Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-04
Prospects of the Drama for Next Season.

Prospects Of the Drama for Next Season.
The New York Herald of Wednesday says:
For the past nine months the Opera and
the drama have been in q very bad way.
The sudden plunge Of the nation into civil
war proved too much for the theaters
throughout the country, and one after an
other they were closed, or, if kept open, did
anything but a paying business. In New
York City, which is a sort of gauge for the
whole country, the managers did their very
best in vain. Sensation plays, dramatic rep
reservations of camp life and battle scenes
all failed, and the Opera became but pleas.
ant memory. Only the news-boys theater,
in the Bowery, succeeded in weathering the
storm nicely, and that only with closely
reefed sails.
But now new times and better ones have
come for us all. We have touched bottom
in our national troubles and are beginning
to rise again. The magnificent negotiation
of the $l50,000000 government loan has
brought confidence to the country, and REIN
spired trade and commerce. There is moth
ing whatever to prevent this fall from being
a good business season.
Between the Government and the banks
the most cordial sympathy and good under
standing exist; our harbor is open TO the
commerce of the world; from Government
sources alone one million of dollars are daily
expended, and find their way into the
pockets OF the people; stores and manufac-
| tories begin to do some business; and, alto
| gether-thOugh there have been many fail
ures under the old system Of fnanciering,
and though fancy houses and property have
| lost nearly half Of their former vaiue-we
| have to congratulate ourselves upon better
| times and upon better and more econom-
| ical management of business affairs. We
/ have been tried by very hot fire, to be sure,
| but great deal of pure gold has come out
| of the crucible, Meantime the banks at the
South are quarreling with JEFF. Davis's Gov
ernment, and refuse to give it any more
money; the Southern ports are closed her
metically by our coast guard; Southern
| manufactures, commerce and trade are
among the dim traditions of the past, and
even the spare cash which English capitalists
| trust with JEFF. Davis agents fuds its way
| into our Golfers; so that we have, therefore,
a new element of strength in the rapidly iu-
| creasing weakness of our enemies. The
angel of confidence has stirred the Bethsaids
pool of trade, and all that our merchants
capitalists and commercial men have to do il
to wade in.
The theaters will feel the beneficial effects
of this revival of business, Just as flower:
| spring up with the soberer grasses and the
| more useful grain. 1t is hard to keep New
Workers from amusemeDts at any time, and
now that they are to have a return of hard
work they will naturally seek more and
more relaxation. Some of the more astute
managers begin to see this already, and are
| planning their campaigns accordingly
Manager Wallack treats the public to new
theater soon, and we believe that every thea.
ter in town has a new play ready for present
alton at the opening OF the Fall season. 4
these are as successful as there is every rea
son to expeat, we shall need opera in thiI
city during the Winter, and will support i
brilliantly. Let Garibaldi Muzio emerge
from bis Summer Caprera, then; cease to b.
contented with experimenting serenade
and put himself into fighting trim. LIE
Brignoli polish up his natural instrument TO
q sweeter "Marta" and more mellihuou
"Spirto Gentil" Let Ullman drop the sor
cerer's wand for that Of the director, aud g
on to glory and profit, like Napoleon tc
Austerlitz or Mcclellan to Richmond. W.
are all ready for you, Messieurs. Formez 20
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