The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-17
Dramatic and Musical matte ~.

The lull between two seasons gives the dramatic
| writer but mesgrs field of observation. ~ pre-
sent the regular theatres all over the Union ar
ringing with the note of preparation, ard the LA
nagers are busy engaging their stock compsnie
and enoeavoring to out-do each other in large sto
ries about the achievements of last season. and the
great tbin gs which are to be done during the next
There are many managers and actors in New York
DOW, and as our readers probably aware, this Is
the great exchange where all tue actors meet by day
light in June, July and August. and arrange matters
for the coming winter. Among the prominent thea
trical people at present in and about the city,
notice Mr.. Burton. Mr.. Wallack, Mr.. Forrest, Mrs.
Farren, Miss Julia Dean, Mr. Henry Fare Mr..
J. Neae Mr.. b. DeBsr (msnsger OF Saint Charles
Theatre. New Oreans,) Mr.. l.. S. Thompson, Mr.. E.
Eddy, Mr.. J.J. Prior, and Mr.. +. 3. Conway. There
are also very many Others and there will be apparent
y lack Of material for the form sto0 of good stock
companies next seasoU.-For the present We are
chiefly dependent for amusement upon the Opera at
Castle Garden, the Ravels at Niblo's, the B,wery
Theatre, and the Hippodrome. An hour or two
may be very pleasantly spent at Woods or Buck
leys Mnstrels-they are almost theatres. being
licensed snch, and playing burlesques with
cry, properties and other theatrical appoint nents
At Castle Garden during the week, =" Maria di
Rohan" and La SomL ambula' have been given
to good houses, but yet not 50 full as
the troupe merts-Madame Thillon has been
highly successful at Nibos drawing full houses on
each night she appeared. During the week there
has been superior performance Of "the Daughter
Of the Re gimeut," and another Of "The Bohemian
Girl"-At tie Bowery theatre, the chief event
of the week was the beueft of Mr.. Glenn, when
crowded audience witnessed the performance Of
"Tcwn and Country" aud "Napoleon's Old Guard"
On Thursday night Mr.. E. P. Christy closed his
hall, No. 472 Broadway, after q most successful ca
Of thirteen years devoted to negro minstresy.
Mr.. Pierce was on this occasion presented with q
costly diamond ring, the gift Of his admirers. The
presentation speech was made by Mr.. Horatio N.
Wild. Il is stated that Mr.. H. Wood has secured
the lease of the hail formerly occupied by e. p.
Christy. - It 10 reported that the National
theatre will open for the season next Monday
evening, when John r. Scott and Mrs. Beis-
senherz will play star" engagement.-The
many friends throughout the United States Of M.
Leon Jsve will regret to hear Of his death, which
tock place on Thursday morning last In this city. He
was born in France in 1881, and came here with
the Ravel troupe, in 1889. He performed on Mon
day evening last the rope and afterwards in the
entertainment of the I" Bedouin Arabs in which
he exhibited extraordinary feats of strength and
agility bearing aloft FIVE or six strong men with
ease and vaulting lightly twelve soldiers with
fixed bayonets. This was the last feat he accom-
plished, and the hearty applause that greeted him
then was the last he ever heard. No idea existed
among his friends that he was in the slightest dan
ger. On Wednesday night he failed rapidly,
Aao pit thn hoet oid oil nd
friends could do to save him. he died in the arms Of
N. Eugene Fenelon.-The news Of the death Of
u~--Y Ynne has also reached ahis ss*y. ne 800
an Englfsh actor and heid respectable position In
the profession. He was formerly attached, success
sivey. to the stock companies of the Broadway and
Burton's theatres. Last season he played at Pla-
cide's Varieties, New Orleans. A few days since
he eft New Orleans for st. Lous, with five
friends, and three of the number died few
hours after reaching st. Louis.--Considerabl
curiosity is felt in dramatic circles relative he
New York theatre now in process of erecti IN upon
the site Of Metropolitan Hail. It is stated that the
season viii commence in September and, besides q
good stock company, there will be succession of
stars. The building, when completed, will have
sand persons. There will be three rows Of boxes as
next the Bond Street House, and there will be eight
other means Of exit in Mercer street-six for the
public, and two for the stage. There are to be
twenty eight private boxes, each holding ten per-
cons, in front of the first and second tiers. The
proscenium will be twenty-eght feet In width, and
on either side will have ten private boxes each con-
tanning seats for ten persons. The stage itself will
be fty-fve feet deep and ninetysix feet wide. The
curtain will be sixty feet wide, with drop Of fifty
feet. The ventilation Is said to have been paricu
larly attended to. Mr.. Harry Eytinge is 70 act as
stage manager. Mr.. John st. Luke is engaged a.
the composer, director and leader of music. The
theatre is owned by Mr.. Henry Willard formerly Of
this city, and now manager Of the Howard Athe
Daum, Boston.--Barney Williams and wife intend
to sail for California on the 5th Of August. It is
stated that a complimentary benefit will be given
them previous to their departure Castle Garden Is
mentioned as the place where the benefit win be
given.
Mrs. Macready will give reading Of Shakespeare
at the Brooklyn Atbenaum to o-norrow evening.
At Castle Garden this evening maria di Rohan y
is announced. Louisa Muller is in preparation.
At Niblo's great bill is announced for the
Rsvels and Mile Matthias.
At the Bowery theatre, the dramas called "The
Six Degrees Of Crime " and "The East River Boat
man" are announced, cast to the strength Of the
company.
Excellent entertainments are announced at the
Hippcdrome, and at Woods and Buckley's Minstrels
PHILADELrHA-George e. Locke is playing
Yankee parts at the Chestnut street. and there is
vaudeville theatre at Concert Hau. The Arch and
Walnut are closed.
Bosrox-The only theatre open here 10 the Howard
Athenaeum, where the Gabriel Ravel troupe are
drawing full houses. Applicants for the 800 prize
for address, to be spoken on the opening Of the
new theatre, must send in their manuscript before
August l. Miss Davenport is rusticating at Lynn,
near Boston.
TAUNTON, Mass-The citizens OF this place have
been entertained with series Of excellent drama.