Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-05-13
Dramatic.

De lntTOuuteu, Anu lndl the HidlhStTs VIII Iudhe
c~xertions to bring forward such novelty
ana talent, us will render our theatre unusually at
We hope this may be verified, and the
managers are assured that if they make an effort to
crafty the public, by presenting talents and pieces
worthy of patronage, they will be amply rewarded
by the citizens Of this hourishing comSunity 1t
will be expected that they bring forward Messrs.
KEAN, CoSwAf, CooPER, HAMBLIy, Miss KEEL
Lv, and other distinguished male and female per-
formers, during the season, if engagements can be
made with them. Give the citizens Of Providence
good actors and attractive pieces Messrs. mana
gers, and they will give you good houses. And
when We come. we hope we shall in verify be ena-
bled to say in The language OF Polonius;
"The actors are come hither my Lord;"
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"rrhe best actors in the world, either for tragedy,
comedy, history, pastoral, pastoricul-comical, ms
torical- pastoral, trasical- historical, tragical-comi-
cal historic pastoral, scene inaividablc, or poem
unlimited: Senaca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus
too light. For the law Of writ, and the liberty
these are the only men,"
Mr.. KEAN performed the part of Richard, at the
Park Theatre, last Thursday night, 10 a crowded an-
dience, and it is said, after II short stay in New-fork,
he will visit the Canadian Thn tres. under the ma
nagement Of Mr.. FREDERICK Brown. Previous
10 his leaving Charleston, he voluntarily played
for CowrLi.'s benefit, and called in a bumper for
that SPIRITED Comedian.
The Chatham Garden Theatre, is now in the
full tide Of successful operation. The play Of
Robinson Crusue, recently renewed, altered and
amended, has been brought forward since the com
m%cncement OF the Theatrical season, and has at
rracted full houses. Robinson Crusoc, by SCoTT,
is highly spoken ofby Noah, and the Critics gen
orally. This Theatre Is probably one of the most
productive establishments on the Continent, and al
though the admission is only half price, it is attend
al Ia, tho fa.hiouabl.s mud I ord. nn1 nnna nt tho
city of Gotham, as well as by the Fleleians. Mrs.
DuFf, II lady whose claims on the public are of no
ordinary kind, has been engaged to appear at
the Chatham Theatre foe Il few nights. Mrs.
DUFF, during her residence in this country, has,
by her exemplary and pious department in private
life, gained upon the esteem of the American peo-
pie, and her talents have placed her ut the head Of
female tragedlans. We wish her great success
wherever she may go, and if her merits ara proper
ly appreciated, she cannot fail to close her dramatic
life, with solid evidence that she has not labored
vainly in the theatrical vineyard.
Mr.. COOPER and Miss KELLY have just closed a
short engagement in Boston, and have not met with
much success. Their failure to call in full house,
has been attributed TO the lateness of the season,
and to the fact, that the last remaining nights of the
campaign, should Of right be devoted to the benefit
OF the regular performers of the corps dromatigue.
1t is possible, too, that certain circumstances connect
ed with Cooper's affairs at the Park last winter, had
a tendency to deter the play-going people from
visiting the Theatre.
Frederick BnowN has succeeded beyond his
most sansuIne expectations in his Canadian cam
paign, and the gossips Of the green-room say that he
is about to establish Il Theatre at Kingston.
II appears by the New Orleans papers, that some
dissatisfaction has been manifested by the cit 'zens of
that city, towards Mr.. CALDWELL, the Manager Of
the American Theatre, III consequence of his not
bringing forward Mr.. COOPER, as promised at the
commencement OF the season. To screen himself
from imputations of unfairness. or an unwillingness
TO crafty the public, Mr.. Caldwell has published
in the Louisiana Advertiser, a correspondence be-
tween Mr.. Cooper and himself, from which it APP
pears that that gentleman pleads continued i'll health,
as the reason of his not fulfilling his engagement.
Mr.. BURROUGHS, Manager Of the Amphitheatre.
Boston, took a benefit this week, and, as we sup
pose, had a full house. The course pursued
by him to obtain a Il" crowded auditory was
truly contemplate, and Of right ought to have turn
ed the backs of the Bostonians against him. BY
the way, there is a contemplate system of self puff
ing and quackery resorted to by several self-dub-
bed STARS, and it is really enough 10 sicken one to
read the Advertisements of Hillson, Bill Barnes,
and Mr.. Jeremy Diidler Burroughs. The
system, or the actors, one or the other must be put
down.
A new Theatre is building at Rochester, N. Y.
under the superintendance OF MIR. II. A. WILLIAMS,
formerly of the Boston aud Providence Theatres.
Mr.. WILLIAMS is Il very good player an has aray,
and for his industry and enterprise Is entitled to
commentator. We understand he has . very re-
spectacle company attached to hi. several estab-
lishments, and has a prospect of success before him.
MIR. AMI Mrs. Du FF, have taken a benefit at
Philadelphia, and as might have been expected,
they were greeted with the smiles and approba.
ton of a full house. They deserved it.
Mr.. Francis, the veteran of the Philadelphia and
Baltimore Theatres, after a theatrical life of thirty
three years, "enfeebled by age and afflicted with
bodily infrmities," has announced a benefit, when
he will take leave of the stage. lie concludes his
appeal to the public by saying, "he hopes, he trusts,
he feels, his appeal will not be made in vain"
Mr.. WILLIAMSON, of the Boston Theatre, ha.
announced his benefit to take place on Monday
night next. As a vocalist Mr.. WILLIAMSON de-
servedly stands high, and as an actor of light and
genteel Comedy, he is very respectable. He has,
since his attachment to The Boston Theatre, labored
in season, and out of season, to crafty the cts of the
Literary Emporium, and we trust that they will
not forget him at a time, when they have al oppor-
tuuity of evincins their respect for his talents and
private worth. We shall count for him Il full
house.
TALM,, now nearly sixty years of age, is listen
ing to overtures from ELLISON, to perform at The
London Theatres. I, is supposed by the Editor OF
the John Bully that they WILDE accepted, and that
he will be brought before the tribunal Of a Lon
don audience, Immediately preceding the reap
pearance Of MIR. kEAN, who, it is understood, re-
turns to England in August. Last dates from Lon
don say not a word about the Temperance of Mr..
PELBY. 1t is not unlikely that WALLACE has cut
him,
Anew play, entitled 'the Unnatural Mother,'
atragedy in five acts, author anon. is announced in