PARK THEATRE. "David Garrick." Robertson's play, "David Garrick," the groundwork of which he found in an old French drama of the same name, is one of the most pleasing of his works. It abounds in bright and humorous passages, and at the same time, there is a pathos, running through the two principal parts, of an exceedingly refined quality. To say that Mr. Sothern brings this out to its fullest extent, is simply to repeat that he is a finished actor and a gentleman. The support is not very good, the tendency being to overact the comic parts.
BOSTON THEATRE. Mr. Grau's opera-bouffe company made their bow to a Boston audience at this house, on the 10th of this month. They have since appeared in an almost nightly change of familiar operas. Many of the troupe, as Duplan and Mezieres, are old favorites, always excellent and always welcome. Mlle. Marie comes to us with the perfect musical and dramatic education of her elder sisters, and with the additional attraction of youth. Her acting is a nightly surprise, and her singing is worthy of serious opera. Her Clairette, Duchesse, and Boulotte are marked by a cleverness and finish which many more serious impersonations lack; in the last two roles, she has all the traditions of the diva Schneider. M. Capoul sings and acts like the perfect artist he is, - excellent as the lover Ange Pitou, Marasquin, or Piquillo, and equally so, in a widely different part, Falsanappa, the chief of brigands. Mlle. Angele has great beauty, a fair voice, and is an agreeable actress.
Bouffe becomes glorified, when played by such artists; the objectionable element is by no means prominent; glissez et n'appuyez pas is the motto of this troupe; nor is there a shade of the vulgarity and imbecility which Mrs. Oates and kindred "artists" offer us. It is much to be regretted that the houses have been small and unappreciative. To-night, M. Capoul sings Wilhelm in "Mignon," - a part which he created at the Opera-Comique. At to-morrow's matinee, the whole company appear in "La Grande Duchesse," and in the evening, Mlle. Angele takes a benefit in "Les Cloches de Corneville."
Next week, "Drink," Charles Reade's dramatization of "L'Assommoir," will be produced.
BOSTON MUSEUM. " Dr. Clyde," a play translated from the German of L'Arronze, the author of "Mein Leopold" ("My Son"), was produced here last Monday evening. Of the piece itself, little that is favorable can be said. The acting is good, on the whole, especially that of Mr. Warren. "Dr. Clyde" will be continued next week.
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