, 1874-10-25

Lady saeerwell'a Maid. Jennie Bra
This will DO p!aved on the reconstructet
method with four ac-s. 4 scene to an act. Til
| addition of .Mr. McEicaer's name to the cast i,
! the role of Sir Peter will be An e1eme1: OF IN
| usual btreugth.
HooLET's THEATRE.
Barley Campbell's new piece. "The Virgin
| ian," will be presented tomorrow evening with
| good cast. The story is based upon an inciden
OF the War, and it's characters ara Of humbl
type. Tho story is = sad one. aud is told in tiv
acts. We append the following synopsis Of th'
drama:
Act F*t-A wayside inn in the heart OF the A1egae
MICS. Introducing CTomt7eK talrtrt and InnQ's1a
Gt.1e tho former proprietor Of tho tavern, and tht
Litter an intimate, much given to oratory aul love
waiting maid, who seems little unwilling to shazt
aHechon with the bottle icard CHireyt, the oi
the Eonface, haa Joined the Federal army operating
under Mcdowell on tho Potomac, Iea:ang his wife
kate, the honeymoon has w.ned in The charge OF
his father. As the curtain ri4es tho Of the n;ht
It Fairfax has JUS. reached the young wife, and sa
eudcd among The slain. II this moment. Te,dytt
FsT'son rofugea from the Old Dominion, puts in IN
appearance and ia It once smisten ~ the eauty Of
feelings, and sits down to tie enjoyment OF creature
comforts in tho shape Of provender and stimulating.
Psnniaoion from tbs front who brings Intelligence oi
Richard catrtrts death At Fsirfax, and Of the fac.
that the body OF the dead fell into the lands Of
to syInpathsxe with tho bereaved widow, and the
curtain closes IN the picture tile strains Of bass music
aud ths trsad OF : martial ho*t are heard without.
giring color to tho exclamation Of Hin Jenkins,
s'Hnrrzh! More troops for the front!n
act Stcosd-Th,s gives US \ view Of Fan psrnen's
supposed to have elapsed Van .s married. The widow,
ness. Inclusive Of goden-hatrea child OF B. con
comedy buaincss, and closes with the arrival Of
Htchord Catrert, whom It fs now discovered did not
fall ct Fairfax, but on the contrary has been pzis-
oner OF fer four years. Ga Claims his wife, As
might he expected aud Fan after extracting prom
isa That 4he should no: e txken array until the follow
Act Th'ri-ran and Kate, rupremely w-etched,
eett!s up their accounts. divide tlleir aavings.
aud say farewell. On tho arrival Of Ri:hard
counters tue pair on the threshold. and eoeing
that his child ha7 also been made rcadsfor de-
p2rture, seiAe< tie le eaa WITH the exclamation,
ono il ,ny child" An arrangement is subsequently,
made that taa mother shall u4rs the privilege OF visit
ing her offspring twicc year; but ys-aru Fsun8 to
1n1csss by jeAousy, refuses, when tie aAto Of the
sr,ni-annuai visit around to LET Kat go. and
terrible Of elimination follows whic, about TO
end in Violence when xn's opportuuc arrival b1ings
the TOW to M end. aud tho act to close.
Act fohTth-This opens in Pan's hoase, New Years
Dag. 1861 ran IL ~aitin. feyeT;shly for Eates ar
rival. The day wears away, between hopo and fear,
and jun: tbs darkness Of midw:nser might c!oses
in, and the oon rsea high ato7e the snowy ps1ka Of
ths AIcghenies. Kate arrives, on foot having tsan2cd
through the snow to Keep her promise to her child
Far. meets her 1t ths door, ct exquisite athos
eu5ues; mother aud child reunited ou1y to ba
cred again the neSs moment by the death Of a Tbs
pziaoner CT puts IL app=aEanca It this juucur:,
and demands The return OF his wife, reiterating his
Claim upon her ooed:ence which IL renlcd to by Pan
somewhat astar tac following ssye, :'Hush! Ho1ven
hsa Cancelled your cl..in sir pointing upward
crc1stly saae Is At home!~
Following is Tia caut:
r.
