, 1876-10-29
TEE OUTER WORLD.

I CITY and in Berlin. The Aeiningen stage,
; should be understood, is under the protecti'
Of the Duke Of saxe-Meiningen, vi
has, with infinite pains, trained
company OF actors to represent Il
classical drama with intelligence and fdelit
from the highest part to the lowest This col
pany has Of late adopted the practice OF makir
an annual tour Of the large cities OF German
It's success this year at Dresden and Berl
| tanned in the representation Of Shakespeare
plays. "Julius Casas'' and "Twelfth Night
were especially well-reudered. All the prope
ties in the former play were accurate reprodu
tions OF ancient models The correspondel
writes:
few things that reminded the. scholar that he ".
not actually at Rome were really Shakspeares oW
Whims. such as the striking OF the clock. Eve
The last scenes, the camp, the fighting and killing
| without exciting any r1dicule, and one wondere
what Shakespeare would have aaid If he could hay
seen his play acted as it was by this provincial
I Of the actors and actresses arc rea1l
frtt.rate in the parts which they ac1
one hardly thinks Of then, Individually. The sam
the next night; while Fraulein PAUL., who act
kachen aud Viola, is not too proud to appear q
one one OF the @ crowd IN "William Tell" Actors an
! and nothing else and one would not feel surprise
to sec them adopt the old plan OF advertising pla
az as ''acted by the Dukes servants. N
There was but one voice about Twelfth Night
as acted at Dresden. The theatre was full pfSE,u
glish and Americans, but the Germans were evi
IDENTIFY quite as much at home in what they cal
their Shakespeare; and we'll they may call him thei
Shakespeare. for there is no theatre in Englan
where his plays are acted with much care, Will
60 much understanding, with 30 much real sym
pathy and love as by this brave little company o
NEW yf1BE Enrrs
Jane Coombs has joined the Fifth Avenue
Company in New York.
The "shaughraun is to be revived at Wal
lacks Theatre on the Sth OF November.
"Adam and Eve" will be acted tomorrow il
the Park Theatre instead of Sweethearts.:'
Therun Of" Sardanapalus' at Booths Theatre
will close Dec. 2, and Lear'' will be produced
With Barret In the titular role Monday, Dec $.
Mr.. Stanley Dust, manager Of Mr.. Robert
Hener's new Theatre OF Mystery, soon to be
opened in New York, arrived by the Adriatic on
Tuesday.
Matilda Heron has recovered 81, 800 damages
Tor injuries sustained Dy falling into coal-hole
left open through the negligence OF property
owner in East Twenty-third street.
Miss Clara Morris is resting at her residence
in West Fourteenth street, in preparation for the
production on Nov 9 Of siAfiss Afulton'' at the
Union Square Theatre. Her health is vet far
from being restored.
Miss Fanny Davenport Will appear as Rosa
Ind in As You Like Il, for one OCCASION only.
at the Fifth Avenue Theatre Oh the 11th Of No
Tember. Ar: Charles coghlan will be Orlando.
sue, and Miss Davenport will act Lady Isasls
while Mr.. Coghlan viii play Charles Surface.
GENERAL AMERICAN NOTES.
Mr.. John E. McDonougt, the we'll known
actor, will assume the management OF Woods
Museum, Philadelphia, this winter, and NAV ap-
pear as Falstaf, a character which he recently
played with brilliant success in California
George Gaines Spear, it is said, will be the
first inmate OF the Edwin Forrest Home. which
was opened at Spriugbrook Pa on Oct. Q Fir
was born in Boston, Mass, Dec. 19, 1909, and
made his debut in 1929 at the old Tremonr
Theatre, Boston.
This week Adelaide Nelson will plav at the
Walnut IN Philadelphia; Nine Janauschek at
the Boston Theatre; the Fiorences at Cincin-
natl; GeneVieTe Rogers at Washington; Nat
Goodwin and Lizzie Webster at the Howard
AthenRum in Boston.
, It Is reported that Mr: Barrett has pronounced
Gen. Lew Wallace's play, Il sCommodus,n the
best thing since 81 Richellcu u; but the value Of
his critical judgment is diminished in view OF
The fact that Mr. Barrett Was equally enthusi-
astic In his opinion OF Bret Harte:s play.
Ben De Bars first appearance as FalstaT In
be vicinity OF New York took place at the
Brooklyn Theatre last Monday night, The
S. Murdoch, which required the subst;tution
II another actor in his part, and the reading Of
he lines.
Ihe new piece which Mr.. Cowper, Of Boston,
las obtained from the London dratnatist, John
1xenforl, is entitled tsWhile There's Lie
There's Hope" The plot turns upon the ad-
'entures OF q bankers son, who, through bad |
orcery., He is sent to the galleys for five
ears, When he escapes, but 90 changed that |
ven MS Old companions do not recognize him. |
Fannie Davenport was at st. Louis last week:
he Salisbury Troubadours at Cincinnati; G, +.
sowe and Anna Dickinson at Louisville; |
lngusta Dargon at Cleveland; Days company I
nth Jehreys Lewis at Buffalo; Rose Eytingc at |
)etroit; Mary Anderson at Toronto; Feehter |
nd the Florcnces at Pttsburg; Maggie Mitchell
nd Lester Wallack at Baltimore Ben De Bar
Brooklyn; lotta and Sothcrn at Philadelphia: |
I. Raymond at Albany; Boucicault at Bos-
IN; the Julius Caesar combination with Barrett,
davenport, and Varde at Detroit, Toledo, Dav-
IN, and Columbus.
FOREIGN NOTES.
"L'Avant Scene,'' BY Ernest Blum, author
Rose Michel" has failed at the Palais
oval.
Mrs. Il. J. Byron, the wife Of the wcll-knovn
FANATIC writer, died at Brighton, England, on
ept. Is, in her 45tA year.
The Christmas pantomimes are already in
'eparation in London. At the Drury Lane the
o1y Of - Forty Thieves ~ will be used. while
Robinson Crls0e :" will serve at Coyent Gar
~. |
There is squabbie over Alexandra Dumas,
" play, written for the Paris Gymnase. He
fuses to have the principal part PLAYED by the
aiding actress of the theatre, Nine. Fromentin,
ID she threatens to proclaim war II it is acted
anybody else.
Sept. 20 was the Tooth anniversary Of the first
rformance OF 'tHamlet ~ In German, on the
age of German theatre. It was then PLAYED |
Hamburg for the first time. To celebrate the
ent, the play was given at Hamburg on the
th OF last month. -
MUSIC.
AT HOME.
TIE MUSICAL SEASON
1S76-'7 will have fairly opened tomorrow
ening with the initial performance of Italian
era by the Strakosch troupe. The opening is !
marked contrast with that OF last season,
r.