, 1877-12-02

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for him by Fred Marsden, author Of :" Kerr.
Gow.''
Mr., Thomas r. Mcaghcr, son OF the grca
Irish patriot, has taken to the stage, and ii
quiet way is winning the laurel.
Bijou Heron has almost resolved to go to be
father, Robert Stocpel, in London, after th'
close Of her present engagement.
The new spectacular aud musical piece, OF
which Messrs. j. Cneever Goodwin, Josepi
| Bradford, aud John Braham are ut work, vii
probably be produced at the Boston Globt
Dec. q.
Mr.. Maurice Grau is going to play Mr.. Johr
Mccullough Tor five weeks through the Middle
StAtes, commencing tomorrow III Newark, N
j. Air. Mccullough has just completed sue
eessful Southern trip.
The 1.-TWO Orphans ~ is heing- revived in
| Boston, utsd the Herald derotes about half {
column to its annnnciation. beginning, ''it il
| 1ull Of stirring incident aud strong situations,
and abouads in lines" etc We have heard
something sounding like this before, but it is
very likely Boston never hcard Of The Two
Orphans ~ Till now.
| Whoever has habitualIv attended circuscs in
! this country remembers tue Courad brothers,
acrobat!t clowns and their coMicul performance,
in which Que pretended to be dead, while the
| other tunbcd him about. They recently went
to Germany The London h'rq contains the I fol.
the ground after a pretended blow, and was
turned and returned, as usual. His arms and
| legs were jcrhcd, he was struck aud kicked and
uraSTed, but preserved steady inpasslbility.
I Suddenly NIL expression OF distress could liz
| noticed through the grotcsquely painted Inca
! mcnts OF his brother, who hastily dropped on
his knees aud placed his hand upon the heart OF
! the inaniinate clown, eXclaming. My Door
| brother is dcau!' At this the audience only
laughed. "Gcntlelnen,' said the distressed 1nun,
with tears in his voice, | assure you that ae is
dcad.' Then, taking him tcnderly in Ills arms,
lie bore hiu! from the arcna. Tho crowd ap~
ptared struck with the natural manner in which
ti1. bereit clown expressed grief, aud applaudcu
him vigorously Us he departed. There were loud
eucoscs for both, but neither presented himself.
Death had been more thoroughly simulated
tlsan ever before"
This, concerning growing manager, is from
j st. Louis paper:
Manager L. Macauley, OF Cincinnati and Louis
vile, has lutely relieving his mind Of press
ure Of haru thoughts ao.ut graspins, pirating,
wosia stars, a1sd lis opinions the present de-
pressing theatrical outlook and his remarks got
Is upon the hi.h-priced stars that wc {the mall
atersl make ot,r money! and then he goes into
0qts N 'bst g" s stass 19E
severe upon Jefferson and Boucicau!t for wanting
all and leaving the manager none: lie Is duwn
upon the New York pfaywrights who keep their
plays Ill their own hands i.d euoin tile provincial
managers from producing them. lie ii w:o1h with
the combinations that =cour the country. harvest
cities. lie is savage at the amateur companies.
vino are always playing for benefits and charities,
degrading art ard inju:ing the profession. He
is fierce in his Lellnnciaiions Of the variety
theatres, ard he Is evidently very mad that he
can't get all The high priced stars to keep his
business up to the living point lie sad his say in
report, and talked Just as ii he WAS going tn give
up management and didn't care. The press comes
Ill 10. Il sllare vi his growl Al md pusincs. The
papers tell too many things about The actors ana
ts4c stay. to snlt thus manager. The public knows
everything, and the illusions of the stage
destroyed, There Is no romance in the actors
world now. 1t is III! paint ami spungle, and trick,
and the people know II, and good many Of them
coiu. it as a1nateurs The old line between
the ylo-y has departed from the realm of SOCK and
b1skn These are Manager Macau!ey's views Of
tho theatrical situation: He is irving to pull
through his season. but If the worst comes he Bays
he's good bGokbiidcr.
FOREIGN NOTES.
Mr.. Gilbcrt's new play, "Engagea,' which
was looked upon Us failure, is said TO be filling,
the treasury ar the Haymarset. It is very
difficult to know money s1ccess from failure
nowadays; the ''free admission ~ system having
grown into such startling dimensions. j
The London correspondent Of New York
paper saws: Mir. Charles Matthews was SO i'll
on the stage in a provincial theatre few weeks
aIo that the curtain had TO 70 down III the
midst OF all act. The first time this happened
some months Slec, lr Matthew'S replied to tue
sy1npasEctic paragraphs OF the press with i
jceriu1 statement cl,aractcrlzing the event rs
Grossly exaggerated. 1t is now publicly stated
that the veteran :,ctor really contesnplates re-
1iring from the stage at the end OF the year"
The lcad-hcad system is reaching even more
startling dimensions III England than here,
where the phrase originated. Says the corsc-
sponIcnt OF Il LOnuOn paper: ''Dne hight last
week was at the Aquarium Theatre. saw
Ole Of our most respected Bishops going i'll
with Il party of ladies, and WIS proceeding 10
express to the manager my qualification that
sotslc members of the Church were ready to ell
and support be hanged said the iulpressario;
the old bcrcar came in with All ortler.' We
shall have Lords Spiritual cadging for Christ
mas boxes, 2nd venerable .Arc!ldcueons angling
for prcDe;,dal stalls.>'
Mile. Titiells' will was proved in the London
Court Of Probate on Oct. p, and It's contents
will set many rulnOr5 1T rest. The prinla donna
died worth ZIG, 900 in hard cash, besides other
effects nnl freehold property, WHICH will swell
he total to a far larger figure. The whole OF I
this 1uviey has been left her family, with the
exception of Two ElU0 icaacics to her executors,
Mcssrs Marlby anu Green; 5000 is left to her |
brother, Herr Peter Tictcns, for life, .a after
tits death tu his children; 1000 is left to her
sister, Mrs. Bell: $500 to her cousin, Frau |
Droycrnol!cr; LOO to her sister, Frau kruls; |
her furniture and plate, her valuable jewels, !
laces, torscs, and carriages to her nieccs, Frau
lem kru!s alld Signorl bcyignaul, and her free
holds to er sister, Fran krnls, for lfe and after
her death to tra1llein kruts. Mr.. Mantesou gets
nothing, and is understood to have refused to |
accept lesa"y If one were offered him. /
MUSIC.
T11F MEEK WHICH HAS JT;sT cJoSFn.