The New York herald., 1879-08-24
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.


Abbott is being compiled.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
Miss Maggie Mitchell started on her annual tour
yesterday.
Senior Abertin gives his first concert in Steinway
Hall Tuesday evening, October
Mr. John Mccullough will begin his season next
Monday in Canada.
Mr. w. f. Mills will be the solo pianist at Tor
rianis concert which takes place Thursday evening
next at Red Bank.
"The MulGgan Chowder" still continues to draw
great crowds to the Theatre Comique. and Harrigan
4 Hart reaping substantial benefit.
Nr. Eben Plympton gave a reading for . charitable
object on board the Spain his return voyage to
New York that netted quite handsome sum
A note to the HERALD says that Haverly's colored
minstrels opened last week in the Boston Theatre.
There standing room only" The receipts OF
the first evening were $1,62l.
Miss Eva Garrick. who supported Miss Genevieve
Ward during part of her American tour will make
her first appearance In New York at the Park The
atre during the coming week.
Wednesday evening. September "a. is the date fixed
for the opening Of the concert ut Chickerng
Hall. which occasion the Carlotts Patti Concert
Company under the direction of Signor De Viyo. will
appear.
Mr.. Frank H. King. the manager and husband Of
Nine. Julia Rive-King. the pianste. has closed an
engagement with J. II. Haverly. and will represent
him at the head of of his many organizations
during the coming season.
The regular season at Haverly's Theatre will be
inaugurated tomorrow night by the Colville Opera
Burlesque Company. The opening attraction is
titled "The Magic Slipper" which is described
"a new. elegant and ethereal burlesque extrava-
ganza." The company has been reorganized and
larged.
The first appearance of the Berlin Lady Orchestra
is announced at Tony Pastors Theatre for to-mor-
row night This in addition to the variety perform.
ances, will doubtless make the place unusually at-
tractive. excellent feature of the management is
that no double entendre is permitted that bring
blush to the cheek of the most refined person.
The English company engaged to support Mr.. and
Mrs Daniel Bandmann. who open the gular season
at the Standard Theatre. consists OF the following
persons Rose lie Clercq SISTER of Carlotta Lo
Clercq. who came here with Fechter, Nard Almayne.
Elinor Aiken Miss Aveling. Edward s. Cotton. st.
James Theatre; Gerald Eyre, Gaiety Theatre; Henry
Aveling, Theatre Royal. Manchester; Philip Beck.
Harry Barfoot. Charles Lobbett. Leonard s. Outram.
wilmot Eyre. Percy Lyndall. DENLY Newton. Her
Majesty's Opera Company.
Mr. A. f. Lancaster and Mr.. Julian Magnus.
authors of Conscience" have written emo
tional play. the title of which is not yet decided
upon. 1t has been sold to Mr.. W. II. Power. man
ager of the Bowers Thompson Combination Com
pany and constructed especially to display the
respective abilities of Mrs. d. p. Bowers and Miss
Charlotte Thompson. who will act in it together
during the coming season. The engagements OF
these fne artists will begin on September 15 either
at Philadelphia Montreal and the play is in.
tended to form the feature of their repertoire.
Mr. Joseph Murphy opens the season at the Grand
Opera House with Kerry Cow" tomorrow even-
t<11.x
and newly carpeted and the place a cosey and
inviting look. The next feature will be the reap
pearance OF Miss Emma Abbott and her English
opera company, comprising. besides the prims
DONNA Marie Stone, Zelda Seguin, Pauline Maure.
Tom Karl and William Castle. Walter Temple. A. Il.
Stoddard. W. II. Macdonald. Ellis Ryse and Edward
Segun Caryl Florio is the musical director. Tho
repertoire consists of paul and Virginia" Mig,
non," bohemian Girl" Martha" "Rigoletto.'
Carmen" Lucia" ERA Diavolo." "Maritana.S
''Star of the North" Faust" "Chimes OF Nor~
mandy" Daughter of the Regiment" "Trova-
tore" '-Rose of CASTLE" and Goonod's dramatic
opera "Romeo and Juliet"
At the Park Theatre. tomorrow evening and dur
ing the week. Miss Marion Darcy will appear an
emotional play. entitled THE Living Statue" 1t ID
an adaptation by Agnor Majeroni from the
Italian. and said to be well dono Tho play is in five
acts The plot turns upon the love felt by noble
man for a poor but pretty and virtuous young
seamstress. from whom. however. he disguises his
name and passes himself of a poor engraver. his
object being gain her love for himself untempted
by his name fortune. In this he succeeds, but
poor Julia dies OF consumption. Stricken with
grief, the lover devotes himself to the pool
girls memory. and DEPARTS for America,
whonce he is recalled by q friend who i'm
forms him that there is girl. a dsnseuse OF
the Grand Opera. a living counterpart Of his dead
love. He hastens back. becomes acquainted with
tho young lady and offers her boundless wealth. the
only condition being that she shall be at his disposal
for certain time each day. when he comes to visit
her; but only contemplate her tho living statue
of his lost ono. Gradually the young girl feels .
passion for the singular being who has become In
some degree the arbter OF her destiny; but ho
coldly repuses her advances, and informs her that
hc regards her simply as a sort of photograph OF
who is dead. and in whose grave his affections
buried. The rest OF the drama il descriptive OF
the struggle between the girls pride aud her
love. At last she tries to burst bonds and per-
mits former lover to renew his advances. This
leads to duel between her strange protector and
the lover. Overcome at last by her passion she
visits the cemetery whore the dead girl is buried
and prays for the man she adorcs. Presently the
nobleman comes in to discover the change that has
been wrought in her mind and heart. and with
the conviction comes upon him that the spirit OF
his dead love has possessed the form OF tho
young danscuse and he learns to love in her the
spirit of the dead and its living image
MUSIC AT THE PARK.