The New York herald., 1878-12-15

at the Grand Opera House; All Of em sradieratii at
the Grand Dock Theatre.
.'what is the strength of the company. and what
are the salaries r
salaries. We jest divide the receipts among us and
that satisfies everybody. We keeps little money
back for scenery and odd jobs.
How do you divide the work between you =
I'VE generally have rehearsal once week. on
Sundays. The stage manager makes ont list -
what each man has 10 DO. but it don't take him more
few minutes
'Are your Jokes all prepared for the occasion p
.Oh not be darned sight. We gets on jokes
thinkin' about when 20 on the stage"
What performance had the longest run with
We'll we run pantomime once called The Magic
Sword for six weeks Christmas times and the the
was crowded every night. and we more "A pay ex-
pcnscs, though il cost good deal for transformation
scenes. We gave variety performance in Hooeys
Opera House for week. two ago. 10 crowded
houses The first benefit gave for the poor of
the sixth ward the next for the Five Points
Mission and another for Dan Bryant. but we
gave lots Of benefits for performers in the company
George Hawthorn. VINO fills the duties of stage
manager. general performer and playwright. and is
is not entirely his !. IS piiil an Ameriean
play. so fixed up by his hand that New York
STasnee Wstsr .,ro, and more especially one from
points. His emendations arc principally in the
business OF the play and hc improves ON the original
by making the character of Arthur Pembroke in
Ambition more OF dead beat than sport. Lush.
the hummer, is an ash cart inspector at first but he
aspires to be an inspector of lamp posts. and Penn
broke feeds him with the notion that he has sufficient
political influence get it for him and thus lives OF
Lush There are many interpretations in the text
suited to the current period.
George was asked If he was engaged any new
play and he said. Yes; the next play will be stun
ner; but we've got to keep dark about IT, there
many people around ready to steal.
What class OF performer do you find to be the
The Irish first. then the darky. then the Dutch
and an English swell comes in good OCCASIONALLY
did You write the Irish Caotchuc? "
no. that was by John Conroy, another of the COM
pany, and was adapted from the ..shaughraun." Il
was better than the .Shaughraun.
THE TARIFF AND THE THEATRE.
The price charged the first night of admission was
,Menfy,nve cents for any seat in the house.
ably arranged as follows:-Boxes, 25 cents;
chestra. Is cents; balcony, 10 cents; gallery,
opinion OF the management. will prove agrcea-
bic to the public The former Grand Duke Theatre
stood Baxter street left its mark on the his.
tronic annals of that classic neighborhood. The
present establishment dates departure in the
of the dramatic company attached to it, and it
will be noted III the future the home of strictly
native art No foreign plays artists will be toll
erate,not even Italians from Cork or anywhere elsc
Should any of the latter apply for engagement their
heads in peril of being unccremonously punched.
The high purpose of this theatre will be to encourage
native talent, and it has made good beginning. The
press will watch the enterprise with and lend
it helping hand. Why should not the unaided
efforts of these brave and patriotic youths be noticed
and rewarded quite much the more pretentions
undertakings of theatres with larger treasures and
more expensive warlrobes? The audience on Thurs
day evening ranged in age from three years old to
thirty and gave itself up to the most enthusiastic
interest every of the evenings entertain
ment The drama preceded by a merry series Of
variety performances, which made the small newsboy
and bootblack shrek with laughter until his sides
aehed. The new drop scene the production
Of Cherry street artist and represented wndowlcss
gray mansion perched on a mountain of green cab
bage and blue river carrying red steamboat
up the side of hill. The footlights consisted
OF six kerosene lamps with glass shades. Two red
plush lounges stuffed with sawtust and bleeding at
every pore, passed for boxes. while the orchestra
stalls represented by half dozen two-egged
forms and the balcony and gallery faded away into
| and al vna1s hnyaS inrnr nnf
on the style of other theatres the placing OF the
orchestra at the back OF the stage ont of sight, the
deep notes OF the bass fiddle being thrown into tho
yard behind and thus sparng of the audience
The plot OF the play to be given every evening
Lush. t the I hummer Mr. DeSerep. ''Io loved Mol
Fogarty. the peanut girl Mike Haydenl. and did
Mr. James Casey. the ward poiitlcan lMr. Inn suia
that got drunk. swore, lost his money, was
locked up in the Tombs and sent to the Island by
way. This happened Often but AIoll stuck to him all
along in spite OF Caseys threats and Establishments
and Jimmy Lush met i'll the long run. Murphy, tho
temperance lecturer, swore off, married Mol and
started liquor store of his own though verse OF
song he sang indicated another intention;-
oh nary toe will this child go
Aud ri never 90 back Til rye filled my sack
On old vrginnys shore
The language of the drama terse and forcibls.
| and it was nimbly handled by the various
q finished piece OF acting. The way he
took the roll OF bills from the candidate for election
and then sold him out trie to the life. Mr.. Ed.
Mckay. as Mizzlc, the sharper gave keen insight
into that villains INSCRIPTIONS ways. Mr.. Dan shea.
Slinggin, the bartender perhaps, more unfeel
ing than the ideal of the character warranted. He
thought nothing of breaking pitchers and chairs
the heads of customers who declined to pay for their
drinks. Still it spirited represen-
tation Mr.. Patrick Miles, May. the coored
gentleman, brought down the house. and it
should be added even the cobwebs. Mr. Devere the
Bounding hummer certainly all the resonant
imply He bounded the stage very lively.
and grabbed all the drinks he could lay hands Mr.
George Hawthorn author of the play, did the sport
tAIr. Arthur Pembroke) with rather touch of extrsv
agance betting half million dollars at the time and
carrying carpet sack for pocketbook The peanut
girl Mol Fogartyl had bouncing representative in
Mr.. Mike Hayden who. unfortunately. put his shoes
frequently through his skirts to utterly damage
them for future The marriage of Lush and the
peanut girl made the tableau and was accompanied
by a vigorous breakdown.