, 1873-12-14
1874, anu n company hnaI now bean formed to
crcct ttoatre for Miss Charlotte Niokinson.


English l,as nttractcd much attoition. It was
Alic:eHsfn nttoulpt, and 1t Ia now thought TINT
1!intori, like Jnnausohok md Fochtor, may bo
hoard In our own tongue oil tho American stage.
lilo foundation Of Cloyolasil's nav opera
noxt season. Tho ntago will bo ~ fens wide and
80 foot d.,ep, and tho auditorium will hs largo
! tnd richly decorated. Mt. John A. Ellsler will
| bo tho nla"ager
| Dion l}ouclcanlt yontH Ills anrcastn agafn In
l'la newest conlady flo evidently boliegoH litor-
ary mon to 10 tho best materini for atago VIII
lains. Having made uso OF journalists, ho now
| drugs III an unfortunate novelist, wllo Rrnes
| with viait,y IN Astrny."
Airs. John Wood Is spoken Of In tho 1u.ennu,n
| as exhibiting exaggorasions Of kind strongly
American" IN the creation Of ihilipa in IT.
| Charles Rcados Wandering Hcir." Tho trouble
| wo always found In hor cyaggerations WINS that
| shoy wero too strongly English.
| A sketch Of tlle late George Jordan says
"With Laura Koeno ho was associatea for a coll
TINT lio survived hor only ten days, a1d that lie
| survived another Of lliB old com panionH, tho
Into A. II. Davenport, only twenty-thrco days.
! The following, wblcl, explains itao1f, Is re-
froahingly candid: as our regular dramatic cdi-
tor il nPon wedding tour THIS wock, tho rcadora
| Of the ELprcss will plouBe oxeuBo my omission
| Of duty III this department until his return on
| Monday.
Hero ia tho puff Dramatic OF 11iss +. II.
Churchill a reader: "sho onco read selections
from uiawntlaa to Mr.. Lon4follow in llis own
library, with tho tours rolling down hiB face."
We have Our own opinion III to whnt ho WAS
| crying nbout.-Ezchange.
Tho now National Theatre in Washington was
opened OIL tho 1st itst. The houso was full. and
it presented brilliant spectacle. President
Grant sat IN one Of tho etage"boxcs, and BOSS
Shepherd In another. The managsr, Mr. sa-
yillo, was called out. and he mnsle brief
apcocl1. An opening nddross was apoken by Mr.
". Z. Sheridan, the leading man Of tho COM
pany... Miss Maggie Mitchell appeared iu "Fan-
chon."
tho Vaudeville, "L'opofe Sam" which aooa not
tlos, La VIC parisenno = at the Ports 81.
Martin, "IAbres;" ct the 1'alais Royal tho worry
ion: !" at the Amhigu, the well- "Le parri-
cdo;" at the Doulfos, '1.a Qucnoulllo de-
Yerro," In which Nine. judo sings charm,nglY
and laBt, but not loass, ut the Gaite, "Joanuo
d'Aro."
N. Alfred Assolant writes In tho yIyn,e.
Steele q letter to II. Sardou to propose that as
tho 81 oatcr portion Of tho new plny Of .L'Onelo
sam " Ia obviously p}aEiarized from tale by tue
former in the " Scenes do Ia Vic dcs Etats-
Unig," m arbitrator should be choaen BY each,
aud that those two should name third, to OK
amino together the two works, and decide
whether II. Assolant Inns not right to share
IN the authors receipts, aud In what propor-
tion.
/ ALondon correspondent thus Sums up drs-
rnatio a1airs at the metropolis: "Thcro IL little
that IL now III tho dramatic sphere, and l am
glad to noto TINT such plays as Antony and
Cleopatra at Drury Lane .niohelien at the
Iyeoum, The Road to Ruin at tho Vaudeville,
nnd School ut tho Prince Of Wales, arc having
tho encouragement OF appreelative audiences.
11r. Durnand has brought out d new burleaque,
Little Tom Tug At tho Opera comiquo; II.
