New-York tribune., 1875-01-12
THE ORA MA.
INCIDENTS OF THE WEEK


% snoo,, ,,,erest Thus at the Fifth Avenue Thoater
.rne Merchant of Venice" was produced last even
ing eand f. L. Davenport represented s'soeh' Iao"
act Of the piece gwen In set scene messrS
Roberts and witham have painted new scenery. MISS
Carota eclercq has been engaged to personate ford
The conjunction Of two distinguished artists, Mr.. Da'
epport aud Miss Lecercq In Shakespearean drama
naturally arouses interest does not fail to AFFORD
pleasure. Last week Mr. Davenport acted round OF
leading parts BROOKLYN, and was seen, Win shoero
admiration by large assemblies At tue ParR inea'or
last night O season OF French Opera was Degun-nr'
Stuart having engaged company incudipg MILO
Ieontine Mlnelii. NJ. Dc Quercy, Messrs De Beer,
Dupiau Valerie, Mile. Kid, and Others, who cooper
ated in performance of :" Le Voyage en- Chine" THIS
comic opera by NJ. Bazin, has won popular favor III
Par3s and 1t rentroduces, under aaspicious crcum-
stauces a kind Of entertainment that has long Deen
popular In New-York. On Wednesday evening" at STEM
way Hall. Mr.. willlam r. Gill OF Boston will make his
first professional appearance IN NewYork as dramatic
reader and az the subject OF Reading and
Readers" Tho late Mr.. Bellew commended Mr. Gil as
possessing powerful aud flexible voice, the quality OF
sympahy the capacity OF dramatic expression ease OF
style, and remarkable grace in action such reader
must be considered worth hearing
Established attractions, which 1t is only necessary
here to mention-as reminder to play goers-preVa AZ
several prominent and favorte places Of pubic resort
Tbus at the Union Square Tneater the interesting ana
touching drama Of "Tne Two Orpbans" mas taken Hrn
root in popular regard and Is drawing crowded houses
Little Em'iy"-with Mr. Rowe ss Micdpoer, Mr. Warde
as Peootv Mr. Leclercq Heep and judicous cast In
genera-conhnues, at Booths Theater, TO occupy 'ne
stage with grace and profit Mrs. Rousbys mpersona-
tion OF the Princess Elizabeth In the drama OF Axe ana
Crown" has made the Lyceum Theater cynosure Vi
pleased attention, and given Tor that talented anu
charming actress earnest OF wide success MI Bou
cicaults Excellent and now famous drama OF "ine
attains to It's Goth performance this even
ing at Walacks Theater and bids fair to run TIL the
end of the season. The probability OF Mr. Lester wal
lacks temperance grows therefore, steadily less' M
Wallack 10 now absent on a professional tour OF
New-England. In Robinson Hall, MT freo'
erck Maccabe is giving his monologue en-
tertanment, which is amusing and refreshing
medley of character acting, vOcalism playful satire
and yentriloqusl art. Barnums Hippodrome-which Is
soon to be closed for temporary rest OF the animals
affords its multitudinous pleasures at very ~" po'
every afternoon and evening Dan Bryant, as5stou w
Reed Seymour, Brockway, Hart. Hogan, EmerSon' AZ"
other performers, gives a capital ENTERTAINMENT III
Negro Mnsrelsy, at his handsome and cheerlui h''io
opera house. Messrs. Birch Wamboid' ana backuS'
marshaline a fine clan, and wearne-with comic
derence-the suit OF sables-are humorous merry
and delightful, at the opera house OF the Ban fran
cisco Mnstres Mr. Poole, leading the variety business
OF the NegYork stage continually varying his enter
taipment and strengthening his company at the
Olympic. Mr.. J. B. johnson, the champion swimmer OF
the world has Just been added the force In Brook
yn We observe that the Georgia Mnstres-a band pur
porting to be composed OF genuine Afrcans-has ap-
peared at Hooey's Opera House.
INCIDENTS AT HAND.
Preparations for the production OF Henry
"" 10 busiy forward at Booths Theater. The great
shakespearean spectacle :wfll succeed Little Emily"
Mr. George Rgnod. who is to appear in It, is esteemed
one Of the best actors in England Mr.. Rgnod was en-
ertained at farewell banquet in Birmingham, on Dec
o. Mr. Charles Calvert TO superintend the pro
duction received similar testimonial, on the Atm OF
January at Manchester Both on their way to New
York. Preparations rife also at the Firth Avenue
Theater where tho Worth pay.-to which We referred
ON the 9Th st-will soon be brought forward This
piece IL is SAID abounds in sensation effects, one OF
which is representation OF the famous man-miiners
magazine OF model dresses, at Paris. Mr.. DAILY has
adapted the production. Detachments Of the Fifth
Avenue Theator company have recently ap-
peared In Boston and Philadelphia. These are
coming home; and revvals Of Divorce"
"Cbarity," and other pieces which have heretofore
found favor the Fifth Avenue stage, are contem-
plated. Mr. Glberps play, with Miss Leclercq as the
central figure, failed there In dreary manner-ai-
though mounted with handsome scenery and acted gen
orally we'll. One Of them, " TIE Palace OF TRUTH,
tboueh a beautiful composition, ought never to be
given for It is vened with indelcacy, and It's moral
and teaching painfdl disheartening ana per
n!cous. MI GiDerts judgments or human nature snow
mis- mind to be warped and morbidy unhealthy, and
have been sadly unfortunate. 1t is greatly to be re-
getted that one OF abest writer's for the English
stage in modern should be carked at the core
of intellectual being that all his philospny resolves
itself into Sir Peter Teaze's statement- Tns Is id
wicked world, aud the fewer people we tras In 1t the
better" Happily the change which took place at the
Fifth Avenue Theater last night brought the lofty
nature, both grand and sweet, which hangs like blue
sky English literature. and both sees and teaches
tnat there Is good IN everything"
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Fat Miss Sangalli, the dancer, is a great
ia vOrte III Vienna.
Dejazet is playing, on alternate nights, at
the Vaudeville Tneater. Paris
Mr.. Phelps, the English tragedian, contem-
plates making visit TO Melbourne
One hundred and seventy-six persons con-
nec.ed with tue stage died last year.
Mrs. Charles Calvert is to sustain the part
OF Chorus III Henry w." at Booths Ineater
Mr. John Paddy" Green of Evanss,
Covent Garden, London.-ls dead aged 7s
Mrs John Wood is acting Mrs. Pa1e in
"Tne Merry Wives Of WINDSOR" at the London Gaety
TheateT.
AT the Michel Theater, st. Petersburg,
Madame Pasca has won marked SUCCESS the heroine
OF The Sphinx"
The number of plays, original and adapted,
produced III London between December, Is79 aud No
vember, 1874 was ISL
A monument has been erected over the grave
OF T. H. Lacy, the actor anu theatrical bookseller, Bow
hill Cnurcnyard Sutton, Surrey.
Another Lady Macbeth has been freshly
launched MIS- Bowers PiaJ cd the part on the "a inst
at the Varieties Theater, NewOrleans.
William Gordon, scenic artist for Charles
Kean. IN DAYS OF snakespearean pageant At
don Prncesss Theater Is Dead In the 73d year Of his
age >, D.,,
out she Is now convaescent and will resume actus in
February
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