New-York tribune., 1870-01-31
THE DRAMA.

that shall be- Changes OF bill win be made at the oy
pic and the Tammany In the former theater MI foN
will pcrsonate Apv,ss@ab Sleek and Tobias Shortcut IN
the hitter Mn Grover will bring out new ouIoSq"''
caEed The Seven" Elsewhere, however, 6ttraeuohs
already familiar TO the public will continue to invite ana
repay attention Mr.. Booth will play Hd"''eL hr wal
lack viii ayiChac0te, in "OuTs.' MI techer "' t'"I
LGqsyslegC Miss Olive Logans surf VIII be onereu
mighty q; The Fifth Avenue. The brilsh hohucs win
ro,rp making merry at Woods Museum. Hash wlll
a, served ,p as usual by the San Francisco MInsues
and unfostunate Billy Button will continue 10 nae, az
sbe Circus on that troublesome excursion ci MS 10 tue
sown of Breptford Those, therefore who depend ior
~amuserent upon outside OF themselves nave
verge enough for among substantial ana geheI"y
--norn-rlous entertainments
Thn violent storm which prevailed on saturday mareu
fherEceess of most OF the Matineos That at Booths
Theater though, largely attended In Mr. Booths
ee the public recognizes the spell OF true genius the
magnetic quality which fires the mnd and eapuyates the
heart Hence the strong hold which this personaon has
taken upon the regard OF the multitude, and hence
MAINLY the brilliant OF the present revival OF
the great tragedy. Next Thursday, by the way will be
the anniversary OF the opening Of Booths Theater wch
was naugurated he sd Of February 1869. Partman
glance at the year will not be ont OF place at present.
"Romeo and Juliet" with which the season was com
menced ran from February 10 April TO- and was repre-
sented 5s times Mr. Booth played RomeO Miss Mary
Mcvicker played Jul on the 18th OF April Mr. Booth
brought ont "Otho,o," with himself as Tie Moor and
Mr EdUin Adams as TqGo This tragedy ran TIL the 2'th
Of May. Uow sump,uously beth these plays were pre-
sen,ed our theatrical public well knows and Will long
remember. "Othello" was acted ~ times Mr Booth
then closed his personal engagement As an incident OF
worth remembering we that. Matinee on the 26th
Of May he read Byron's Manfred music TO which was
rendered 10y the Philharmonic Society. On the Slst OF
May Hir. Edwin Adams began distinct star engage
ment which extended to the 9st OF July In the course
OF that tine Nir Adams enacted claude NenoGe in THE
Lady OF Lyons - Nacissc in Mr. j. SchGnbergs adapta-
lion of the German drama OF that name; Raphael, IN
'The Marble Heart !" Rorer in "Wld Oats" and Enoeh
lrde Nine. de Marguerites play. so entiued-based
of course Tcnrysons poem On the 2d OF August the
greatest actor that has been secn IN our day. on tLe
American stagc-Mr. Joseph Jcfsrson-began seven
weeks engagement, as H,p Van WiHLie This superb
performance was repeated 80 times Mr. Jefersons en-
gagcinent closed the 18th of September Miss Bate
man then caue.-on the 2Oth-and, between that time
and the 27h OF November, she "a performances OF
Leah and &C OF Mary Warner. This star gave Saturday
Msiinees and did not appear on Saturday evenings.
