New-York tribune., 1868-03-06

THE DRAMA.

theatrical world. March came In like lion. Inc e'orm
OF Sunday became tempest on Monday-"a tempest
with CLEANS Of heavens blue the poet soddard shd
OF Edgar Poe-and the evening Of that day the inc
ates were but thny attended all round the circle Since
then however the has shone; and March has int'
mated that the lambs heart beats under the lions hagV
'front.' and theater going has become somewhat pleas
anter, and thereby the theaters have duly pronted
Wallacks audiences have been amused with Married
Life" 1.-THE Serious Family" and Paul Pry" and have
thus been in measure, consOled for the postponement
Of "Rosedae" That romantic drama, however is to be
brought out next Monday Mr. Lester wallack-who has
been suerng from q cold THAT changed his NELL
uous tones to hOarse alarum"-is conyalescent,
and expects TO shine out Monday fresh rose IL
will be remembered that he has to sing two songs In
"Rosedae" -Luddy Fuddy and Lord Bateman; hence
the urgent necessity Of being in good voice The piece
has been got up with scenery and will be given with
strong cast Miss Rose Eytinge will enact Rosa Leigh
the character originally played by Mary Gannon-who
alas will act no more forever over at the french
Theater they have rehearsed lies Lionnes Pauvres,
which they intend to produce ON Saturday evening
French dramatic performances have peen lnfrequent
here since the return Of The Duchess and but poorly
attended We hope there will be large audience pres
ent ON Saturday evening for Mr. Batemans company s
an unOommony good one, and is worthy OF hearty sup
port We fear though. that the French dramatic season
has very prosperous one. The fault is neither
with the manager the company Single natiOnanues
seldom support anything munlncenty
herself would have failed comparatively speaking, had
she appealed Italians alone. Let hope
though that the tide will turn the Winter dies away,
and set strongly in favor OF the French comedians
Surely their elaborate and finished style OF art presents
OF great interest to taste and OF positive value 10
the student of acting But If French art has not strongly
attracted the popuace, Circus art and Ballet have fet
the light Of more auspcious stars The attendance at
the Circus has been steadily good, all the season, and
even the recent storms have not materially lessened H.
We do not wonder this There is genulneness
these Circus performances which cannot fail to make
itself appreciated Such acrobat as Pfau Is seldom
seen In lifetime and II would be hard TO find more
graceful handsome skful and dashng rider than Miss
Lucille Watson Prof. Hutchinson has appeared here
during the week. and has made amusing hit with his
Acting Dogs Jockey Club Races i" has been played,
too IN the ring, and has contributed TO the inno
cent pleasure OF hundreds OF people, old ana
Young Equally steady and still greater good for.
tune has attended "The White Fawn" ballet
at Niblos Garden. whereof there will be
Matinee tomorrow he 6Oh performance OF the new spec
tace and whereof there does not seem to be anything
left unsaid The Olympic WILL TO some extent compete
with Nblos Garden next week. Tor nnely'ofganlked
Ballet s to be introduced into the Pantomime the
first performance OF which Is assigned for Monday night
Mile sangaili and Mile. Betty Rig will lead on the
feathery corps to victory We are promised Skating
Carnival also and we are fifteen scenes from
the accomplished pencil OF Hayes Mr Fox Is the author
Of the PantOmime and he Ia said to have stocked II full OF
new tricks. 1t was originally, 70 have had about two
yards OF title but that design was discarded and II VIII
now be called plain "Humpty Dumpty" Several country
managers have scented the novelty aar on and have
said among the supeTs H Ha and already here upon
the ground In readiness 70 steal the tricks. Monday will
certainly be an exciting evening at the Olympic. A
new buresque, by Oakley Hall. is TO begin the
performance. and q Grand Transformation Scene
s 20 end Il. Mr.. Fox, as the o!oten. VIII
pervade 1t with the spirit OF merrment Meanwhile
Miss Maggie Mitchell Is TO conclude her engagement here
which now in It's NTH week by taking farewell Bene
At on Saturday evening She will play "Fanehon." and
we wish her q large audience, and kind Good-byel
There little 20 be said either about sam" at tho
Broadway, or "NOboGy's Daughter" at the Hew.fork
Both pieces have been described IN these columns Pres
ent repetition ther merits and faults oi which the lat
ter greatly exceed :he formerl. would be waste OF
words Life short and quilpens will splutter after
while. Briefly let say. then that Sam" has attracted
and amused the multitude by reason OF Mr. Chanfraus
humorous persOnatiOn OF the hero, and that Miss
Reynolds has attracted fair audiences 10 the Newiofk
Theater Reynolds is OF the brightest and most
delightful comedy actresses that now grace the stage
and she merits better fortune than 10 be acting In cheap
melodraua at a second class theater. The New
York by the way, has recently been depicted
in The BrOddtdy Ma0dsiHt, wherein MI MoJ
neux ST. John-the husband OF the far ana graeeiui
Miss Kate Ranoe Of wallacks Theater-is writing very
tropos 1t has peasanter aspect in the picture than
one would expect who had It's hideous exterior
As John Brougham said: You paint you may plas
ter that front If you WILL but the scent OF the parson VIII
hang round IL s" IL Is pleasant 10 know by the way
that no attempt will be made 20 transform the Church OF
the Puritans into theater That ednce Ia 10 be demo
sed as soon as BuDyans Pilgrim has cut his last caper
in the Grand Transformation Scene that now illustrates
his ascent uto the City OF God. This may be seen, as
hitherto every afternoon and evening They were goipg
10 take the Pilgrim away time since 50 that he
might make some money, and extend the sphere
OF morals in Boston, but several solid men were
moved 10 tears at the bare idea, and public protest
against the contemplated exodus moved the managers
reent. So the Pilgrim remains and now that Bar
NUNS Museum is burned, Bunyan Hall claims TO be the
only place OF that is open every afternoon
and evening The pous people who used to Barnus
cannot do better than visit the Pilgrim BE yrtuOus and
yon will be happy IS old saying and OF good repute.
The public has not suffered lamenable loss In the Mu-
scum. may add for though the collection OF curosi
ties comprised many interesting and valuable objects,
and the Menagerie the best ever exhibited IN New
York, the building itself exceedingly unsafe-with
view TO fire. One deathpen has gone at any rate and It's
destruction gives another warning 10 managers Not that
Gil the theaters in unsafe but most OF them
might be made safer. At Wallacks, by the way-which
the least perlous Of ALL since 1t has large
Of escape in front to nothing OF the stagea copous
supply OF water is laid all the time on the roof OF the
building This precaution should be taken in all cases.
The burning OF the Museum land what comfort 1t is TO
know that thai alpmpable advertising drCpeWtain has
gone at ias Is one Of the chief 9tents Of the week.
Another OF the temperance Of Fanny Kembe
Her Readings have been duly noticed in these columns.
She reads again to nght-he third time-and the seec
ton is "The Tempest" Tomorrow, at Matinee,
she will read "King Lear" Next week she will
give four additional readings on the evenings OF
Monday and Friday and the mornings Of Wednesday and
Saturday. " julius Caesar" The Merry Wives Of Wind
sor"" Measure for Measure" and Macbeth" are the