New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-09
THE DRAMA---WUSIC.
loan or ARC-M!SS MATIIER.


One OF the most significant lines that are spoken BY
Hamlet * spoken to the Player who has just delivered
&, remarkably long speech. =" WILL rcmarltS the
Prince hear thee speak ont the rest OF TINS by ana
BY" That observation must have come somewhat
cocently into the mind Of many an old playgoer' WHO
listening to the intemnabc tissue of iaraneueS hcad
Inst night in the Fifth Avenue Theatre, which chiefly
constitute the play OF Joan of Arc IL is long,
dull play it wa, drcarily acted and even the kAdIies1
desire TO commend the enterprise ana the ehGrts OF
those concerned in cannot discover any marked beEc
fl to the public that j, likely to accrue rom i'9 TYP
rcsentation. The attendance, however. was hhheF-
Gus, n0twi hstaGdinG bad weather. ana inc applause
that hailed the military tableaus Of the piece was
Hearty and even vOciferOn>.
The subjcct of Joan of Arc has never Eecn popular
upon the stage. John Brougham wrote fine tragedy
on the theme OF the Maid of Orleans many years
ago and il rc>plendclty presented at Boo'h 3
Theatre; but it failed. The Amazon aces nov cap
tivate. \ very little suffice, Of an inspired ahy III
steel Trousers, The piece presented last night J.
partly mclcdtama and patty spsttaee, ana al ~
ingredient, are copicu,-c especially tie Ingredient ot
talE His Joan of Are" was written. III the irene Il
tongue uy VI jules Larbcre. ard II has been uiha-
lated and apparently expanded By Mr. william i""h7
- writer 10 whom q long speech i evidently sNni-
Dol rot Of weakness, nui # strength. ana VINO seems
not vet TO have recovered fro the dcluslon that proc
divided into line, Of ten syllablcs necessarily be-
writer, who never discover it, Ia tn, composition
c.cr, body j, gifted irom The lover in ac iT7t To ''
monarch. the archbishop. the cJunaeAof, even '''
group, 81 soldier, OF the four acts which slowly i''
low with u fataily glib facility Of eloqucnce' ma
not omy all thc characters talk till all i Oue' DIV
several OF them. ucludin; The saints 81 heiFeh-'ol
,picuou, under their ia,o--us. The music j. by NJ
COINED and it often stop, the movement oi l'e o'""''
and utterly rarll5h"s all efforts at sustaining !"
dramatic interest. Ni,, Margaret Nathcr appeared -
the Inspired maid. ana she was warmly "c'cpmcd-
indeed her courage and perseverance deserved.
When the first curtain r,c- An Is discovered seated
A. q spinning wheel and looking upward Win what l.
Intended TO be a rpt expression, such - infants h'"
when they a-o supposed be seeing angels. and when
their nurse, usually administer csrninatiyc Then
rumc,oas clmrany Of homelc,, peasants arrives ''hS
,nr lustly Notwithstanding hunger and miscellaneous
wretch. dne,,. soon au Eac,h rUnian arrives, ora"
m. hi, sword upon women. and fhthiuly conveying
A E,cuchrlgu's ida ~ an English solder Joan ueic'''
tli, warrior will cycle. and subsequently fePI'
with ol, ous Iciu ytSncc, TIE advances "i w o"''''
III, whom ,he is hopccssy beloved. Then SIC hears
the v.calis-n Of able bodied angels. y niue Iil-i'
when clad in complete amor, she Just a'''ha'e' INC
r..tc az King Cha.., the seventh, and then inspires
ia, mob IL himself 20 take On" hcId. Another p''"'
shov, the faiur, % intrigue 10 ulTau her piT''
and beliicose purpose. and closes with p'eI'''',
of h,. licior.i, battle. m" coronation ch'"c'' anu
ror ,ro fine BETRAYAL ~ the Mad. her >.'afa't sell
a.,of,u .pdns n death The incident. believed L"
D., rhetoric # Joan's recognition ~ the KilS When DE
~. d...o,i.rd Is employed with >.ill ANA ntdc
,.ilutary f. a GOOD drtmat.c eject II ie a'tN ''""
10 condensed aud sharpcned, IN harmony WIN ''''
.,ngc SCENE It seem, probable that the piece might "
pado to ride tho waves and come into port D'i a. u
noH stand, II - vat"rlor-cd Win inc piolA'S "a
trivial incident and tumIt rhetoric
Miss Nsth,r .ay,-l her strength with lud'lon' caro-
t..',