, 1873-01-26

Of :" "Brutus or, the Fall Of Tarquin," by Joll
toward Payne, which waB played in Booth's
Theatre for the frat time in New York for oye,
| si1 years.
Barney Williams writes to Florence, the come
dian, from Florence, Italy, that he will return
birmingham and other English cities. He will
DO accompanied home by his wife and daughter.
The Boston Gazette says: "Alise Carlotta LIE
clercq'a exquisite personation OF Galated
stamped itself upon the minds Of all who wit
messed it as one Of the most graceful and fasci-
mating OF all her many admirable assumptions. ri
This lady ended an engagement Of several weeks
at the Boston Globe Theatre On the 18th inst.
During the performance Of "Romeo and
Juliet in Syracuse, N. T.. on the 10th inst,
Romeo {Mr. Joseph +. Wheelock) seriously
wounded TybaN (Nlr. Maurice D. Pike) by q
sword cut near the eye, requiring the sufferer to
make up With bandago for the rest Of tho
aeaBon.
In bis farewell speech at the Gaiety Theatre,
DEC. a, Charles Matthew'S said: II promise you
that the moment feel conscious Of decay, will
at once retire from the stage, and will not infict
upon you the melancholy spectacle Of light
comedian upon crutchos." NIr. Matthew'S has
gone to Nice to spend the winter, intending re-
appear at the London Gaiety on the 9Th Of next
June.
The announcement that hlr. Stuart Robson
"oAAA tAAc q DEAEuk ~ lub DUS&Cu 4utHLIC, plhY-
ing in the late Nr. Craigs " Durleequo Of Ham
let, WAS accompanied by the following letter:
To the Right and Forshinf,.l Master, Een Jonson:
Pnrlage was seene by mee last night to play "
namctt, whyche was writ by me-he played note
welle, but as II to compensate for my disappointment
Whyehe WIS sore, deemed that IN oenturie 10TH there
would DO borne 5outhc Vt Of rare concee's Kobson
ny namei WHO Voulde howe moro about ye Dane
thaue doe nowe. WILL. SHAKESPEARE.
The Saturday Repieo says: "nIuch criticism
consists in running fine needles into tender
plnces. little experience shows, however, that
some Of thcsetender spots are not so tender as
they seem. Others, on the contrary, which ono
would not have expected to be very sentative,
cannot be pierced without serious results. In
the region Of the moral sense an author may be
.nsenslble to the longest and aharpest probes.
Call him immoral, aud he will be rather gratified
than otherwise. But to accuse him of trifing
defect o1 accuracy, Or to suggest in the remotest
Way that a-not always entirely free from dull
ness, Is to give mortal offence"
Mr. J. II. Bellew gaye three farewell readings
at Edinburgh, prior to his recent departure for
America. At q presentation festival, in his
honor, lately given in Dublin, Dr. Bel1ew made
some remarks, from which the following is m
extract: II think every man who loves our
great dramatists and our great comedians-who
remembers the names of tho English Shakespeare
and the Irish Sheridan-eyerY man who loves
their names and prizes their writings must re-
gTet to see our stage Of the present day too
too m,c1 IN tho cva .nd too 1;ttIa II tha as5
and tha hrain trnat tIat !. hattar dav r;11
come"
Mr.. 1ohn McDonocob has 6o,;vared q lar
ture on dramatic Literaturo"-a pretty largo
field to be covered in one lecture but Mr. John
orasn and Ws donht mt he Toaa " IA mi
s n 1his f3na afYort n1r Mcnonnnoh "a ranor{ad
h.Ta sad Tint the fainra of tb - er;t;st
drama vas M owing. in croat measure. m to the
public taste running via over he sensational mi
cho,,nnl' fnnnd tt;a ~ I,y ca1,a LII :. III
Goron siata-s;, aJ +1a pio, ~ yCnaafn En- ~,
tha conntrv and arnTeaso. ia hnna +ha. here.
aftar ha ros1 t founG q ToIoT;oo 1,;s o1r1, +ana,,
ne]s II 10 ~ tba 1891.
~
There is = difference Of opinion concerning
the reported death Of Alice klngshury. The
originator or the story was q lady who claimed
to have been present at the burial. while
gentleman IN New 1ork says that he is "ln re-
Nafnbez Mas nac' 10 1870 1oino ~, 4hsea thraa
rears aeo she narrie7 Colonel r If. Goo5arHof
tha IIH;ted stntes Army halievaNthen ~
Vickah,,ro and now ~ Natchaz she retira5
from the stare sone months befora mnrriaea- to
devote herself to the study OF sculpture, in
which she has achieved several very creditable
During the last season on the stage abe plsyed
the title role IN Chandoa Fnlton's drama of
jenny Wren and Her Fdends.' which he Vrote
expressly for kar.'' "o'- "1o~0
~ american SUBJECTS ere beginning to engage
q tne at1e1.on a $ o. EprQpean aramatists sardous
une4e 4 eam ,;.i We haSe .s speken o. alIeaay and
Now Md1; "; sszgnse1; ane en1TT otamat!s1 g. the
,,aa Nezea oAlnnaz lNanoan anaao Ieesn'
~: nas "llt1Hn n new conguy entLea az amer
AaI 14e AMo11can wn!cn mas mos WIN
success; besioes, the 1dnto1s has -! printed an
9nae.eu p1My. Hnlcn u eau1o Ihe Almighty
Oouar. 1ns Is q VeHy arou pleee. trenchmen |
a1e rePresente4 r. Is oe1ns SO popular In ths coun-
.au 5 1,". s1ns Ine y. sne
- 1870 ~ saa Iar a1.a;., 10 ..t In n.h
~ ""nta ari ~ ~ Ito1 10 "os Jan ~ .ne
NO vi, ~. H. suo is,ues 1ny
,a,e aaddar ~ ~ .s;Sa- u as ~
-ot ta 1snn;aat th;r- 4 =; +a nrJ, 4,I,11
;coto in tha ktato If obo The n,r f1inrs aoi ~ ~
,ether tha watera of the acloto and Ted RHivara
Ta w ara @ mt informed wbethnr the lafter ;s the
led River Of the North or the Red River Of # the G
,6uth hnt ejthor viii do.
e1'N1o1 -
a New YORK paper says: " Even the hands OF
ne 6flafean bouclcault are anected with the
Darwin epidemic. we understand that next,
eason, ct the Olympic Theatre, in this city,
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