, 1876-11-12
TEE OUTER WORLD.


fession was well represented. :
". Il. Crane has been confined to bis bed b.
severe attack Of pneumonia, but is now Ut
and playing Baba again at Niblo's.
blr. Edwin Booth has commenced proceedings
against Messrs. Jarrett & Palmer in reference
to'the use Of his name Us applied to the theatre
The Count Joannes says that when be was or
the stage he found life burden on account o1
the large number OF bletS glamour he re-
eeived.
Owens in December, supposfng the present
management remains. Amy Fawsitt will prob
ably join the Park company.
In consequence OF the election excitement the
run of Life" at the Fifth Avenue has been
prolonged till next Saturday, when g As You
Like It, ;" with Fannie Davenport as HoSdAnd,
will certainly be produced.
The shaughraun was revived at Wallack's on
the 10th inst, with Rose Wood, Josephine
Lewis, lone Burke, and ]. B. Polk, and with the
old cast otherwise unchanged.
The New York SUI. OF recent date says:
IS There has never been but one season Of theat.
rical prosperity at oil comparable to the pres.
ent." It is too soon to crow until the close o1
the Centennial shall REVEAL how much OF the
business has been due to its influence.
The cast ofS$.sHamlct," as arranged for Mr..
Booths reapSearance: 7,5Issaa Theatre r. i
as follows: Miss Clara jennings, late Of Will
lacks Theatre, as op1eia, Miss JennieCarroll US
tie Queen Mr.. Mi}ncs Levlele as the aim, Mr.
j. NJ Harlie as L1ertes, Mr. Hart Co nway as
Ho7atio Mr.. F. Pierce Us I'olonits, and MIR. Fred
Robinson as the Ghost. ''The Fools Revenge, u
with Mr.. Booth as Beytuccio will follow "Ham-
let.:'
Mr. hlcVicker has begun mighty war with
the ticket-speculators i'll New York, as the fol-
lowing extract from his advertisements will
show: 1.-THE sale OF tickets will commence at
the office Of the Lyccum Theatre On Wednesday,
Nov. Is, at a. H., aud continue I'LL p N. dal-
". Tie manager notifies the public that no
tickets will be placed in the hands OF spccula-
tors, and no speculation will be allowed ut this
theatre. When the ticket-ot1ice opens tho lia-
gram will be clear, with the exception Of li!n-
tied number OF seats placed at Ill Broadway
and at tho principal hotels lin all not exceeding
200 tickcts), and they will be withdrawn from
these places if an cyorbitant advance is demand
cd. The manager receives no share OF the ad-
vance, and hence it eau be made liberal and pay
we'll for the accommodation rendered. Every
facility will be offered the public to purchase
tickets at the theatre at the regular rates. Sl.5o
for secured seats, and the manager hopes to re-
ccive the aid Of his patrons in protecting their
interests" 1t is we'll understood that the New
York managers who employ spectators receive
two-thirds Of the profits a.,cruing from the ad-
Tanccd sales. Mr. McVickcr has shown much
couragc and self-denial i'll stamping out this in
iquity.
GENERAL AMERICAN NOTES.
Olive Logan's "Surf'' was not much admired
by the people Of New Orleans.
Mr. John McDonough is soon to play FazstaG
at the Walnut Street Theatre Philadelphia.
Mr.. Dion Boucicalt is said to havc made
from ssThe Shaughraun the pleasant sum OF
S250,00o.
sothern and Augusta Dargon will be Mt Gin
cinnati this week, and Adelaide Nelson at
Pittsburg.
1.-THE Black Crook ~ reached its Tooth repre-
sentation at the New National Theatre in Phil
adelphia last week.
The next attraction at the Chestnut Street
Theatre, Philadelphia, will be ''Money," with
Mckee Rankin IS alfred Ebezya.
The Boston Globe says that Miss Lille El:
dridge has made hit in the role OF -ulgHon IN
Chicago. Not within four years.
j. H. Stoddart garc his excellent impersona-
tion of lNo,.ey1as1y in 'sThe Long Strike" at
the Brooklyn Theatre last week.
P A. Fitzgerald, the actor who hung himself
In Philadelphia, Was considered ono OF the best
impersonators Of Leyree, in .''Uncle TOMS
Cabin,' in the country.
Mark Bates has taken the place Of Theodore
Hamilton in the "Sandy Bar" company, OF
which Stuart Robson is the head. Dir. Hamil-
toms departure was very sudden.
The following amusing paragraph is floating
around: ss Frank Mayo has obtained new play
dramatized from George Eliot's Daniel Deron-
iforuia Theatre, San Francisco" We are
prepared next to hear that somebody
has draulatized ten chapters Of geneologies from
the Bible.