The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-08
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The Academy was flied last night Win
Thoroughly delighted audience, whose appre'
cia,ion OF MIR. Owens's exqulsitely comic act
Ing. was most liberally manifested. .on
Taylor's comedy of the "Viclims" was gwen
in. excellent style, the support oelng Id par'S
remarkably good. A. Joshp" Sutteroy, MT.
flwens was irrDs fstibly funny. and nis quiet
and nno,rafned humor was displayed to great
os,a6tage. The favorite farce Of Solon Snln-
ole concluded the entertainment, ana was
acted With all that careful and thorough CHAR
.ac,erlza,ion which is 80 distinctive q feature
ofMr. Owens's comic parts. In naturalness
and freedom from exaggeralion It wonio %
hard 20 find his superior, and In this specially
Mr.. Owens may certainly challenge compar-
ison with almost any of the great antnss s o.
the day... He Is nat na-ss'ya q colneo'an' no 10
.s.mT1sr Of q very high order, and no one
can see him In any of his favorits roles with
ont feeling the infection Of his real and spon-
tapeous humor. he will appear at matinee
to-day, and tonight In Two different charao-
terra. His stay Is too short for any lover OF
fan to miss either performance.
Tho Creation on Wednesday.
The announcement In another column OF
the performance Of the Oratorio OF the Gre
ation at Freundschaflsbund Hall on Wednes'
dsy next will be noticed with pleasure by all
lovers of classical music. The public per.
sormsnce of this grand composition has not
baen attempted In Charleston since 1854 or
1855, but the careful preparation that has been
made for this occasion warrants the e4pecta'
ton that the rendering will be worthy OF The
greatness of the work. the cooperation OF
the best singers 10 the city has been secured
the music has been patiently and thoroughly
rehearsed, and those who have had tne
pleasure of attending the recent rehearsais ex'
press the opinion that the performance Will
be one that has rarely If ever beea excelled in
Charleston. Mrs. P. J. Barbot has had the d.
rection and management Of the undertaking
from the beginning, and too much cannot be
said In praise of her energy in promoting the
love and practice of classical music. It is
hoped that the coming performance wli lead
TO the formation of musical society, which
will render in time the masterpieces Of Fandel.
Mendeisshon and Haydn. The main oil.
flcully lay in taking the first step, which lie
about to be accomplished.
The public may rest assured that the Crea-
ton win be rendered in way to please the
most tastidious, and 1t Is advised that no time
be lost in securing seats, as the capacity CT
the hall Is limited.
Cromwsll's Art Entertainments.
Professor Cromwell, last evening, exhibited
10 large audience bis views of "Paris as 1t |
was, and as 1t Is" and also conducted them /
through pictorial ramble among the White |
Mountains of New Hampshire. His last er.
tertainment here was 10 have been given this |
evening, but the success which has attended |
the entertainment during the present week |
ba, Induced him TO give three more exhlbi. |
tions on next Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings Of next week, and he announces
that one-half OF the proceeds of these e1hb-
tions will DO given to the Confederate Home.
Tn,. evening au attractive programme ID
oYsred, Including views of "the homes OF
ENGLAND, from the palace of the monarch to
the cot OF the peasant" and sketches OF "a
yova1e across the ocean, from Europe to
America with the transition entitled 1.-THE
Growing Glory" and the allegory, "Rock OF
Ages.p A matinee is also to be given this |
afternoon, at three o'clock.