New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-21
MUSIC AND THE DRAM,
THE DRAMA.
UNION SQUARE THRATrp


amusing ventriloqulst. Is a notable lnclas., and
theater. Mr.. Davies reappeared here ON M as
and with his comic ef8gies and imaginary hkA.
he dihused genuine pleasure through aoors,a''okrs
semblage OF spectators. The auditory va. ,~ ~
amused With the burlesque OF Dad Dckev >, 4. 'Nss
Mr.. d. b. Fisko enacted the ludicrous bero n, Neea
lesquc, 1T will be remembered, was Originate 80 VA
at the now extinct Tammany Tbeater and 49," ses
quently repeated at Woods Museum. II t.. 'aoas
Shakespearean story Of Richard ILL., and Bo.wn. as
and 1t affords an ample and cOngenial medium =, ~t
sion for that spirit Of waggery and that dro,I t
NOR characteristic OF Mr. NJ. b. Flske Io,,,D1aA
actor has been often seen at the Grand ono,, y va
His popularity maker OF fun should prov. r.I,
the Union Square Theater, where a sensible s,,,'h
Is perceived to make the production Of bure.on's
cialty. There Is large variety company az TIL y
and farces and negro mnstrels vie with elo1A'.S,
and the more airy capers OF the regular ballet "a
attention, interest. and practical support OF the
seeking public.
SAN FRANCISCO MINISTERIAL
A fresh programme of entertaipms,,
been devised by the adroit directors Of the San A
Mnstrels. 1t follows the beaten track in sueh s-.S
and yet it Is spiced with so much ginger TIA, al
the effect OF something quito unique. The ar,, ,..
prises sentimental ballads andI comic soma BY ~
Templeton, Wambold, Markham Oberst Baesu, ~,
Birch An original song a1d dance then furnh.sA
the agile and eccentric Mr. Bobby Newcomb vAo 49,
successfully upon resources OF sly humOr sDs,,.''
system then receives a comic expoaton.-vbkhtt'
possible TO understandable the hands OF Mr. pas,.
Delsare and Mr.. Birch as System Mr.. West tdlox, :
what he calls Cork0graphcalities :" and IA sutoesdSh
other principal members Of the troupe. in queer .,,
tory oarousal, called KOmesand Kiss Me-" slrpo,
salcedo astOnshes the gazer and hearer by eornet n
all.
terminates tho innocent, laughable, and refrs.hI,,
revelry. The keonness with which theso min,,r,
satirize the evanescent sensations Of the day. In sas
life and In the Press, Is notable, and 1t Is also pt,l.
worthy Valuable bits of common sense are yrappa n.
not unfrequently, fin tho woOlly coloqules and b,ns
Jokes OF these extravagant farceurs several OF vba
possess than ordinary talent for assuming forea
Municipalities, and all Of whom unite in deusng IA
welcome glow Of cheerfulness.
DEATH OF BoGUMTL DAWSON
The death of Bogumil Dawson, the dstin.
g,lished German actor is announced from Dresden NJ
Dawson expired at his residence, near that city On Ia
cd OF February. He had been insane for several yss
and death has put end to great misery that he Of
fered from hopeless disease. He was, 1t Ia said ysu
old. His appearance, however, when he was 10 N
country. indicated much more advanced age. Il.
specified date of his birth is May IS, 1918 Mr. Davs
was Polish Jew, the son Of pedder, aid bon d
Warsaw. His childhood and youth were passed ami
sordd surroundings, and were darkened BY penu and
by precarousness OF circumstance. Good results some
times follow this sort Of painful experience In early lie
but that must always depend on the character thiih
harassed. That of Mr.. Dawson, we fancy, %, In
proved by It, The temperament that CLEANED thrOagA
his acting,-when he seen here in the period hs
maturty-was hard and selfish; and we have understood
a.. h., al nv vbo Enau
cold selfseeking avaricious, and ambitious man. En
not unlikely that kind heart and an ardent mind %
constituted as to be dependent for happiness exr
nal rather than internal resources chilled and
Uttered by the enforced endurance Of early hardhpS
That Lis nature capable OF profound suffering and
agonzing passion clearly evident in bis portrayal Of
the awful frenzy and grief Of 0e the dead body
of the innocent and wrOnged DeSdemond None who
saw forget the pathetic spectacle that lie pre-
sened when he snached up the corpse OF the murdered
angel and rocked to and fro, in CONFUSION OF wild 70
morse and desolate anguish with that GEay burden on
his BOSOM There was touch In that cleo
trical fire which sometimes radates from greaness and
lights &c up for the dull eyes OF men, But wnaeIe M
nature may have been, and whatever his claims 70 ps
lofty estate OF genius in art, It Is certain wa, Ds
possessed signal talents, and that he mounted 70 .
high rank, alike in professional station and the esteem
his generation He went on the stage before no VA
years old, at Warsaw, and was aftorward seen atna
and Lembefg-in utitaTlan studies ana laD0Is Az ~
he played In Polish, but subsequently ne Learned Oef
man and his first appearance on the German stage Va
made at Breslau, in 1s4T He succeeded, and he aEli
to the apex Of popularity in Germany Some OF h
brightest triumphs were made al Hamburg-a cav
always sympathetic with art. and cheering 20 artot'
Mr.. Dawson to this country In lheG, ana acsed
tho Stadt Teater in the BOwery, attracting the uni
versal attention OF playgoers, and winning an 11uD
dance OF money and popularity. Most readers VIII ~
member that Mr.. William Stuart brought ml
out at the Winter Garden, as OMeHo, WIN ElS i.
Booth as IG0o, and Mrs. Notwithstanding as DAP
nlong-Mr Dawson speaking German, Mr.. Booth sPeas
ing English, and Mrs. Methua-5clccc speaking l0u
languages, according TO the oIgenceS OF the scenes
This ngular experiment had finer effect than Nigh
and tried ability Of the chief players. Symptoms
mental arrangement, it 10 said, showed themselyesn
Mr. DawisOD's conduct before he left Alnerca-whM
was in the Spring Of 1867 He had not been long IN Eu
to an asylum for the insane, was transmitted TO ta
public He has fingered all these years in wretcho
condition but at last Ia happily set free. As
actOrhe was versatile passing with ense rom the e
Hamlet, OhelO, Shyioeh, Macbeth, and other parts i
Shakespeare and while, "a we think, his ideals were
many respects low and narrow, bis method oertaill
was skilfful and often felicous compound OF ia
colloouai and the heroc-a blending of what is some
what loosely styled the natural with the studied move
ment and measured delivery enoned by the forms ana
necessities OF dramatic poetry. His death hs ~
moved yet orc of the rapidly decreasing cluster o.
artists that honor and sustain the modern stage
DRAMATIC NOTES.
"Christianen has been produced with muen
success at ROuen
Tampa has been performed In Paris more
than l,OiO times, but not cOnsecutively.
A new representative of Leah Is mentonea.
She acts at Saller's Wells, London, ana her hAe '
George Owens