, 1874-05-24
rsngements between managers and actors, and
new order take the place Of the old one.
= A'yICKER's THEATRE.


new order take the place Of the old one-
= HvIcKER's THEATRE.
Miss Mitchell played at McVicker's last week,
1t being the third OF her engagement. Business
has improved gtaadiiy, and ''Little Barefoot
has proved itself still popular. The preeont
week il tho Inst ct her engagement, nad
will be devoted mainly to 'sThe Pearl Of Savoy
with Miss Mitchell as Marie, and Mr. Bock rs
Loustdlot- Friday night 'f Fsnchon" will % re-
reated at her benefit, and Saturday night 4" Lit
tie Barefoot, kaxt week 3Ir- sothera will re.
OF au lovers OF elegant comedy.
THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
1fr. Joe Murphy hes retired to tho cool shades
OF private lie for season or two. His week nt
everybody. THIS week the inlnitablo Vokes
Family will return to tho Academy. and
will give their dron entertainment, bellies Of
tho Kitchen" The weather is getting little
fortune will not weigh. Fred Tokcs' :. splits
and Rosina'a laugh are enough to fill the house
In July.
For the accommodation OF South sidera Mr.
Gardiner has made arrangements with Lyon l.
Healy to have q downtown ticket office at their
store, where it will be permanently situated
THE ADELPu1.
So great has been the rush to see Bad
pickey vt the Adelphi during The week, that it
will probably run for several weeks to come.
without material change. It works very
smoothly, indeed, aud the specialties are i'm
aensely popular.
FonEpACoH's C1rcus.
Now is the season Of circus performances.
Forepaughs is the next one announced 1t will
opon on the South Side, corner Of TweDty-third
and State streets tomorrow, Tensln there Day
son and Elizabeth atreets. Everybody is so we'll
acquainted with the character and completeness
Of this exhibition that It is unnecessary to say
| much about it. There sill be u street parade On
1c3tn {o np1 3rcn y1pr Trpn
usual. Il.
| DRAMATIC NOTES.
Madame Janauschek has sailed foz Germany.
George SAND is reported to be writing drama
| for the Paris Odcon ne1t winter.
An lido. saya the "school for Scandal" is ripa
| enough to b. called maliow-drama-
| MIR. Willis, writer Of " Charles L." etc, is it
! ts said, about to be married to the daughter OF
| Mr. Forbes Robertson, the writer on art.
Richard III. Darry sullivan) kicked caf,
penter in 9 Liverpool theatre and WAS arrested
| for it. Alas for the downfall OF Royalty.
! The plan Of leasing seats in the proposed new
Globe Theatre at Boston, for 81 700 each, is sac
] ccoding admirably, ninoty having already been
/ taken.
| The Now York correspondent Of the St. Louis
I Republican is authority for tho statement that
| Miss Clara Morris starts for Europe III June, RI
| Airr. aArnot.
John dnss serves for the hero Of stage play.
| written BY Won Gerstenborg led!tor OF the
! Augsburg Algenseine zeltuny), AID lately pro-
! aucea nith success at AUGSBURG.
| Jauott l. Palmer open their season at Booth 3
! Theatre with an adaptation Of - Les Deu1 Or
| phelipos," by Dion Boncicanlt. Tho elaborate
mise en scene for the play is already constructing
| in London.
Charlotte CuHhman, it is rumored, has ao-
ceptcd IN engagement for Booths Theatre next
| fail, when, under the management OF Jarrett d
| Palmer, she will appear rs Lady Adcoe4a, LII
sumptuous revival Of that play
The new drama at the London Ado1phi, which
has been written by 1lr. Leopold Lewis aud Alr.
| Arthur a Beckett under the auspices Of III,
Puueoll, is to be- entitled 'sThe Golden Heart, :
and the the great effect IL to be the sinking Of
IAN unssaWorthT veasel"
.tFa1r France" play recently produced at the
Queen'a Theatre. London, vas so very BAD y, ahas
the audience called the author Mr: West
Digges, before the curtain. Decel'ed by the
presumed sound Of approval. West Digges ap-
| peazed only to be met with storm Of catcalls,
hisses and ironical howls.
| The only theatre now regularly open in NeN
Orleans is bidwo1ls Academy OF Music ana,
SAYS a correspondent, under date Of Aay s, - Al
| that the business Of the week has not proved
satisfactory to the management. Ihe deastefs
I Of finance and the destructicn by the oVerho"
[ are TOO apparent to be- mistaken among ou1
| a1nusemenr-loving people"
/ d
| geil-known actor, says: 'sMr. Addison real
/ Damo was Haddy, he being the Eon OF citizen Q!
Davenport. Intended TOR the law: he elected fhe
stage as profeEs,on, and came out under .
knew bis father, and greeted with the remark,
! Oh that's Haddy's son. be adopted the phFase
as nom dartiste, dropped the b, aud called hln1'
solf Addison"
sf;es Neilsop has closed her American scaeor
| and gone home to England to study, 80 the re-
I IN, axfn n
. | Arrangements have been perfected by which she
will on her return, assume tile role OF Cleopatra
, in Shakspeare'a moct' Spectacular drama at the
Lyesum Theatre Ter N ens
. . and her return will be matter OF interest to
, I great many people.
An extraordinary company Is gathering lc
, ! the next eeason OF Booths Theatre. For th'
. ! especial support Of Miss Charlotte Cushuat
l ] Messrs Jarrett s Palmer secured Mr. Georg'
, | Yandeuhon. This renowned tragedian has no
, | aDDaarcd on the stage In over fourteen years
! and his advent will be looked forward to viii
great interest, especially By cid p]ay.goers, +
. whom bis merits aa IN actor are 1am1uar. ~
t | win appear in the proposed magnificent revival
Of "Maebeth" aud Horny the Eighth
Nile. Marie Leeau1t, rho made her debut .
t the Gymnaso some months ago ia play OF Mo
ieres, has been progressing farnously ever slnce
and bids fair, according to competent prophets
q to become an actress Of the highest order. Nile
Fayart The "Queen" OF the Theatre Frsncais
much irritsted By the comments that wore MAD sd
= in the press on her eptefnlness in excluding tn
: late Mfle, Desclee from the Francais, thIeatene
It the other day to give her resignation, but Wa
= prevented By an humble petition Of her broshc
y actors.
In the forthcoming production OF "olixc
:. Twist" at Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre. dis
Fanny Davenport will appear as Aancy o3As'
Fisher a Fagin, Lewis as the Artfn! Dodge' M
a Dayidge as Banote, Louis james e. as b.A s.Ee:
! k5:io,, uaron ma f1iiDer. The pCOduCtlG
!: vii be . real treat to the lover OF Dickens
= The idea Of Dayidge as BUNDLE 1e, OF ltecii
. enough to cot Now Iorh agog with pleasant Al
& ticipation.
A singular computation las been made OF to
0 Paris theatres In 1859, the year before Ia Ia
: var, when Frnnce waa in the very zenNh OF ne ne
!. commercial prosperity, and 1873, When relnPs
from free-trade principles, and poAttca! inssour
: ity had brought affairs to the lowest ebb. Ffor
= ths statement it appears that the theatres #cr
t in a much more Aourishing condition last yea
= thnn during tho Empire. The receipts OF III
i Gomedis Francaiee amounted to 994 wv franc
: in 1863. and 360 900 francs in 1873; OF the var
q deyi]le 456, 900 francs in the former year, GA
i 600 in the latter willis all other theatres soo"e
d | q rrrpottinuAte ipEIenBe.