The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-17
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Mr.. Bandmann had fight with an actor at Man.
chester the other day and kicked his antagonist in
the forehead.
"Mimi," at Wallack's, continues to draw good
houses, and we shall not be surprised If 1t runs till
the close Of the Summer season at that house.
The theatres to open a week hence are the
Olympic, with the Thompson troupe, and the
Broadway, with the Aimee opera ooaDe company.
The Metropolitan Theatre, recently called the
Broadway Athen1um, variety entertainment
will be opened tomorrow evening with long list
OF attractions.
Miss Rose Hersee sings in Haydn's "Creation"
and other pieces for o week at the close of the
present month at Covent Garden, and then travels
IN England with the Carl Rosa Opera Company.
The dramatic season opens most auspicously.
The first week OF the Vokeses at the Union Square
Theatre was an immense success, as many as five
hundred persons being turned away almost every
night. The preliminary drama has been reduced and
condensed until it is now very nice acting play.
Mr.. Mackay has made another hit in the piece.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons plays Juliet in Edinburgh, in
September, to the Romeo Of young actor who
was recently walking gentleman" at the Lyceum.
Juliets nowadays love wretched Romeos, and
R0meos adore most imperfect Juliets. This Is In
deed the age in which, as the coored actor In Phila-
delpha lately said, ''eyery Julio has her Romeet"
gins the season with a new setting of "a Midsum-
mer Nights Dream,' new company and a strong
cast. Mr.. G. L. Fox, as is well known, again plays
the part OF Bottom, in which he made great sue
sess at the olympic Theatre some years ago. An
interesting feature of the spectacle will be bal
let of fifty children, who have been trained by
Nine. Kathi Lannier to perform all the groupings
marches, and solos even, which distinguish their
elder sisters.
"Old Phil's Birthday" at the Union Square Thea
tire, improves in its performance. Since the opening
night it has been overhaued to some extent, cur
sailed and strengthened very much throughout.
Mr. 'Mackay's lmpersonation Of the simple and
faithful old servant is as near perfection as well
can be- and recalls to old theatregoers the days Of
the old Park Theatre, where the same play, II we
remember rightly, had quite o prolonged run. Miss
Lulu Prior makes very creditable Marion
Hardness, and gives promise Of better things in
the future.
The interest which attaches to the opening OF
Niblo's tomorrow evening and the reproduction
of "The Black Crookn is like that which forms q
part Of the anticipation OF seeing beauti-
full woman at q ball-how will the piece
be dressedS The cast is much the same
as In years past even the "Crook" being repre-
scented, as OF old, by Mr.. c. H. Morton, and Mr..
George Atkins taking his original part OF Greppo.
In their announcement the management say it Is
their design ITO offer spectacle Of chaste magnif-
cence from which all Objectionable features shall
be discarded and to garnish it with novel Incl.
dents 80 O. to give it zes well as brilliance."
This 10 well and If the promise be kept 1t will save
the representation from the Objectionable features
which are not, necessarily, part oft