, 1879-02-23


on Twenty ty-seeond street.
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NEW YORK.:
". $. GnBEKr's 'scoRNER" ON THEATRES.
Special Correspondence a' 17ts Tribune.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.--W. S. Gilbert has q
corner Oh New York theatres just now. That
is to say, he is represented in the metropolitan
play-houses as no author ever was represented
before him. at the Standard and Filth Avenue,
" Pinaforen is running. At the San francisco
Minstrel's Opera-House and Tony PASTORS, hy-
brid Pinafores " are in use, While at tile fafR
his stEngaged" is stor1nng the town. Nor
docs T. end here. for MT the broadway they have
49,, ,,roo-;,,r +,o q eorcororu for mora than a
oeen p'o'"1os ~ ';.s, ..a.,.
iorsnlsh1 pas OK snea'es =. 10 one s' ,,.n1
Ing upon material turnlsheo ey slns'e autnof:
It is most alarming. By-and-by, II THIS thing
goes On, the chroniclcr of dramatic events will
discover that like Othelo, his occupation's gone.
A., ,vha, don't have to do ANYTHING beyond
ta,,;. w., o.,oa ,,oo1 ,bo+ 4t p;naforeu is r,1n-
's441AE ~ oA $500 a.,a,, 1,.r.;,, ~ ho,,oro
have soft thing.
80 nort,,ns fortnnate that they emit all do
u1ea ha.;<r,, ,,d f,r.eoo;,o Trovi
huSaseo.; peuSn qao a.,,a
be the purchaser of that drama, or burlesquc,
or comcdv. or whatever YOU choose to call it. So
:. LII s.sa.ut,- ,,,5 a., +ba man,rors
~ - no' poo''. oAops, :. .Aa e s-ax.o =.
in America can't gobble 1t Tree OF expense, Us
they have the most OF his other. works. "En-
oared !, is Mr. Sothcrnas pIav for all America,
- 49,, :.,,t - ,,,.,;,c :. i, New yor1- has hecn
anu "e f1snso' pas" ~ .." ~ -'s" nsN,s 49,
vested by INN III Mr~ Aopef' " lne NA lAe
atre- What in the world Mr. Sothern ever
houcht the piece for nobody can say. There
oou:as ~ p ,or+ - - for hin, The char
cert'fn ISM any part IN ~ l9r nn - %
acter WMch ne presua'no,, lhteuus ~ I5 $50,
would fit him just about the same way Han''es
would. It is part on the Bob Sackett order,
ard ia ov;acni1v Boucicaultcd from Bronson
nn-.o~7,e Iu - Sar;tooo ), which is now running,
49, ho. hcar rnnnino. IN London under the name
~ :. ~ R,;g1tov !, nav. inst think of Mr. So,hcrn
IS Boz SacEes! One can as easily imagine the
exhumatioa of an old Egyptian mummy to play
,|1tiiet.
TIE FIRST SCENE OF "ENaAGED
10 1o,a insr outside of cottage which stands
s,ron thc hor71er betwecn England aud Scotland.
'rbo l-ee,er of this cottage is Nrs 1Nacfar'aae,
,rho has nretty daurhtcr. In love with the
Ianohter is a brave and noble Highlander
ttnnwn as 5ouats :Vuc. .4Hister. 4 railway passes
noer ot hand and it is the trade OF this cheerful
,,nd anen.heart rted Scotchman to throw trains
fron ,hc track in order that mis- prospective
1nothor-;niayy may profit by entertaining tue
da1aved. nassenpeTs. Another mark of this
renial rerson,s yaulted bravery is the fact that
hc cr;es ike n bah; at every available opportu-
nitv- When the story opens, he has just pre-
pared everything for the comfortable reecption
maiden of his love is pralsing him for his yalor
ma hnncsty Presently the cars come along.
and nre thrown from tile track. The first OF the
nasscnpers to arrive at the cottage are Becan,ey
and Ee,da Tre1ec.e who first explain that they
have o1oned torefher. and then 1cll who they
are. The man is employed at salary Of
c1 nm a wear to prevent the marriage
~ cbeynt Hil . Young fellow Of
property, who falls desperately in lore with
srife ri Major ifacgIlicut7tly and has fled with
ns3rornc,, ~ whom she is Violently attached.
they have very laughable scene, in which she
tn}ls h1m she shall .1lovc him deVotedly, until
the romb shall close over her,-but how about
s;s tue f,,ancesa .Nothinr eau alter her affection
Int
ou' .a,7-,x,.ss 70 puen.rss
~. e,ann:,1 s+o+r,s and
In response, NC IelaeGs ass % =, aeo
sne, ealn nr Jioe conc1urcs that ho ;s MT
theo'ot n,ail.ee 5os.na vVestmcnt Aftcr the,.
IIsa;nt himself. who las also been pas
ean,.r m the train, enters, and proceeds to tell
1hr audience that iifi,.,sie Sympcrson, to whom
! he is hetrottcd is remarkable girl; that Sue
| is his mast, his present, his to-come; that, in
short, sue is the tree on which the fruit OF his
,ovc ias rioeucd. At this juncture iM1ggie 4Ndc-
! r1rnuf the innocent Scotch lassie, enters from
| JJnc tottare Yhercupou C]teViot falls violently
in love with her, and after she shows how
innocent she is by gratZftously informing MN
1hat she's strictly virtuous and he mustn't
trr to come any shines over her, be tells
her S6e is his past his present, his to-come, and
@ ~ fortb. She rcposes ncr head upon his manly
hooznm. and assures him that she has pltghted
| hor troth with auo,her,f whereupon Agaus en-
tors and amid his own tears tells that he is the
man she meaus. Cheyiot offers him &c to with
| draw his suit. aud ne finally consents. while
tha nrrchaser is placing the coins in his hand,
| 1onf,s rms into fearful rhapsody about lag
~ in the midst Of which he stops to announce
T XII = The csh is s.saxpcnce short.'' CAeuiot is
Hen ieft ntonc on the stage. and presently Be
G.d,1 ZONES on, Then he falls in love with her,
"t1 teiis hcr she is bis past, his present, his to-
.n,ne nu Be,moueu rushes on with the announce
r~ e,ant that Vuc0llicuddy is coming, with blood
-, h;s or and a horse-pistol in each hand. Che
~ ~ arrees IN ret the clopers out Of their scrapc
d 0,"i ,shco the inflriatcd Major enters he tells
him belinda is his (CheJiot's) wife, shc acknoEi'
cures rput such is the TACT, Anu tne curtain lals
| upon the tablcau.
THE SECOND ACT
.no,. II tho bouse of Hinnie -Syfnper:on, tt
,3'a., Tbc,;of Is ahout to be married. Be'i7adt
.ae ~ na1l m her old schoolmatc, Ni,.iie. ant
| o =: ra~- "a 0ic manner tells how she has By :
uaa4,n Jna,r,are allied herself to man whose
,,nt,,o nnu ebn 3nn;t know. She is in terrible dc
nanS .donn1 ord oricf over the NATTER and proves
| GPtnAGANy N41H 1ti}t