, 1877-07-08

Whist the play could have been
before it was rewritten. 1t IS impossible TO
lind relief from its unnatural act9n IN its dl-
alo.ue, ior Of dialogue, as it is understood on
the stage, there is none. The PLAYERS talked
fur twenty minutes after the curtain arose with
out SAVING ANYTHING, and these intervals OF To-
ouac1ous dullncss grew longer as the play grew
| older. or one thing. however, Mr.: Stoncr cam
| not be accused. No one can lay plagiarism to
| his Charge 'i1Toodlcigh - is 4 plar which we
| cannot conceive that amy Que could ever have
] been tempted TO steal"
! GENERAL AMERICAN NOTES.
John S. Clarke comes oyer in October,
Riguold has sailed for Europe, to return in
| September.
! Boston and Philadelphia were again destitute
! OF theatrical attractions last week.
| Lauarschck will be in Boston in July, and go
! thence to Sctt,atc for the summer.
The New York -Nercoy says Miss Eliza
Wcathcrsby will shortly enter upon iifets rcal-
ties as Mrs. Nat c. Goodwin, Jr.
Little Tining Davenport (Nrs. Thornc) ieayes
| New York July ? FOR San Francisco, to join Nc
| Culluugh's company as leading lady.
! Minnie Palmer will star next season in new
| play called "Fortunc,' which has been written
| especially for her, by two American authors.
Miss Faunic Davenport sailed for England
| July i, to be absent uAtsI late in August, when
she will begin al eighteen weeks starring tour
| under Mr.. Stephen Fiske
| There is dramatic critic in New York who
! must be going abont in trepidation. A stall
| wart and large-linbed actress calling herself
| Fannie Louise Buckingham has bceu doing Ma
zeppa at the Broadway Theatre, and this critic
| made unconipl!nleutary remarks about her.
| Miss Buckingham is wrathful, and says: Since
| Mr.. .-,'' mentioning the critic in question,
s:wants to forte upon nc noto-iety do not
seek, I'll make hi!n share it by horscwh;pping
on sight" Miss 9. claims TO be an expert with
! the whip.
| A new phase OF the approaching theatrical
season will be the number OF travelling combina-
tions taking the place Of local companies. Each
I Of the following performers will have sup
Murphy. Edwin Booth. Frank Mayo, Frank
| Chanfra,i, Rose Eytitge. SotIern, John r. Ray
| lnond, Mrs Oatts, Lydia Thompson. Aimee,
E.nily s9.4ene, r. Genev1eye Rogers, Lawrence
| chck, George Eig1,nld, Mrs. &. Z. Howard, John
! Broughanl, and John Dillon.
Washington Irving Bishop. as assignee OF Ma
| tilda Heion's right in the play Of "Cansille,''
| has entered suit in tue United States Circuit
Court against Clara Morris fur alleged infringe
that he is legally possessed ot Matilda Hcron's
| ri"ht in the play, and has giEcn Clara Morris
notice several tics. but she continues to act in
| the play. He considers himself damaged in the
| EuIl III E1,AJo Ut Sf&lNU hlSS MOTHS taxes LuC
| ground that the play never really belonged ex-
c1usiyely to Matilda Heron, as It was only an
| adaptation Of novel that WAS public property.
Mr.. ". Il. Crane, the comedian. is i'll town
this week. preparing for his appearance in his
original role Of lie Eidnc in tEvunxclinc" at
cast will be as follows: Erangetiue, Miss Lillian
Conway: Catherine, Mr. Harry Josephs; Euialt,
Miss Lizzie Webster; Galritl, Miss Eliza Wealth
ersby; cept. Deitrich, ,lr i. c. Goodwin; the
Boorhoo'n Cha, Mr. Edward s: Tarr;; Hans
Nagner, Mr.. $. u. Crane; Basil, Mr.: James
Nolan; the Policeman, Mr. Richard Golden !;
JtinqdSE,, Mr. Percy -Eiiiing; Delshase, Mr. 3.
FagaH; Qmfz, Miss Jennie Weathersby; -Naru
1,ut, Miss Hattie French. John Braham will
conduct the orchestra RehcaTsa]s will begin at
n,ire on tho extravaganza s'Thc Little
Cursair,'' and it will he produced in the third
week OF the cn5accmcnt.-BostonG Gto5e,
/ FOREIGN NOTES.
,"Thc Vicar2ge,'' hy Mt. Saville Rowe, is to
be removed from the Prince Of Wales bill.
During the hot weather the management has
decided to open the theatre IN hour later than
usual, and adopt the New York plan Of confir-
ing the evenings entertainment to one piece.
Tic s:pnk Domino'' dispute has been settled
by arbitration. The verdict is against AIR.
Wyndham. The Enylish adapter has been
awarded - night for the time during which
1t has been PLAYED, and for any future perform
anccs. 1t has beef, ANNOUNCED that Mr. Edrar
Bruce would take the piece to tho Provinces
and run it through America.
The drama founded on the story OF "That
! Lass o Lowric's' is III the hands Of Mr.
+ Stephen Fiskc. It follows pretty closely the
lines of the original story with some intcrpo1a-
tions Of new scenes aud revision Of the ortgiual
characters The heroine is liz Lonric, and the
! leading mans part is that Of Derrick, the en-
gincer. 0ed Sammy, Jud the young parsorl,
and Miss AAice are the next characters Of i'm
| portancc. The drama is to he played for tho
first time on any stage ut Liverpool this monti,
or in the autumn, Miss Rose I.cclerq has been
specially engaged to play the title role.
Two attempts to adapt Mr. Charles Rcade's
nounrca. 1t may well be doubled however,
acceptable. While Mr.. Keadc in most
of his later works shows himself to be the most
! dramatic Of the English nosclists, his dramas
I themselves, if VIC except stMasks and Faces ~
| Which is, after all, not wholly his-hayc never
ccssipl dramatizaton OF rhc PiIerims s"f pros- re
ress ~ By Mrs. George Macdonald, SO gracefully
spoken Of by the English correspondents, does
| not bring the unactabc any closer to the public,
picture dramas which are attempts to add
motion to tableaus, and with which nc are
already tolcrably familar.-INen York SIN.
| Air. Boucicault's ssAfter Dark ?" has been re-.
riycd at a London theatre,-the Princess, -
With strong cast and many g realistic" Incl
dents, including the laying OF . living man
across the line Of the Underground Railway and
bis rescue just as the express train comes thun-
dcring along, aud an elaborate reproduction of
the interior OF 4 iausic-tall with a company of
''artists,n including "the great a1ackney, who
| 60 through some Characteristic performances.
The next resiral, It is said, is to be u Lady Aud
ley's Secret at the Olympic, with Miss Pate
man, Mr. Henry Neville, Miss Camille Dubois,
and MIR. Forbes Robertson in the cast. Two
new dramas by Mr.. Wills are also spoken Of
! an adaptation Of NJ. Alfred dc ntusset's II Ca
| milIe,'' aud Nell Gwynnc," in which the char
actcr Of Charles IT. will, 1t is reported, be repre-
scented in light somewhat at variance With the
! general verdict Of historians.
MUSIC.
THE SUMMEH-CAnDEN CONCERTS.
| Tie summer-garden concerts are the alpha