The New York herald., 1875-11-17
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
George +. Rowe is playing hicawber this week in
Boston.
Edwin Booth is to open at the Walnut Street Theatre
Philadelphia, in Richelieu
The three principal comedians of Cincinnati are said
to be Nose Fiske John Marble and John T. Craven.
The failure OF Mr.. Hooley does not break up the
Hooley combination, which appears this week in
Chicago
Mr.. Z. l.. Davenport is playing the Academy OF
Music Buffalo, this week in Sir Giles ovorreach
othello Hamlet &c.
new drama from tho French, founded on the ITCH
trial. will be produced the Chestnut Street The
atre Philadelphia next week.
When Mr. George Honey returns to Boston after his
success in "Casen at wallack's he will resume his
personation OF Mr.. Middlewck In sour Boys" at the
Globe
At the westmoreland Hotel parlors last night very
enjoyable performance given, in which Mrs Cut
Ter Lizzie Petit took part dramatic reader and
a very charming she proved TO be- Mrs Agnes
vedder sang Mouton's song "Beware" in the most be.
witchng manner.
Mr. Levy, the celebrated cornet player, starts on
provincial tour with the following assistants Mrs.
Levy miss Minnie Conway, soprano; Miss Blanche
Coreli contrato Mr. Melbourne and Miss Lima Luck
hardt the celebrated pianist The company Is
composed OF the very best elements.
The Home for Aged ana In6rm Hebrews was bcne.
hted by entertainment at Terrace Garden last even
ing, at which quite largo and respectable audience
assisted Tho first part Of the evenings amusement
consisted of the presentation OF German play
entitled "Citronen,n by members OF the Germania
Theatre company This performance which was re-
ceved with demonstrations of delight by the audience
closed about eleven O'Clock and was followed by soirs
ddnsaRe
Tho one hundredth night of 'sThe Mighty Doarr at
the Park Theatre, December IL will be finely celebrated
BY the direction Of Mr. Florence every lady attending
that occasion will be presented with a silver medal
the OF trade dollar, elegant in design bearing
an appropriate inscription. bronze medal differ
emily designed will be given to each member Of the
company.
The last appearance OF George Bclmore upon any
stage is well described by the Boston Courier Tho &C
count sadly sustans his expression after he was
told that his hopeless ~ am conscious that
going and that my acting in this country has not
been real acting, but the stimulation OF actngn But all
that he lacked stage was forcc--the skill tho
art and humor remained with him to the end. The
Courier says
more melancholy performance than that OF Mr..
George Bcmore in the part Of Nat Gosling in "The
Flying Scudn 10 has not been my fortune TO see Tho
actors voice hardly audible beyond the footghts,
and the effort to make himself vocally ineligible was
evidently SO painful that IL destroyed all the pleasure
that might otherwise have been derived from his really
artistic acting His stimulation OF kindly old age was
full Of fine touches and the blending Of shrewfness
and simplicity, which the groundwork OF the cbarac.
ter rendered with truthfuness to nature not
withstandng the physical inhrmes under which the
artist labored. There times observable a ten
dency TO elaboration OF business lault common
To certain class Of English actors-as, for instance IN
his manipulation of the money he received from the
swlndng urfnen and in his handling OF his mcpiecc,
but generally performance Tree from exaggera
tion. But, oh tho pity Of ~ There was = M man VINO
should have been in his bed, struggling 70 tnil an en-
nancmcnt and entertain audience. All the heroes
do MOI belong battlefield and ali Of the martyrs
have not been familiar with The flame and the Tho
lester shakes his cap and bells though sorrow may be
ugrng his hcartstrings and his flashes OF mcrri-
ment may set the theatre in when his spirit Is
lowering amid the gloom OF the gathering night