, 1875-08-08

The Fifth Avenue Theatre will be conducted O
the star principle this season. with job
btoughs1n, Edwin Booth. and Clara Morris a
stars. Mr. DAILY coo!Iy announces his stars anon
his COMPANY: Mr. Lewis will star thus season
and so will Miss Davenport.
Ihe reader will perceive that the companies
announced for Chicago do not compare with any
OF the above. hatterly il Chicago We have hat
season was, with all it's failings a good one
! Days has been here already, and the Uu!o1
Square company the best in The country, is stil
III the city, and will hare played here six weeks
s9;sga M1G9ng e enough Tor every play-Eoer to have
season, then, for managers to offer the Chicago
! public second-rate companies all round What
the issue will be. it is not difficult to imagine
RRoogL9N THEATRES.
Even Brooklyn appears to be making q start
J in theat11cals. Situated 60 near New York,
Brooklyn does not enjoy nearly 80 favorable =
position as Chicago. Notes OF preparation, how
ever, sound from the City of scandala. Hooley's
Theatre is being turned inside out, and reftted
for stock theatre- Barley Campbell ia to run
it, and has already engaged company. Tls
following ladies' and gentlemen are announced
IS g. members Of it: Mss 4. Rogers, Mrs, Pryor,
Everett, Miss Marion Fiske, Mr. Matt '. Ling
ham, Mr. De Grotet hlr. c, DAILY. We con
gratulate Mr. Campbell On having theatre Of
h!s OVID. Every young author should Let
hlm Try hls Own plecea there first. before
T.yleu1e, in New Orleans, set most excellent
a1ample. hr. Campbell should meet With
perfect SUCCESS, and everybody hopes be will, in
spite OF the croakiDg Of Brooklyn news-
papers, which insist that between Brother-in-
laW Slnn at the Park and the New York theatres
be will be ground to powder. It is to be hoped
that no such miserable insinuations will deter
toe Brooklyn public from supporting theatre |
OF their own. or Mr. Campbell from playing his |
comedies there.
BAN FRANCISCO TREATIES /
hare done we'll all through the season. The !
only notable failure 60 far has been that OF !
Augustin DAILY. The newspapers record the
act that business with Mr. Daily has not been
Is good Al it might have been. and even 20 80
ar as to dissect his company. and compare it
Individually with Hooley'a. The compare
on is very complimentary to AIr. Crane
nd LII. O'Neil. Mr. Crane is described
$ being less polished as an artist
ban Mr> Lewis, but much funnier. Even the
Upper gives expression to this opinion. or
ourse there ara two sides to the question, and, |
,uch as the Chicago people like Mr Crane, per-
onally and profefnona!lv, they will wait to see
o bold a verdict: As for Mr. o'NerJ, thefe u no
iember OF 1lr. Daly'e organization who can be
omnared With him in any way. There can be
nly one opinion on that point hr. Daly las
. actor to play the parts Sfr. U'Neil assumes.
Bonclcanlt has been making thousands OF dol
Is With the ''Shaugh1aua " al the Catiforutx |
heatre. Hia season has been one Of the most !
'ospe1ous known On the Pacific coast His en- |
lRement ended yesterday.
Tue Lineards-Atice Dunnins and Dickie
lugard-open at the California Theatre to-
orfow evening in The Two Orphans" The
ece was played by them for ona week only. in
~, and was one OF the most brilliant veeka
own there. The receipts were over $4,000 in
Id.
Fha San. Francisco public wants to know il
uclcault's zeal name is not Mlclsel Burke.
. Chronicle says it is ''hdden in mystery"