, 1876-02-06
Musical Notes in the New and
Old World.
THE DRAHA.

exclusive place Of entertainment than the CITY
OF Brooklyn will Brooklyn has witnessed more
theatrical shipwrecks in proportion to its oppor-
tunties than any other city in the United
States. The Ne6t Side Is the brooklyn OF Cb1-
cago.
TIE COMING coN-Dr CoNPAST.
The company at the Academy has not had q
fair chance to secure the support OF the public
The wretched fortunes of the New Chicago COM
pany haye abided BY the surviving members.
Il is not necessary inference from these sue
cessire failures that Chicago has no taste for
good acting, or will not pay for it under proper
conditions. The Seu Chicago Iheat1e started
under the most disadyantageous circumstances
with vile play, at the wrong season Of the
eear, with the prestige Of fai1urs orerhansng it,
and without sufficient advertising. The Aead-
e1ny of Music eau scarcely be said to have start
ed at all. Sill another experiment remains to
be tried In iew weeks Hoo1ey's Theatre wall
open with an excellent comedy company, formed
by union Of the strong elements in the New
Chicago and the old Hooley organizations. This
new t1ia1 OF The people OF Chicago will be made
under particularly favorable conditions. 1t will
be at Hooley'h Theatre ehich, through the ef
fcleut management Of Mr.. Haverl5, has become
the fayorite place OF amusement in this city;
WILL Akk&4o kA0 AA-o 1AN ~ ~I0 AA9A4~
people; it will excite the sympathies Of the
people from the start. A company including
such actors as Mr. Crsne, llr. O'Neil, Mr.
James, and Nz. Whif6n, cannot fail OF public
support T. would So,5 not o be ;n,nnaad su1pd5s9g ing
ssve1a 1ss 1ssfs by such aadenssss as
have lately greeted the English opera-troupe and
the California M,ustrels. No theatrical perform
ance that has been gi7en in Chicago this season
Hill compare in general excellence with those we
n< -tnyy11 NtrR
tre We can depend upon Mr. Haverly. We
know him 10 be liberal, Intelligent and honest.
What he says he wis1 do, he will do. He says he
will give the best representations OF English
roenedy that have been eeen in Chicago for many
months He will doit-
m. BEs DE BAR
rave tuee admirable personadons at McTioker's
Theatre Last week to very small audionces- His
FolstoD in "Henry ~" and "The Merry
Wives" is = nearly perfect artistic study.
keen Insight into his conception Of tho part is
Afforded in few sentsnces copied by the New
York Tribune from the St. Louis Globe Democrat
The critic suggests that Mr.. De Bar contrasts the
sluggishness Of Fa.sta6's body with the &C.
tivity OF his mind. The great mas Of flesh
moves slowly and painfully, while the
ier1tv and accuracy. This is as much as to say
that Mr. De Bars Fdlaaf is purely subjective
We think it is 50. It appea1s "a little a. possible
to the sentiment ct fun which is aroused by gro
tesquo action. By the suggestion Of an incon-
Rruitv Of ideas, rather than an obvious compa1-
isou OF things. it becomes refined study
The Micdtober of Mr. De Bar ls, to start NTH,
4 bad graumarian, showing 6ome fondness for
linking singular verbs to plural substantiFes.
This WAS not We beieTe. prominent ehalac-
pe1sonation is also open to objection > being
triae too seedy and decidedly too grandi1oqueut-
The main difficulty OF good actors in dealing with
lfioaubeT arises from the isolated position which
he occupies in the play. He is put on the stage
he fails altogether Ho has no connec-
ton with the principal action. The
temptation 70 burlesque the character and to
provoke laugh at any expense OF dramatic
propriety is. nndef the circumstances. almost
Irresistible Ne do not know how this serious
defect In the various versions of "David Cop
per1eldr can be cured, If not by departure
from the details OF the story. Aicdpbe7
cannot we'll be spared from the story OF LaNlc
ing Of a harlequin OF clown. as in the present
versions OF the play. He should. then, be con-
nected with the history OF Little Emily moro
closely than in the novel, and be made to assist
in carving forward the action Of the play. 4
skllful d1amatist could accomplish this without
difficulty. The recovery Of Little Emily might
be brought about by Micd,ober, instead of by
Mdrlha or Peggouy might obtain sympathy and
assistance from MtcdEber in the prosecution Of
the search The present arrangement Of the
play, by which Hicd,cter is carried through to
the end without once jostGng against tho pr1nci-
pal characters, violates all the rules OF dramatic
composition. 4 vide departure from tho story
II the novel might shock the sensibllitles OF an
audience. but variation sufficient for the pur-
pose indicated would certainly cause no qualmlsh
feelings.
THE SOCIETY DRAMA
will always suffer when it is inrusted to persona
1ho know nothing about society. Good dress
Ing is almost as essential par. OF modern plays
Is good acting and how can one dress we'll for
he stage II not accustomed to do so in private
hfe7 The performances at the Academy OF
Music last week contrastcd strongly In this re-
spect with tho representation Of .aIicawber B"
xt McVtcker's Thratre. Notwithstanding the
ahabby surroundings and the small audiences at
the Academy, the actors on the sssge we're still
representatives of gentlemen Their trousers
were not noticeable for grease-spots and general
iacay: their coats were not tightly buttonod
scroas the chest, suggesting painful deficiencies
unde1ueath; their boots showed no incompatl-
hi1itv OF temper with each other; and their hair
was not built up into fauclful caet!es ID the aiz
With dirty grease. Why will bad actors never
learn to shun the dissipation Of the grease-p pot !:
II is creat pity, 60 it is. that yllialnons poma-
tum should be dgged cut OF the bowels Of
harmless bear which many good tall 1elsoW
hath destroyed 80 cowardy-
ssTHE mGKry D0L1AR
il announced for t1p weeks At McVieker's Thea
t1a< This play. in which Mr. and MIS- u. J.