New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-17
Miss Louise Wbh0 Hnes

This talented young actress will appear
| as a beneficiary at the Varieties Theatre,
on Thursday evening, the eighteenth in
slant, the benefit being generously rendered
her by the members of the Orleans Drama
/ tic Association and the Shakespeare Club,
| to whom she has rendered valuable assist
ance during the present amateur season,
| when she will enact Juliet, in Shakespeare's
''Romeo and Juliet" suppor ted by Mr.. :.
ONeill as Romeo, Mr.. 6. f. Buck as Aer-
| cnsio, Mr.. w. H. Beanham as Peter and a
| cast otherwise made to embrace the best
| talent of the two clubs. The box Office Of
the theatre was beseiged yesterday morn
ing early by applicants for seats, and the
benefit is an assured success, as it should
be, considering the merits of the actress and
the debt we owe these associations for the
delightful entertainments they have given
us.
Miss Hawthorne made her first appear
ance at the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, New
York, under the management of that steP.
ling actress, Mrs. F. b. Con way, September
3, 1864, playing Maria in "The School for
Scandal" With youth, a good voice. and a
fine personal appearance, all in her favor, it
is not strange that she at once became a
favorite with her audiences and with the
manageress. During her first season at the
Park Theatre, and the two succeeding sea-
sons, she played seconds" and shared the
leading business with Mrs. Conway. appear.
ing as Marie in the "Marble Heart" Bertha
in DOT" and many other characters. For
her first benefit, which occurred IN March,
1865, she attempted and successfully per
formed the difficult part Of Julia, in "The
Hunchback," and later she appeared as
Margaret Elmore in "Love's Sacrifice"
A serious accident to Miss Hawthorne,
terminated her engagement with Mrs. Con
way, and for a year she was unable to ap-
pear upon the stage. Her re-appearance
was at the New York Theatre. where she
was the original Helen Rollinston in Foul
Play" Thence she went to Philadelphia
and played an engagement at the Chestnut
Street Theatre, under Mr.. William E.
Sims management, and to Washington
District of Columbia, playing at Wallis
that following she was engaged as leading
lady at the Holiday Stree. Theatre, Balti.
more, by Manager John 7. Ford. Her first
success undeg Mr.. Fords management was
in the part Of Aane OF Austria. in 1.-The |
Three Guardsmen." and shs a. once estsb- |
lished herself as favorite with the Balti- |
more public. During her Baltimore en- |
gagement she frequently performed in |
Washington, Norfolk, Richmond and other |
Southern cities. appearing successfully as
Formosa, Pauline. Cphs'ia and Lady Gay
Spanker.
Miss Hawthorne next appears as leading /
lady of the company engaged by Messrs. !
Bidwell & Pope for the circuit of theatres
under their management in st. Louis, Mem
phis, Mobile and New Orleans, and for the !
season of 1872 she was engaged by Mr..
David Bid well, then become sole manager,
to play in Mobile and Memphis and at the |
of Music in this city. The subse-
all, saving, perhaps, her engagement at the
Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia
during the summer vacation of 1872, where
she was specially engaged to play Cora in
Article A." and ia which part she un-
made her greatest hit.
Miss Hawthorne has had several new
plays written for her, and will star the
coming season, commencing at the Capitol
Theatre in Albany, New York, on the thir-
eenth proximo, and already has engage
nents for fifteen weeks. We regret to lose
% good an artist, one that has endeared
,erself to our citizens by her conscientious
md painstaking acting, and shall be pleased |
0 record her future success. Her starring
epertoire will include East Lynne (in
which she plays Lady IsabelJ, Margaret E1
aore, Lady Teo-le. Lady Gay Spanher, Juliet,
ore, in "Article A. Mo5sa, in her new
lay of The Mystery of No. II, and Mary
tuart, in a new version written for her by
gentleman of this city. Also the Duchess
{ Nairn, in 'Clouds and Sunshine" first
layed by her with our Shakespeare Club.
he character of Juliet, which she plays for {
he first time in this city tomorrow even
lg, has been frequently enacted by her, to b,
he Romeo of Mrs. +. B. Conway, and a
are performance is anticipated.