Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-08-26
Thasirical Ifsma

Tho Boston Theatre has been completely rem
ovated and smbellished by the lessee, Mr.. II
@. jarrett. The walls Of the entrance ara fres
coed and clothed with no less than seven dif
fereut hues, buff predomInatipg, and the tor
beautifully frescoed and decorated with sea
green. pink, &C., with sll the edges TASTEFUL,
Riltj and the interior has been similarly re.
painted. The proscenium, says the Transcript
rs gorgeously smbelllshed with variegatod
colors, In which white, drab, bluish-grsy and
pink arc most prominent, go arranged as TO
give best effect TO the peculiar architecture,
while the musical and histrienIc emblsms In
the elliptic arch are retouched with the most
costly gilt, thus ading much TO the general
beauty OF the stage front.
mr.. Russell Smith, OF Philadelphia, Is paint
Ing new act drop. curtain, which Il Is expected
WI oe one oi the nnest works Of the kind iu
America. The subject Of the picture will be a
view OF the Island OF Cyprus.
Before the war there was playing at Nibls,s,
With Forrest, young actor Of much promise'
Mr.. VIM. 9. Andrews. Three years ago he an ,
listed In Hawkins's Ninth z ,uaves, and as a
private, non.commissionod, and commis-
stoned officer, has served faithfully ever since.
Having resigned his position ip the army and
resumed his profession, Mr., Andrews has been
engaged In the new combination company
forming by Laura Keene, and with this COM
pany will play In our principal cities, BEGIN
ming next week at Buffalo.
The Ethiopian "opera house" OF the Morris
Brother's minstrel band has also been repainted
aud reftted, so as to take rank with the other
popular places Of amusement In Boston.
The recent performers at the Montreal
Theatre Include Emily Thorne, the Webb sis
ters and Barton Hill. Emma Webb finds bet
ter success In playing on the stage than In
delivering Copperhead lectures. Hill is doing
" Dundreary." Mrs. Buckland (Kate Horn)
is again on the stage, and has played Florence
with Hill In 4" The American Cousin"
McKesn Buchanan, the actor-who is son
OF Paymaster Buchanan Of the navy, and
nephew OF the rebel Admiral Buchanan-has
been playing at Portland, Maine.
. Matilda Heron, after her coming engagement
1t Niblo's, will play at the Howard Atheneum,
and bring out there her dramatic version OF
Hawthorne's "scsrlet Letter."
The Albany Academy Of Music will open for
the season on the 20 of September.
The Norfolk Opera House will open on the
eth OF August, with q stock company.
"My Wife's Maid" Is the title Of the latest
new farce brought out In London. II is from
the pen Of one T. J. Williams, and Toole,
Paul Bedford, and Mrs. Alfred Mellen are In
the cast, Toole taking the part of Lysimachus
Tootles, a romantic clerk. The little trlne is
as en- ertsinlng as the majority of farcos.
A volume on the Berlin theatre aud its man.
agement, from 1740 TO 1910, Just published In
stuttgardt, records that Frederick the Great,
on hearing GGthe's first play, said It was a
mess OF Disgusting platitudes." G@the
received only 600 for the complete theatrical
copyright OF "Romeo and Juliet" and schIegel
only RlO for his adaptation Of "Hamlet," for
this theatre.
Adah Isaacs Menken is In London, attracting
attention by the snowy little equipage in which
she drives through Hyde Park. Kate Vance,
another actress Of much the same style is about
to proceed to England. The success of Miss
Bateman In London has given quite foreign
fever TO American actresses. Mrs. d. p.
Bowers, already well-kuown In London, Is soon
TO appear at the Adelphi Theatre, In that city.
The Broadway Theatre In New York will
open on the Both Inst, with Married Life -
aud "The. Yankee Teamster," In which John
Z. Owens, q really excellent comedian, will be
the star. Such well-known theatrical names as
Placide, Tyrrell, BoDiface, Wallace, and Mae
der are included In the list OF the members of
the company, and 1t is to be, hoped that the
will be worthy Of the good in
tcntions Of the manager, who lie so bravely try
Ing to bring up to aproper standard the Broad
way Theatre.
The Park Theatre, Brooklyn, will be reopened
for the season on the Cd of september. 1t has
been renovated, two new Windows have been
Inserted to secure better ventilation, aud Tyrrell
has painted some new scenery. The company
will include Mr.. aud Mrs. Com way and Messrs.
Lewis, Duff and Hawk, all of them already
popular in Brooklyn; and several additions
will be made to the force. The opening play
is not yet announced.