Seven Of the latter filed up by Mr Arthur Matth
sons clever and successful dramatzaton OF " Enoch AT
deu the sailor being played by MI Theodore Ham
Il;on. few performances were also given OF MI Id
grave Simpsons s"Time and the Hour" On the Goth OF
November M HacRett appeared, as EaiStGg, in King
Henry the Fourth " this part he acted u times subse
oueuy he gave representations OF FalsGf in The
Merry Wives Of Windsor" His engagement terminated
on the 2jth OF December. Mrs. Emma Waller followed
on the HIth, as Meg Iff5WcSi IN - Guy MahheI4hR'
Eight consecutive performances Of this were given, and
20 the season was brought into the year On the h
ofJanuary 1870, Edwin Booth appeared Hamlet the
21st repetition Of which will be given tins evening As
Mr. Booth has acted Hamlet at Saturday Matinees and
not Saturday evenings, those evenings have oeenhed
by Mrs Walters Neg MeTilles 1t will be observed that
Mr. Booth has produced. within his first year Of manage
ent in the new theaer veof the plays Of Shakespeare
The other authors represented Sir Walter Scott, Sir
Edward Bulwer Lytton, Alfred Tennyson, Mosenthal,
Brachvoee Dion Boucicault, Tom Taylor Okeefe' ana
Parave Simpson not to mention two or three adapters
The intellectual caber Of the works presented need not
he asserted speaks for itself High purpose and
good taste have characterized the labor OF the year.
and have aoned many minor defects incidental TO
all theatrical institutions and experience
Among forthcoming novelties at this theater are Mr..
Mollenhauers Symphony, COlns's q" ode to the
Passions" and, we believe revival OF The Winters
Tale" Hamlet" however, will doubtless run along
successfully three months. Mrs Waller w!l,
probably some new characters on the satur-
day evenings. She is Of the actresses nowadays
who play in "The Duchess of Malh and there are many
we fancy who would be glad TO hern Websters fine,
though somber old tragedy. On the first five nights OF
this week by the way Mrs Waller will play Meg MGrteS
ut the Boston Theater.
Mr. walack announces that The School for Scandal
Will be played every Saturday evening until further
notice ms theater. II was tamely acted on the open
ine night Of the season, Tememberexcept on the part
OF Mr. GbeTt-but its representation has since then ac-
qured and begotten certain agreeable smoOthness and
vyacy very essential TO the proper performance OF such
a comedy Quite large audience heard the sparkling
dialogue Of sheridan. Saturday evening last
large that is for a wet night Miss HenriGues, who
acted Ldy Tod-ie threw uncommon spirit into her per
formance especially pleased the house by her pretty,
Grl,sh coquettish ways Mrs Phillips too, simple,
sweet, ara pleasing MGTiG--evncng a marked I'M
pToyement her first persOnation OF this little and
rather thansless part. Mr.. Gilbert as ST Itter was
radiant with involuntary humor. We dare say "Ihe
School Scandal" VIII remain the Saturday night at
tract!Cn for the rest OF Mr. Waacks brief re-
view Of that season may interest theatrical readers II
began the 18th Of September with 1.-The School for
Scandal" which was played ten times, when it gave
way--on the 27th Of scpember-to ROberson's comedy
Of Progress" In this piece, which was played y times
Miss Louisa Moore made very successful first appear
apce a; this thcater From the last mentioned date until
tie present tme there have been frequent changes OF
bill. IAN Unequal Match" brought out on the lltl
October ana has been played six times, first and last
Two scattering performances Of Progress" in
addition to tie y regular ones, are TO be
noted "The Heir at Law" brought out on
the h of October and between that date and the 9th OF
November il was iplayed five times. sui Waters Run
Deep"-Mr James ". Wallack as Nddm0y-was brought
forward on November and, up December Is
was played four times The first performance this season
OF the comedy Of Caste took place the 18th Of Octo
Der and fourth took place the 2Sb Of the same
month. RobertsOn's Home" in which Mr.. Lester Wal
lack made first appearaDces season, presented
sh Of November together with the fine old farce OF
a Regular Fix" twenty-five consecutive performances
OF tins bin given and it has since been thrice re-
peated Mr.. James W waack appeared on the 10th OF
November Henry Dunbar. in ITom Taylor's drama OF
that name and up December 9th had played IL four
tines Wonder" with Mr. Lester walack Don Felir,
was brought out the 9th of December, aud acted
four times between that and the 2Ah. Mr. Lester Waaek
appeared as the captain of the Watch and as Wood