conc
fions marred to some extent the acting OF MISS Al
Rehan and Miss Helen Legion as Hypohta an
Flord. Miss RehaD, however, 10 whom Ihe 9ilICu
xask of nj wing HypOhtd must have been absolute
Nv new went through this hare-braned damsel
moods OF bravado frolic, fear and woman-lke COZ
Attenuation in manner that evinced Careful sIuu
If the subject and excellent capacity for its trea
ment when greater familiarity shall bring Create
freedom Tlietta, played by Miss May t1eidin
though somewhat la sing in pquancy and spark
was especially neat. refined, and symmetrical d
FISHER was recalled after his exit from his scene
low over the betrothal. Mr.. Drew acted ylth ca
3tal an rt and effect in act third. and both hmse
and Miss Rebau were recalled after the duel NJ
DaIy was also summoned before the curtain, WI
much enthusiasm, at the fall OF the curtain on tn
act and from this point the popular success OF Il
revival was assured.
THE SYMPHONY SOCIETY CONCERT.
The programme of the Symphony Society
concert last evening as follows:
Overture" Corolan" eeLhoV