The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-15

scott, Nj. .tHmtaOn, Mas tusbnl II. Mr. MttcneH
Jim Crow Roc, ilamhnn and nll hands Volun-
tocred and filled his purse with shek i.
Rice had an,ie, success a, th~ nn"er ,,n ~
squash the regular company i.HDw'nR WIN
the d. Last DAYS o. Pomptii,' llow,s that for
h1ehY Hc and II mbrn md benefits IN one
wees. In the bills of which nnd the following
~ nacsct rs Mm1oi u,eJa''.
dr iilGb'n Fl. W.. 'Ee1,orc.
Mrs. snaN n n g,.d.
NJ Rec a. mn sro,e
On the whole. a combination OF that sort Is
Ia $50 Nh iIam0lin oroueht out "Jane
shore" with himself, Mrs. >ioman. and Mrs.
shaw In the cast. m king great hut, and sud
denly coming to hat Out, winch induced INN
t. change absolutely tue cnaractcr ct hi' enter.
tnnmrnt. After weeks Of preparation. and at
what was then considered vast expense, ne
produced grand military spectacle and meio-
drama, chi led
1nE BATTLE OF WATERLOO"
with the celebrated MIR. M.son In his familiar
Dy the way, why il It that In all these war
ricces We have porularized Napoleon. even at
the baltic OF NatrrsOp, aul not one notdOlo
rersonation " he Duke VI Wellington
me B.tu OF Waterloo REQUIRED tne en n.,
ing thai the men Ia the pit and tho 10y : 10 ING
gallery were lost IN wonder, awe. ana praise.
On the same evening ait'r the battle' a Irhu
equestrian CORPS oil thiftl-thrce, pvrloimers
IN de tcircus uf the stage, followed by the sons
~ Freedom" spect Guitar drama OF Amerl-
can tendencies and Guu-britsh rrociivities'
whtch throw the house into q patriotic fefYuf'
nj niled the place with howls OF Satisfaction
According to the announcement on the pro
lraumes, MIR Dtle viii throw an incredible
mum Ter Of brilliant summcr-tuits. wniir Master
iics Of truly wonderful and courageous tents
vi precision ttat cOmpeis continued ROUNDS
Nit thal's not all. for after this which must
! have taken t r. o'clock at night, cane troupe
Of Polish gymuasts iu series of acrobat tri-
! ana unhelrd II act" w Mons. L. Tort VIII
actu1lly rude around the ling on the rcreise eide
| "a he circle. mounted ON hi- heetcst steod, and
! leap over % variety OF lofty OOJ ects
P.rnap, tie re der of Is,6 tnnks IN; Is quite
| great antipudean ARTIST, viii now give solo on
/ tue trumpet while
/ STANDING Oh MS HEAD
| on pole twenty feet hisb.' rhe whole con
/ cludod some time the mex DAY 10y grand
| classic act ana Mood hardly add the pcrfur.n-
| nnse was mot OnN popular success, BAT had a
/ on New Year Dav, 1871, they had bill which
must have required i've and half hour time.
/ aul al tue ZOOS OF tuc programme the manage
nleut rem tNs' ia enormous type LOnA Live
/ the Pubic"
About this time staring handbils and posters
announced sen. atiou At tue n)werl la the
gIn-c OF "A commtdirttt called Victoria, or the
Lion md the Kis.." in which Mr.. J NJ Field
/ ucr-onnted jams GoitiOn Benntu aud Mrs. " IN.
Henry Smlti Qutcu ictOria. During the piece
which WIS nightly encoied. This seems to nave
met with FAVOR. for u was continued long time
Madame celeste. who tripped her lisht fantas-
tie here some forty years ago. made her last APP
yoarancc al the HOwery IN $40. PLAYING. u
course The "ffeueh spy A the same ume
prouortions, fell In love with the fet woman,
ana relhcd from the scenes of his triumDns:
/ Reals Ia NOT ihVcntei by Augusliu DAILY,
FOR lie l4l, when Iambhn produced "DicH
Turuin." he mad set scene-a tree on
men; Mt the foot crouched an old hag
while the highwdyman. bounding across on
his Lightfoot -teed, dotted MS nat and gaIiop
ed away with the cheers VI the gallery salu.ins
the act. On the programmes "a cut Of tue grouI
Is quite effectively done, AMI the front Of the
theatre displayed similar picture, which was
Illuminated a. night. he piece ran and ran
and was only taken on Oh account " impera
tive engagements with Forrest and Yankee Sui
IN these days Of managers associations. wher
wallack and Palmer interchange actors, anC
scores Of unwritten laws insure courtesy anon.
