, 1877-03-18
Miss Emma Abbott'S Success
The New Singers Special
Merits.
Death Of the Philharmonic Societv---
Dir. Fuchs Concert---0le Bulls
Farewell.
The Apollo Club.--Miss Julia Rire-..
Verdi's Requiem.--Local
Miscellany.
THE DRAMA.


CHICAGO.
THE WEEK REVIEWED.
The past week was destitute of drarnat
novelties, with the exception of the productit
of lies Danichels u at the German Theat
Sunday night, which evcnt was duly noticed
the columns Of THE TRIBUNE on the followif
morning. The run OF q Lemons" continued
McHickcr's 11eatrc- The attendance ":
satisfactory, and encouragement for the MAJ
agcsncut to announce the piece for revival ut.
future season. It should be encouragement
also for continuance of the present policy {
fibcrality in the mounting OF pieces, adrertit
Ing. etc Tie acting, white Not in all respect
satisfactory, WAS sufficient to convey the fun o
the play without serious loss The art OF lady
like quarrelng- an accomplishment OF the tirst
:lass-has not, however, been learned IN Nc
'ickcr's. Mrs Murdoch missed it both il
Lemons - and in the representation of thu
proud sister in 1t Maud Muller" At Havcrly't
Theatre the :. Evangeline u burlesouc was mol
50 SUCCESSFUL lis it had been the previous week
although the notices OF Tue TRIBUNE III regard
to its merits were faithfully reproduced in the
advertising columns 1t is ouly just to say, in
View vi The general condemnation which has
bcc7 visited upon the piece, that the company
Vi actors engaged in the representation Of it
No1, t,uch favor They are too good for tho
soEk that is required OF them.
NIL. uCRuASK's READINGS.
1t would hardly be far 70 Judge Mr.. Burbank 5
capacity Us public-reader by lis Hamlet OF last
Sunday. He was then laboring under serious
disadvantages the least OF which-namclyx 4
sererr cold-fnlst have been apparent to the
iaost casual observer. He Impressed The audi
cncc- 10 doubt: with the idea tlnt he was more
III \ hurry to get through aud 20 home to his
tca-or his chiorltc of potash, the case might
bc-thau to convey al :il..iraic idea of the play
I}Aa4!s IVES nevlr done so badly by any actor of
Aotc Is it was done Sunday By Nr. Bur-
bunk The transitions from. character to
character were clearly marked and easily taken,
but the transitions from phase to phase Of the
s:liilc character we're not made at Ill. The more
famous so!iloqu;cs were not correctly rendered
even III point Of emphasis, for the reason that
Tug emphasis was too abundant and forced. 1t
Is taruly lar, however, under the circumstances,
TO proceed into detailed criticism Of the residing
Alr. burbank Is much more at home, us his
friends know, In comedy aud concal r..citations
Hc will give the public a taste Of his quality III
this feln to-day, when he Will read the princ-
.al portions Ut ''Ihe Miisummer:s Nights
Dream" The ''PyrGmus and Thisbe" inter
lude promises to be, through the Interpretation
Ut Mr. Burbank, rich treat,
1.-THE suAuGHRAUN"
Mr.. Boucicault will produce at McVicker:s
Theatre this week his play Of 1.-The Shaugh-
raun," which, without hyperbole, may be called
"a justly-eelebrsted :" drama. It has been
given both In England aud the United States
with the largest measure Of succcss.-necnniarv.
artistic, and political Boucfcault's Irish,ncn
ne are not at all inclined to 1eridc. and h;s
faculty of playwrighting is now so universally
admitted that dcrision Of it is impossible. Yet
there is disposition in some Quarters In sncer
at Boucicault, Us II he vcrc mt on thc Whole
the foremost figure on the American et,ga
The East Of ''11ic Shaughraun u viii include
Aar. bouSacaust himself, Miss Katherine Rogers,
~ "Auo"n G.'13 1NeM oIk acIscss;-M1ss Don,
Gco,rc eg' Hos,' ~ ~ ,t;s. .. 19o9ne. Slr.
tlis city. and are rncml,ers ~ NJ no,;,;,,it,a
t,icl,cd cnrns ~ e,,1n1r+ars CO.. s-4ot
,romsti IN rse,,c,.t - ~ ..'Es uet tngs nle
nnfl anno;nfmcntc. ana ~ ,,e,;,s;sa p.ope..aes,
ti3ieS I,r ~ % 10 know are always iui-
trn Mr u R,,,,snn,;ie ent T.. VI Mc.lckers l1Iea7
- r,,,or+c, -. ~ NJ Ia ise9at 1nter'1e" "lta
1,arn nava1 - IT IT. Sneannan En4"tr1 ss1u:
incint3for u qnxa, mas ia nEagaf me IN altogether
frsrn,ini 4uses e:,san ~!acn nave & recea:ed from
re[,.;nts ~ 4,,p t;'.s a1nnt StooN The
runnng N M Boucican hsses }.r las
teeo tn9ss of my play ever ~rtten certainly
'4'S ~ 1", 9lay ne ever wrote
Mr. TnoRsEs BENEFIT.
The attendance At McIIcker's Theatre yestcr-
day afternoon and evening on the OCCASION. Of
r,,n,,..ss ..,s at "as na.tenn4 ooth 1of
Au1'1oc'e 4no 1or cnagactcF- The plays In the
ailsfhoon were "Dalnon and Pytllias'' and |
"black-Eyed Susan" Mr. John Mccullough
l,le ~. s14no o4o caaracteF the strength and sim
iac'ty t, 'oa1 t aFe its prominent features. The