New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-10
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JNCSEMENTS.
TIE THEATRES,

ney in the form Of pieces, am ON! NV ~
a. characterization: Nj. J. :. Ciafhe, a. '"e
Ca.Aen. in tic pleasant COMEDY ol m'r'leu ,"''
NJ oak has not done hmse u Justice Is h't sceA'"s
wider repertory Of plays suited 10 nlS -Pee'aiy 10
-, oc,or His Toodles IS complete ske'ch 10 un-
,ooreealv tie m st searching exact ir1icrors, snd
nOi,hal morally Instructive representation OF drunk
.npess the accused, ever exhibited. Win sueh
-, % create character out Of nothing, we con'd
,.;.b 20 have Mr.. Clarke afford extension to os
yowers ADEQUATE TO the expectations iuseo OF "i.''
u will be seen with satefacton, therefore lna' ne
will appear tonight inthe leading part OF Inc >eroas
Family n piece he has never essayed De Iore-- and
which has not been played for several years here.
The Winter Garden IS further enlivehed by the truly
national Span:sh dancing Of CI5as, assisted BY D.
ximenes. 1t is the natl nal traits, in muitn''m
WAYS. which constitute the inducement TO travel
and the d,gh, that wandering about affords; when
however we can have any one OF 'neni "''"ou' .''e
horror Of seo.sickness or The peril of brgands with
disgustjnelv dirty leggiugs and mor'aiiy SnarP
knives. II is better to snatch the opportunity Ihe
Naiad Queen very respondent and aifectionate, and
finally consigned 10 an immortal and very wet grave
nj the bottom of big river, all for Sam Sick kind
of a knight who ought 70 have been hanged in the
first acts yet in the ascendant at the Winter
Garden, as an afte,piece. The Queen retires TO
private life after Wednesday.
-Wallack 8 Theatre which, ni,s brilliant construc-
ZION, liz Improvements in the auditorium, It's demol-
ton especially Of the proscenium boxes, aud that
most unnsiural and repusive looking interjecton Of
the proscenum wings banging velvets and gded
p;las,ers thrust into the thick of every desols'e
forest deserted cave, sqnaidhovel of the drama
Waacks, so elegant and freed from a wretchedly
bad material precedent, and making the boosted
theares of London and Paris architecturaly poor in
eomparson--with such admirable stage management,
has been doing and viii continue TO the OLD
standard comedies. The casts Of these 30 familiar
70 our readers and have been so often noticed that
we shall not enter int detail.
Laurie Keene' 81 hestro is still Identified with Our
American Cousin.
-Nlblos has been vibrating twxt tragedy and COM
sdy. The essential comedy is chiefly by Mr. Hack
EFT, in characters which have identified lis name
with the reputation of the American stage abroad
md at ONE. II is astonishing how few actors
pronounce word OF French Mr.. Hacke;t is al
exception and by this means sdds TO the variety of
his inpCrongtions.
II the money spent by the profession useessly
were devoted TO the institution Of school for acton
where, under adequate instruction, they could learn
much which belongs 70 their trade, including dress
and address, tho proper pronunciation of foreign
words, the due simplicity and accuracy o. vocal Ut
terance--not elocutlon as ordinarily taught ard
some other polite and liberal things which, Though
they do not make an artist on The stage, yet
the want Of them prevents him from being one-f
this done there would be new epoch for the
living drama. The eminent tragedians then would
not address themselves chiefly 10 the prize-ring for
applause and the lesser lights would not frequently
be 30 indefinite and bewiIdered Us 10 compete with
the principals IN inauty.
BARNUM's MUSEUM.
The fat tall girl BIAS retired TO the shades Of private
life, and the man neither fat nor tall, but thin and
short, the shortest of bis sex, is now the star OF
che empyrean Of curiosities 90 10 speak. This
veduct'O not al a6surdum, for he ia not 80, but
Gmply beautifully lees" cracks the Jokes Of tie
season 10 the deectation of thousands who resort 10
the high change of the wonderful combined with the
cheap 20 suit war prices. Tue Baraum it is Ire-
sumed will breathe few days before he catches
something else. The brutes are ali either we'll or
N convslc,eent. Tie whale, at first can-,ank-erous,
has become reconoiled to the small parlor with the
wet floor on which he receives visitors. The grisly
cious feeding keeps him from falling into d. cline
The Hippopotsmus, aware VI the religious feelh,'
which the truly gospel texts have excited in bis
favor, leads strictly moral life sometimes on land
sometimes in water; sometimes arr and 'srf as our
English cousins, 80 pure in their dicon, would ex
press it. TIE undone Undine is wet with tears aud
water generally and dies ought TO die Of dropsy
and spangles To have such magnificent obsequies
~ those Of the fourth act, distances any Mlesan
corner grocery funeral brass band and green aprons
thrown in, which ever Broadway On the Sabbath
offered TO the msrvelng eyes of country cousins;
and as Horne Teoke said to Edmund Burke, who
offered to write bis epitaph, it lie Temptation 70
commit suicide" We feel 80 full Of our subject
natural hstory-snakes, fshes apocayptic beasts.
fairy dwsrfs, and romanco-dramatc illustrations, |
thai we fear should bore the gentle reader were
We to say mofe-,bat is, provided he has read what
we have expressed, which 10 doubtful.
ACADEMY OF MUsIC-AND so FORTH.
We mus, not look gift horse in the mouth. The
operations at the Academy have been, owing TO the
war, simply spasm. They were not designed or +.
performed by the contractor for the season. Mr.. Ul
man. who prudently withdrew, owing to the belli- !
eose storm and the colo.sai tax Dir. Grau then took
mp some operate waits and starring into the lands Of
the Parisns causing by his profane representations
Q rafting among the bones Of ali the mighty
dead who over ia the MayAOwer,
NJ we'll &C tho osseous remains Of their d.
rec. descendants: flor particulars, see those
higby-nteres,inS genealogical periodicals and books
which issue from the ink fountain Of New.Englaud
with steadiuess nvalng the waters of Saratoga
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