The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-07
AMUsIMENT SUMMARY.


day night. when the ordinary performances re-
ceived an additional interest from the addresses
delivered to the Firemen, who on that occasion
assembled there, dashing with the brilliant hues
of their uniforms the more somber tints OF the
nightly picture.
Belle Boyd's and Maude ST. Leone's appear.
ance sigDslized the opening of the week at the
Academy, while on Friday night Miss Fanny Stoc-
queller fresh from triumphs in Chicago, came out
as Ganem in the Female 49," only to redouble
the applause won by the performance.
Misc Janauschek terminated her engagement
last evening, repeating on that occasion Rather
ina III of Russia. She will. however, as we have
previously stated, play Lady Macbeth, this even
ing supported by Mr.. Pope, as Macbeth and by
the stock company of the ST. Charles, which re-
turns from Vcksbur9. this morning, after two
weeks absence. In this deneation OF one Of
Shskspeare's most remarkable characters, Miss
Janauschek will read in her own. while her sup.
porters will read in the English language, as was
The case when she played TO Edwin Booths Mac
beth, in Boston on election night last November.
The ST. Charles company played After Dark"
and Foul Play" before crowded Vicksburg
houses during last week. They closed there Fri
day night, Miss Price and her step-father, DR..
Hauchett. going thence northwsrd 10 st. Louis.
Mrs. Glsds,ane concluded at the Varieties last
evening, an engagement Of three weeks, which we
are grstifed to observe has been successful as
it has been 1atterng. Her characters, with one
or two exceptions, have been admirably chosen,
and fsithfully as well as pleasingly rendered.
Elizabeth, role in which, by the way, she fuds
excellent support, was repeated at yesterdays
matinee before large attendance.
Mrs. Gadstane fortunately remains over one
day more for the purpose Of appearing tomorrow
evening as Marie de Fontonges, in "Plot and
Passion" on the occasion of Mr.. Ryer's benefit
This final opportunity of seeing her should be
tempting to the dilatory.
Mrs. Lander, nee Davenport, after playing to
full houses at DeBar's Operd House in St. Louis,
comes to New Orleans, appearing at the St.
Charles in "Marie Antoinette' to morrow evening
The unqualified commentator bestowed upon
her acting by critics in other Cities induces Us to
hope for dramatic feast during her weeks
visit. She is accompanied by Messrs. j. H. Tay
Tor and George Becks, both of whom, together
with Mr.. Charles Pope and the st. Charles com.
paDy, will afford support.
"Humpty Dumpty" opened at the Mobile Thea
day Gays:
1--WE can honestly say that r. D. is a success.
1t is mounted and put on in style inferior in very
email detsils only TO that which made iG such
great success in New York. Denier as HGnlpty
Dllnptp is an almost exact counterpart OF Fox,
who created tie character, and has run II over
two wears at the Olympic. Not only do the two
men look alike, but in voice, gesture and
makeup one could scarcely be told from the
other. Harry Leslie IS Harlequin is admirable,
playing the wild with all the plans for comfort so
carefully laid by HunlDty aud PdRtdloOR. Mile
Auriors COl,tnlbine is better than that of the
New York psy; and many Of tue tricks work
with a smoothness and accuracy really astoaish-
ing. The skating scene, the billiard room the
mensgerie and the hits at keno, seemed particu-
larry TO take the audience last night. In fact,
from prologue TO transformation II. d. is q
success and we believe that the next week will
zee il crowded every night. just now the unfor-
iuDate weather and the presence of the medical
convention, with their entertainments every even
ing, may account for the houses being only pretty
fair.r
glimpse behind the scenes of the st. Charles
Theater, on Friday night, during the performance
of deborah, - served to conviee the writer that
Miss Jarauschek adds to her accomplishments as an
artistic the excellent quality of being able to su-
pervise and direct in the arrangement Of the stage
even down to the smallest details. Almost equal
~ interesting with her powerful display Of passion
il the rapid energy with which she bustles hither
and thither, giving now this direction, now that
changing TO suit her the position of a chair or
couch, Strengthening up the furniture with the pre-
else tidyness Of good housewife. In all this she
is so business.like, so quiet and devoted to the
task before her that it is difficult TO realize she is
the same woman who moment later. before the
footghts, id delineating one Of the grandest char
scters in history or romance.
She ia rapidly mastering our language, and already
ia able to converse in it very inteligiby. By the
arrival of mex. season abe expects to play in the
English tongue, and we would here express the
wish that among other cities New Orleans may
again be grsced by her presence. She goes hence
TO Pittsburg, then to Philadelphia, but will
probably pass the coming summer in England.
But what arosl these cats doing in the thea
ters Was it not bad enough that on Monday
hight fierce feline monster, with fur and tail
erect and eyes flashing fire, should have suddenly
fallen from somewhere up among the scenes down
to the flooring of the stage, landing on his feet
(of course) and thence dashed headlong across
the green bsize plain overlooking Corinth, where
Jason and Ci'eOn we're discussing their little
troubles and plunged oblivious of danger into
the Iaces OF the OlCn0ebra VI was IL not enough
that on the following night ,hould have come
from somewhere in the dark recesses of the up
per galleries such hideous cries of feline agony
and Temorse, as drove half the audience into
spssms Of laughter and the other half into heavy
fit of disgust, Itseems not, for on Friday night
the appaIidon appeared at the Varieties stage,
where of a sudden during the performance of
GAS You Like It." an intrusive pussy came tearing
msdly out from the flies, and after career-short
but excessively brilliant flor many low comedian
might envy The laughter that pussy elicted) dissp.
peared again. 10 this connecticut may be stated
that new comedy called Crane Cats" by Ed
mond Yates, was recently produced at the Prince
of Wales Thester London, and has since been
played 10 Boston and Philadelphia.
We suggested raid against the cats in the St.
Charles in " City Topics" on Wednesday. It
seems that our good-ustured friend, Treasurer
Gleason, had been reading the suggestion and in
wardly resolved to declare war against the quad.
rupeds forthwith. Breathing thoughts of vsng
aanea AGAINST thesn fnrrv votariaa of the 4ra0io