New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-08
THE DRAMA.
BOOTH's THEATER.

character is, AT any lalS lnoIo huhsih, ehN
10 the popular heart. Leah walked, sometimes on the
stits Of tragedy. Mary Warner treads the plain, hum
drum ground OF everyday life and Is as simple IN hs
sorrows and agOnies her heroic sefabnegAcn ana nrr
noble fortude, she Is in her quiet EomeJoys Hat
Miss Bateman interprets Is the constant truthiu PI
unanimous nature OF a sweet woman, WHO ionuy Io'eS'
aud Is tried by terrible ahltoOD And this she inter
prets perfectly well. Her acting has proved@ strong
magnet OF attraction at Booths The&ter ana VII con
tnue 10 prove So We do not doubt The reausf shouid
pa1teuary note ouiy three weeks remain Oh het en-
gaOemept al Booths Theater-oppOrtuDfAes Whlch
sbonld be widely and carefully improved fhe last rep
csents,ton Of ur Mattbsons EnOch Arden" was given
Mt Pooths Tleater on Saturday evening Mr. Palgraye
ntsous drama OF 'Time and the Hour is IN prepare
ZION here and viii be acted next Saturday night AT tho
close Of Mss Batemaa's engagement we are 70 witness
1he lourexpectcd temperance Of Mr.. Hackett The
veteran comedian will Tocur as FaIsttC king Henry
the Fourth will be brought the 10Th Of November
OLYMPIC THEATER.
Poor Humanity will be offered here to-
night for the first time on the American stage. The
novel so named wrtten by Mr. F. W. Robinson, ard
mas been cast dramatic form by its author Readers
of Cassers Magazine pleasantly remember this story IL
aroused deep iEterest among the devoees Of fiction
We dare say piece based upon will turn out TO be
an effective sensation drama. 70 GTst acted at the
Surrey Theater. London. Mr. ". Holston who played
Hrs Wisbv on hatoccasiOn, win sustain te same part
at the Olympic 9los rather dry reading, but the
only way to get at and significance OF this
play.ls TO review its incidents. We End the following
,synopsis Of she plot in The London Bra:
"The first thing which Is The curtain y
lifted interior OF belonging 20 benjamin
panorama who mas been detained on Wilton Heath after
the termination Of the because Mrs Carr, van
ton, is diving from having been knocked down by
horse Dgling conversation between 5,s m"ds SSa
he feels 6ecgse Ms Ge sl lives to binder business
heard OF the aCCl-
dent TO the sh@v-woman, brings Dr. RGes
with the dying woman, who wishes 10 her
daughter brother the Rer Theobatd GGord who is
called Neia from conversation with whom he discovers
that she the daugos OF the stranger III the caravan
The prologue closes lth stikanR itAean ielesehiug
Red falling violently 10 the floor when she approaches
escaped from Grayglg RefOrmatOTy promises augusta
that she will return TO it, When she arrives IN London
her in former days and who with the assistance of her
companion, Sally hocusses The girl snd gets her con
second scene of to the Rec TeobaId OXFORD and
ASg S,or are o95yeRs oSe' sea "Ssa they
speak with them about Ne3a Carr. This in
takes the sOubrilet Busm0ger aud gets among the
tenants OF the thieves den, where Netd Is detained.
NeiId the escape Of the latter Is effected. Nea then
goes TO reside with Hect at DeeDeord Here she eur
wife, they having stolen interview in the reetory
garden AS Horace is engaged To Augusta Ned refuses
TO tell Hepn what she has discovered lest her beneiac
tress should bear Of 1t and be gneVed HecW becomes
George CdrF-that he is her father, and q re-
turned convict. Contrary TO his expectation, his
Son4 of her shaS ever At the close Of harvest
making just Pad EssendeR the brother Of Horace bias
love 10 her. by Inspector Faner who has
come to take her BACK 10 ine heIoInaor r eT
ReU UeOb0Ld OXFORD The interest becomes exceedingly
der OF Horace ESseideR ia DeenefOrd Park As George
is known TO have cherished Tevengeul feeling to-
ward the murdered man. on account Of hls having con
tTbuted 10 the recapure OF Nd he falls under the sus
Pcion Of being the pepetrator Of the violent deed GS
clifford cOnessng that he killed Horace ESSenden through
wALLACKs THEATER.
Particular attention has already been di-
reeted to the fact that Mr. Lester Walaek VIII reappear
this evening at his theater, after considerable
absence FROM the boards capital farce and new com
edy by Mr. Robertson promised and should constitute
most attractive and satisfactory bill. "a Regular
Fix" needs no word OF introduction "Home" is be
presented from the original MS used at the London
Haymarket end not in the garbed form that has been
fOsted upon the public in other American cities. Mr.
Waaek wiz play Hugh de Brass. and the chief character
in the comedy "Home" and "A Regular Fix" TO be
acted every night excepting Saturday and at the satur
day matinee "Henry Dunbar" is 10 preparation for Sat
urday eyen,RgsALast Saturday night Mr.. James Wal
Lack who to have played Midway in "stil Waters
Run Deep" prevented from appearing because OF
domestic affection in the family Of Mr.. Wallack. Mid
may was played by Mr. Charles Fisher "Stin Waters
mas not Deeu SuLlceDLy well octeO tnS btdsOu 10 uS-
serve more than passing mention. We have seldom
seen bad performance Mr.. wyndhan's Captain
HGwksley, unless It be Miss Louisa MoOe's Mrs AdDldy
FIFTH AVENUE THEATER.
The last performances of "She Would and
she Wouldn't" gwen the Fifth Avenue Theater
Saturday. Tonight Mr.. DAILY viii produce Much
Ado About Nothing" with Mr. Harkins Benedek, and
Mira Scott sidd0ns Beatrice. On Wednesday, We
observe Mrs. soOttsiddons viii take her benefit The
IS the last week OF her engagement ~ this theater
Caste" announced for next Monday, with Mrs. Chan
frau as Esther Bolss revival Of shakespeauan dramas
should always attract attention and we trust that Mr..
Days company, Much Ado" wl attract large audi
ences, and deserVehem-The announcement Of Caste
at this theater by tie way reminds more Of the
established injustice which arises from lack OF an inter
national cOpyrghtlag. Mr. Lester Wallaek has paid Mr..
RObertsOna large snm OF money for the authors right
moral this and not egal-tO present that piece
in EewYork Yet be is utterly unable to protect his
property.
The introduction of the Arabs at this Circus
has proved lat. ThAne twenty OF these swarthy
Chicken the SUM- and each is strong and as active
asasmal sean engine The chief feat accomplished by
these performers the erection Of human pyramid the
apex Of which, consisting Of one man. upon the
ground But ASIDE from this exploit they express their
natural temperament and peculartes by extraordinary
impetnosity mston, wonderful lghtness and agility,
and strange ricQess and picturesque confusion OF COS
tune and gb2upnG Ihey rave Deen much AppauGeu At
he Circus AID they presence adds merit and variety to
q capital crcCs entertainment
THE TAHMANY.
1t requires steady nerves to look at the per-
tormauces gwen Just now by the HanlOn Brothers at
Tammany Hall Their feats performed upon
new sort OF traPeze consisting OF two long horizontal
bars with erossIeces and the ends. Little Beb
Hanlon sprays from perch far above this device ann
is caught below it by one OF the elder Hanions who lie
has1e nd