The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-23
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
The City Amusements.

AT THE WALNUT Boucicaults drama of
Iyter aver Dar6 will be performed this afternoon
Ar THE ARCH Daly's drama Of 4 Flash Of
Ltghtntn0 will be given for the last time this
OF zt1st1h NJ Wto% % Will be ~ prodHced with %SSS new
scenery, costumes etc. One reason why Shake
speare's plays so often fail to attract good audi.
ences Is that they are put upon the stage in q
slovenly style, with the characters filled mp by
actors who take no pains to represent them ade-
qnately, and the representation of the leading
role by "star" constituting the sole attraction.
All of the characters In Shakespeare's plays are
ofimportance, and in the vast majority of in
stances lovers of the drama would rather have
lalr performance OF an entire play than for
Wehr on ogan1 tSer sp ysry
entertaining comedy; IL has not been worn out
by too frequent performance and for very
many 1t will be as much of a novelty as the
latest London Importation If placed upon the
stage with as much care as was bestowed upon
a FtdSh Of lightning and other trashy pieces,
and If the characters are well sustained
throughout as we anticipate that they Will be,
GtCeyth'Ni0ht ought to be the hit of the season.
AT THE THEATRE CoMIQUE Miss Susan Cation
and troupe will appear this afternoon and
evening in La Rose de ST. FeT and Ltschen and
The Chestnut Street Theatre has been taken
ny this troupe, and they Will open there on the
list of February with increased forces In the
meantime the theatre Will be renovated and
made as comfortable as possible. Miss Susan
GaltOn has steadily won her way to public
favor, and II she succeeds at the Chestnut, IL will
be no more than her merits deserve Her
creased and improved, for the standard OF ex-
cellence demanded by the public advances in
proportion to the increased size of the house.
The press of the city kss very generally en-
.dorsed what we have said about the failure of
the Chestnut Street Theatre as a popular re-
sort. There can be no doubt in the mi nd OF
any theatre-goer who has been In the habit OF
attending there that an entire reconstruction
of the interior of the house is the first thing
necessary to make 1t attractive. The alteration
of the auditorium however, will have but little
effect unless the establishment is entrusted to a
competent manager. AS has repeatedly been
remarked, the Chestnut has the best location of
any theatre in the city, and II 1t is altered so
dienee, there Is very little doubt but that
1t Will pay, and pay well. Two theatres are not
enough in this city, ana the sooner the work of
recOnstructing the Chestnut Is commenced the
better IL will be- In the meantime Miss Galton
proposes to try her fortunes there, and we hope
that she will have no OCCASION before she gets
house."
AT THE AMERICAN variety performances will
be given this afternoon and evening.
CARL SENTZ' and Mark Hassler's Orchestra
will perform at Musical Fund Hall this after
noon.
DIR. j. F. BoYNToN delivered the third lecture
OF his course last evening at Concert Hall. The
subject was "The Introduction of Animal Life
upon our Planet" The lecturer explained the
geological theories on this subject by means OF
large number of beautiful microscopic views.
On Monday evening DIR. Boynton will deliver
Beds"
THE third and fourth of the series OF popular
lectures under the auspices OF the Teachers
Institute will be given at Concert Hall on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings, January 26
and 28, by DR.. f. g. Lemercier. Tnese lectures
will be illustrated by "Clast1c models" made
to show: the anatomical structure and physi-
OIogy of man and animals. The subject of the
lecture on Tuesday evening will be "The Struc-
general manner, and compared with the prin-
eipal claeses OF animals. Tickets can be pro-
cured at Trumpler's, No. 926 Chestnut street.