, 1873-02-02

take the ladies and gentlemen OF his company
upon provincial tour, supporting Edwin Booth
in his appearances in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and
other cities in Michigan. By this plan the COM
pany viii derive the advantage, Of thorough re-
| hearsal in the plays to be produced at McVick-
| ers by Alr. Booth following the ope1n season.
l. AIKES's THEATRE,
after an unsuccessful struggle with adverse cir
cumstances, among which bad weather, strong
tho present, al unfaycrahlo location, hare
been the most disastrous, Was closed
last evening as regular plnce Of
amusement, to be hereafter rented for tran
sient entertainmonts, for which it is rendered
peculiarly desirable by the elegant character Of
| the auditorium the comfortable seats, and the
| large stage. The public will regret that so de-
serving an enterprise as thar OF Mr. Aken's
| should meet with so poor, encouragement, and
his many friends in Chicago will earnestly hope
for the time when the theatre can be SUCCESS
fully Eeopened.
MYERS OPERA ROUSE.
An entire change OF programme is announced
OF Myers Opern House. where the minstrels will
| figure this week in rich bill OF novelties, and
! will continue to deserve the compliment Of
nightly facing 1arge and elegant 'assernblages Of
| ladies and gentlemen. Besides Tho usual melange
Of new and good things in the first part, We have
| dances;" vocal quartette, The Knights Fare
| well !; 4s The Haunted Man, by Kemb1e, Cotton,
| and Rice; banjo solo by Clarence Burton
"a Days Fiahing, " by Rice and Arlington; se-
clusion, the sketch, " More suitors Than One"
| by Arlington, Rico, Cotton, surridge, and Fos-
GLOBE THEATRE
/ At the Globe Theatre, this week, Miss Fanny
Herring appears. in 4 The Female Detective"
acts. Mr. J. L. Weatherwax, one OF the propri-
etors takes a benefit on Friday night, when
81 jack Sheppard will bo produced, and Gr.
Carroll and his sons will appear.
GENERAL GOSSIP.
A man in Toledo, Ohio, never aaw the Black
Crook" owing to the fact that he is blind
The old farce OF " h1aitre Pathelin," has lately
boen played at the Theatre F1nncais. This
piece dates back to about 1470.
A recent melodramatic revival in Paris de-
tanned tho audience from 7:30 in the evening
until s o clock tho next morning.
Sheridan's play Of " Tho Rivals" has had run
OF fifty nights, this season, at the Charing
Cross Theatre, in London.
A5-year old dancer and Ginger, called IS Baby
Banson," is creating q Jurore at tho MetropoI-
tan Varieties, in Washington.
Rev. Mr.. Chew, Of Reading, Pa, is preaching
the ainfulness OF theatres, and Is helping the
managers to fill their houses.
Mrs. Calvort's revival Of shakspear's s' Henry
T." has had a run Of seventy y~four performances,
ut the Princes Theatre, Manchester, England
" How Found Robinson Crusoo " is the title
OF q burlesque at one of the London theatres.
Stanley and Bates are both shown up in the most
nonsen8icAl manner.
Mr. sothern will be in California in June and
July, and in Australia in September and October.
He will then return to tho United States, and re-
main here throughout 1874.
:. The old American Theatre, on Walnut street.
phi{AHAlnhla tn ha rannTAte1 and E}ArteH
afreBh. as variety theatre. It has been pur-
chased by Ar. ". F. Campbell, Of New York, for
$4,000. The building is 80x15o feet in size.
"pygmalion and Galatea " Was Withdrawn at
the Haymarket Theatre, on the Sd inst after
run Of tEo hun ed aga 1sh s69
"The Wicked World, !" took it's place.
They have an exceedingly profitable theatre
and some great actors at McConnellsville, Ohio.
The receipts are often as munh as $3.50 night,
and the local press assures us that the man who
plays Rip Van 1Vinkle is superior to Mr. Jeffer-
son.
q Eclown recently astonished an audience as
semb1ed in North Carolina circus tent with
forcible sermon upon their duty In contributing
to the support Of the Gospeh The sermon was
apparently well received, fot on the following
e1 6a saboe ns
aud ancceeded in collectiig:a u considerable sum
for the benefit Of tue heath6n.
One afternoon, about the year 1850, whila
Edwin Booth and his father were walking on
Pennsylvania avenue, in Washington, they met
John II oward Payne, the author OF - B'utus."
the theatre where they were playing, but he at
first declined, saying he had not been in thea-
tro for twenty years, Hearing that his own play
was to be acted he at last consented to see It,
as R,.1aus and Edwin as 1itus-was the LAST play
he saw.
AL the Parisian playhouses are being furnish.
ed with smoking rooms, 80 that spectators will
no longer be forced to wander up md down in
the street in the cold or in the rain when they
wish to while away long e7.fr'acie with cigar
etta or cigar. There Is neat little snuggery at
the Vaudeville for the accommodation OF smok-
ers, and it is always well attended between the
acts. The Theatre Italion is following suit, andis
having constructed handsome fuHolr on the
ground floor, large enough to seat 1oo persons.
resenting the nine MUSES..
Augustin DAILY made this speech at the open
ing Of the new Fifth Avenue Theatre:
LADIES AND GEs1LEMEs: appear before you with
Ieasure-. assure you feel deeply the faFpr Jon
and the sympathy expressed for me when that
night to house but really to the old Fifth Ave
the jewels all safe. Here you will the same ar.
lists with whom you hare PASSED 80 many pleasant
Q0u1B. IN 1aCtr lQe EIIu Avenue 1ueat16 II Aut Ne-
stroyed- There Is change Of costume shifting ofthe
scene; that is ALL TAe curtain rises tonight upon an-
other act The Inst one ended New Years Day with
tableau got up say and this time with eonsid-
erabe truth cost OF many thousands Of dollars to
the management" Between that act and THE, as We
cay, also "a period Of three weeks is supposed to
clapse" There is the whole story The play goes on
The Fifth Avenue Theatre, like "the king, Is dead;"
but you say 80, "Long live the theatre!"
Rev. John Weiss, the Unitarian clergyman
whose extreme radical ideas Of Church doctrine
created 8 decided breeze during his recent visit
to Chicago has been invited to deliver his courso
Of ak lectures On ''The Character Of Shaks-
peare." the request being signed by ", G. Bry-
ant, +. A. ?. Barnard, George G. Barrett; G: +.
Chandler, George Ripley, Samuel Osgood, Hon
~ scdley, F. Q. French, Henry Ward Beecher,
q. B. rockingham, Henry Holt, Henry II: Field,
Daniel Z. Rollins, 5r., Parke Godwin, Horace
Russell, Chas. a Joy, BENZ. K. Phelps, White
Law Reid, John Il. Platt, Wm. N. Eyarts, George
William Curtis; Edward 3 Merrill, ]. a. Bu11dy'
Ogden N, Rood, Henry g. Stebbins, s. T. Gay,
G. p Crunch, Oliver johnson, David g. Francis,
Erastns Brooks. James G. Carter, Y. Botta,
Charles Butler, Edward Z. Youmans, Joseph T.
r.1~ 4 Val hua |