The New York herald., 1870-02-10
MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES

Nine. Ristori Is playing In Florence, Italy.
The Zavistowski Sisters are burlesqung In San
Francisco. SO Is troupe or Japanese.
Miss Laura Keene closes her engagement Ia Wash
ington this week. ON Monday next she takes ''Our
American Cousin" to Richmond.
Another change OF bill last evening at the Park the.
atre Brooklyn, drew almost as large crowd as on
the night previous The programme for this evening
embraces 'Ireland AS 1t Was" aud the "Rough Dia-
mond.n
Up to the present time only four "Hamlets- at off
ferent In this city announced for next
Monday evening This is really too bad, Messrs.
Managers. Can't you make Hamlet" Tor once al;
over town?
Frank Mayo Will endeavor to terrlfy the stoical
Buialonans this evening with "A Flash OF Light
ming"
the citizens Of Louisville tonight with ''The
POstilliOn Of LOnjumean.'
John Brougham Is still flashing his t'Red Light'
for the amusement OF the un01endmg br0adbrims
Rose and Harry Watkins are illustrating the true
story OF ''TrOdden DOWN. at Albany this week for
the benefit OF our ard-hearted legislators
Kate Bateman introduced poor heart broken
Orleans on Monday night.
Mr. Robert McWade is endeavorlng to rip poor
skip Van Wlnkle for the amusement OF the unfeei-
ing Baltimoreans
sOur Cousin GermannJ j. K. Emmett viii spie,en in
English language is almost as pure as Mr. FecSters.
"Ihe Happiest Couple Out'-Piuto Lingard and
Eurydice Dunnlng-are "Out WeStu harmOnZinE
the natives. This evening they Will drop into Louis.
vile with some 'sketcaes" and q burlesque.
Mr. Barry Sullivan has been obliged to give up mis-
| effort TO uphold 'the intellectual drama" at tho
H0lbOrn theatre, London. The season has termi-
mated and SAID to nave cost HIM little less than the
heavy sum OF 5000. The fact Is the English public
very little about the sOcalled intellectual drama
nowadays. The scene painter, the burlesqus
writer and actresses with short petlcOats the
Oniy powers by which English managers may hope
TO attract audiences large enough to pay.
Says the London Musical WOrid-"Some Partisan
electrician has developed brilliant idea He clcc-
trlfes singers Just before they gO on" and they
| hre-all derived from the battery at SO much per
| shock. Thus the work Of the manager becomes
simple; as he depends for light the gas company.
he will henceiOrIh depend Tor the life and vig0r OF
his operas on some new electrifying company con-
tracing to do the work nightly. Vocal genius VIII
be laid down in wlres and turned on or on as re.
quired-the charge 30 much per Grisi.p0w
II the singers do not sing well the gallery will know
thar The manager Is stDgy or has funds; or that.
through dispute with the company, the electric
supply Is cut OF. But III Is true-ifb brilliant singing
can be bought for cash-why not extend the princi-
peY Could not sublime and startling Orat0ry bo
distributed IN 'malns all over the land with con-
Meeting pipes, and OF course meters TO every town
hall and assembly rOOmY Could not even hostess
secure certain amount OF electricity to enitven .
dull dinner partyust as now she secures table or
naments and buys nOwersf And, before all and
above all, could not the 1905 dull pulpits IN the
land--the total nuber OF puipts beng 20, 000-be
electrified. so that the plague OF sleepy sermons
might fnaity be exorctsedr