New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-22
THE DRAMA-MUSIO.
THE DRAMA.
PLEASING THE PEOPLE,

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| n Z. a 660in,.on doctrno-and, carried 10 OF.
tromes II has led to ~ lhe evils by which tho stage Is
| hammered and the drar6a deiled-tbat managers OF
,beaers must give the people what tbey want" Or In
other words must abdicate all intellectual iuhcohs anu
make their establishments mere maTts Pi Trade seHs
enteytninment "a the grocer sells pickles How iai7s
this docfrne Is when not suitably qualified, ana no"
perncious IN its consequences, oil observant ana 'nR
Ing people are aware I: would be folly indeed 20 urge
that theaers ough always 10 DO kept up TO the 7haHoS
pearean standard That u impraGtcabe and 10 IS un
desirable Plays inferior TO those OF Shakespeare arc
nevertheless good and entitled 10 theli pa'e y"
the stage. Scue attention. moreover, must M"uy' 10
paid to the state and needs OF the public mind by the
manager who would succeed. But there Is a Clefip
perceptbo line where difference 10 the popular 1a9'o
must stop. Tho manager Of theater cXoiciooa an eau
catona art aud Therefore bound 20 respect other con
sideraticns than thnt Gng his pocket Tie act mat
a considerable portion OF the play-going popniace
my happen 10 crave prurieDt drama, Hhe
Camille" an indecent exhibition. such d'
some OF the pestifcr0us British Blondes have occasionally
furnished Is not justification for his nIinsisrng TO
that taste TO cater for all tho desires OF the multitude
IA simply to wallow morcenary greed end shameful
ain How low a public entertainer might descend, In
carrying this doctrine OF giving the peopo wba they
want may pCzbaps be coujeC,rcd from the fact That
there really are pcOpe-and good many 1i Jhen-wno
enjoy seeing certain English ruaan eat live rats The
policy Of mana cement which, within tho last few years.
has brought forw the New York stage somo OF The
most foul and vicious spectaGies that ever dsdod JHe
thcacr and insltted decent public, would equally
Justify the exhibition Of this loatisone eater of VeFmn
lie roo Is what the people want AT leash recent
English sporting paper announces his presence NJ RAMS
gate sands and says that unless steps arc taken
TO check his filthy proceedings. visitors 10 tha popular
watering glaco Will DO annoyed by him Throughout INC
season." Aud the 5ame writer, promising that TINS
ruian il an old offender. and must have received en-
c0uragemeut 9f n marked kind" INDUCES IN tho moue-
rate reflection which doubt not viii be generally ap
proved that 10 is surely somewhat OF repr0aoh that
an Englislman exists who bites of the heads OF i've
rats. splits them up with lis teeth and waowa in the
enfas while an appreciatyc audience cheers the WI
lain grinnng at tho!a with mouth fun Of blood ana
harw
DRAMATIC MOTIFS.
There viii he MatinGcs to-day Of NiDiOs.
the Olympic, and Lima Eiwn'5 rheater.
Mr. and Mrs Bandmann are residing, for the
Summer, AZ Manuel, Rocliand County. y. I
Mr.. Charles Koppitz and bis band, from the
Boston Globe TheaeT are giving musical entertainments
90 Newport, T.. /.
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett has been visiting Mr.
John f. Ovens a. The country residence Oh 'n' iA'i
The Fantasies Parisicnnes. from Berlin,
have appeared at the London Gaiey Tncater, Ia " La
ChausOn de FortuniO," by Ofenbach.
Mr.. VOeghtlin, now of NIblo's Garden, will.
the Globe Tnester, Boston, next
MIR. Charles Wyndbam, who has been in
EewYOr Tor several days, started Tor Ccago ye1ter
day, ~ reion his comedy company, which is no" per-
forming there.
1t is remarked, as a token of waste, that the |
New opera House. IN London built on the site OF the !
one that burned has been finished nearly two years
and still remains untenanted
The manager of the New Varieties Thelter
comedans, Etc. with tho extraordnary ntmaton that,
away"
The cOrner-stOne of the New Gaiety Theater,
in Dublin, has been laid the Lord Mayor oiciating
irontins on south Kinss. and having depth Of 1873
King-st is So feet, in TangierIane 70 feet.
The 28th dramatic season at the Boston |
Museum which closed on the 9th OF July, included oj6
performances Mr. Robert Craig with bnrlesque con-
dranatit entertainment that Boston now enjoys-Dan
BTyant's Ministries are at tho Globe Theater.
We learn that Mr., Florence, the popular
comedian. has purchased MIR FsiC0uors new play OF
Eileen Oge" paying &c 0O0 In gold and has Likewise
agreed 20 pay MIR Boneican $1,000 IN g9I for new
United states on the 18th Of August he Is now IN Boz
hcma.
The only important New-Yorll thcaters that
arc open Nallacs, hibo's. the olympic, and
Lima Edwlns Al Waaoks, the visitor sees Br BOuei-
cauts "Ehe;" at Niblo's play called Across the
Coutincnt;" at the Olympic play called Schneider"
and at Lima Elwn's Performance on Swiss Bells, by
are a5o to be met With here and there This period
however, is the literal Sahare Of the dramatic year
We clip this interesting item nom London |
eXchangc "The dramatic Of the inhabitants OF
Upper Bavaria which has gained n worldwide celebrity
by means the passion plays of Oberammergau, has |
Geen lately employed in one the mountain villages, to
welcome the returning soldiers The arrangements |
were very simple The people Of the village formed
chorus similar to that OF the classical tragedy The
turning soldiers. after tie other, repeated poems,
detailing tho principal events OF tho war, and at the
close OF each the sang of the popular Of
the country, which harmonlzed in feeling with the I'M
preston made by the preceding poem The nrst scene
represented the departure OF the soldiers from their
home the last their 10 IL. Between the two
Ia,rf Ia vi oflUhf
Paris and Orleans. The idea org inaed among tho viii
layers aud was executed by them alone"