New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-07
THE DRAMA.
THINGS IN GENERAL.

Local tIeatncai issues are, like D08befry's
prisoners, Oh Ina tale" Day after day one has 10 "A,
the samo words or 10 say nothing There Is "Eas" At
/ wallacE3 "schnaior" AZ tho Olympic and " Acro..
the Continent at NDlo's; ana elsewhen there /, ta .,
nothing. These topics we have previously discussed and
b tler. is no need oil dlmuab Iteration"
with respect TO eide" timely word o. notico M,
not here he mi-pl1"ei. This drama VII be acted only IN
The ord vi be present week Mr. 5Oddalt rellnopisi,
tho por OF tine wax-VOrk Snowman and Mr. IIalng,scI
succeeds him. 5uch of the humor Of the performance
| ret upon ibis character Next week Miss Thompson
ami her now company Of buIlesqIo performers. will an
pear in Biuc-Boari" Antcpsti0ls Of lovely and AM
mated spectacle have been widely propagated; ana "a
do not 1orbs hat buesquc WI be IT, beet state
| With reference TO tie Longevity Of "5chnelsr" AMI
"Arots ihc Continent" we Ise unable % speak VITA
precision. They a-a ..f' those pUHy and ,ck.y reyrfa
tons -po},cl Of nv A,s CqndsuJ which outiiye IN.
I0Duo.er virtues; ana we dsIo sag their time win DO
long no ,I. i1nL TIE olympic VIII De closed however
a. BOON asst sAsi .ir johnny Allen IN order 10 admit
W '.'r.iu fIa'-alt e.. JpT.s- ehc.rsas OF no
now "HHug,y DGup'v." This pal.omme viii D.,
produced abo1J Aay. q, when TIE regular seasoa
begins, Tt" nrw company IS expected here IN
the 10Th by r.c C.y of london, though some Of
iis members win aui.o Later Ar Hayes IS at wor', Os
tho s'ea ~. So expense, we are olt wiz be spared. -
produce "Hump.y Dlmpty" Iva m4il.I Gar 3uIp4,slg
TIE original and al previous efforts. NJ O.. j. Fox u.
Of course De the Cl1rn. His brother Mr. e. K P0r
tcn' from Europe arc tho following: signorin,
Bsrtyiu and SIG. Mor0nlO, from tho Tho.
atrcs Ia Scala, Milan, and Carlo Felce, Gtuos.
Ail". Aey1odrow1, from he Imperial o. eater 81 Pc.
tcf,bnrg; the wonderful Martin Family from Paris anI
Berlin; tine Original French Grotesques, tho "ZgZlgs'
four IN number in their eccentric sensation entitled The
Insects" Young AdoAI5 aud Little Venus" two Chi
dren four ami two years and lalf old, who perform
the vconpedc; -'rDor Clsecli; ami The famous Nh ~
troupe incl'Inyttc brothers InIc aud Bolos,y Hanob
amt her sister; company a. out % ia number, vlthN
premiere danseuses
The regular season 10 N!blo5 will begin With W. J. K
Emmett IN ht character OF IFiiz-a boon for which Jhs
public win wait With perfect patience. Il must watt W
believe, TIL September Meantime Loua Will have ap
peared at Booths Iieat,r; and The plans Of all thi
houses pcctne the next regular season-wl hays
been matured and disclosed
Some important facts are known already We are ~
zee Mr. BanImanu In "Esrci-se," at the Giand Opera
House on the 4th Of next month where, also, Mss Mly
Palmer Cirs. EaDdman1 viii make her first appearance
in America Dr. Bgndmann will also II is intimated
play as NcpL5fopbclcS-a part In which no has won espo
cial distinction and IS likely that he will enact JaspT
IN Hr. T. c. De Icons drama Of that NAME based on
Dicken5s fgamcnary novel Of the Mystery oil bd"lh
brood" We 10 Mr. sothern, at Nblos IN round
of his special characters He will follow Mr. Emmett
Charles .hews viii come again, also-but whore
We do not learn lie could not DO better perhaps 'n"h
once more TO iuminatc,wih that Wit ana spil Sl's'
which allow neither GOODNESS nor deca!,-lhe coHS u'
elegant little Fifth Avenue. Mr. FecAtsr' 1t seems cor
tain, viii establish himself at what was ia'ey 'no fou
teenth street Theatcr, where, Of course, he VIII BE-
warmly welcomed By numerous admirers Mt Lester
Waac Il not likely 70 act sooner than January but ne
yotares of his heater may confidently expect 10 be re-
called between now and Christmas with the best OF new
English plays and the rpest and Richest VI the Old como
dies.
