Life — January 4, 1883 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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pada & was. | \ | WALLACK'’S. Sote IMporTER, - > = : Mr. Lester WALLACK. Doors Open at 7:30. - - Performance Commences at 8. For the First Time in This Theatre, Dion BOUCICAULT’S Brilliant Five Act Comedy, entitled, “OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEartTs.” Will be performed by Mr. WALLACK’s Imported Company of Cockney Comedians. ACT I. LITTLETON’S CHAMBERS IN THE TEMPLE. The Imported Mr. William Herbert appears as Littleton Coke, who is an imitation of Charles Surface, The Imported Mr. Buckstone appears as Charles, his “friend, The Imported Mr. Elton appears as Bod, who isan iinitation of Crispin of old French comedy. | They talk mildly and go away. The Unimported but most Important Mr. John Gilbert, appears as Jesse Rural, who is an imitation of the Vicar of Wakefield. The Imported Mr. Flockton appears as Tom Coke, who is the old-fashioned and unfashionable stage Yorkshireman. They talk mildly and go away. Curtain. INTERMISSION I. A YOUNG MAN FROM THE Country (fo an old New Yorker): I beg your pardon, sir, but may I trouble you with a question ? THe OLp New Yorker: Certainly, sir. Tue YounG MAN From THE CountRY: Is this Wallack’s Theatre, or have I made a mistake ? THE OLD New YorkER (smiling quietly): There is no mis- take ; this is Wallack’s. The Younc MAN FROM THE CouNTRY (in great surprise): But I thought there was a good company at Wallack’s? THe OLD New Yorker (calmly): You are a young man from the country, are you not ? THE YOUNG MAN FROM THE CounTRY: Yes, but—. Tue OLD New YorKER (crushingly): I thought so. ACT II. DRAWING-ROOM AT THE EARL OF POMPION’S. The Imported Mme. Ponisi spears as the Countess of Pom- pion, wih ae Imported Skye Terrier. The Imported Miss Coghlan appears as Lady Akce Hawthorne, who is an imitation of Lady Gay Spanker. The imported Miss Measor appears as Miss Rocket, The Unimported but most important Mr. John Gilbert begins to mix those children up, though not a creature knew it. They talk mildly and go away to dinner, Curtain. INTERMISSION II. Tue Younc MAN FROM THE CouNTRY (taking courage and seeking relief after mental depression): 1 beg your pardon, sir, but may I trouble you with a question ? THe Otp New Yorker: Certainly, sir. Tue YounG MAN FROM THE CounTRY: I noticed that the Countess of Pompion is acted by a lady called on the bills Mad- ame Ponisi. THE OLD New Yorker: Well, sir? Tue Younc MAN FROM THE CounTRY: Well, Afadame isa - LIFE: 11 French word, I know, and Ponisi sounds Italian, I think. Now, is she a foreigner? Tue Otp New YorkER: Yes, sir. She is an Imported Englishwoman. ACT II. DRAWING-ROOM AT THE EARL OF POMPION’S, The Imported Mr. Herbert imitates the Imported Mr. Charles Coghlan. The Imported Mr. Flockton imitates the yet-to-be- Imported Mr. Henry Irving. The other members of the Import- ed company show how rude and vulgar the English upper class society may be. The Unimported but most important Jesse Gil- bert mixes those children up again. They talk mildly and go away tothe opera. Curtain. INTERMISSION 11, Tue Youn MAN FRoM THE CouNTRY: I beg your pardon, siz, but may I trouble you with a question ? Tue OLD New Yorker: Certainly, sir. Tue Younc MAN FROM THE CounTRY: Have Ia sudden defect in my hearing or do the ladies and gentlemen of the com- pany talk indistinctly ? Tue OLD New YorkER: There is nothing the matter with your hegring. The trouble is that you are not yet used to the Imported English accent. ACT Iv, DRAWING-ROOM AT THE EARL OF POMPION’S, The Imported Miss Coghlan briskly makes love tothe Im- ported Mr. Herbert. The Imported Mr. Buckstone feebly makes love to the Imported Miss Measor. The Unimported but most important Reverend John Rural mixes them up a little more. They all talk freely’and go away to elope. Curtain, TERMISSION IV. THe OLD New Yorker: It's my turn now. May I ask you a question ? HE YOUNG MAN FROM THE CounTRY: Certainly, sir. Tue OLD New Yorxer: Why did you come here to-night? Tue Younc MAN FROM THE Country: [ think the main reason was a paragraph inthe paper-saying that “Old Heads and Young Hearts” was one of those standard comedies for the brilliant performance of which Wallack’s Theatre was famous, THE OLp New Yorker: Do you think this a brilliant per- formance? Tue YounG MAN FROM THE COUNTRY (with emphasis); No. Do you? THE OLD New Yorker (drily): Do 1? Why, I've seen Chas, Mathews as Littleton Coke, and John Lester, too. Tue YOUNG MAN FROM THE COUNTRY (with an impertinent curiosity): Then why did you come here to-night ? Tue OLp New Yorker: On principle. I believe in the theory of counter-irritants. One great grief off-sets another. I'm going to the dentist to-morrow to have a nerve extracted. So I came here to-night. ACT V. EXTERIOR OF GLUEZNEE LODGE. The Unimported but most Important Jesse Rural mixes them up again and yet again. The Imported Mr. Herbert, and the Imported Miss Coghlan, and the Imported Mr. Buckstone and the Imported Miss Measor represent the Young Hearts who mock at his Old Head. Mr. Gilbert does the one really good bit of acting in the whole performance. Mr. Flockton is also good. The other Imported Dramatis Persona matry and are given in marriage. Curtain. AFTER THE PLAY. L IN THE AISLE. Tue Younc MAN FROMTHE Country: I beg your pardon again, but may I trouble you with a question ? comicbooks.com