, 1877-04-29

night ..Fazio, :" by many considered the best play
Mss viii be glSep 9s hef
Bidnfd. Saturday night "Eyadne-"
The Adelphi IL to be closed on the 18th prox.,
and week will be devoted to repairR. 1t will re-
open On the goth with some combination not yet
decided upon. 1t ia Mr. Hayerlys intention to Sc
next all the best spectacular pieces that
offered, aud to give at other times vaudeville
entertainment of the best description. Ills intcn-
tion is to elevate the char1c ctcr OF the house by
prohibiting smoking and drinking, and inviting
the patronage Of the ladies for every performance.
easd IN the seeurns
the lease by Mr. Hayerly. He will give his per-
sonal attention to the house, having withdrawn
gagged, leaving only two now on the road under his
management
GENERAL NOTES.
sour Boarding House, with the original cast
is billed for the Boston Museum. May T..
The 4sBaba" :" troupe has returned to New York
disconsolate, havng left all Its baggage and jew
clry in pawn ut Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Charles Fechter was at the Boston Theatre last
week, and Mrs Bowers Mt The Museum. Both will
remain for the present. Edwin Booth begins m
engagement at the Globe to- morrow with Mcvick-
cr's Lyccum Company to support him. Orchard
II. ~ Is to be first presented.
MI. McCullough's King Lear Is neither so mas
sivc, spontaneous: no: SO FREQ as that OF Edwin
Forrest; and in these respects, it falls short
OF the Forrest standards but it is just true and
tender; it is just awful in the essential clement
Of lonely, wrecked, desolated. and broken gran
distinctly finer strain.-Nsw Iork Tribune.
The proposal to ''erect u bust or other COM
meHoratirc piece OF sculpture" to the memory Of
the late Mr. ohm Oxenforl in the restsbule Of
happy. Whatever representative charactc. Drury
Lane may hare possessed in the past It really rep
reeents nothing in these Gays but the shadow Of an
indefensiole rnonopols 1t certainly cannot lny
claim to auY leading position.
Miss E. Y. Proudfoot, actress and elocutionlst
OF considerable note, died III New York, and was
buried in Greenwood Cemetery Sunday The New
though directly cansed by heart disease, was has
tened by IN accident whlc! occurred to her on the
stage while p!ay'ng in ~ ~ t.ov1
down nader her weight, the result of which was 3
severe shock to her system-
Lawrence Barrett has been playing in Wisconsin
and Minnstota. Frank Mayo was At Detroit last
been playing in ''The Oc:oroon," having the as
sstance Of Et1lc Ellsler, as zoe. The F1orences
were At Buffalo John Raymond was @ at Montreal:
Company, with Eliza Weathersby. was travelling
through New England. Fanny Marsh has been
doing She stoops to Conquer" at her theatre In
Portland.
Rose Eytingc has Just concluded a brilliant en-
gagcneu1 In Montreal, during which she received
universal praise. Se1t season IT is understood
,hst Ni1s E.ne VII dssos hee 1nafs IT.
mate drama, new departure warranted by her
great success MS Laay NuebetA., She viii enact
eonae Mcnry VIII Il He7mione s1 In f TX Wntefs
Tale. and Mart< inioi,<f;<, and will appear for
the first time as Cleopatra, role for which she
would seca eminently qualified
The Chestnut Theatre, Philadelphia. is to bring
ont TO- morrow new comedy entitled 'Slander,'"'
by John Brougham. The sama theatre has still
another new comedJ nhead--onc written BY Miss
Jeanette L. Glider, who dsamatized ''Se"en
oaks !" for Mr. Raymond. During Mr.. Davcn-
ports coming engagement at the Walunt-Street
Theatre he will have q benefit, giving perform
ances poth afternoon and evening. In the after
noon Miss Fanny Davenport and Mr.. Charles
Thorne will play, aud in the evening Heasrs:
brilliant engagement at Ms. D-ews Theatre last
night. Lotta is be at the Walnut and Soldene ut
the Arch this week
The Dramatic Neus has the following items:
'|Mr. coghian has decided to leave the Fifth Ave-
has been re-engaged at Walack's with salary Of
$500 gold per week. Katharine Rogers has been
offered lucrative ensage'nen. At the Union SQUARE
tion, with Eliza Weathertby ut the head open at
tho Fifth Avenue Theatre on June 4. The GOMEZ
dian. Edward Lamo, who va, burned several vera
BE will be siven benefit May IL, anu he has done
good work enough to deserve 1t. Lewis Morrison
lakes Rose Eytinge travelling through New England.
and Marcus Mayer is definitely shipped as he
should have been long ago"
The Soldeue troupe has been roughly treated by
the boston newspapers and Withdrew its adver-
1tsements from two OF them. Thereupon the Nd
rertis<r, with good deal Of eleventh hour virtue.
Invited the managers to t1ke their advertisements
from its columns also by writing to this effect:
ave consider the performances Of this company
TO be the whole the most vulsar1y and brazen1y
Indecent VIC have ever seen on any etlge: they
have little wit to keep them sweet; most Of thctn
appeal with directncss 10 the coarsest part
OF coarse natures1 they do incalculabc harm to
the morals Of youth. They ought never to have
been permitted on Boston stagc. and once per
n,t1cd, they ought to be Stunned BY all persons
who consider themselves respectable"
Mr.. McCulloushs last week At Booths Theatre.
in New York, was signallzcd by the production OF
Lear aud his acting OF the tltular part WAS
highly praised by az TIE esitics M vi1g,n,11s 11sx.
Of tie week. The last nights Of The e., Danl-
chefs arc announced ut the Union Square Theatre
May Z. adaptation Of - Nicholas Nickleby'", ;,
by the late Andrew 1Ia11lday. entitled Smike. "
will be produced with Bijou Heron IN The Leading
part, and Le Moyne as S7ueeTx. The most in
portant members o. the Company will travel With
.s Les DonicneGs." " Stoddart, Mrs. Wilkins, Bi1on
Heron, Charles Dade, and Others were lazi nss week
acting !" Rose Michel ~ at the Grand Opera Moase.
under Poole 4 Donnellys Management gene The H.,s iass
witnessed no improvement in business. Tues
,nent with 'sTwe!fth Night" .,3ly Awful ;l pad :"
is enjoying profitable run ut Naliack's. The run
Of TOUR Boarding House" At the Park terminated
last night. To- morrow John ltayMond besfns
farewell engagement there with the ''Gilded Age.