New-York tribune., 1867-08-03
THE DRAMA.
DRAMATIC NOTES.


Mr. Edwin Booth has arrived home, from
the West.
Mr.. John Brougham, at the Olympic Theater,
has appeared as Felir OCaUoghan and as wilkins Mcdw-
ber as well as Columbus. His personations Of these char
acters too familiar 10 require particular remark.
"Pocahontas' Is IN preparation ior next week, PIT;
probably brought ont in this city, after all but
when, and under what circumstances cannot yet be
There will he n Matinee to-day ut the New
York Theaer when Nobody's Daughter" Will be acted.
Miss Lotta continues to attract large audiences
| 10 WallaCks Theater cOtempOrary notes the fact
that the actresss real name is Miss Charlotte Cabree
Tie critic, want of expressive smile might there
fore properly Lken her % an appeD0ssom She certainly
is ike many sweet ana pleasant thlh5s-albet' as yct
not much OF an actress.
We learn that Nj Robcrson's play Of
"Caste which s understood 10 in preparation az the
author for production in NewNol and Brooklyn, by MI
Lester WalacR.
Little Boy Blue" with NIr. G. l.. Fox and
c. X Fox as C'5rH and Pudatool, continues attractive
at Barnums Museum.
We clip the following paragraph from The
They have an odd way Of exhibiting emotion in the
audience OF an American theater II the following had
been written by Mr. Charles Dickens 10 would. doubtless
have raised howl OF eXecration across the Atlantic
base slander. But II comes from American critic,
aud IS written in a late number OF THE NLw-YoEK
TRlBUN we must accept it as true The winter Is speak
ing OF the performance Of Miss Leo Hudson Maaeppa
Emotion have Observed when 1t affects person, who
chew tobacco causes them To cXpectOrate In all direc
tOns. Emotion thus affected many such persons who sat
near us on this delightful occasion, 50 that they literally
poured forth their feelings Few specaccs are more
edying than is that Of the human heart yielding spon-
aneOus homage 10 genius" We should say nOt-cspe-
ciay when the human heart is sitting ladies in the
TO which we have only 70 add that The Orchestra must
not make the error OF accepting Bawnm's Museum
representative type Of American theaers There is
difference, for instance, between Astley's and the ST.
James's, or the Haymarket, which OndOner will appre-
ciae. Equally great Is the difference between BalIm 's
| Museum ana Wallacks Iheater.
THE FOREIGN DRAMA.
Mrs. Scott SiddOns returns to the Haymarket
on the 2d OF September next.
"The LIAR has proved continuously popular
at the Olympic.
During the week ending the Goth ult, the
following French plays We're acted at the 81 Jamess
Id6es de Nine Aubray" and Le Fills de Giboyer" Thi4
series OF performances finds great favor with the world
Of fashion.
"The Great City" holds its way at the
Drury Lane. Mr. Lester Walacf has purchased it for
representation In New-YOrk.
Mr.. w. G.. Wills has written new plav,
chIed Inc hah Alile, Whch was announced Tor pro
ducton az the Prncesss ON the 2Oth inst to superscde
" True 10 the Core"
A review in four acts and twenty tableaux,
entitled les Ft0iSS dc Paris" by MN Choer aud Vic
tor KOning viii DC performed at the Porte Saint MaTtu
Paris Immediately after the Bche Lois has had It,
run"
Mdlle. Scriwaneck, long ago an actress at the
where she has been engaged at different theates for the
last eleven years She is playing at the Foies ST.
German
A parody on Romeo and Juliet," in three
acts and six tabeauX, by NJ. A. dc Jallas Is being
performed at the Theatre D6iaze.
The Ambigu- ComiquG has resuscitatcd the
famous "ROcambOle." tnat popular creation Of the
NcOnte POusOn Tera and the lovers OF crimes and
catastOphes may drink to safety OF the cup Of horrors
After only nineteen representations "P6re
Gaehee has disappeared from the paybi Of the Foes
Dramatiques, which thcaer has taken Les VOyQ1eurS
pDar IEIlOs,tOH" until the pieces in rehearsal are
ready 10 De brought before the public.
The FlOrentine Society for the Encourage
ment Of Dramatic Art have offered two prizes for the
best comedesOne Of 1000 francs given by the Gov
eminent the other Of $40 francs by Mdme RstOr Forty
pounds is not "A magnificent sum for Government to
offer, but II will doubtless tempt amateur authors.
AT the OdeOn, Racine's biblical tragedy of
Ahdhe maintains It's The cbOrusess OF Men
delsOhn have been substituted for those recently
composed by VI. Jules Cohen and performed at the The
atre Francais
AT the Cirque de l'Imperatrice, Papion, a
lalse monkey executing variety Of equestrian feats
eAdcy Ike those ordinarily exhibited in circuses He
JUMPS over banners ana through hoops and does all the
house.