The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-27

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ssued proclamation, of which the sui,,osned Ia
true copy
| TO DRAhArc ArT1IoRs.-The undsrsigsea propose. Z
the dramatic authors In the United States invite the
eIertions in behalf Of tho DRAMA to competition for en-
ioiowing-for the best farce, in which an Mtsh m.1'
and Yankee female character shall be the IeSsinx iea
ture-one hundred and f.y dollars For the tet dra-
In three scts with an Irish male and Yankee Gmse
cbaracterthee hundred dollars For the beat corsedy
IN three or hve acts, In which Irsh male and Van
ses smss Character shall be the most prominent--eve
cessful authors respectively The decisions will BE- ma6S
By eempctent, dsinterc-ted conmtss Of Gve gentle
man. The iaters term for the receptions of the plays
which to be to The subscriber Ios Kast Nine
teenth street, or NC Broadway theatre the nrst day
OF August next the subscriber deems himself lied
upon by sae recens wholesale piracy OF HIS private
scips, TO make thf above proposals. in the bope that
hereafter he may be able 10 protect nutrs and artists
IN some messure IRON the unpr 1cpled Of individual
/ property BARNEY WILLIAMS Comedian.
The wdest publicity given the above msuafentn
II was read everywhess from Mans GeosgA dc~cnnt
cd upon and criticised ty the newspapers talked shout
In the green rooms and earnestly discussed in literary
cotcries. Everybody who could wrts knew then that
Barney Wiams would gsvc five hundred dohrs for an
effective play, adapted to the specially which he has
taken up and made so profitable. The offer a fair
one; perhaps, considering she work be done best
ever made in this country The result has been thu
cution Of twelve manuscript plays, including ouH
dies each in i've acs three In three acts two IN
acs, and two farccs in net.
Three gentlemen, two iurnl1frs and one actor md
manager, were chosen tho awful tribunal to decide the
tes Of the contestaa,o award the laurel crown end
30 distribute the bank notes They secluded themselves
from society, and with tone wild bound" plunged into
the sea of manuscript which placed before them
They rarely appeared among their fellow during the
terrible interval which occurred bctweon theconense
ment and CONCLUSION a this the thirteenth labor OF
Hercules. They we're like the Knew Nothings men
TONED in Macbeth, and never "once to
smile" Al" said Manager c. to thu writer
~ did try TO laugh al joke-the rst in that five act
comedy and the end Of it--but could not, my ia
culties were not equal to the task p
These three patriots Gnally emerged to Of day
and In short time able 10 nationally
they will ever again recover the gaiety they wont
TO have They decided that not Of the twelve plays
was f to be perfor med and recommended that Mr. VIII
ams should decline paying for them, the ground Of
their utter worthlessness We had tho pleasure" to
examine them; and must with all due Difference to the
authors acknowledge that the decision just They
generally, most extraordinary specimens oflerature
dramatic and otherwise Written TO suit the speciality
Of Mr. snd Mr.. Barney Williams, not ofthem contains
Irish Yankee dialogue $50 called properly written
and where refined English is attempted the result Ia
melancholy failure. In one play the Irishman and Yam
kee girl talk to each other in sort Of mongrel blank
while in the last Of another all the eharac
ters take themselves of and leave disciple Of Young
Africa TO stagn the piece.
The end Of the whole affair will probably be that Mr.
Williams viii be Obliged to ordcr pieces he
orders his trousers from of the dramatic ors Of
the day little French cloth with Irish trimmings,
sewed with Yankee thread, viii produce something to
amuse m idle hour OF two.
may be asked why the prize business a iiuref
There several reasons In the first place hay
said before dramatic writing requires great deal
tice and small number of popular authors have failed
in their first attempts. Scribe, the most wcathcst
dramstist Of the day, ID Ia point But he porse
vefed because there reward for ultimate success
Such not the here There protection for the
author the owner OF the play whereas in England and
France there IA special law the subject In these
countries author loses his property Ia his p
He may sell 1t to one London :, rsgis manager k,yny
him the exclusive ,gni 10 pay Il in the O.y but tho
pos.h'' --anaserl nus. pay Inc author 20 much per
~" As an instance Of this when Mr.. Forrest went 10
fnsand, he could not play in the Lady lyons or
"Richelieu," without Mr. Bulwer Iyttons permission
and the permission being held at rather high price
not purchased In fact there viii be no dramatic
authorship here until II rays better than other literary
| labor.
Nile RAcn has been pretty well chronicled and bio.
graphed in all the papcrs-dsiiy, weekly and Sunday
The manager Of her performances has carefully
M TIC old humbugs and the tru9sd,en has strictly ad
hcred TO her original intention Of .scc..yns the ssic,
privacy of her home rte HERALD ofto-day contains tho
official announcement of the prices which have here
tofore given large number Of have already
taken rarce Corbyn have issued three o. the plays
] in which Rache Ia TO appear-namey, Horace" f"
fhedre" ana Joan Of Arc" They In the style Of
the opera books and will be sold at the same prices
| twenty-five conts.
Al the BROADWAY THEATRE the Rsyels headed by Ga.
brie~ho seems to have found the Oriental water Of life
and renewed his youth-hsve continued their engage.
men 70 full houses that they viii remain during this
week This evening Is set apart for the bcnen Henry
Wells, and choice bill h announced The regular sea.
son viii commence the 10th September. Mr. c. Mar
shall will probably arrive from Europe about the Il,
proximo.
Al SBto's GARpEs Burton AMI clndetellar have
filled ihe house every night. Mr Burton's benefit on
Thursday crusher, the gross receipts being over
thousand dollars. Cinderella" viii be given thl.
evening. On Wednesday night last Mr. Harrison being
suddenly taken Ill, was unable to appear when M G.
Holman took the part q the Prince very short notice
| and sustained II very creditabiy.
| Al the METROPOLITAN THEATRE, this evening Mr. Hack
et' plays FaLtaa in the Merry Wives Of Windsor -
Mr. Haekets performance here viii positively close on
| Saturday evening next.
A, the Bowny THEATRE the pan,onimic drama called
Inv hafeH " 'ne ipmDS ana - The Carpenter OF
Rouen" viii te given this evening. Msssrs wietho1
@. W Smith and Mr.. X. Johnston sustain the principal
| parts,
The woop Arsrnna, No. Az Broadway, saaounce a
| good programme this eveniny
The BvcELyY MFsrxns reopen for he season n their
hall, No $40 Broadway, thia evening They announce
| scyersl novelties.
TN AssrKrR DsAsA The Young Mems Dramatic A..
sociaon whose performances hay. before had oeea
sion % commend, announce performance for tonight
| q, the brooklyn Museum The bill Is good oae Tie
New York Dramatic Society viii shortly give IT, ara, per-
formance of the peason.
/ Mp. PArseDoRr This gentleman uen knoyn Eng.
hsh actor -as the s~ntcel comedian" 81 the Boston
theatre last season, and received much praise from the
Athenian critics During the coming be vii play
short engagements In the several cities and ~ The
rniisd states accompanies sy NJ. Esaras who has 80
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