, 1874-05-03

pcriencc, and has distinguished himself in many
roles. But 1t is strange fact that an actor to-
DAY can, II he be not absolutely gen,us, se.
cure hold On the public only by IDENTIFYING
himself with one particular part. Jelrersor i
chained to Rip for life. Frank Mayo ia GROWING
INTO favor as 0dry CrocHet daily. Frank
Chantrau dnds klt moro remunerative than a
repertoire. so he identifies himself with XII,
plays nothing else, and contents himeelf
by sedulously celebrating his one crea-
ton IN place or creating moro characters.
| The consequence ie that few characters arc
becoming very finished presentations. and such is
serious efforts Of good actor, such as Mr.,
cLanfrau, and will live for several seasons vet,
Mr. Jefferson could still p1ay Rip for years to
sx;1, cGnie, out the chaie gaiis him. and be would
Wlhngly fld himself OF it. Mr. Chanfrau sees
no such prospect before him. it cannot be- said
that his drama is not legitimate. It is q type Of
real Life. rude, rough, aud repugnant to ciy1liza-
ZION. Dut it has its counterpart in some Of the
old English dramas. AL that it requires is the
hand OF mnster to draw tho characters. and an
| motor to present them properly. The leading
role ID N such bands, and is in it's way y very
tlne and admirable presentation OF the charac-
ter. 1t has been wonderfully successful in
craving good houses: The Academy has been
filled every night It will be retained through
the week. The excellent mounting Of the piece
Aas done much to insure its SUCCESS.
rather moro startling drama Of Western life
is to 20 presented next week, when the great
t4AbEAAAus ouAA4o DAl, Win LIB C0fuQ1DT. WILL
present new drama, entitled "rhe Scouts"
Inc company Consists Of Buffalo Bill, Texas
Jack. Morlacchi, tho promiero danseusc, Frank
Aordaunt, Eliza Hudson, and several others.
HooLEYs THEATRE.
The yagaries OF tie public defy ANALYSIS and
disappolnt speculation. Tho liyeliest and best
Of modern comedies die Of inanition, and tho
fiery drama thrlves in their stead. In el,oer dis
gust Mr.. Hooley put ''The Streets OF New
lors1 on tho stage on Monday to a miserable
house. Tuesday night busineaa WAS trit}e bet
ter It continued TO improve, The Nednas-
day matinee was fair; Wednesday night
better etil. Thursday night tho house
wSs filed. Every seat sold. Friday
a:d Miller, and again tho house was crowded.
Yesterday afternoon it WIS crowded again for
another benefit and last night it Bas again
thtonged. But for the benefits, which we're as-
tonisllingy successful for tue attaches the house
bilty more than it has done for mouths. Wat is
the cncouTa aGement to mapapors to Bacure nov-
Tomorrow Mr. Dlalsdell's farewell benefit will
DC gwen. me Dill consists OF three pieces
tbs comedy Amercans = I u Parls," q wild ab-
surdity entitled :" Bishop Sent to the Armory
by Glddens, IN which these two comedians
and George Cooper will participate. and the
popular Irish drama, Robert Emmett" con-
ciud1ng With Emmets famous address to the
court, VIII cnua1 ING Dill.
1huthaay evening, tno most popular como
dian IN thls city, ana 1ayorlte OF every
c1ty, Ar. U. B' bl6hop,, will have beue-
Ut Inc bill ls not announced, but
it viii undoubtedly be- good one.
Tuesday and "Wednesday nights, the company
will present . comedy. Tho remainder Of the
week will be given up to Aimee and Opera
BoutYo.
AV1cKEhs 8 1HRArRR-
Ino company naso oeen very successful dur
Mg tne pass Heek ln aliehlean caeles, playing to
mnzoo, Battle Creel. and MAJ w;th htsa.ra an
Mitchell, By constant rcpetition. tho nieces
run very smoothly, Miss Mitchell opens her en-
eagement Wlsn jane Eyre, dramatlzed from
the cast be,ng as followa: NA'"' 0"NAo'
1,,oF Fxa ,.t., >,..,.. ,,...>-,
Rochester. james o'Ssu
s.a s.F tfanc's, "a Ar = Il " Wilson
Prot. Blackhorst III Georro aoj1nnd
Henry winfield. .Mr E. Stuart
Ms. Reed, ira chr, a. :" stonsem nasem
Georgina. Mrs Mary Siycrs
5iss nr::a a1as Emmn Marble
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