, 1879-04-06

''draueht" of the ;. Bankers Daughter. But
| he has now decided that, whatever betide, be viii
ner, Mr. Abbey'a Engaged has Ind , a sitniar
as with hs sds s. ha not s seP as
were up 70 fortnight aeo st 'c; be could IL run lan
| business il he chose He has, however srpansca
] to bring Engaged" ont in Boston very soon, and
1ha. IS Why he has arranged to do the palace of
Engased " will not be played Just yet in Chi
eago, owing to previous engagements by Mr. Nc
yicser; bnt an told that he Is pcrfectne ar
company, Ia addition to the leading members Of
III, ls own organization; Agnes Booth, Joe Whiting,
nal players In this country OF their several paris
are spoken Of in this connection. II they come
Chicago will see what New York has set down as
THE FINEST ACTING OF THE SEASON.
But the arrangements are not quite complete as
YET 3lr. McFlcker has made very liberal offer
for the services Ut thesn four artists and at pres
ent there Is every probability that he will secure
them.
or course you understand that all this is In con-
ddence, and you won't mention it to anybody.
Il you do, won't play any more.
So there. now
And speaking of McVickcr reminds me to sav
that saw private letter OF his the other day
written WI to gentleman in tbs city, In that let
such IN unequiyocal success that the
writer wanted to continue it's indefinitely, and
that he was trying his level best to buy OF sue
ccedlnE attractions SO as TO keep the opera on.
That speaks we'll for the wind up Of his season
and ryoody will be glad to hear OF anything
which deno1esthat the old gcntleman's business Is
At the Fifth Avenue Theatre, .swhims' has
moi been an extraordinary financial success. No
piece was not entirely just. But it WIS presented
at the Fifth Avenue in too much Of hurry. Some
OF the players we're not perfect in their lines the first
night and there were other influences which helped
to make the occasion unsatisfactory. In Gotham
great deal depends upon the first performance of
any piece, .-more than anywhere else. probably.
off
THE FIRST NIGHT OF "wu1Ms''
until the action was more perfect. The Criterion
ee 6 rad d ssen tS e e eGme n &sv f
tsd % The 0o 81 hs that pa1ty gs"s Just
Il New snen wss not srso sa s Mss
Billy Manning, who played Miss Sylvester's part,
was--well, Emily Gavin would have done it better.
acter was very i'll, and couldn't do justice to her
self nor the piece. The next night she was unable
to play at all, and another lady was substituted.
goes better now. But the harm had already
been done, and it was clear that the bill must be
ehanged
such melancholy frame Of mind as only that opera
could cause: Then he engaged the Lanrent-Freyer
will accordlnrIy open again at his theatre Monday
evening. They are rchcarsng ''Fat1uitza," and
will psobai6ely, ie1.,1 brlng IT. out April Apr, 4: ~
S. Gilbert yesterday saving thar the manuscript OF
- Gretchen" which is Gilbert's newest play, had
been forwarded, and would soon arrive. ''Gretch-
en- hus not yet been produced in London, but Is
on the eve OF its first representation there It is
said to be a satire on the story OF . Faust" A
Iion Of certain benefits. which are promptly handed
over to him. At the specified time, when
OLD SATAN COMES TO CLAIM TIE SOUL
Of his victim, that person calmly asserts that he
ha Joined the t4ns the COL
wroth, and declares that the yonng has played
1t low down on HIM. But he don't get the soul, |
and is altogether martyr This Is the chief spi
very cleverly wrought. It will be done in New |
York soon as its success is assured in England,
If. indeed, it be success there. |
Steele Mackaye il going to have theatre Of Mis- |
own. It will be located at the place where Days
first Fifth Avenue Theatre stood, and is to be
called the ST. James. Why St. James nobody can |
find out That has always been unfortunate !
name for plny-houscs in New York, hnt it is to be
hoped that the new venture Will be more success |
opened with Nr. Sackaye's "Won at Last
which will run 50 long as may be-. The author is
low engagins as many OF the original players in
his piece as he can find, and the cast will nndoubt-
,dly be good one. The succeeding attraction has
,ot as yet been decided upon. The financial genius
IT the institution will be Emo, the owner Of the
premises.
Tom Hall, who runs, Or is run, by the Varieties
Theatre, New Orleans, has arrived in town, and
viz remain n this vicinity IN until ready to return
ind open the Varieties next fall Hall is
THE GREAT AMERICAN THINKER.
4e isn't any great shakes on business. but he can
10 more thinking to the square inch, with less re-
nit than my man ever heard Of Onc Of his
avosite occupations Of hot summer afternoon is |
Store I
With the sun blazing down upon him. gazing into Il |
zig bottle Of impossible blue water, and thinking:
0 blow of, he would think for half IN hour SO
whether he should pick it up or not. and By the
sne be had concluded to DO it someoody would
usiness. lie gets his eye On attraction. and by
he time he has thought the matter over. Bdwell
r somebody else has gobbled up. He ran the
ear, and didn't make fortune either So I'm
old. Probably he don't know about it yet. But
e's thinking it over.
Waliack and Barrett have swapped time at the
,alfornia Theatre, that the latter is to follow
fter Fanny Davenport. Lester will open in the
blc that be will act through the Interior upon his
eturn. not reaching New York until some time in
ugust. e.. ada a Gilman' wno goes out as special
nd Wallack, left tonight. She is to open as
fova in the ''Shauchraun,' Easter Monday 1t |
now asserted authoritatively that
MISS CoGHLAN DOES NOT GO TO BALDwIs's
)f Lhe entire season. ont mat she VIII only play
lere during the summer, returning to New York ]
time to open the regular season Wa1lacks |
'ading lady. TIE statement that had left the I
,mpany was entirely without foundation. There |
ave been no absolute changes there, thus far.
Robson and Crane due at l1o0ley's Theatre |
n the 14th OF April when they VIII play the Dro-
!ins in "a Comedy Of Errors It will be re- |
embcred that when they produced this piece at ,
lie Park, in this city, it was the most emphatic
Ind OF success, pecuniarily and artistically.
he two comedians, who are very widely dissinii- |
r. in ordinary parte, are SO BkillfulY made I'M to
:sembe each other as the Drou.ios that it is al
ost impossible to detect their identity And
rane's imitation Of his partners vocal tradcs-
ark is so clever as to complete the deception. I
link they will draw hcavily in Chicago. They
,ght to do 80. anyway; for they give the most
.iicious entertainment know OF.
uAyERLY's LxcEuM THEATRE
on the road to success He needs q better at ,
action than Mrs. Oates, in order to ill his house
ith money. She is played cut for New York, | {
I'd does not draw much nowadays. She is not | G
e singer she used to be, ami tue quality OF her {
,ysica beauty has diminished in exact ratio to I
c increase in quantity. And, while think o
New York audience don't object to All occasional c
'uoie entendre sentence from the lips OF pretty
,mar, I'm quite sure they cringe a little when II
at woman brings in a metaphOrical dump-cart S
aced to The muzzle with ii. and proceeds to fire e
over her listeners. Delicate smut b
one thing; nustiness il another. t.
After -Mrs. Oates, l don't know exactly what | 9
averty nus in mind. But he huB rot Thu. hnnd. | Q