The New York herald., 1870-01-17
MUSICAL AVID THEATRICAL NOT Is.

fully spasmodic. There 10 denying the fact that
as Ruy Bias, the playgoers OF this city have been
somewhat disappointed In Mr.. Fechter. The pre-
liminary putYs and paragraphs OF "his friend, Mr.
Dickens led US to expect too much; yet we cheer
fully accord tn Mr.. Fechter the merit Of being great
actor-great In action and earnestness. "Only this
and nothing more" He has not great stage pres.
ence neither is he great reader nor has ne great
voice but he Is nevertheless really what "his friend"
Mr.. Dickens In ut or admiration styles hlm--"a
pictorial actor" IL may be, however, that Mr.
Fechtcr Is holding himself In reserve for Hamlet,
or Lagadere or some other Of his favorite roles IN
any OF which he may yet "astonlsh the natiyes.'
We also regret TO say that Mr. Fecbter wretchedly
supported. Besides HIMSELF Aliss Le Ciercq, Mr..
Bangs and Mr.. Sheweli there IL not a solitary In
dtvldual IN the piece deserving OF special mention.
The scenery, too, fash and faulty. In the second
act where the Princess hands one OF her maids
purse OF money to throw out OF the window to her
poor subjects who are supposed to be below In the
street. the thing Is accomplished without the win
dow being raised or 80 much rs even one pane Of
glass broken. How2 Why, slmpy by some h0cns-
pocus known only to the maid In question. The win:
dow Is painted on mat" and neither be raised
or opened in any other manner.
"Hamlet," )" with Mr. Edwin Booth In tho title role,
on next Wednesday evening Will enter upon the
third week Of is success at Booths theatre. With
Mr.. Booths new rendering Of the part OF "the melan-
choly Dane" wh!ch Is admirably illustrated with
elaborate and magnificent scenery, the piece bids
fair to enjoy as long. and doubtless more profit
able run than 1t did some few years ago at the old
Winter Garden. or Mr. Booths acting we have
already spoken and need only here rciterate our
conviction that he now y, beyond DOUBT the ac
cepted ''Hamet' OF the American stage no matter
" wnat may De ms oi faults or snoreSmngs
k,rk
Booth's theatre Is much stronger, upon the
whole, than the one at NiblO's Garden. IL
zone star dramasi is passed. inc puoc now de-
mand that even the most subordinate characters Ia
play shall be aoy sustained. II not they so0a
withdraw their patronage This thing OF having the
"star" poorly supported, the better 10 snow on hrs
or her line points, Ii like setting y diamond ON
The revival or the military drama 'tOursn ar
Wailack's has proved trump card Tor tho manage
ment ana ~ attracting large audiences the piece
Is handsomely mounted and strongly cast nearly all
Of the old Iavories sustaining their original parts
1t VIII be presented every evening during the week
will be given instead. The drama OF ''I.ost at
sea-" Is underlined at this house ana will be brought
out ut an early day.
olive Logans nonscnslcal jumble of supposed
local scenes and incidents purportiag, as Uer pro.
gramme. to be a comedy ana entitled surf or SUM-
mer Scenes Ut Long Branch" Is attracting fair
audiences ut the titth Avenue theatre. The man
agement has dressed tue piece with appropriate
scenery and has gwen 1t the advantage OF a slgong
ana excellent cast. The piece Is ludicrous vet
amusing witnal, but might Just as well be termed
Scenes at C0ney isiand-0r anywhere else for that
matter, as Scencs NJ Long Branch" An adaptation
OF ''krOuFrou' the late,t Parslun sensation, ls Ia
active preparation al this theatre.
