, 1875-03-28
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Chicago Theatres During noiy
Week.
Mr, Toole to Be Succeeded by Joseph
Murphy.
The Beneh: for Mr. Henry
Chapman.
Concerts and Other Musical Fer
forrnances.
NF{uonTIornn17q Items.

fornances.
miscellaneous Items.
! DRAMATIC.
HOLY Week ID not among thoao which tho the
atr!czl profession looks for as remuneratiTe
season. It is tbs dullest week In tho year, theo-
retically, and for once the practical experience
Of the managers comedies with the theory they
entertain on tho subject. The week has been
duf, exceptionally SO, considering the att1ac-
| tons at the various theatres.
Mh. TooLE,
at the Academy has done well, but might have
| had better houses than he has. But with such
graceless weather Aa he brought for his first
| week, and religious fast covering the second,
| any deficiency In attendance at his performances
| is easily accounted for. His benefit fell upon
| the least suspicious night in the year, Good
Friday, but ths number OF people who disre-
garded the sanctty Of the dsy, and enjoyed his
benef-bll, mas in every way gratifying. Mr.
Too1e has Won many hearty professional admir-
! ers and many warm peraonal friends in this city
! in the fen weeks ha has spent here. His school
OF acting, which was the only novelty be brought,
his pieces being for the most part tamiliar,-
has grown upon tho public Of Chicago. The
| quietncas and delicaey OF his humor seemed to
| Chicago audiences ittle dull at first until they
| grow accustomed to it. After such roaring low
comedy as we have been accustomed 10 see it
took week or two to realize that thore ras
| another form OF comedy. to which we were
strangers. The fact that his pieces weEs known
here would have told more against zuy other
actor than it did against Mr. Toole. Some of
| fhern hara haan nfavad in imitation nf him
! while I'LL have beon given after meeting with
! success IN London and the English provinces.
On leaving Chicago Mr. Toole will make trip
t back again to some Of the smaller citiea
| mailing farewell visit to Ner York.
! He will then return to Dublin, and theucs
60 to London, where be viii doubtless be re-
coived with open arIns by our Warm-hesrted il
The company he brought over improved on &C
quaintance. Miss Johnstone and Ar. Herbert,
as they played their different pats, were uni
formly excellent that the public soon discovered
that they He1e artists Of no ordinary capacity.
Mr. Toole will not return next year. but ths year
afterward As will revisit the States. Till then
We wish him hearty farewell.
u'vIckER'a THEATRE
Mr. Barrett has been playing jamie Harebeu
in "a The Man o. Airlie u during the week to not
very large houses. They have been improving
little, but tho season would not permit any
very decided demonstration Of public apprecia-
ton. The piece, delicate and beautiful as 1t Is,
is nos one to excite q popular enthusiasm. Be-
eides its fearful tendencies, and the intensity
OF emotional strain npon the sympathies, it
lacks an important element Of popularity. It
has but two female characters, and those aro
very subordinate in interest. This is = radical
fault in any drama designed to engross share
of public regard. This week Mr. Barrett will
-. n& t.5u +f~u ~,
ters, in which ho has won distinction: Monday
and Tuesday evenings he will play Il Rlchelteu y;
Wednesday, and Thursday evenings, Hamlet"
and friday aud Saturday nights g King Lear"
pieces
which alr. Barrett tickied the cages OF Boston,
and, as his engagement in that city Was most
saccessful, it Is reasonable to suppose they were
pleased.
Mr. Barrett haa not played Hamlet beforo IN
Chlcago and to that performance ths public will
look forward With especial interest.
HooLEx'a THEATRE.
''The Romance OF Poor Young Man" is one
Of the most enjoyable Of romantic dramas now |
played h1r. o'Neil was schooled in it from a
long run it had ii MoVioker's last season, aad |
played bis part Of Manuel sxcellently. The !
drama WAS played to good houses during the en- !
tire week. This week the management an
nounce, for an Easter bill, the revival OF ''Msg-
nol}a," with all the accomplishments Of pano- |
ramas, steamboat explosions, effective scenery, [
and all the other features which made the piece |
popular SUCCESS on lts frat production.
THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Joe Murphy, the Irish comedian. succeeds the |
Ensliah actor at the Academy for two weeks
thus completing trio Of nationalities, OF which
John T. Raymond Was tbs first This week he
plays Maum Gre ; Or, The Handful OF Earth"
supported by the Academy company, With new
appointments by Mr.. Piggott, The drama
gives the scenic artist opportunities Of which he
will doubtless avail himself. Nsxt week Mr.
Murphy phys Is Help" followed BY new farca.
THB a4Asp opHRA-AouBR.
Messss, Kelly d Icon wers at no small ex-
pense last week to bring ont u BArba Rlaua'
with all possible effaot, and their efforts
wa1ded BY very fair measure Of success. The
performance was in every way ereditable, md
the cboruses dese1vea especial oommeuaation.
Tho olio was much as usual, but will be changed
e Bs Hosk "'s9 s I ns p ap s oa
and contains all the oomiealities OF T. good CON-
pany, |
As predicted, Messrs. Kelly d Leop propose to
chow fight. Thay will not allo" any man from San
without protest. They announce, therefore,
that they hare under engagement six OF the best
mipBtreI stars In tbe country, who will make
their debut at ths Grand Ope1a-House simulta-
neous]y with the visiting party. Their names
ara not yet made known.
Saturday night complimentary benefit will be
given Mt. Leon, upon which occasion the houso
should be. cfammed. The programme for that
evening Will be announced heteafter.
GERMAN THEATR1CAls,
L dramatic entertainment in German will be
given thia evening ut the Grand opsra-Houae
when Mr. Alexander Wurstar will have grand
benefit. Tbs piecs will be. the
comedy " Ultimo, which Mr. DAILY adapted into
\" The Big Bonanza, =" now running at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre. Among the artists are ".
rellessier, L. Wurster. Louis Koch, Karl Weber,
Adolph Beuder, Mesda1nes Pel1eesier. Methua-
Scheller, Wurster, Misa Wurster, Hiss Thiele-
mann, and others.
TIE ApETFUI. I