Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20
MUSICAL And DRAMATIC ART.


Nothing transpired during the pastweek torelieve
the dramatic duilncss Of the city. 1le tlieasefs
still reman closed, although The managers are pre-
pairing for tle coming campaign with moro than or
dinory activity. Tho comTany for the Oprra -house
has been completed and published bnt, we believe,
neither that for Woods the National Is ret full.
The competition will be spirited during the
but we win venture TO predict that the eatsbish-
men which will be the most successful will be that
which has the best company and gives tho bost dra7
matic representation. II. 81 .i.,l5 IN r.. fr...r
sNrru Nrxoss HALL-The Campbell BIinstrels
opened this establishment on Wednesday evening 70
an excellent audience, and closed the week with an
overnowiDg houte. The company Is quite q god
one and its performances are eminently call uiated
to please all who like burlesaue entertainments of
this kind. II has some faults, Of which we have
heretofore spoken, and will not nov repeat ; but a
change Of frroPramme would be n vast Improvement,
anil the distribution Of a small quantity Of taste
among the more prominent singers would add ma.
tcrially TO the magnetic power of the troupe. i
d ANusEMENfs ELsENIIERE.-The drama elsewhere
Is quite as dull In this city, although the pros
poets arc that the legitimate will be revived all over
the country. According to the New York Er-
pres and We incline to the same opinion, a
change and "a most singular one, seems to have
passed over the fpirit OF our metropolitan Drama.
The manngers Of the New York Thcntcrs have for
denly oTevulsion of feeling would appear to have
overtakcn them. Recently they hayo been COM
tented with giving us Comedy, Buriesquo, Farce
and Mcio-dfaina All AZ once the dead, OF she whom
we bad supposed 10 be deninct, begins 10 breath
usain. The Muse Of the Serious Drama rcviycs, or
at any rate unmistakably hints that she Is YET liy
ing, and We given 10 understand that the prcNi
mate season will, OF least at two Of metropoli
tan houses commence, or very nearly so, with what
..lv Ia fha nf
the Legitimate Drama. In other words, Tragedy
Is again about to be inanagerially exhumed, and
two of its greatest and most molo dramatic expo
ncnts are to make their appearance upon the boards
Of New York. Del go. .it trl rlH
"At Nibio's, VIC are to have Edwin Forrest, sup.
ported, as We are told, by capital dramatic COM
pany. ..+ .4nr ttfN f-
"It Is supposed that we shall sec Charlotte CtIsh-
man at the Winter Garden. H Hf nf
"To tho question, whether there are no other
Tragic artists in the Drenatic market
we are, however, perforce obliged to respond in
| different manner. While such artists Mrs. Wal
ler Edwin Booth and others are TO be heard or act
ingout OF New York, yet have no chance afforded
them Of appearing in e. this branch OF the question
can not be clearly answered. Yet neither Of these
three artists, nor several others whose outside repn-
tations stand almostas high, and whose names may
| be gathered from the journals published outside o
| New York, have recently been sought for by the
metropolitan managers. May we not attribute thii
n, ,h com,o,, ,,rs,,,,r,,op ,lo.I tho "Dron,a,r 4,
not paying Institution, and may not hope that
after the success which Mr. Forrest and Miss Cush
man are certain to obtain, our resident managers
may consent 10 uaopie win ,nh ncrious Dtn'a, ahu
oier us tome oil the more recent noseitics IN inc
aching higher drama 70 pass our Juusmcnt upon
condemninE them shonld they desorveit and award
ns .,e,, % rum J.
--rh. Arch. .s,re.t rhe.tcr phuade,n,,, va.
l. -, 1s,' - 49, -
and winter season, last Saturday night. The edi
fee has ,cen ,borouob,y rcn,,voted and rc,dornc,
both inside and out, and looks quite we'll. In III
company new talent has been mingled with tho oil
iavorites, and season more than ordinarily bril-
liant and successful Is anticipated.
On the LIST OF September, William Henderson, thu
lessee and manager of The Pittsburs Theater, will
ceansed and rct,ed H. WIFI WITH an rI entrs nsw eom
pany. Mi, nanShe,t VIII be the leading man, Mis-
Anna Leyerng the leading woman Lionel Bcrnar'
stock @ % are a. follows, Gsnlsmen~Messrs D. Han an
Sn,yth. Wilson, M. paly, Mackay, Lathrop. Ward
sheppard, Barton, Marcus. Lodics-sliss Ann
tevering, Mrs II. 4. Nichols, Misses Fanny Price
Rette Vernon. A. butler. Annie Lee. Mary Preston
Ii..,o s,nI. sa,0erson. Murray, Whiting. Mrs
p,aatO, ,O
maggie Mitchell VIII open the ST. Louis Thea
tef TINS evening.
| COMPLEMENT TO PIEr's Oprn ,.,rorsr An onnr,
ctatiNe New orleans journalist writes follows IL
the Tue Delta of last Sunday; ..
r,o,,, hr,,y Ins hoora -, "a. e,.. ,..,,.,,
is Sa pdI i msrn nud d Il thS t iamSns hndng
MT pSe thc nroioctor aud os r;o
menioTy oenisi and entordr;s w. III H.,
Withai SHARED mother nains nor pnas kenaieiniai
his Opera-ho,ee senuino tenno snng III ~ tS
On Fdnfth IetrSag iout pd pnd " 9ong; lt stahd i
cinnati lie ain,ira tcn ~ ai u ~ Nili
erey tnsie and Iea,.S Peroohai en-
The auditorium is one scene Of glf, satuettes an,
seems to expand under the lniuenee Of a,sIigbt" ~"
The dress circle nnd paroieta nlIe Ts aro nv
with red velvet and the upper tiers with mytI"Ing
ical figures around the rims are sustained by iroi
eyes rest upon u vast frescoed dome the rim a q
which Il decorated with paintines Of ceiebrate
composcrs, dramatic authors aud cantstrices.
iiDe Curtains, and lighted by large chsndeiiers sn,
independent ornancnted gas jets which also r,i
around the rim Of the upper tiers Enni,leuiatirn
statnes standing out in bold relief; start from III
sass Sss oafhs d he ssSSes sCSss In a..,
the ancient city Of lIcmphis exhibits 3he 9tasts
| the manager in his selection OF an artist. II /
g9rgeonsly teautifnl. ..f.. - Nj
are on the y0ost liberal scale. il'l ~
Z The OfuStnnatans have reason TO DO proud Of thl
great feature Of thor handsome city. -
TuE pgAnA AND ITS Expect on TuE C,yI,Iz,T,o
OF THE C0pNrRY.-We extract the following from
| letter written by Prof Anderson M San Franc;.c,
and ,ublshsd ;n th. Io,aor ~, -
No country on the gjole .f aorai axtant aa