, 1872-12-29

Tie distribution of characters will be as follows:
Katherine Queen of England Miss Charlotte Cushnan
Cardinal Mines dGv1cX
Cardinal Ca1nEeus. Roscoe
5:ke Of buckingham: i. Power
Duke Of Norfolk M barron
Duke Of Suffolk .......--.......'.....L M3rten
Lo.3 High Chamberlain ........;:.E E. Barry
Fl! Ct S1rrey - La9agan
<::sse5, bishop ot Winchester Grey
15-,Go:. hawthorne
&. Thomas Love! F. Il. Ellison
g. Isen7y Guiford.. ...-............-..-H. Il. Wood
s1r;eycr =: dayae
Gu of Court. r.. Mo1cley
AMI Buiea,. Miss McAl;ster
Eatla1ce :nre: AYERS
.AeA:la .--.----....--..-....... MISS 81. Ghir @
tce!g- .HAss MN
* Eing Hcsry VIII" will be given on Thurs-
day, Friday, and Saturday evonil:gs, and at the
6atu@ lay matinee.
A1rESs THEA7EE.
Sir. Lawrence Barrett closed his engagement
ns Ail;ens last e7ening, appearing in Rosedalo"
On Friday and Saturday lights. Financially, bis
SUCCESS has fallen r short Of his deserts, and
tire same is true OF ne management, whose lib
ersl outlay in the splendid mounting Of ''Julus
Caesar was well sc sthy OF more substantial en-
>ouragement. Bad weather and strong counter
attractions were tho chief elements OF opposi-
lion, and it is earnestly to be hoped that Mr.
Barrett will not be discouraged from another
visit under more favorable auspices His mag
niticent rendition OF Cdssius has created an inl-
precision here which will be found Of service to
him On the occasion Of his next appearance in
Chicago.
This week Boucicaults great drama, I" The
Long Strike" is to be produced at Ahen's, with
rs Jem Sta,:kie, Mr. Dean Us Noah Lea
royd, Mrs. flanagan as Jane Ledroyd,
Miss Remick as Betsy, etc. On Monday even
ing, Jan. e. 11r. Joseph Proctor begins an
rir-r ~. %1,r tfofJrv
6lay Of the s:Red focket-Book:" At the New
Years and Saturday matinees, "The Long
Strike +" will be given.
ACADEMY OF Mrs1o.
Mr. Robert McWsde, now the only representa-
fira Of ti,a fa1nons ,o2o Of Rip Tan N'z,ule, is
TO appear in that character for this week only at
tho Academy Of Music, supported BY the regular
dramatic company OF that theatre. Rip will
be given every evening, and at the Wednesday
and Saturday mntinees.
This evening, Miss Viola pomeroy, who comes
from San Francisco recommended as q brilliant
ice, appears at concert in tho Academy
II Music, assisted BY the Praeger Family.
HooLEY's OPERA HOUSE.
"The Lancashire Lass will be given for tho
last time at Hooley's on Monday and Tuesday
evenings; for the New Years matinee Fun"
the popular Irlsh t'ra'4s, Peep o Day." with
Dillon in popular role. Tho marked SUCCESS
which has attended the reopening Of Hooley's as
& irst-class comedy tlaatro has encouraged tho
encouragement ~ lGu6hSA tAJ1L6 W p4caSo Ilo
public. and negotiations are now pending with
dramatic artists OF recognized ability, and whose
engagement will serve to entitle tho organization
TO the high distinction Of being the finest stock
company ever known in Chicago.
MYERS orERA HoCsE.
4 complete change Of programme is az
,nounced at M:ors' Opera House for Now Years
iwo>k. The first part includes ballads by Kayne,
ings by Arlington snd Cotton, and fos the finale
!"'Tho Colcgians;" while in the second part
Master Clarence Burton appears; Tyrrol, Lang,
16uIridgo, and kayne give vocal quartctto !;
Three O'clock Train" !" followed by Mackin and
Wilson il, their elegant double songs and dances
- Chicogo in 1873," introducing Billy Rice as
Buffalo Bill, Cotton as 1ezcs jack, and other
ton, &c.; to conclude with ''Trcks and Trials, ~
~ Arlington, Cotton, kemblc, and the company
In general
MRS. BcoTT-sDDoSs.
The last appearance in Chicago Of Mrs. Scott
blddons, Us reader, OCCURS tomorrow evening
1t the Ninth Presbyterian Church, On Ellis ave.
nue., just south OF Thirty ty-seveuth street. The
programme is as follows:
Peasant"
Selection from Paradise and the Peri Moore
n6ert aud Arthur ng JOHN :shs1speare s1nssSs
- The Jackda~ Of Rheims 49,. .1ngoldsby Legends
Eeep-wak1ng scene, from =" Macbeth" ~. Shakespeare
by special request for the fifth time this season il
Chicago.
PART SECOND.
Vocal number-" Ave Maria " ...... ,Gounod
Miss s. B. FiHher.
AIne Hathaway; or, Shnkspeares Woo
IA Psalm Of I;foH Tonafe1lo2r neeqhor
" rha couriship Of Henry V"..... .shaispeare
Organ Finale.
GENERAL GOSSIP.
Lydia Thompson has grown-up daughter.
Joseph Jefferson is to act in Now York mex
August.
11r. J. Z. Toole the well-knovn London Como
It:aa, will, it is very probable visit the United
States next autumn.
The death is recorded of Mr.. John Wellington
ECck1and, for twenty years manager Of the Mon
sreal Theatre. His age was ST.
Eulver Lytton's comedy Of money" ha
been played more than 100 times in succession
It tic Prince Of Wales Theatre. London.
Theatrical property men" should be NOR
rareful in collecting truck Hu,npty Durnpt
eveaiug, to find himself pounding Pnaidloo
with homemade hustle instead Of q stutfo
club
A painting, said to represent the marriage c
Ehakspeare and Anne Hathaway, and to hay
been made at the time OF tho event. or q littl
later. has turned uP. at Scarborough, England
It is probably + relic more spurious than cur
pus.
London Assurance" has just been produce
Of the Union Square Theatre, Now York Wit
Mark Smith IS Si, Ha1cou,t. D. q. Harkine {
Qazze, Geo: Parkes as Charles Courtley, F. ]
1lackay as Aaz .Harha,cay, E. Lamb IS Mo,
1lcdde, Miss Phillis Glover as Lady Gay, ar
hiss Fanny Hayward Grace. There 1cns
caste.
spectacle play, based on one Of Weshiugte
rr1ng's stories, is In preparation at the Olymp
Theatre. New York. to succeed the opera bouf1