, 1875-03-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
sweetening Actors for the
American Market.
Remarkable illustration in
Irying's s. Hamlet.''
The Civil-Rights Bill and Chi
cago Theatres.
What the Managers Intend Doing,
and What Celored People
Have Done.
Actors and Actresses Who VIII
Figure This Week.
The Musical World at Home and
Abroad.
The Civil-Rights Bill and Chi
cago Theatres.
Actors and Actresses Who VIII
Figure This Week.
The Musical World at Home and
Abroad.
THEATRICAL.

THEATRICAL. !
THE ppCTORED DRAMA.
HQW ExGI1su ACTORS ARE - 's"IE1ES@-o W. @N
AMERICAN MARKET.
Frenchmen turn up their noses 1T the cnau-
psgne they get in this country, ano' sopPosns
,hev .ra mt interested in its Importation de-
etare that it is poor stuf 1t does not 1ouo"
that the vina ia really OF very inferior quality,
Init tba AMERICANS insist upon having sweet
,hxmnaene. and the wine is - 'doctofed IN
rr,nca II is s*sweetened for the American
,,.,ket." B7 this means, most inferior brands |
Ire doctored and shipped to America The e1-
.essiva sweetness couceals its Deficiencies, anu
Hye1ybody is happy. It is = fact that our better
,sste is discarding the excessively sweet
sines, and prefe17ing champagne an nat
urel There is singular parallel to DO
found in the importation OF foreign, es-
pecia1ly English, dramatic talent. Ihere
re two reasons why the American market
Il tempting to the English Spectator. Aner1-
sans are the most generous people In the "of1o
N their support Of a1nusements, and TO MAKE
hit in the States is to make fortune Our OWN
American actors are far superior to those of
England as body, and more than ever SO To-
aay, when J. s. Clarke can play English charae-
te1s to the delight Apf English audiences, and
fho.ne, Stuart Robson, and others are more
popular than their own celebrities. As u eonse-
uuepce of this, the Americans prefer to import
their talent. To make an inferior article PASS
Tor the best quality, the shrewd manager Il CON-
nelled to sweeten" the actor he brings us,
md hs does it with punery- The fact Is that
the sweetening OF English actors for American
consumption has been reduced to system, and
the ingenious specuiators in dramatic talent
look fsr ahead in preparing their goods Tor
rcaty acceptance In the United States
The reading public will recall With something
Ike amusement the columns OF preliminary no
hce which preceded the advent OF Mrs. Adelaide
Leo Nelson to this country The choicest
sulogies Of the English press were sent along IN
ADVANCE were published in the. Ne" York pa-
pers were rewritten there, were scattered through
the West, and furore Was most tngenlously
achieved. With the prestige OF Engllsh ap"
p1oyal OF the most decided character, New xofR'
its public and its critics, based their opinions OF
Hiss Nelson upon the assumption that, "hethef
hey detected her greatness or not, ene WIS
necessarily great actress. And they all sslo
10. For long time, too, they preferred 70
trust the celebrated critics Of London before
yentuting to assert their Own modest ana con-
hsry opinion. The discovery that she Eas not
xreat WAS made eventually, and then the critics
md the public began to reduce their eulog1es,
md 1t length discovered that the lady IN ques-
hon Was only an actress Of very moderate ability
outside of one particular part lovely woman
md = most interesting person, she Was good IN
,fu}ia and weak elsewhere. And that IL her
uresept position. Miss Nelson was " handled :"
most ingeniousiy. Unfortunately the thing was
sFerdops, and that sort Of sweetening has lost
ts power Of advertising.
Just ut present the aame process ia being tried
. h London, by M1. Bateman, il we are not mis-
taken. The article he wishes to sell IN the
United States ia Mr. Lying's Hamlet. h1F
Irving ia melod1amatic actor OF considerable
pover, and made his most pronounced SUCCESS in
tuanslation Of German melodrama, called IN
English 1.-The Belis." He is perhaps the
strongest exponent OF this variety OF the drama
On the London stage and being one OF limited
number Of really good actors in Englano' sue
ceeded in obtaining universal recognuon
When this gentleman first essayed the role OF
Ha,nla, those who knew him by reputation we're
not slow to express their surprise that an actot
Of his peculiar school should attanpt the paIts;
But to the surprise OF tne VII II.
aun1au6ed him. The accomplished gentleman
who writes criticisms for the Times, and au tt the
other papers, praised him to the sizes. Inc
cor1espondents Of the newspapers Of the United
States Eent Kith tbe stream They all declared
this Han,It the most marvellous creation Of mod
eu times. The correspondent Of the World, II
sr,1 na-ensna2 Ta-dct He boldly declared II
~n1a.s .an,s5.,,oat,a .n5 rd;cnlons- The very
sa' tneiou. att'as!e' n 80 a-5ancea ~ his
gonss the etltlcs PRAISED - ss1uoua 1;4 - 1870
oecp research and WONDERFUL oIsuAnt5 "e.s
either stale or pueri}e- Among the former may
ee mentioned bis "business wltn ING PlayeiS ty tns
Ing cuI1An laAs as ne slle uo~n ~ - ,aco
Speech he Wishes them TO insert u1o @nett P4oeo
For this be received round OF newspaper ~
plause. It is old on this side Of the Atlantic. ~
ONeil did it at Hooley's, and nobody gave hun
snnlnmn for + Another vonderful innovation
~ ~. Iu,. ~ 49, -aa ~ ho,1 tha naner in his
80 -. nsms "1a .n..a. ~ u. ~ 10 - Murder
aAaa ouf1ne the PERFORMANCES Va G1 S1