, 1879-04-25
DRAMATIC NOTES,

Mr.. Charles F. Coghian Ia hatchIng new play.
Edwin Booth will appear this evening as
Richard II.
Father Ferris, Pittsburr Catholic priest, In
going to take to the stage, trying Hamlet" for
d starter.
A society hos been formed tn Paris 10 read
plays, pick out the best, and offer them to tho
managcrs.
The ea!c Of seats for Miss Maggie Mltcheli's
Forthcoming engagement at loo'oy's begins sat-
urdny morning.
Ntblo's Garden at New York goes Into the
hands Of Tookcr, the former manager Tor jar
rctt & Palmer, In August.
It ts ru,nosed TINT Clara Morris contemrlntcs
caucel!ng her Cincinnati engagement. which bo-
gins on Monday, owing to Endtspostllon.
Col. 1inycely, It Is sa!d, Is after sotheru, Ho
hns offered HoIace Wall, the comeslian's agent,
&a4,000 for seusou OF eight weeks.
On sunday evening last, at Detroit, tho bar.
gage Of the Dickic l.tngaEd company vas seized
services.
4 London correspondent OF the New York
Tribune says of theatrical matters over there:
"Wc are suffering great commercial depression
here, brought nbout By strikes, hank failures
aud mar. To nake matters worse, the little
compiuteiy ruiuud bY Tic death Of Princess
Alice. Noycr Within my recollection have
things theatrical bson In such lsmcntablc con-
tjItle.i, as they arc at th!s time. Drury Lane
collapsed within five weeks Of Christmas. All
tic other West End iheatrcs md places Of
amusement hase had llsFd time OF 1t, with but
ftw exceptions"
Tue Gymuase, says tho New York. I1trald's
| Pars correspondent, where "Nnunou " has Just
been produced, ms formerly the eoHtrrtatoire
par eserlsaee OF good manncrs. Authors It that
time ouly asptred 10 bourgeois success n,a fur
nlshed pieces which the cntfro family might at-
| tend. In thcsp pieces vtrtuous Young men es.
| pouaed, after a few honest adventures, vlrtuons
young ladies' Who bad only lust lest school A.
! conyhnt. This Ma4 tho epoch Of Bcrlbc's great
successes. Ttmes hare changed since then.
Tic pieces Of Dumas al., IN which TIC = most t
prurient social questions arc unblushlng'y dts
cussed, have cast into thr shade the y!rtuous
young men md 7rtuous young tonvene.ecAoo!
girls. Thc mat sktllfMl stattat'cihn would fast
IN txtnE tho number Of fattl!sss no';sa ,1s. ds.
thu Gymnass las seen On lts boards during ttu
past fcw yuars. Naturall! this change 10 the
q .racter OF the pieces has been followed hy
sosCo.ds ~ s eonss so ers
from time 10 time, young girls ara cxc!udaa
from it, and the mother heEselt takes the pre-
| caution to carry an enormous fan, hehno which
lhc eau blush at her exae.
"Iu the poIlca Court yestetdsy mornlng,"
| e4Tt tH0 c2A GlAuCaatu AM4'hts AAEss ~
1 s'tbu Damua Ut Jarnes g, O'Nelll, +. Il: Brooks,
". j. Duignan, j. McCanhelt, Witila!n Seymour,
ljaytd Deliasco, a. D. hsadley. Lewis MoFrlson,
j. N. Long, J, II. Woodland, ntel E. A. Ambrose,
u nil members Of tlc Baldwin Theatre Company
now playing the "Paseiou Play" NJ the ura,ii
Opera lIo,lss, vero called to ansmsr charges
Of msdr,ne amor In violating tic serantlF passed
ordinance Of ll.a board ot euperYlsors, prohibit
lug tllu presentation fur Inuuoy Of ahy r"ll8tou1
incl,leuts Tie case Of O'Nct!l was taken ~
tirst, antl was submitted without ts.l, O'NeI!l
Osl.g ordered to appcar for synseucs .hie
morning, when, by agreement, tue sentence
will ~ passed. al,l The case taken to q hiGhes
court, to test tllu validity vi the ordinance.
Thc other eases will ba continued until Mondal
uioruInx.n Tu ths same paper Mt Salni
Murss sends the following car,l' ''Do mo the
1us,irs to explain TO the public thy result ol
kr. O'NsiIFs ar1tat. Mr. OfNcills prose
cutogs, finding thrls position un
tcptble, Withdrew entirely from ttlt
shs5ge Of prenouuciug the Passion Play lndeco
foua and damaging tu religious seutlsneNt
tirreby ptonounctug It pure, tusttuctlux, sls
sioYatiog. but the fact stands lesa that shs
od1ous ordinance, whilat Its llega!ltJ Is still nn
provsn, bus been infrtngel upon. and TO th
Ar. O'Nsiil p|eadx4 guilty, as to prove its w
coustltutienalisy thls step was necessary.