, 1875-11-14

| NH. boOTH AT DAILY 8 THEATRE.
] The production Of :. Richard H." through tht
joint efforts OF Edwin Booth and August.n Ual,
Was the dramatic event of last week in America
The pfay is not tile least popular of Shakspeare's
| btr ali attempts to give it permanent place or
! the stage have failed Macready revived it ai
| Newcastle in the season Of l81l-l2. 9here
was then no previous record Of ITS
performance since Shaaspearc's time. Mac
| ready ascribed its failure as an
acting drama to tho absence Of any marked
idiosyncrasy iii the persons Of the drama, and to
the want of strong purpose in them. Richard
H., Bolingbroke, York, and the rest, though
they talk 80 we'll do little else but talk, nor can
all the charm Of composition redeem, in d1a-
matte point OF viaw, tho weakness resulting from
this accident IN plays construction" Edmund
Kean essayed ''Richard IT," aud gained some
praise for his elocut1on iu the play. The elder
Booth TOOK 1t up+ bat afterwards discarded it.
There is probably only one way in which it can
be presented SO Us to achieve even temporary
SUCCESS It might have q run. and become the
fashion Of q season, If it should be given as an
historical spectacle, something in the etyle OF
Henry "" which R1gno1d IL now playing in
Eastern cities. At Days Theatre it was given
II We may judge from the notices Of
the New York press. its SUCCESS was
only partial. Even Mr. Booth himself was
judged less than satisfactory in his rendering Of
through their parts in pitifnl way. Mr.
Booths engagement at Da!y's. On the whole, has
been an uninterrupted triumph. Even tho rep
1esentations Of Is 'Richard IL" we're successful
10 g. pecuniaEy seIsse. The public owe him and
Mr. Daily large debt Of Fratltude for the oppor-
tunity to see the play. With alt it's defects.
THE PEOPLE WHO SIT BEHIND Us.
IS %tn
1.-THE people who sit behind US frequently de-
tract more from our pleasure thnn those beyond
the footlights can possibly do" The people
who sit behind Us come in late and so out early.
Sometimes they 20 out between the acts and
come struggling back after the curtain has risen,
smelling st1orgiy OF bad rum and worsa epices.
Their impertinent comments On the piay and the
actors. their gratuieous services ss fnger-posts
and books Of the play. their Offensive noises Of
various kinds, 8re both lu-bred aud ignorant.
Until thev correct their manneTe it il useless
to expect any great enforcement from the people
upou tho stage. Moreover. as the Arcadian
ea5s, the most agg.a:ating characteristic IN the
people who sit behind us is that they remain for
ever unconscious OF the odiousness OF their own
conduct. Will they never learn?
NOTES.
Mr. John E. Oxens has bought the sole right
to the comedy Of '.Our Boys" for several i'm
portant cities.
Mr. Sothern will arrive in New York next JIM
nary and will fill a professional engagement at |
prominent thestre.
Mrs. Rousby, the English beauty. returns to |
us in March, with new and "original" dIama |
from the pen OF Bouclcault.
Dumas' comedy, q ''L'E.rangere." has been read
10 the company at the Francois in Paris, and has !
been received with great favor
Tho French plays at the New York Lyceum
Theatre hive been numerously attended. "T1e
Sphinx " is now in course Of acsive preparation. |
Mr. DAILY, with some regard for the p1oprie- |
les, announces his mAtinees as morning per-:
o1mauces. thus Wednesday morning. Now
0, at o'clock, special Booth matinee" ~
klr. Fechter's ''Rouge ct NOR " at the Wal
he play was generally commended. but the
uboraiuate parta we're badly filed. f.
Harry Murdoch has begun to ado1n The lobbv
( the Boston Globe Theatre With crayon |
ke,ches as he did that Of Hoolay's Theatre In |
his city during his connection with it.
''The Lady OF Lyops - WAS given ut q Tednes-
sy matinee n Dnly New YORK Theatre. with
'ootb rs Ctn.tdc and Fanny Davenport as Pcu-
me. The house vas full and the acting bad
Mr, William Da7idse4 he comedian, has new |
omody in tbs hands OF Mr. DAILY; 10, also, has
;istice BA1tet- Of tho New York supreme Court. |
he Justice was an actor Of considerable ability
early life.
The Ner York Rerctd doaa not preten7 to
nov tho practices Of managers in Chicago. but ,
haya, Hith eFident irony, that the NeV York