Riyiere's Prom mollnae Concerts at covont Garden
! are admirable, and woll attended; J. s. Clarke
Inns given way to Mr.. Buckatone again ut the
: Haylnarkos, and a feature OF the Beason fa tho
, English opera company at tho Crystal Palace,
, which IL one Of tho beat London has Lad in re-
) cont years."
thoro ono week, giving aYe performances, and
, , tho receipts wore $15000 Tho rumors that the
J distinguished tragedian had Cancelled all his en-
gagements and was about to return to Europe
III this country rs agreed but he has just signed
! new contract with 81r. t;rau for 80 additional
uights in Havana mud Mexico.
: Plessy 1iordaunt, the actress, has sued Mana.
!. For ShooE, Of the Union Square Theatre, New
! York. for $3.50, due her OIL contract, Tho fais
i plainti1 alleges thAt she WAS engaged to nppeal
as "Ioading lady" aud that the manager as.
signod her to tho role Of " first old woman
7 ploHsy could not stand this, and refused to ap.
Rsar-the maMagor Of course, refusing ! to pay pay
her own witnesses failing to demonstrate tho di
yidiug line between "leading 1ady'' aud II 1rs
+ old wonun." Judge Curtis ohurgo0 in fayor oi
= the defendant, mud the jury fonud accordingly
: the - leading lady" leaving court an unsueccss
+ full litisant
. 4 reporter of tho st. Louis Globe has inter.
0 viewed Sotheyr,. Tue joyial comedian il reported
: to have spoken thus encourngingly about drat
@ n1utc affailH during tho prcsent season:
Tho Nav York theatres nre doing very badly
| nj
sinR au4 few arc very LIKELY to 10 c?oaed M lefort
ena Of ~ s a dsn Of a
asns n D. nmo1S nas been very e9a IhG pa
.amc ortcnt. In Louisville aud Cincinnati tho hard
times very apparent IN tho diminished support q
an,l about III public racss. The nsht patronags o
aMusements THIS winter docs not depend merely upoE
to sch things which occur nll oyer the worl ever,
few yeara. Eyon tho Lontn theatres doing 1inl
itcd bnBness nnd tmca IN England arc, Of course. Vi
4 | oagy usual.
4 Mr. Reaao's now peco is 1ramatizaton OF hii
Q story Of The Wandering Hcir," which ever,
D ono knows. Ono Of the very few London critict
i who can afford to toll the truth says of tho play
! ";rhoBe who expected to aoe moving and seu
y sationnl plny must have been no little surpriaet
!. when tho piece proved 80 intensely comic thu
s nearly everybody present Left tue theatre in tAt
east qf m9S 5 or, Tho ae is p1mssa m SE
i ed in serious light oven by the patrons Of tht
vic,' md it could scarcely bo supposed tllut the
;, impossible exploits Of tho rullianly lord the
4 heavy vlllan the kl1apped heir. the mysterious
heroine, and tho comic niggers Of old melodtaml
0 could now impress O fashionable WaBtorn nudi
I encc with Bonso Of anything but tho ludcrous
The trial. the representation Of which entirel,
occupies the lust act is from the gravity witt
= which it is gone through in all ts absurd details
- tho weakest tableau that Inns bcen seen npol
tLe stage for many long day. II Tile Wan
Q lering Heir DO intended ~ q serious play, it Il
9 one Of the most unreal and outrageously ex
trayagaut piecos over produced. II meant as {
]. burlosque OF now hupplly effeto style Of dram
y atic composition it is thoroughly amusing"
y Tho st. LouiH Republican Of recent datt
says:
T. Mr.. benjamin Camp, OF Atlanta Ga. ia oil MI.
:, deaf. lis travelling from West Point, Ga to At
- lanta, with hs granddaughter, Cara phillips Wllu1
tho train arrived i the carshed at Atlanta shs Raw
run against her grandfather and thrust hsa hant
III the old mans packet. she said 10 ths man, "Y1l