New-York tribune., 1870-09-08
DR1M1TIC 1FFAIRS.

The great pressure of important war news
upon our columns has compelled delay in the
publication of divers articles of local interest.
Several dramatic topics, among other things,
have had to await attentiOn-nOtably the Per
formance of "Julius Casarn at NiblO's Gar
den, which presents such combination of
good actors as has seldom been paralleled here
in the last fifteen or twenty years. This sub
ioct is discussed in another column. The re-
markable success made by the simple device
of uniting several good actors in the present.
alton of good play will, perhaps, encourage
the managers to repeat the experment-to
public profit no less than their own. We be-
lieve that one first-class theater could be made
abundantly successful the year round, with
such a company as Messrs. Jarrett g. Palmer
have Organized-for only one week. And such
an enterprise is wanted. We have good
comedy companies, but we have no suit
able organization for tragedy. The
star system in theaters-a natural and
unavoidable consequence of the natural
self-assertion of superior ability, as also
of the ambition to acquire riches speedily
has, for a long time past, blocked the way to
the formation of such a company. This sys-
tem--a legacy of Elliston, by the way-shOws,
however, some signs of weakness AT any
rate, the number of artists who can now starr
successfully, in New-York, is very small, and
is constantly decreasing. Possibly the time is
not far off when the public-in this city, at
least-will demand something more than one
good actor amid pile of sticks, and will stay
away from the theaters unless that demand be
complied with. A single good writer is not
enough for newspaper. A single good painter
is not enough for a National Academy. We
do not see why a single good actor should be
regarded as enough for the theater. Mr. Wal
lack, we should not omit to acknowledge, has
steadily, and for years, pursued the right policy
in this matter. His theater has always had a
good stock cOmpany-and sometimes it has
not been merely good, but positively
brilliant. And the community has, there
upon, accepted his theater as the leading
comedy theater of the country, and has con-
trlbuted to its substantial and continuous sue
| cess Here, too, is an example worth cOnsid
ering In other quarters, likewise we are glad
to notice disposition to be wise and liberal,
rather than wholly mercenary, in the conduct
of theatrical affairs. This superb enterprise at
Niblo's, brief thoughts duration be, sOne among
several tokens that the claims of intellect and
culture are not to be wholly neglected, in the
dram'aic season which is opening around us so
briskly and 80 cheerfully. True, the phan-
toms of Opera Bouffe, Bare-legged Burlesque,
and Ilnseled Spectacle loom up over the
horizon, and are advancing to meet us. The
Calf always has its worshipers, and there
will be no lack of Calf to be worshiped
But, on the other hand, we are promised
sight and hearing of some of the best actors
and singers in the world. Several of
them are with us already. More are to
come. Jefferson can be seen nightly
The fine combination already mentioned offers
itself at Niblo's. Booth will return about
Christmas. Janauschek is about to appear in
English tragedy. Seebach and Nilsson are
speeding to us over the seas. Mr. Fechter we
dare say, viii find time to shoot from
his Bostonian orbit, and illumine our skies be-
fore the season is over. Miss Glyn will
presently embark from London Mr. Wallack
has marshaled clan of bright spirits for
comedy. MIR. Days ghtterng host is ready
for the same tield-the same, that is, with a
difference, for Mt one house we shall see the
lions of England, and at the other the lilies of
France. Mrs. Scott-Siddons-a young actress
upon whose future career the lovers of art
rest many hopes-has come back TO US, in the