Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870

PUNCHINELLOSATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1870.PUBLISHED BY THEPUNCHINELLO PUBLISHING COMPANY,83 NASSAU STREET, NEW-YORK.THE PLAYS AND SHOWS.[Illustration]Mr. BOUCICAULT might properly be called the author of the elementary Drama.Not because his plays, like elementary lessons in French, are peculiarlyaggravating to the well-regulated mind, but because of his fondness foremploying one of the elements of nature--fire, water, or golden hair--inthe production of the sensation which invariably takes place in the fourthor fifth act of each of his popular dramas. In the _Streets ofNew-York_, he made a hit by firing a building at the spectacularlydisposed audience. In _Formosa_, he gave us a boat-race; and in_Lost at Sea_, now running at WALLACK'S, he has renewed his formerfondness for playing with fire. The following condensed version of thisplay is offered to the readers of PUNCHINELLO, with the assurance that,though it may be a little more coherent than the unabridged edition, it isa faithful picture o..