Aun1ni.s G!aglar. Mr.. ". L. Crane
Richard Calvert. Ir- n Salisbury
Cornwall Calvert --.--....--....--A At George Eyer
Charley Knox. ox......-...-.....--.Ar y; Eiszrasrics
John Pennington. MI g. u. Brown
Kate Calvert ......: Niss Louise Hawthorne
tltt1ua 1ouXlns. -Ats EtAa n l4Ian3
THE ACADEMY OF MCslc.
Tho new company will make its collective bow
to Chicago audience Monday night in "a Ro-
meo and Julcs." With th.t accomplished lady,
Z. Rogers Randolph, Us thu stsr- Tie manage
ment ia a Etti3 se:reti7e in some matters, and
entirely omits to give the full cas-. Of tho piece,
Such Of it as nr. Gardiner has bson frank enough
to give il unexceptionable. It is confined, how
sver, 70 three characters:
Juliet. .Miss E Rogers Randolph
Romeo: Samuel W. f:rcey
Iercutio. ]. Buckley
lion of tho two gentlemen does not e1ageerata
their merits wildly. They both come here With tho
best Of ecommauda.ions. '.Romeo and Juliet Will
be given but once. aad that Monday night. Tues
day ". S. Gilbert's classic "PyEmaiiau and Gaia-
tea will be played, with strong scaeic effects.
and will be followed BY farce, in order to bring
out the capacity of tho companyfcr comedy rep
Eesentation. We are not III position to tell our
readers what tho farce will be. We regret this.
Vo can enlighten them as to the salary list, but
aot IS to the pays. By the exercise OF g1est
leal Of Journalistic ingenuity, however, wo hare
.xtorted frou Mr.. Gardiner tho admission that
10 will give series Of yerv interesting perform
tuces during the week- With Bliss Rogers a
ne ta1nk that this half-suspicon will ba
hared by the public BIT why tt,is mysterious
lenca - 70 the farccs, and the fuu cast?
TIE cEAsD opEEA-uoUsE-
THO past week has seen the production Of s
Ier opcrstlc burlesqne, by aIv. Aims and Lis
aingtrel company, entitled "Ching Chow~H.."
his is 8 travesty upon Gu OHenbachian bur- |
ssque, into which tho melodies Of more than |
40 OF his pieces are introduced The dramatic |
aterest in the pioce is naturally light. The |
.her features OF this weeks bill nro good, and |
hose who wish to en- 10y Al ovaNiug Of careless |
,ushter will find an opportunity hoEo.
ATERs' oPERA-uousE.
Tho present is the last week OF the Georgia |
linstrols at Myers Opers-House. Tho bill has !
cen changed little, to give variety to the por-
ormanco. keraands, Crusoo. and Hicks give
leir specially, F." American Cadets :" Brown and |
ILLS their p!art.tion pastlmes: the Lillian |
listers and Miss Polly Daily their songs and !
thor speciality artists what they know.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Emily Riel, in "Moorcroft," made = decided |
It,
Mra. Scott-Siddons has telegraphed that.
tsp1to statements to the contrary, sho will fill |
or engagements in the States this autumn.
Mr. Boucicault's new Irish drama will be c.l1ed
Conn na Scachran." Its scenes will be laid IN
10 wildcat pats Of shgo. 1t will dsal nitn
events.
It is stated that Miss Lotta will shortly 80
Europe. intending to remain abroad for ser-
al Jeats.
Ar. William Hawthorne Eburne, Who was for
number Of years q member OF the London
delphi Company, under tho management OF
r. 3. Webster, expired 1t his residence. in
ennington park road, London. on Sept. TO- Mr.
burne was frequent contributor TO tho
amatic publications Of tho day.
Thomas Macdonough, OF Bidwell l. Macdoo-
lgh's :sBlack Crook" now playing at lilo Ja-
.lro, has shipped to New YORK 12u00 bags Of
flee, purchased with the frat weeks receipts.
The receipts at BOOTHS for the Mark Smith
nefit we're 81, 800, and at Wallack's $500. Mr.
- --fu korL hos A1A1n -f% ;~.