, 1876-07-09

IN evidence of vitality In the dramatic world
The receipts were Us follows:
ese,nee erie -
Total. s., 453- TX
The matinee prices were lower than the even.
mg rates, which partially accounts for the dlf
ference in receipts. The ball~ma.ch, which at
+1rect. drew away good many who would
,therwise have gone to the theatres III the after
-ioon. Woods Museum and the Adclphi were
unlfortably filled afternoon and evening, and
Aimee had 4 good night-audience at NcVicker's
Theatre After the Fourth, the audiences
everywhere were light, on account OF the weather.
scoSsc1EScR."
The dramatic event Of the present week in
Chicago will be the production Of new play
1ith the above title By the Union Square Com
Jany. The authors OF the play are A. E. Ian
-aster and Julian Masnus, New York journal
.sts. We ind in -dppleo'4s' Journal the follow
hug condensed and complete epitome Of the plot:
The scene Of the story. is laid in New Jersey,
near New York, At the home Of Ndthaaiet Hare
rood. Wall street stock-btoker. The first act
opens With the gathering Of the dramatis pfrsonts
sion 0. the eighteenth birthday ct the brokers'
daughter. This young woman. Constance Udrd-
srood, is Ioved by her cousin Cyril and BY Eastdc<,
the ambitious confidential clerk Of her father. But
the clerk has been speculating: Is embarrassed;
has forged the name Of his employer to an accept-
anee lie discovers while at the Jtt< that the rete-
latson o. nls CRIME Is lmmnenL ,o ae goes 70 I, ns
tic LATER the broker il found his library stabbed
with biz nncie lccausc Of his refusnI Of his orer
for the dauchIet's maud. and bccauss as guardian,
the broker had nuisused his nephew'e patzimony.
Circumstances fz suspicion upon Cyr1! us the gull
IS one. The real murderer afterwards betrBys him.
self By 1cAc1iug in somnambuliStic sleep the in
eiden.s OF the murder, which scene is inscniously
otussns ao9ns ~ ahu eneeu'ely nana S +h<o
are Dr.. -Mor1auut Under whose directibn he
experiment in somnambulism is made; Judge Fan
tors7 who loves Constdnee and whom she ut
lenPts 70 1nuosnGe ~ Us culson actlon tnrousn
~. a,.d T191h, T,.1,,, ,;s,.nt 11.jst;r. ~
ihr Iarcvnnis. The cast is:
Eustace Lsvton confidential clerk to
Ar. Ha:ewood. -...M MI. CHARLES r. Thorne, Jr
.Sathanie! AascUood. Wall street
Judge Van cort, OF the New Jerscy
benen. - -; 1ohn fasselle
o1 1u.uuSAN' ,1sas '''en" - 1'' ~ n e,oss.-+
crrl Harewood. nenhcv to Mr
Harewood d.........e.....Mr. c. 4. Stevenson
David Dclvc, lawyer. NJ. Theodore Hamilton
John Pr, bookkeeper. .....Ar Alfred Becks
Richard Cobb a constahle. Ar. ". H. Wilder
salos- =; ~ :. Qo1sey
daughter .Tiss K.te c1o1ton
7ahitha Trump. distant re1atiye...:
A1s- aas'e "l!sans
Sew York, and no pains vii be spared to make
the performances at Hooley's In every respect
-as enjoyable rs those Of the same play at the
Union Square Theatre Mr.. ]. Il. Stoddart,
10 nao niaue , tetosauon Is snaIaclel-an, ~,
seenna ~ .ual " ~ ot1e ~ a.s G, Sonns, VII
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role.
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- lug oc'eA - S.seeae nas oeen p1asca ~ LUG
museum: and Will continue to be represented
during the current week Mr. Rogers and Mr..
Hartclle have assumed the management of the
]oc.,re-roo,n of the establishment 1n+i1 ,he +cr.
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potIs banlu,,:sss.. 9 ~ ~ ~ a manS, Sauseu
~ @ .nS gaaA1upees "a, " 20 Mooa Le tloeu ose1
~ sna - soS q Tn uecn ca11s S;tta pe
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scum w this tSunday] evening. TIE TRIBUNE IN has
no opinion to express Of the merits OF the play
4s pronaeca a. .ne ~, museum on1 y can @ 1recls