New-York tribune., 1867-09-23
THE DRAMA.

-, mon 90, ,,pco,nmonly brilliant week Many inter-
osng events will bo crowded into the DHei space Oi ga
DAYS Chief among them, TO thcater gocrs Is INC
onenine Of Wanacks Theater for the regular season
That Is assigned for Wednesday "Megs DIVERSION anu
the Burcsoue OF 'BlackEyed susan will then be acted,
the first time In this country bgn % lty T TbH@ter
~ III sorIan MIN Nr Walack has published the list Of his
rompany Which Will be found IN anothcr cOlusn. lAe
Rance whom Sir. Walack engaged IN London Is TO nke
her first appearance on WEDNESDAY. inV lheol & n 10
decorated Another important event IS the production ol
the specacc-ballet Of THE Deyifs AucloH a. ; baT
wards Opcla House which will take place on SATURDAY
evening next We nave already printed particulars W tn m
reference 10 this new enterprise ana 70 seye % " 6,,sS, @
f7ajch tonight and again on "Wednesday. aI @ tIo arst an
Theatcr Tcmorrow night she Is TO ia9 ia as Ei-abfh
There was u good house at inc iIenOn @ tn of
W, S,,,02 which We again followed, from first to last
with mingled delight ana admiration ,rt, ~ IN
beauties of that performance have olte nC,10 & ~ 80
designaed IL only occurs TO us here to remark upon te
singular perfection Of Rist9ils cloSn- Gee &c ~ @ c
last earthly word TO Leicester the religious ecstasy he
Inuc hessuca make up On awin ana solemn picture
tone forever treasured in memory. For painter, we
n recall mo- finer subject of its kind than RsOrs attn
fssd and received absoutiou. Few such sublime pic
lures have been afforded by the stage %
it|"ss,ir the performance Of " Francesca da ldmin
ON Friday Discussion Of it must therefore DC uol'o
I'm tb,t tragedy is repeated. SignOr BoLlo, We may
meantime record, has made decidedly iaf fODie lhPJs
sion as a graceful delicate and imQassioue9 aetoii Nj
] @ Sfl,sIn l3 ic L viii he changed to-day, "The
Back'mta VIE OF ihI LoI, C, u \ ; DS;s , i come
sfaIs Janet" Miss Rose Eyngc VIII have benefit at
The New York Theltcr on "Wednesday evening. OB@ueI @
br lht" iii draws crowded houses. The standard
attractions elsewhere remain unchanged.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Recent events in Mexico have tulnlShed u
French dramatist with materials LOT IiSoo 4'''' ~
formed M one Of the minor theaters OF Iarls'
Upward of S8OOO,OOO, it is estimated, are yoni an
nually expended Oh the pubic anuSo'iioi,S u W I
Ill clO
city. accompanied by troupe OF acroD"uc "'is'S'
FOREIGN DRAMA.
Tho Fmperor of the French paid the funeral
c,renSes"5ds7 francs-of the late NJ PonsaId the
dramatic author -
Mrs Scott Siddons has returned to the Hay
market aud has appeared RoSaiind in As You Liko
The first 100 representations of La Grand
Duchessc DO GeYOstein in Paris, produced the sum Oh
4-l5i francs This is the piece with which Mr. Baignah
W1 opcn his season at the french Theater next IueS
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Paul have opened the
Strand Thcater with their popular vocal and dramatic
Entertainment MIR Howard Paul has improved as an
actor aud Mrs Paul has added seyeal new anu ehcoNo
songs and limitations TO her extensive repertory
Mrs. Scott -Siddons, as already announced Is
shortly appear at the Haymarket Iheater lohIoi % AZ
cenm Mr. Charles Dillon, we read viii be the ~ romeo
aud it would be hard TO find man less ht'eu III every
way for playing this part. =,
The Princess's Theater was opened on Monday
last with the Streets of London, in which Mt Ninng
snstaiped his original character OF Badger "Affaht
Pocue was announced for saturday sept H. on whch
night the surrey Theaer Vas to re- yGopyat pwatt WIZ PbS
Mr. Fechier will reappear at the lYeeum as Guee per G
nOtte the Lady of lyons reedted 80 ~ Is sS1 w
revival of the Drury Lane spectacular dlaMa OF Aze
with Mr.. H. Lorraine as Miss Marriott IN the prhcpai
Those readers who take up Heinrich Heine's
DE FAnqleicre with the hope OF finding init something
new or something true will be disappointed IL consists
chiefly Of series of critiGues on shakespeares plays
toecfher with preliminary advertisement not very Nat
,Io1fS ylo n
Voured by spleen and eoneeit prey 10 @ oin, % anu o
m bc from the cable of the largest threedecker in the
service The best jokes get stale after te anu tiene
should have discovered some remarks OF more orgna!
The English papers, qllgding, to Mr., Mr. Flor kSr
ence production on en n tS1 s suest S fonay o
pressed by THE TRIBUNE One paper says g Is salts
nracso" Another SAYS: Judge Barnard decided in
favor of Mr. Florence-no doubt inevitably consider
pg the G Pfsen1 ya aee s1Sss W NTH E TRBSS in
thinking that the absence of binding law eonsdera-
course Of conduct which far from rejecting credit on
him"
StSS Ie Version Of the f SE yfHRRst
ic a'fSSS fS. Io1 e%ec the e'' Ieo% Todai
Of George H. for being cast in the shakesperan mold
Popes preface however, turned inc seo against tle
with these dramas N. Hugos version, with which tht
public has long been familiar. is decidedly superior 10 W.
Benjamin LarOches much puhed up Translation and that
of LatOurneur revised by W. GuizOt is the only that
can be at all compared TO H.
A foreign critic acutely remarks: "Using
The term bad with reference to nature and good with
reference 10 the theaer The HnchbOek may be described
as bad which keeps its hold Of by dnt
good parts Confused and hazy in it, story, strained
and slted in its language, nscntaDle in ITS violent
tatiOns Of character and perpeXng III the motives aud
relations Of its personages 1t commands public favor and
spopuar among actors because 1t provides an unusual
number of important personages, male and female with
telling situations Measured by any high standard OF
literary merit of the playwrights craftsmanship
1t is poor piece Of work. Gauged by nature its
ture. But IL involves great deal Of picturesque
men rapid changes Of mood, and effective appeals
wetknOwn sources OF serious and comic effect, which
enable actor in II 10 run wide gamut of passion and
powerfully to move the sympathes and laughter Of
audiences"
Immense discussion has taken place about
the gcnumencSs OF the tree which long bore the Of
the Hunter and stood spot called the Fairies
Dell in the Home Park at Windsor and fell the 3lst
OF August. 1862. Some believed the true tree cut
down IN 1896 Being interested in the genuine ascptOn
Of the rstnaned tree Mr. w. Perry author of recently
published treatise tho Identity of Henes Oak show
ing the maiden tree 10 have been the real made
qures and otherwise collected information the gen
cral subject He carefully analyzed the whole Of the
evidence which has thus been brought together and as
English critic remarks do not say differ from
his conclusion, although ii seems impossible TO admit that
because
- there want not many TIA, Do fear
In deep Of night to walk By this Herues oak
therefore must have been near path Tor people 10
fear walking by It," That the fairies should as Anne
-dsnce Of custom, roand about the oak
appears conclusive that ii did not stand near fire.
quented path, such Mr.. Perry speaks of leading
from the Dairy to the Castle at about forty feet from
situated would he selected for Fasafs appointment and
ChaSsemcDt Mr. Perry errs in ascribngtO Mrs Quickly
the lines We have quoted last. They from speech
by Anne Page.