New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-15

This evening Mr. Emmett will appear in
his favOrite and popular character OF Fytt-,
with new songs, dances. and banjo solo.
This evening, benefit of Mr.. j. n. Emmett.
Grand Fritz matinee tomorrow. In
preparation, Emmet's new play Of carl,
the Musician
Varieties Theatre.
This evening Mr.. Barrett will appear as
Hamlet for the last time this season. To-
morrow at the matinee "Rosedale" will be
presented for the last time. To morrow
evening, "Robbers, or the Forest of Be-
hemia" Monday evening, "The Man O
Airlie."
Academy of Music.
There is no accounting for the tastes of
theatre going people. The st. Charles has.
from time to time, suffered severely because
people would not 90 to see good plays by
good actors. Maggie Mitchell, a real artist,
fulfilled two weeks engagement at the st.
Charles disheartened night after night by
the silence of vacant chairs. From New
Orleans she went to Cincinnati, and there
not even standing room could be obtained,
such was the rush to her entertainments:
Since the present theatrical season opened
Miss Jane Coombs, an actress OF real merit
brought out series OF excellent plays at
the st. Charles Theatre, but she
had no audiences. Elsewhere, after.
ward, she played to good houses Mr..
j. w. Wallack has just closed an unprOfit-
able engagement at the st. Charles The
atre. playing to vacant chairs instead of to
an audience that could appreciate him.
The fatal mistake, however, in Mr. Wallack' 3
case was that he had no proper support,
and he could not, by any possibility, sus-
tain all the characters. For real merit as
an actor, Mr.. j. X. Emmett is the inferior of
Mr.. Wallack, while his Fritz" lacks all the
essential elements of frst-class dramatic
production. But Mr. Emmett has fair
houses, while Wallack played to melan-
choly vacancy.
As to the merits of the Band MAINS. the
atrcal critics elsewhere led US to believe
that they were far above mediOcrity, and
that in their repertoire there were rich
gems into which they introduced settings OF
rare brilliancy. Whether these critics were
correct or otherwise is immaterial since the
fact staIes the management in the face that
the few who do enter the Academy have an
excellent opportunity to study the anatomy
of the unoccupied chairs which are nightly
numerous in that establishment The first
night of Dead or Alive the audience was
respectable in numbers, but on the second
night only select few were
there. The attempt to present
the Merchant of Venice" with Mr.. Band
| mann as Shytoch, was signal failure so far
| as the audience was concerned. and since
| the public seem to have obtained the i'm
| preston that the Bandmanns are unin ter
esting, other plays in which they may excel
Will not be likely to remove that impress
sion unless there is an immediate change
and there are grave fears that the entire
engagement may fail OF success. The the
atrical campaign can not be conducted sue
cesstully unless something attracts the pub
| lie attention at the commencement OF ar
engagement or Immediately thereafter. We
| advise the public to go to the Academy this
evening on the occasion of the beneht OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Bandmann and judge tol
themselves of their merits. The regular
| dramatic company of the Academy sustain;
| them, and there is some excellent talent II
| that company.
Opera House.
Tomorrow evening the opera of dor