Wnie the forthcoming new sensational pantomme
Is being licked INTO peseEtable shape at Tue olympic
theatre Mr.. Humpty Dumpty Fox Will endeavor 10
alnuse and delight his patrons with round vi
edy chaructcrs-tne same, In 1act IN which hQuyears
ago made decided hit on the east side of tom. 1t
Is almost needless to say that Mr. Fox - quite as
much ut home In comedy as In pantomime. This
evening he appears III Two Of his most popular Char
acters-namey, Paul Pry, and as Jaques strop IN
Pluto Lingald and Eurydlcc Dunnng-"the hap
ptest couple out'-having Ievanled on SATURDAY
evening TO Washington the task OF kccplng the per-
1Ormances at tue Grand Opera House from nagging
until Jim Jubnee, Jr's forthcoming spectacular
spurge, ''rho Twelve Temptations,' Is ready for
PAU and MISS Nuily Peirs. TINS piece VIII be pro-
duced on next Monday evening. Meantime the Paus
will favor us win lnelr proean entertainments and
the comedy Of "David Garrick.O
At the BOwcry lncatre the new spectacular comic
pantomime, entllied 'Buck BUCK How Many
nornsy" win De produced for the nrss time tn!s
evening. This piece nus been many months in pre-
paratOn, and Is TO be given upon scale OF gran
deur never before attempted on the east sue Of
town. All OF the scenery aud costumes VIII DC en-
TREY new. and strong company has been engaged
to do the piece Justice.
'Cardin Giants" are lying IN state at Woods Mu-
scum ana il u very dinicult to tell one from the
other. They are not twins however, and large re-
ward Is about ~ be o1ered for whoever can tell
which IL winch, or, In other words which IL the
original and which the bogus. In addition to the
giants tue regular dramatic performances viii be as
heretofore. Tue Duresque ''WlthOut . Name" will
constitute the attraction ct the matinees, and
"lxiOnf will be given in the evening"
Tammany otherwise known as 'the great Wig
wam" or 1.-The Church OF the Holy Sachen," still re-
jOices Ia large congregations VINO take the greatest
deligh ht In witnessing the sports Of bad Dickey.n
fail minstrel company ana "Punch and Judy"
show are also part OF the here offered
new spectacular sensation. entitled "Tne Seven, ,"
is announced at this establishment Tor speedy pro.
duction
comic opera entitled ''rhe Virginia Cuplds,v Is
nounced lor this evening" IN addition to which there
will be necromancy by - professor grand Ballet
and other sights worth seeing.
At the Wavcrlcy theatre varieties entertainments
are also the order o the night, anu are attracting
rhtther large audiences. good programme Is
offered for this evening, including Messrs. Taylor
and sylvester III number VI their peculiar special
tles
Tony Pastor. as usual, announces another new
local drama By the irrepessiDie Poole for thus even
ing, at Ills Opera House III The Bowery. The piece
is called "a DAY central PARK" but IS said to
have no resemblance to "Ihe Central PARK" AS pro-
duced at Wallacks.
Good progran mes are offered for the current week
both at Bryans the san Francisco Minstrels. At
the former the great 'shoo, n.y. song and dance i5
stl the sensation and at the latter tue shadow pan
tomlme OF Hasa" AZ b0th the customary Ola
podrida OF fun, music and nonsense VIII be given.
At the New York Circus the little fairy spectacle
OF "CInderela,n enacted by troupe OF Sixty itc
children Will be continued Tor another week. Horse
manship ana acloDauc acts Will also form part Of
the entertainment.
Miss johanna summons win give grand concert
at Apollo Hall on next saturday evening, upon
which occasion she VIII be assisted by number OF
well known arJstes. fI
Mme DE Lussan gives her annual musical s0reo
at Stetnway Hall this ,eyeninR. Among the artists
supportin. her - the young pianist kawalski.
Anna Mehli.'s frst concert Will be given NJ Stein
way Hall on Wednesday evening.
Inc first glee and madrigal concert VIII be given
at Steinway Hall tomorrow evening, Mr.. James A.
Johnson conducting.
Mile Gueretti formerly Of opera oours at the
Theatre Francois, takes q complimentary benefit al
DOdw0rth Hall on Saturday evening"
The ArOn Society VIII repeat the opera OF "Der
Frescnutz" at the Academy Of Music on Friday
evening.
Mr. T. Juignet takes benefit at the Theatre Fran
CATS on Saturday evening. when one OF Rochefort's
pieces Will be enacted.
Mr.. George vandennOn gives the third aud last Of
his course OF readings at the hall OF the Young Mems
Christian Association tomorrow evening.
Miss Clara T. Norris makes her debut rs reader az
the Union League theatre on Wednesday evening.
At the Park theatre, Brooklyn, Mr.. John Brougnam
this evening enters upon the third week OF his en-
Uoy ha I3fA