New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-22
TIE DRAMA-MUSIO.
EDWIN BOOTH IN LONDON.

Tho most important and interesting theatrl-
-, s that has reached rs in many day Is the news
-, r5vin Booth intends to act III London. and that
,,,tfons are even now in progress, between Henry
I-ipr and himself, with view to his appearance III
80 Edwin Booth is our greatest tragedlan He
tbr prime OF life; he has been thirty years an actor;
is associated with some OF the noblest dramatic
,tsknc. thar ever were attempted; he has been Of
tl,,be benefit to the stage equally by his pureIie'
s,r,rc. plcd conduct dignity integrity, and rare
-. d. never mas had AN equal, on the American
g, in Uand or In RiohelieH; he stands alone IN
- characters which are colored with romantic weird
- AND az which tho central attribute Is spiritual
80. he has been accepted in a larger repcrtory OF
-, ro.actrrs than any contemporary actor has even
e.,qa. and he is a better actor to-day than at any
- ms period OF his life. Edwin Booth ON the London
- sc.orliuCy, win De- a very prominent and slgnih-
.,,-s--for lac will illustrate TO the British public
-, clone his own genius and accomplishments, but
o,,i,t,ou of American taste aud scholarship with
s,.rc, 10 the drama IN its highest branches.
~ ,plJc has already seen our greatest comedian
o., and has awarded to him even higher rank
. WAS cl8 lined for him heTe-nOt hesitating TO name
- with the best artists Of the best school Tn France
-, n has seen Edwin Booth II viii fully under
nd IN what a degree Of excellence the art OF acting
- lsen carried in the New World. Mr.. Booth will 90
-. next spring and IL is not unlikely that Mr. Irving
lne later in tle same year. VIII make lis onS-con-
templatcd visit to America.
Tb,re is something very pleasant TO the i'm
s,ofion-ycry useful likewise TO the public
.,r5-in this interchange of national celebrities
hr,prpr famous men before the eyes Of new
,,r,rpifies and establishing a warm and real
respoudcnce Of ideas and feelings between societies
fsr Instant from another. II VIII not be forgotten
mat Nile Bernhardt is TO act here next year; so that
,t,fr Irving also comes We shall have given EDWIN
Roth 10 Europe in exchange for the two most To-
rowped actors Of France aud England It's not SET
ed VET that Mr. Booth will 60 10 the Lyceumi Du',
NOT there he certainly viii appear at some other London
Tbatr-problbly Drury Lane The details are not yet
arranged. but soon viii be-
Mr. Booth acted in London IN september
1861. under Buekstonc's management, ID the
Haymarket appearing as Shylock, Sir Giles Orer-
each and Picheicu-aud subsequently In LNeIpo"
and Manchester: but that eighteen years ago. lh
war rlmel 1t Will be very different now MI Boou
sbou1J-and we confidently believe he Wil-play great
engagements in London and the principal cities OF tne
kingdom and afterwards Paris and IN the dramatic
centres Of Germany. His standard repertoy 10"
includes Hamlet. King Lear Ohelo, Iago, MGcjftH'
sIylocl. Walscy. Richard IT,, Richard Ill.,, Iencd'cf'
J,t4eIi7 PCAcei Pdvnes Br3,tHS, BeltUccto In " The
Fools Revenge" Rug Bias and DgH Cesar de Ba-da,
and hi, list could be considerably extended 1t Il an
extraordinary thing that any actor should have at
taircd 10 an even degree Of excellence in such wide
variety Of great characters. Mr. Booth has done this
and I'm several of them, has risen TO lonely plhuaeIe
ofcmlneuce, peerless and Incompatible