The most important announcement Of ALL however, hsl
can now be definitely made Is that Of the rcappearanca
of Charlotte Cushman. This Will be effected at Booths
Theaer about the middle OF September or little later.
Mis- CusBman will appear as queen Katharine in Shake
speares Hcnry VIII" and az later period IN her en-
gascmcnt viii enact Lazy Macbeth Size has been long
time absent from the stage and from the country bu
neither absence nor tie lapse Of time has dmmed he,
| famc-and we do not doubt that. she VIII
receive an aciouatc welcome back again 10 the tbcatei
| OF her native land MI. William C.eswck, we arc
glad 10 state VIII also appear at Booths Ihcater in con-
junction with Miss Cushman. playing Cdrd'Ha! b00SJ
and M1cj6b. We call to mind no actor who pursues IVA
profession IN a refined spirit or with maner eng
nifty than have marked the career of MI CFes"cA ana
II seems certain that the intellectual portion Of our pub
lie viii kindly greet and sincerely enjoy the achieve
mcnts Of this gentle and thoughtful artist.
At the close OF the cnga cement OF Miss Cuslman ana
Mr. Crcswck comedy Will prevail at Booths. IN The per
son OF Ir. John L. owens whose name Is the synonym
of mirtl. Later in the season Mr soOth himself VIII
Caesar" is likewise promised with Mr.. Booth as Bruus
Mr. Barrett CGSSius and il is hoped Mr. Creswck on
Mr.. Montgomery as Mark antony Miss Maggie Mitchell
to appear this heacr, toward the end Of March. as
FaHeioH. AhapPier performance than this-one mora
various, OF substantial qualities or more inviting
and promising reatures-it would be very dhcult 10 de-
wise with reference to the organization OF the stock
company at Booths Theater are yet, without III.
| formation.
Hisa fact worthy OF remark that many Of tho prom
nuy dstiu yi-hed dramatic aud musical artists on ths
STAGE viii be in New-Yerk next seson. The names Of
/ Booth, wallack Mathews, Ftchter sothern, Bandmsnn
Rarrett, CreswicB, Charlotte Cushman, owens, Mont
comery. Gilbert Fox Maggie Mitchell, Nilsson, Pareps
! Rosa Kellogg aud Nile. Raab (Shom Mr.. Grau viii
bring over late in the season, we are now adysedl
may be mentioned ofhand by way Of example In thess
we see promise of goodly day" for art in this commu'
nifty and for the culture and innocent pleasure u tha
/ public.
FOREIGN DRAMATIC ITEMS.
| Heller, the magician, is at Melbourne, Aus
/ trlia.
! Mr.. Walter Montgomery appeared at The
London Gaiey Iheater Oh the 3lst OF July Last Monday
Joan of Are at the Queens Iheateri hit
/ been acted hundred iines-With Nj. and Ms h'U''
/ in the CHIEF parts.
Mile Rita Sangalli,-wbose nimble Caper,
have often been seen on ihe My YORK sag, CI'
! Marie Wilton's revival of "0urs," az ne
Prince of waless Theater has been very succeSsu-''
fayoute comedy having passed is 2OOth performance
The American comedian, Mr. John :. Clarke,
made his reappearancc the Strand Theater London
on the 2gth uli, IN. PangoSs, IN Ihe hclta Law
! Mr.. l.. J. Seton accompanies Mrs. john
Wood and her theatrical troupe IN elr lnes,n. proes
sona tour OF the English provincial heaters as BUSINESS
/ manager.
Mr.. and Mrs Howard Paul took Denent.
at TIE strand Thoatcr, London On tht HSIi. % c
20 making their last appearance ln LONDON '"'' '"
| MIR. and Mrs RoWshy acted, ON tbs tc.a''oA
The ST. James Theater, London (AIS. JOIN JOIN
Woods is 10 he rcopencd september aV, WI M,
Sir Jules Benedict VIII conduct his own Woih, ~ i
/ nf Killarney" Mr. sims Reeves VIII pay MgtSNu'
:" |anNs Miss Rose IIersee will be the Ely OC0Rn1
Te rnmpany will include besides Etntse altl'lS, mlS'
Blanche cole Madame Florence lAElA' MI u'''s' ie'
! ZEN and Mr.. Nordbiom.