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Show TfiS DRAMA. D'o'i Baucicault, the noted play-wr play-wr 'jli;, contends that the mcrican t:. ,::.'S are infinitely superior to t ; c of London and Paris. They arc L r constructed, better ventilated, ., I h more cheerful in their iu- : s ;r.oimdiugj. The actors of Amc.-ica arc better treated than Ibc '1 'ro;:::n actors by the audiences, v' ;: actor;, ho says, surpass those of ' i o'u.'r countries; they seem to en-i en-i .' ir.c;--' h.to the spirit of their work. V."j h:-.v: belter actors hero than any u'.'.ih Ljudou will send us. He says ,i 1 never saw a play put cn tho stage ;.i inland in so magnificent a maa-iv. maa-iv. r as he has seen it in New Yorl:. Americans only need to cultivate an r; :-rc .Nation for homo talent to been be-en :e the lending dramatic country of the world. Yet wo arc net inclined t ; blame Boucicault fur bis inveterate ;'.;-:Tig to the weakness of our pub- hi his adaptations of maudlin i-'ivu a plays of questionable morally moral-ly a- .d value tor the American sLige. '.c .n: npted to supply a general :.:.l b.s failed tho place and . :y'v d the attention of the people ..: i'.isht'jii. While his success ' cen a lolly one, it has at ; ; i.r.l'.-J.i Uste lor t3:ue thing ; .i lie hiins.'Ii ;uh)iitt. .1 ::c. :;a:i drama at prcc- :..!.; i'.s bjt t'Jtpoueiit in! ir..'::pr:;.T of Western border! . jur national hUtorj- and lit- j .y ,?r: i social life, is a field which . yc: i.izid its dramatic delinea-- delinea-- . . I:::aps the United States is too ':iy to coduvatc tlus field profitably: . ...iys ;:j newspapers auvl star pu!-: pu!-: yi::br:r.er3 aUjrb o much of the) il.e Comniunity, that the i .. .,as lk.-st iu attractiveness. j -L'.-C-icr 3 aov;i:.id wc cannot i -c-.c how the l'lyincuth Church i' ys- w:ll bo ab.e to aniuso theai--! .Lnlcss they turn their edifice .'. ' r:'. c:a;3 theatre, and drama-" drama-" - scar.dals of tiie day in ; ::.,! style. .Ir. Beeeher ia au : : :: , ..-.lolc actor and author, and , . . .'. c-::pany might bo gathered f .; t"iy.iijth Church, which would .: . .i...w.;t::.on. With the Til ton ' M:u!'.o:, C;irpontcr, Vic and i ;:.:;:: as. FiCirs and supports to the 11. V'., L'ooth and Boucicault r.-..; Joj J-:.T.:-sjii, would sink into in-y in-y '..co. LVireka; we have hit it. -. A'i:-.;;..-.i:i drama is to be Lorn in - : v.'.a I'.-cmer as its patron |