, 1874-01-25
CHICAGO DAILY SUNDAY, JANUARY

, So
, East; strong dramatic co1npaay, with T.
t Langtion. J. Fl. Reany. Harry Blood Miss Hen
r Bradley, and many others. The ballet will b
unusually large. led by Mile. Geraldine. Frank
Christie. Mile. Pauline, Milo. Wisner, and hos
: ofcorrphees. The officers of tho Ade1phi are Leon
ard Grover, Manager: Billy Rice. Stage Manager
Frank Clynes. Superintendent; aud Jay G. Ral
Treasurer The Adelphi will be opened wee
from Tomorrow. The management is in earncs
} to give the public what he promises: and tn
names Of the officers arc strong lndorsemen
OF the enterprise. Mr. Growers long experience
and confirmed popularity insure him tho bes
wishes OF the public. There is every reason t
look for an immense SUCCESS in the Adolphi-
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Ons OF the Davenport (lowa) churches is tt
be converted into an opera-house.
Joseph Bradford, OF the Boston Courier, has
sold his now comedy, "The Ne" German" to J
Il. Emmet.
"Tne Poor and Proud of Philadelphia II is the
attractive title OF 4 new melodrama produced
recently IN that city.
Mrs ]. D. Booth made her first appearance il
Now York Us Diane Berard in 81. Femme dc
Feu" at Booths recently.
The Tudor Varieties, Liverpool, advcrtisos
"Con1ic talent wanted. Always vacancy for
good knock-abous ni5gers."
Barley Campbell has leased tho Chestnut
Street Theatre, Philadelphia, from Which in
futuro Mr. !Campbells plays will bo issued to m
admirlng would.
John Gilbert. the comedian, who Was very i'll
for three weeks, is recovering, and will soon
onco moro Eladden the stage with presence
that always makes sunshine upon 1T.
A military spectacular peco at the Porte st.
| Martin, Paris entitled ''Libre,' il poorly writ
ten. 4 critic says: 1.-THE great advantage Of 30
much explosion OF cannons and muskets is that
1ees Of the dialogue is audible"
Dulwers comedy @Monoy mas been revived
at Wallack'e, with John Brousham as Benjamin
Stout, Hurry Beckett AS henry Grapes. Mr..
Polk as Capt Dudley Smooth. Lester Wallack
Alfred Evelyn, aud Mr. Floyd as Sir Frederick
Btotnt.
Mr.. William TeIbtn, the weI1-known London
sccne-painter, died on Christmas Day in his
61st year. The London Orchestra aays:
1912. when Tclbia painted the drop-curtain, to
represent white satin, down to his latest tri
| umphs Of architecture aud landscape imitation,
| the works of Telbin havo been before the public
eye mud reaped public admiration"
| Victor Vaudis, the father OF two little girls
Who do daring trapezo a:ta at the Boston Thea
| tre, in response to correspondent, who depre-
| Gated the depraved taste that could admire acts
involving 80 much torture to the children, writes
to the Adcertiser that these two children are oil
| he has left Of Eve. and that they would not be
alive but for the physical training by which thoy
we're prepared for the stage, as they we're deli
cute and puny, but are now vigorous, healthy,
and delight in the trapeze. Just thluk Of a cir
GUS PecksniH!
| 4 strange and deplorable accident took place
lately at o theatre in Ulm, Germany. The place
was lighted by twenty petroleum lights, Mt
| tuched to = chandelier suspended from the cell
| ing. In tue midst OF O performance lamp
| plodcl, and the burning petroleum dropped like
shower Of FIRE upon the auditors The dresses
| OF about twenty Indies caught fire, and several
! OF them we're seriously burned. One Of the
| fortunate women died few hours after the acci-
t dent.
| Mr. T. G. Ring, the English tragediun, made
! hit ut St. Louis last week in Rlcheieu." The
Republican SAYS: ' It is fne test role, and Mr..
King nobly stood the ordeal He gave us tile
best Richeltc1t We have seen hero since the palmy
days Of Forrest. It was infinitely, superior to
! Darrett's and q whole better than BOOTHS.
| Neither OF these actors have tho physical
| strength to give Ric1ele1t his grandest effects,
| and Mr.. king has. He was called before the
curtain at the end of tho first, third aud fourth
| acts, and ut the end of the play"
| benefit for the Actors Order OF Friendship
is proposed, at which it is said E. 4. Sothe.n,
Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth, E. L. Dayen-
port, Janauschek, Lawrence Barrett, Joseph
Jefferson. Barney Wil1iams, Misa Nelson and
Lester Wallack will appear together III one COM
AS*A%1AAs
Neither the time nor the place has been definite
ly determined, but it Will occur between the 7th
and 18th OF March, either in New York or PAila-
delphia.
Miss Lizzie Price, formerly member of the
Arch Street Theatre Company Of Phi!a ~lnhia,
and now one OF tho principal ladies' Of Mr.
Charles Fechter's company, has commenced pro-
ceedinGs in libel against John II. Taggart j.
Sons, publishers of the Sunday Times, Of Phila-
delpnia. The ground Of the libel is the publca-
- ss-j- - $~- IL 49,,
insinunted that Mr. Fechter had sent Mr.
William Wint!e, the husband Of Lizzie Prince,
to Europe, that be himself light take advantage
OF her husbands absence
While playing the "Dutchman in England"
at tho Masonic Temple in Brooklyn, the other
being used for scenic effect, ignited BY being
held too near the flame, and exploited the neck
striking Mr. Wy1rich, who personating the
" Dead Dutchman." The latter, who was COM
fortably laid out, imagining he had been shot, |
sprang to his feet in very lively way, and COM
menced bnwliug out in most ridiculous manner |
for dead man. The audience were very much |
excited, but gradually the facts became KNOWN.
and Wyrrich again laid himself down like re-
spectacle corpse, whilo the spectators Uttered.
It IS with unaffected joy that We lay before |
our readers authentic evidence Of Japanese |
proficiency in dramatic studies, rs noted in the |
Japan 1fa,k We find, for instance, the heart
rending cry Of Richard H., thus paraprased:
Ginriek-pshau n,ony toy-qinrtck-shau drinnasen.
mar MOTIF koe Mar sick sfck, beto trunty dru',sy-
On my hggy in ia, uatarshce pumgts si,Joe ar1nas
Which we will delcateiy venture to re-translate,
follows: "a chariot Ny kingdom for chariot or
If the chariot be absent horse, according to standard
editions" To which the trusty Knight replied. "aIy
King his horse has fallen, llee:iug from hundred
wounds. As to his faithful squire, after LIES 1tfu
fever he sleeps we'll" To which the kng-.*haste
haste, ye al mine shall be tho hand to deal forth
vengeance!"
Miss Laura Alexander, Of Wallack'a Company,
died last week. The new York Tribune rays:
u 1t is the melancholy fact that sense Of pro-
fessional failure pre5ed upon this young 1ads's
mind, eubstered her last moments, and hasten |
ed her death. She presents, in brief, another
instance Of the brokon heart TINT sometimes
follows in the truck OF disappointed ambition.
She was of q generous nature and an enthus;as-
tic mind, and she made tho mournful but COM
mon mistake OF thinking that thcso arc dramatic
genius and trained mimetic skill upon the stage;
and she had not patience to bear the burden Of
chagrin and SORROW that came OF her thwarted
aspiration"
Aphonse Be1ots new pieco "La Femme de
Feu II has been played at Booths. The Tribune