representative men In the profession, such
DRAMATIC ROWS
as made New York. Phigdeiphil. Boston. and
Baltimore little better tnan oear gardens. anC
turoance, would not be tolerated a single day
Cooper, Warren. wheatIey, walack, Forrest
keAn. Booth. and others mad their friends anC
Dacker-, snd many bloody nght was fought It
their respective interests. Ihe anti-Britist
TO. ESPECIALLY in New York and PM, de lima
starr were always NOR OF less ia vogue, out az
lar back as ia end tue following lAales ans
gentlemen ia u regular company; Mir. Wniack
, Air. khner Mr.. keene. Mr.. ROBERTS. Mir. Fl- lor
Mr. stevenson, Mr. simpson, Mr.; Joe Jefferson
M MJreland, Mr. Burke. Mr.. Collins, Mr, kuiu
Blake, AMI Mrs Warng Mrs. Burke, Mrs
Hughes, Mrs. WALLACE, Mrs. Entwis,ls, Mrs
FISHER Mrs. Stevenson, ana Mis-. Allen. Be
tween Tie Chatham and BOwery theatres Their
wa great rivalry on one occ sion the Cnat
newsp paper cfi.ic the follO~ing note
slR send you free admis 10 my theatur to pras
ny ictIrs You no prAse my oeturs You shA not haV
EDMUND KEAN
, went frat 70 Boston. where because the nous
WAS not web nIed, he refused 70 play, creatin
. Ell and rr s.iy insuited the frst two nights, bu
went long nicely after publishing an apOlog
M the Courier dnd kh4riItI. The Bowery mad
+. the fame 4ud started tne fortune Of many grea
. act rs, and Mr. Forrest never forgot his debt L
is stage He nrst g9t an opportunity II
, q The Bower. A. the Park, Forrest made
! hit as Othelo AZ woohord's benefit. and a
g, | once engaged by the opposition house, starred
md pushed with energy Alter that he stur
div pu-ued himself In lSl the bOwery and
hnce Tor the engagement OF foreign stars
| dancers, actors. and artists ia general
The plan lasted only a short ,lm;s, as eacl
| Rotten eggs, cabbage. Misses and brass horn,
: were arguments not unlrequently used by tn,
| public when offending actors were on the bills
, aud on one occasion, when the conductor o
music preferred a little Mozart TO great deal o
, " fialI Columbia" the audience actually pro
ceeaed ~ tear up the beuche sand would nave de
mosuel tre house, orche,tri included II tn,
manager had not int-ffersd IN time. ia a list o
one season iud as stars lir. Horn, Mas. X night
Mrs. SlOmln, Hrs. Austin, MI ~ I'm n. ilI
ii ckett, Nr. )rrc-t, Miss George. Miss Kelly
Mr. DurrOugh-. Miss Clara Fisher, MISS utoc X
Ma4emoselle Celeste, aud Sir PearlnaD.
am told that these were all worthiiy cale'
sfars on one occasion Celeste was IN
nOuncsd 10 appear ~ speaking part, ana sh
dId ~ .MyrtWO IN the IBr l,ou sword" Atts
piruIetting aud toe tipping, shc had scene II
when, WITH intense passion. sue exclaimed
My fadel's u4urtnerer! and Drought down Ia
house.
In 1871 all the theatres bad hard luck TIN
Pork nad been seized tor rent by AstoT & Bee Z
man tue National was in ashes, aud the
BowEKY WAS CLOSED
for non payment OF license. At this the ma n
aver wrote card to the public, saying that IN
had paid over 1900 In line years that he WA
bard ny, and asked time. he Bnwery boy
raised row about II, the people sustained the N
ami ON the following week tue theatre reOpeneG
and did a rushing business all the rest of th
season.
10 the present generation
GEORGE l.. FOX
Is known only a. HUnpty Dtmpty. the clown
but there arc few actor, VINO hate done harde
or more varied work tlan lie In what Is termed
p the legitimate line. For wears he vas TIT
manager Of the Bowery Theatre. and for nam
, nJre be was q leading fe 'ture Of It's entertain
neut Under MS management Fanny Herring
jim MeCloskey j. Is. Studley, Foster aut
Others were utilized aud maze popular. JUS
look A. tins Tor one nights list VI fun, pro
Nlded 10y Fox:
fnst-" RuY Hlas," with ). h studey, j. Flood Ms
| hachel llarNll, AMI Mr.. MlKfs.