, 1877-04-01
Easter Music in the Churches.--
Summary OF News at Home
and Abroad.
THE DRAMA.


THE DlATRtBES OF DRAAATfsTs
against the want Of feeling and sympathy dis
played By the average public call to mind tn
good old system Of ''hissing," once very mucl
in vogue, but now. unhappily, entirely obsolete
In olden times, with the tips OF their tongue
fastened tightly agaicst their upper front teeth
the elements Of an audience sat in critical re
Tiew II play or an actor, and Wo unto hin
who ''tore passion on his own hook or pre-
scuted himself rs the exponent OF views mol co
incident with those Of his auditors. The play
"'Easht or tho actor did not have TO wall
n those days until the critic mad manifested
himself Approval or condemnation came
swift, aud the popularity or ILLUMINATION " OF
star or a play made or crushed him or 1t long
before the critic had Etarpencd his pencil. But
the scene has changed. No longer do the Tree
and Independent ticket-holders demonstrate
their dissatisfaction, II they 1eel any The day
o1 "h1ssing" has departed, and the Gay OF the
Ac1acker y has come on. The dcspotic drama
list or the tyrannical tyro comes before his
squad OF dcad-heads and tells them when,
where, and how to applaud, and the auditor
is led BY the nose into wild manifestation
II delight over some phrase or some "busl-
ness point !" that Ae had never adnllred ous
1or the ciapplng agents Judiclousiy dispersed
through the house. Under the new dispense
t:on, the audience are assumed to be utterly lss-
norant OF their OWN likes aud dislEes, and they
arc looked upon Us SO many Harrlonetfes, whose
strings and wires are held by the clackers, and
whose legs and arms act responsive to the calls
of those gentry.
II may not be violent to assume that q per-
formance should be for the edihcation or amuse-
,n.or of thc ener,a.ors aud ro+ tha ,,voron1;zc.
nene " 'n' 0otnot VI oe''11eaeoi' eAeept g. A4l'
as tho aggrandlzernent may be involved IN
the excellence Of the actor or the text Of
tho ,,1,v II +1,o ,,c;,,+ dor when
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public with fear and trembling, the auditor was
tue critic, and ono far more to be feared than he
who to-day takes the ooinion al some suayc ad-
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oee.' " t"s ~usso"4 - ~ " u.pt teeAl.a'
4''' .tous" opsu ~ 1ue oo1ection 'ua' ~ pu. i
tc's'o.e oo"e' a''o .ne na1'os VI Jealous t1'a's'
~ nao au' a'4tases 1na' o'e'oa'anceo tna' evil
II anoroeu an ae1or an opportunity 10 rcao as
ne ran Inc admlfatlon or Inc disgust nc IN
spircd, and to overcome defects that became
patent to him as soon as developed. 1t cnablcd
rho v.riter IN road 4bc minis of tho many and
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~ eoa9'1 os1 pays "A'e't ot'ou'o o'e"Se' Ao'
pleasing. pay. IT gave an auoience an fhdepcnd-
ence to which every man is entitled who pays
for It. and it brought actor, auditor, and play
w-;o,+ ,r+o corn,on interest hnnaf7c;a,
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~ 80 .ar aoa ,thn- ,or,h;na a9ains, ~" +,,h
lie, and, aided and abcttcd by the adead-hcaus u
and their grateful hands mud feet, drag al au-
1icnee into nm unwilling BELIEF tha! all is well,
s.,;no s;.a r ~ ~ 'ne t. os. san
would be = lonr stride toward The wcedin~ ont
Of bad plays aud worse actors that now hold
the stage and would operate far more bene-
fcially to the management Of theatres than the
present oonoa1ouS plan o1 cranfntn9 poor per-
1ormanecs down Silent thro1ts.
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a |a'!eu anu 1t1stettse pu! VII! pe presented
this week. Tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday
nights !" Our Boys ~ will explain themselves,
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o..e "A''usene " e'4e aaol1o1s' Inc COM
wy A19s "on "ns<lueco o1ssc lol 1t5ell Wherever
It las been introduced, and is spoken Of as one
OF the most brilliant Of all Byron's successes
The. cast involves the whole strcnetb ~
tue theatre. and the MAY will st ,rt Il; ,,,,ar ~
most favorable auspices, Thursday n;pht ,;rs
Frank Murdoch will take a benefit in thc
siarbIe i.eaEt-" During her engagement
~ :, Ahas sauluoSh mas applied herself with