, 1876-01-02

The following list Ut deaths in the dra1aati
profession, though uecesse' y meag1e and IA
complete, will give aome iden OF The losses Of th
year. a few namas xe!l known in Chicago On
having no rrom;Hsnco elsowhsre arc ;ncladsd:
In 4 tn1riea-Charles 4. Fox, Jan. l8. Mt New FORK
J.7rcs Clark, Ir!sh comedian, ut Hartford: April :s
Jamca J. Prior. At Toledo. April y; Mrs F. 3. Con
way, Of the Brooklyn THEATRE April .; Frank Linn
roe, Chicago. Juno 3: Charlotte Champion, at Gin
cinna, oct. 9; Joaio Booth, formerly Of Chicago, a
Cincinnati, Oct. II; Otis Reed, Of Iaura ksena'
troupe, Oct %; Frank Harrington, Chicago, Nov. l2
Georgs Belmore, the Eaglsh actor at New York, Nov
$ Holland. at indiansro:,s. noc a. Mrs Meiinls
Jones. at Boston, Dec IL Edward Eddy, favostst
1owery actor and manager at Kingston. Jan,als'
boston rheatrr, Dec. II.
IN Great Eriea.n-11a1ry Bole1, pantominist Of Old
esSea nsnss: q Iona; s5 a. It. l.
man. London theatrical manager. March 80: Mra.
Harriet F. Noddy, English actress. July e6; Miss
Blanche Ford, Scotch cctrcsz, July Is; Mrs- Pollock
Scotch. Aug. r; William N.yie Barnard, drsrnatlc
author, Aug. 3; William bennett, London actor,
Aug: ". -,
comedian, 1t Hamburg, Jan. :i; 1t Paul Foucher,
eminent Parissn critic and playwright, jan. -; N.
Mesepaes French dramatic author, June l; n ToEo-
ce1t, French dramatic author June es; PunliEo Eir
ni, Dejaxer, French actrcsa, Dec. l; Sophie uano:,
| raris, Aus. 27.
/ THE4rHE-PAHT1Es m NEW YORK
| Tho nay the theatres arc patrouiged in New
York, and perhaps thu reason uhT they are 60
pa.ronizcd, may be learned from the foiloaing
paragraph which ocours in he New York eorze-
spoadence Of the Boston Saturday Gazette:
There thcatre-pary OF . per:ons at wall.cks.
the other night and on the 81 .'e evening afr. jamea
Gordon Denuctt gaye party WI ich more modest
in size. tnd only occupied two boxes. 4 supper Ut
Dclmonico's followed tbs performance. To tlers
ara ftS; more peasan: wsys Of spending an even
ing. You don't have time 10 get bored At nny one
thing. Talack's is great place tor tnce.re-rsies,
jHAt fiArfFf in
town. an Sisd to that Mr. Blxer is cuiyatins
love for tos c!nss'c music among l!1s a,1en:es Lie
the acts which, although nat equal to Thomas is very
::teta ate: i TIE BE- nsa,l theatre cr:hestra music
be The nc1. attraction at Wsll4cxrs.
Mr.. Lester Wallaca will shortly appear ut his
OWL theatre.
George Fawcett Eowe has a new drama nearly
ready for production.
john Z. Ovens opens with "Our Boys" at
the Brooklyn Theatre tomorrow night
The general chsree Of plagiarism brought
against hr. Da1y's new play, g. pique," has not
been sustained in any particular
Mckee Raukin's performance in "Ro,edalo''
is we'll spoken of BY tho iiilwaukoe papers, bu.
they think singing is NOT his strong point.
The Boston Journal nosos that 40 popular
actress, who 1ted recently, left an UNPROTECTED
husband With &t visible means Of support"
There is no truth in the current nsuspaper
statement that 11. Bouc!cault has been employed
by Mr. Mccullough to reWr!.e "Jack Cado" Tho
New York Tribune is glad to hear it.
Kate C!axton has won fresh laare!s hv her
pcreouation OF Louise at tha Boston Theatre
"The Two Orphans" seen,s destined to have
long run there. It is now, ne believe, in its
fifth Eeek.
Mr. g. B. Waldron, formerly OF Chicago, has
Heart at tho Portland Museum. Ho vas ad-
vertlscd as "Tho popular young actor, etc."
for one week only.
4 play, prolonging the historical series COM
menced in " Charles tho Fisst," and continued in
:. buckingham" :" has been conpletcd pY sIr. ".
G. Wills, and will be shortly produced Its tit,e
is Nell Gwynne." The heroine viii ba playcd |
By Mss Fowler
The next shaksperean play attempted at thu
London Lycenm bv Mrs. Dateman and Mr. Irv- |
ing will b. " Othallo." Mr. Irving OF Course. I
viii play the Moor. Miss Data,nnn-nos Of
surrendered Dasdaa,o.aa to her SIS
.er, Niss Isabel, and will herself play Emilio |
Tina difficulty Is to find good Ia5o.
John I, Raymond begins his Southern travels
With Cal Sellers At Charlotte, N. c., Jan. g. His
programme thence will be Columbia, s. G.,
Tuesday, Jan. Charleston, S. c.. commencing
Jan o; Savannah, Ga, eommeuos
rs Monday, Jan. 10; Augusta, Ga, Jan. II and
s Afterwards to Maeon. Columbus, Selma,
Montgomery, Atlanta, Chattanooga, and Nash
lille.
Mr. Frank hfavo was at Louisville last week;
lats Caxton and "The THO Orphans" at Bos-
on; Maggie Mitchell at Cinc.nnati; DIinnio
'almer at Detroit; Renold at Brooklyn; Baker
'a,ion in q Nosedale at milwaukee,; tbs kiral-
Gs with Around the Nosld" at Washington:
tss Charlotte Thompson at philadelphia Id !
'in Adams at Providence, Il. !.
"a1acboth," by J. Shcridan Knowles F. |
larvey), is fragment. now first published, OF
lectures upon Dr'ssnas,c Art, delivered mora
han forty years ago. "They are admirable"
christopher North wrote IN the Nocfes, 'sful, Of |
latter, elegantly written. and cloquont1v deliv~
red" Perhaps the chief interest OF tins study |
Macbeth will 10 fouud in the notices Of Shak-
peare'B skill as dramatic csaftsaaan-Lo,Efon
dtcnGum.
It is a somewhat singular fact that in the eav
nj mirshful metropolis Of San francisco Inc
lanace1s OF theaIes havo boon for come time
despair over the difficulty of procuring ballet
iris, Who ara needed in tue performances. Ono
anhger has offered to give the girls silk tights
lem. Tho demand for the nymphe in Australia
ssid to be the cause of tho scarcity IN San
ranc!aco.
i performance Was gi7en On Dec. 10, st :
10 Haymarkes Thea.re. in aid OF the Eogal Gen {
al Theatrical Fund. The principal feature was | {
70 appearance of hiss Heen Faucit, who once
,ain as she has 80 often done before. pfacod y
ar services at the disposal Of the directors OF
s charity. The character in which Miss Faucit |
ected to appear was that Of Io|0nktc IN the |
ama of King Rene's Daughter" translated
ON the German OF Henry Herts BY Mr. Theo-
re Martin.
"Ju!lus Cnsarr WAS revived at Booths The
a Mar FNr 1so+ |