The New York herald., 1871-03-07
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

BOOTHS THEATRE.-"Much Ado About Nothing y
that iavorte and most sparkling OF all the comedies
OF fhe divine William. given at this house last
| evening before an audience hardly exceed In num-
bers or quality by that Of Rip Van Wrinkles last
| benefit, The cast included Mr. Booth as Bcnedick,
Mr.. sheridan as Claudio Mr.. Barrett as Don Pedro,
Mr. Plton as Don John Mr.. Fenno as Leonato, Mr..
McVlcKer as Dogberry, Mr. Pateman as Verges, Miss
Bella Pateman as Beatrice. Miss Teresa Selden as
Hero, MISS Andrews as Margaret and Miss Mary
Young as uisula--a good distribution. The
scenery, as usual at this admirably equipped
establishment, is very beautiful; the costumes are
neW' elegant, unique and carefully adapted to the
ume, the locality and the court fashions Of the little
put important city OF Messina, Shakespeare under
$1,000 IL ana has set II down, though In truth he
knew nothing more OF Messna than he did of the
seacoast OF Bohemia. With good cast OF well
known performers, beautiful scenery ana elegant
coslunnes, " would be perhaps quite enough TO re-
mark that the play Is as fresh and good ana inter
estng as new play; that II was carefully con.
well received, and In frequent passages was heartily
appiauded from the parduet TO the noun.
fine scenery or elegant costumes; nor Miss Pateman
nr,sd nece nougn r snS makes very lively and
She is becomna Hero IN her aenene. Ss n"ug
esty; por Barrett as Don Pedro though Barrett az
rEmce Or g KING IS always saperb nor sheridan as
fenno as the Governor, though Fenno on this ooca-
sion sion let M niMsst out IN the wrath becoming COVER
al o hsse PDEgsR nSf aas Eavn H
M MBootll as the gay and rocking Benedick that was
hs Ssr special ssoS aSOp Nsas s, lTSgn ns os
beconie almost crystallized In the ''melanchoiy
Dane" and In the deep schemlng and sorely tried
bow S m S S Ss IL somsSSy pans ana
dlck an ana Beatrice and reads them IKE book Yoy
can hnd no specific objections to his enunciatlon or
shd s; M MESe5y copsessnas sesssaa
Ks Ss s + Sea aSa Eh A. 1e @ az sRd Bel AID s
hagdsonie BeneacE and very go good d one. s-'f Tue
ay ons q more except that this pre- pretty ~ play nSia w
be repeated every night this week.
GRAND OPERA UoUsE--"LEs GEoRGIENS Es. ~
After long and elaborate preparation another OF
Onenbachs peculiar operas, under the title or "Les
Georgennes,n was produced last night at this house.
before very large assembage. It is not. properly
speaking, OPERA for there Is little music in it,
and al that we heard III the three dcfs was az
general rule, Inferior to Onenbach's usual
style. very pretty drinking song occurs In
the second act, but 1t Is taken bodily,
words and all, from "Galathee ana Mile.
Naddi sang 1t few years ago at our
The6tre Francals far bctsor than any of Mr. Fisk's
vocallss can ever hope tor. In the act occurs
a sort Of ratapan song, which NJ Gausins cnanted
for the benefit OF his drum corps, and witch has
certain sparkle and SPIRIT recalling some OF the
earlier works OF the Franco German composer.
astray and poor Carlo Patti was thorns for some
tine. The act concluded With q grand procession
thing we ever heard In similar scene, In tho
tnird n act there are some pretty specimens OF
Sss H the ' nSe tns t6n the
far about the music, although as a general
thing music Is the least thing 70 be considered in the
ufenbach with q sort Of Black crook libretto, III
walch everything known In spectacle is introduced.
aha have run at the Opera House on its merits as
q spectacle, but on the score Of music it would not
& @ Mr nas q and n e ss
oseSsr sna sSy a csSgAps esa ns ss sSuPd
the opera at the end OF the first act Here came
2 real genuine, live elephant, which certainly
Should be accorded solo, and o dininutive speci-
men OF the same In the person OF Little Mac, from
Bryant's. he made an immense success and was
were the only members OF the company deserving Of
mention, and they did everything that could be ex-
pected from opera bOlGP actresses. There are very
queer expressions in the llbretto which it would be
well to expunge.
Liza EDwIN's ,THEArRE.-Last night Mr. and
Mrs. Lingard's comedy company opened at this
house for q brief season. The theatre was crowded
before the rise of the curtain and the entertainment
though possessing few novel features, was well re-
ceived. After the farce Of IA Silent Protector,
which was very poorly acted, Lingard gave num-
ber OF his sketches These exhibitions have been
SO frequently noticed. that 10 seems almost
impossible to say anything regarding them drerent
from what has already been said The feature OF
the evening was Robertson's comedy OF "David
Garrick,' Mr.. George Boniface and Mrs. LiDgard
playing the principal parts. Mr.. Boniface's Gar.
rick IS a ine effort Tic received a wel-deserved re-
call to the stage during the progress OF the second
act. Mrs. Lingard made very good Anna Ingot
In fact the piece was cast well, and played accepta-
bly, throughout.
PARK THEATRE, BROOKLYN. reception ac-
corded to the now popular and oft-played sensa-
tonal drama OF Mr.. James McClosky, entitled
"Across the Continent" at the Park theatre Brook
lyn, last evening, was ample evidence of the fact
that the favorable impression which 1t created In
November last at that place OF amusement was en-
during and remunerative. There were no seats left
unoccupied in the lower part OF the house. while in
the gallery there was scarcely standing room, SO
great was the rush. The telling temperance lecture
contained IN the prologue was admirably performed,
the scenic elect being fine aud the applause re-
peated and deserved. Mrs. Jennie Carroll sus.
the victim Of delIrum tremens with much
Dennis O'Dwyer (E LamD) lent his characteristic
Joliity to that part IN the prologue, and subse-
gags upon the slang sayings and incidents OF the
times, contributed no small share to the funtn the
gallery especially. The star Of the play The Fer.
versatile as ever IN his role and received due share
of the Outbursts OF appreciation to which the
scheming villain OF the DRAMA John Addery, sus-
tanned by Mr.. J. w. Carroll, was well taken. Tue
shannon, Queen, Phillips, Mackey, Misses Reeves,
Howard CrOlfus and Raymond. "Across the Con.
tinent' Will be hit across the boards at the Park
each evening OF the present week.
LAURA KEENE AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY
'Hunted Down" was played last night for the first
time in Brooklyn. The Academy OF Music well
filed by representative section Of the best Of the
Inhabitants OF the CITY, The excited interest sus.
taned throughout the piece on an extreme tension
showed how thoroughly the passionate domestic
interest of this drama OF Boucicaults found place
III tle hearts Of The holae-oying people Of
Brooklyn. Laura Keene- played With oil her
accustomed power aud Die larger stage
gave TO her acting q better seltiDg than
she was able to oltain in the limited space
Of the byou theatre In New York The cast cast is some
what changed from the cast az Llna EdWin's, and