The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-16

centre of the parquet, az the orchestra or on the
stage, that the real size of the house can be
appreciated. 1t can then be seen that the tiers
extend far back, Offering an immense number
OF seats. When lighted up, Booths will be the
most striking and elegant theatre in the city.
Already in its unfinished state 1T makes the other
theatres seem tawdry by comparison. There Is
yet great deal OF work TO do, and scaffodings
still block up the auditorium. The seats have
yet to be put in, the wall frescoed, and in the
lower parts faced with composition marble, and
all the gas fixtures to be put up; nor can any
definite idea yet be formed as TO the appearance
OF the proscenium.
The theatre will be opened on or about
the 18th of January, 1869, with Romeo and
JWiet, with Booth, of tCour5e, as the lover hero.
Already the management is in a quandary
about the arrangements for the opening night
The applications tor seats from Boston, Pnila-
delphla, and Baltimore-not to mention a few
even from Chicago-if they were responded to
would not leave room for single citizen OF
New York IN the whole building. 1t is esti.
mated that some ten thousand people will wish
10 attend the opening performance at Booths
new theatre, and thus, Of course, at least six
thousand are doomed to disappointment.
The management is naturally anxious to keep
the tickets out of the hands Of spectators, and
to afford the public every facility for gaining
entrance at the regular rates; but on an ocCa-
sion like that of the opening OF the establishment,
the demand for tickets will be so great that the
ouly fair and sensible plan OF procedure would
seem to be the selling of the seats by auction to
the highest bidder. This plan is in some
respects Objectionable; yet it ls, after all, as
just one as can be devised in the present i'm
perfect state of human nature.
--Broughan's theatre is about i'm the same
state of torwardness as Booths The auditorium
is complete as far as the heavy work is CON
cerned, and now awaits the decorators and
those members of society whose function it Is
to provide chairs fol the theatrical public
Broughams theatre is on q small scale as com.
pared with Booths, but is well adapted for the
class Of entertainment to which it will be de-
voted. Nh. Btougham is the moving spirit of
the whole concern, aud he has behind him the
important material aid which can emanate from
a well-known Wall street capitalist and Erie
hero.
The date Of the opening of Brougham's theatre
seems to be as undefnable as the locality of the
put our good resolutions into effect, or pTaCti-
cally iraueurate that era of personal reform
when smoking is TO be permanently abandoned
The day has fitted from month to month, as the
bird with "the tallsmans glittering gloryn did
from tree to tree, In the meantime, the mem =
bers of the company have been deprived of the
luxury of appearing before the public though
il is fair to presume that the liberal manage
ment has borne this fact in mind, and that the
ambitious histriOncs suffer only in vanity and
in no more material point This company by
the way, includes some excellent performers.
Mrs j. j. Prior, a conscientious and really good
actress, Will be the leading lady. Miss Kate
Newton is also amoug the engagements,
as well as Efie ,Germon, Clara Fisher,
Mrs. Eckhardt Mrs. Winter, aud that
golden-haired California nugget, Annie Firman.
Among the performers of the opposite sex are
Mr. EdmOnds GeIrae pTentie1), Mr.. Charles Hale,
Mr.. Arthur Matthison, Mr.. Lamb and, of
course, Mr. Brougham himself. The leader of
the orchestra is Mr.. Eckhardt. The house will
be opened, it Is confidently expected, during
the present century, with au original comedy
by Mr.. Brougham, and an extravaganza of a
novel and highly pleasing character.