New-York tribune., 1871-11-04
THE DRAMA.
STAGE AND MANAGER.

sole object here and there an TO make
money. As matter OF right and duty they are under
the most distinct and positive obgat TO consider the
public good quite as much they consider their own
| Individual prosperity In other words, when man
assumes TO mako use Of Of the arts as means OF
business he 10 WELD an educational power. He
he knows MOTTO influence the
public morals and the public thought. Herein, accord
ingy he incurs responsibility much broader, and much
more important than that which Ia incurred in other bust
ness pursuits The duties OF honesty honor true
rest with inexorable and equal force, upon an workers
u all branches OF industry. But IL Is thing to sell
| boots and another thing to disseminate IDEAS and
emotions. The higher man ascends In the scale OF
labor, the moro exactng do his duties become toward
| the human writer Of novels for examples
Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, Tor Cooper-might per-
haps and personal emolument In writing stories oacu-
lated to vitate public morality and retard debsse the
intellectual gOwth OF other people. But, II he wrote
such books, he would be guilty Of crme and t would
be defense for him TO say that be made money by IT,
Intellectual mon have right to make money by the
prostitution OF their talents The same conscientious
ness,-but broader, higher, and fner-which bids an
honest tradesman sell but good arces enons upon
worker in the arts that he consider not merely what he
is to receive for his work, but what the effect OF that
work be upon the lives and destnes OF the human
beings to whom 1t is addressed and whom it is likely to
mold Theatrical Managers say, stand In this prcdca
mcnt. Thoughts and feelings the they deal in
|
heavy burdens to bear, they asoand most solcmny
bound to consider the morals and the taste OF the COM
munty. The manager who aims at money, to the lgnor
ing of everything else Is disgrace to his calling and
Il social pest and nuisance. To him, to the Witches
fair is foul and foul is fair" Such contemplate
to the strong, but dangerous to tho weak There are, 1t
may he added, many kinds Of occupation in which very
little Is TO be considered excepting dollars and cents No
person Is compelled to assume the management OF II
hcater the direction OF any form OF artistic or educa
tonal influence. II he deliberately makes choice OF it,
and does It, he takes 1t with all It's ncumbranccs
and the greatest OF these moral and intellectual duty
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Mr.. Charles Rcade's play of Griffith Gaunt,"
based his wc-knOwn novel Of that name, has been
acted at Leicester England under the authors personal
supervision.
Mr.. Howard Paul has produced drawing
room version Of Fra DayOO" at the Queens Han, ,
Liverpool, in which The author MRS Mrs Howard Paul. MISS
1t is intimated that a comic opera or musl-
cal burlesquc by local author will shortly be brought
forward at the St. James Theater Miss Annie LonSdale'
will appear there about the goth inst.
Mention is made of the prospective opening
of yet another heaer. It's site is the corner
OF Thirdave. and Thirty.fourth-st.. on the latter
thoroughare and its attraction will consist OF varieties
Edwin Booths engagement at the Boston
Theater has proved in the highest successful and
M M END S the Sea @ cG S m an 'hs Of
than 1000 pers0ns
This week. at Davenport's Chestnut-st. The
ater Philadelphia has been devoted to "Hamet| @ "AieT
has n THs Ts
Loves Sacrifice" st Mare VIA Oats' Damon
Ado About Nothing" This l.. noticeable as an uncCm-
monty strong ana very worthy uemons'aion vi "ic-
glance to the legitimate drama,
A. rhodaora w Noiobon 10 tho outbor of
onroc, r nsy raIIcd rbe Wafs Of NewYoTk" which,
we are advised may be expected shortly to find place on
the s 1t is SnS e Rrn @ Miss Si Kate Rsynd
m hn Ts{ Of tbe peSe Mr. Mes6an has been
=" octe5 % With tbe mctr"npIitan nross for mauy years
and has doubtless surveyed his subject with extended
impcled him to handle sensational materials in refined
manner
7 Inst nro 3ono tour Of the chef theacrs in Ire
land She lately gave two public readings
N he %SS to
RoGsdrt, in the English provincial tleaers A drama,
brood" announced at the LONDON surrey Th"at"r.
Its title is The Mystery of CiGsleram" Congr'ves
London Ciaiety.
A. u,or,-ol1o ,,,ooo.. &c npo
In view or tne remarkaDle success or h-
years ago Ivaahoe" was produced at Covent Garden
Theaer IN iSI & HpFEs M gT NJ Pn @ b ~ w
Emery az irar TTsk Mr. G FeEFen M F ss Isaac q Ior
miss rT9 as @ The sa Ms FqTsf d S
although had the great "a advsGaSe OF Ksans saGe t
to deal too VIZ freely % with the % original % text At Assys
"Tvanhoe" was long stock piece in times when the
equestrian drama" possessed the theater.
u,,., I,.. q cb;oooo ,rool,,v contains
A. HdRpg noTTs, H. nat h dIx tar ina th
tne i9L9"lns lhe t mos GaS.y iaUe Is inc
play ois P1s'ou % aHt ~ % u, m tE se @ an
nents Lor .o WE T M ioae 80 - IousT, ouS
orE the snot Where once stood the Grand Onera Hnse
afn tne sPTs mtee M Go a. ,Lon % % WE M
Dearborn Theater the German Theater Farwe Hail. or
any OF our large naiis, Spe @ Pes VI smoluerng runs
The GLOBE Iheaer, III te west DIVISION VIII at once De
reopened and, we are informed mas been leased by
McVcker q Myers MT. McFcKer, WIN ms accustomed