, 1880-09-19
rxit the Union Square Company
Financial Aspect of the
. Engagement.
,our Theatres and the Entertafn-
ment Therein Briefly
Considered.
:p;val Tragedians-McC Cu11ough
Barrett, and Thomas
w. Keene.
,,xotes Of Things D atie-Professional
Directory-The Situation for
the Week.

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tue "een'
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.oTn THEATRES.
a,anc,al nofnt Of view the engage
-. - +he Union SQUARE Theatre company at
1s.r,v.s hes not been as profitable as the man
tN'r.a,,+ might have wished. The business on
sxe ss..so,a has not been large, but it has been
49, and It Ia safe to say that, under all the
to ts,S.r,nstances, no other organization in the
'lN-.-7 cop,d have plaved to such continuously
:o.ed recents in this city. So far as the per-
tor.nsnees are concerned, tho presentation OF
go NAV. with the exception Of 1.-The Bank
lers Daughter" has been received with
- 80 .ora3aa from tha uress
1ll1u7 D ,o,1na +o ar end
The cngasea'ent ~ monn.,.e-.
LIST night WIN .a h.s 'asted seVan
N4ate 1aa and during those seven weeks five plays
weeks, eno oaius a ..r..o,, 49, >, ). Tha
Else Fs Friend" The Danichers," " Led Astray,''
IN y ,ha I renertoire has Been Represented each
p1.s 'a r has been treated byus, and now, on look
iug oyer what has been given, 1t Is only neces-
s,1y to say that the degeneration We see in al
most aIl otnel ne"- sa- .s,1 ~ ..ass 1s.e To-
unable to tains Tue att-~o1A =. L1s onI Us aes
continuous success, not only In commercial New
uaa, iorA. uas ~ american staua history: but
phenomenal III Amcrle'n e.aee M91o.y, ~. ~ 49,
the causes are very pia'n. ana and may ~ pc ee
hrhay named. These causes are FOUND IN t0e
toorfr If its scenery, in the pcrfecrlon Of each
os.sr r. aach performance. the even excellence
oe1a'i ~ 80 t.sa,f +.s ~ ,ofr1 rendition ~
e.ca .. IN minor part in each play, and, anally,-the
,rost imuortaut cause.-The wisdom shown in
~. a.,antto,, ~ tha navs which. for the last
fire years, have brought profit to the manage
ment and credit to the Union Square Theatre
!, Hayerly goes from one extreme to the other.
Having finished w''a p;as;s ~ ~ srnr,sa par,w To
he brings oe1ofe US hlce ourprtse ,, 1a..s. -
night the first performance viii be given. AT
Yam Va ~ Who viii appear in this city for the
nrst ort lime. she is English, and is product Of
The London burlesQue stage, having been for a
ri1aTion tbs Royal Surrey. and other theatres.
Thss IL tf1e actress who was engaged. by Mr. Rice
to iii the M place Of Marie williams after the Lon
n. aon hstmaen 1heIn r,as Va1eIess the fair Marie
ialH %ytpE % previously agreed to 80 with Leavitt.
1haaoTs ~ S1nh wouf is also % Wiz Rice u The % other
Ranes m5er many ~ y 1o6n a MacKnv Mr. GeorTe ".
40 aogaint nd.;3 I %aTsa NJ Horace Fran. M &.
Aiten M. Henry Kramer, Miss Marion Elmore,
H.es Ina Mer.ile. Miss Mariou Singer, Miss
Reyood Mtss Carrie W;i1an Pe5fns Mss AtIs Aas
fia ~ Mas NaIiie Reanmont, Miss Emma burgess,
Miss nancha Cameron. Miss Edith Smith, Miss
sRere,s .@%a : - snectccniar extrayaeanza seen
here before. viii be The first picce.
"1o Ronn ard m crane at HooieTs have given us
patang new Ine none " y 1et fScsb for the
ra-sn,,nonnae h,aEe heen liherallV patronized.
f fmnsnve,oenrs in this farcical comedy are ap-
fnIs titT nefT Ths me- nece fs more compact the
%.s Guy ,.aa an7 paeeo 49,, - ,oshed tI,e sitna
e1@sos dons are mas more 1een plansi6Ie, % but tie