The New York herald., 1873-12-14
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Mr. Jefferson has been playing Bob Acres in Bal
timore.
Mr.. r. s. Chanfrau appears at Booths tomorrow
evening in his oft repeated play OF Exit"
Miss Lille Elfridge appears at the New Park
Theatre, Brooklyn, this week in her play OF
"Alma."
Mr.. Bronson Howard's most recent play, sLini-
ans Last Love-" is to be given at Mrs. Conway's
Brooklyn Theatre this week.
new burlesque Mr.. Charles Reade's evan
derng Herr will shortly be produced at one OF the
metropolitan theatres under the title OF "The
Blundering Heir"
Nine. L'Hote, the French pianiste, will appear
in concert before the New York public in a few
days. Nine. LHote will be the first French
artste who has appeared in America.
Mr.. Charles Whitney is to give "oratorical and
Shakespeare2n impersonatons" at Association
Hall on Tuesday afternoon. The oratorcal imper-
sonations include extracts from the speeches OF
Hayne, webster, Clay and Randolph.
q The Union League Amateur Dramatic Associa-
ton will give a performance OF Sterling Coyne's
'Widow Huntn at the theatre belonging to the
Club House. on the 27th inst for the benefit OF the
Five Points House or Industry.
Signor Salvini takes his benefit at the Academy
OF Music on Monday evening, playing "Othello,"
and Signora Pamonti receives hers on Friday
evening, the play being "Queen Elizabeth" she
taking the title role and Savni plays tac Earl OF
Essex.
Mr.. Boucicault's comedy, which Is to be produced
at WallacS's. has not been named, but we may ex-
pect to see the play in very lew days. Previous
to its production number OF the plays already pro-
duced will be repeated, "She Stoops TO Conquer"
being on the bills for Monday evening" ''Ours" Tor
Tuesday, and "The LIAR for Wednesday.
The Germanla Theatre continues its varied per-
COmelv
and French drama This week Moser's very sue
cessrul play, sDas Stftungsiestr and his later
comedy, "Der Elephant" and Schiller's "Mary
queen Of Scots" are to be given, and Onenbachs
oprea bouffe, " Les Georgiennesn and Dumas la
Femme du Claude'' are underlined. 1t VIII be re-
membered that even Paris was offended at the
moral OF the latter piece.
This week Mr.. Edwin Adams plays Robert
Landry in "The Dead Heart" at the olympic, his
engagement closing on saturday. He will be lo.-
lowed by the Christmas piece, an ''imagination''
based on Dickens story OF Gabriel Grub or, The
Goblin VINO stole Sexton.n 1t is a piece OF
diablerie in which the Raynor and Majilton fami-
lies to appear.
Mr.. Wilkie Collins dramatiZati0n OF his powerful
novel, "rhe Woman in White" Is to be produced at
the Broadway Theatre tomorrow evening, with
Mr.. Wybert Reeve, who made considerable reputa-
tion in the part in England, as Count Fosco. The
dramatic effect OF the work ought to be very great.
and If the play is properly presented 1t can scarcely
fail to be successful.
The new piece announced for production at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre on Wednesday evening is M.
Belot's "Parricdc.r 1t does not deal with the or
dinary subject OF French comedy, its moral consist
ing OF false accusation OF murder that OF son OF
his mother, and the refusal Of society to receive
him after his acquittal until the real murderer Is
discovered A piece by the same author, "La
Femme de Fue, Is to be produced at Booths for
the first appearance at this house OF Mrs. J. B.
Booth.
The management OF the Theatre Comiquc an.
nounce Tor this week the "box trickn OF the Babo-
lain brothers, which seems to be more wonderful
than any mystery which Splrituaism has yet
claimed. The Babolans are sealed up, one In q
sack and the other in box, and almost instanta-
neously afterwards 1t is discovered that the sack
is empty, though still sealed, and when the box la
opened the Babolain In the sack is in the box and
the Baboain who was in the box has disappeared.
1t is not claimed that the trick is performed by
any supernatural agency. Other novelties are also
announced among which we notice the first ap-
pearance OF Miss Kate OConnor, who "has just
arrived from Dublin.n
Nine. Nilsson has recovered from her indsposi.
ton and Will tomorrow start Tor Philadelphia,
where she is to sing in .Mignon" on Tuesday even
ing. She will accompany the Strakosch
troupe to Baltimore, and on Thursday
night will appear at Ford's Opera House
in "Les Huguenotsn At the Saturday
matinee, Nine. Nilsson is also to appear in
martha" On Friday night "Lucrezia Borgiar
will be gwen. with Miss Cary and Campanini in the
cast. The southern tour OF the troupe Will close
at Washington, where probably "Mignon" will be
given Monday the 22d INST. Previous to its
appearance in Cincinnati on the 3oth inst. the
Strakosch troupe Will give four farewell perform
ances In this city-viz, on the evenings OF Decem-
ber "a, 25 and &C. and on Saturday afternoon, the
9th inst. In two OF these per ormances Nine.
Nilsson will appear and at the Others "Arda" will
be repeated.