New-York tribune., 1880-02-08

was born. What we want to-day" Mr. Campbell
says is a thoroughly Independent criticism. show
ing no favortism to the work because IL is foreign
or because ii is American. When this is recognized
we shall have race of native dramatists." If Mr..
Campbell will take the trouble to look into Dunlap,
or Rees, or Wemyss, or Clapp or Sol Smith, or Ire
land. or any other book on the American stage. he
will ascertain that we had race of native drama
fists long ago; and II be will read some Of their
plays he will learn that they were to say the least,
quite as well entitled as any dramas written in
America nowadays to be called dramatic Htera-
ture. 1.-The Union Square FrenchFlats travelling
company consists of Messrs. w. j. Lemoyne Charles
Wheatleigh, Walter Lennox. L. N. Holland, NJ. V.
Lingham. Edwin Morris, W. II. Wilder. John Ii.
Burnett. w. S. Quigley, Clinton Stuart, f. Morse,
G.. l.. Smith, and Hattie Anderson, Maude Harrison,
Helen Tracy, Nellie Mortimer, Emma Grattan,
Roberta Norwood Lizzie MacMahOn. aud Courtney
Barnes.......Tho 81. Louis Globe saws Ed
win Booth Is not in good health" This Is
an error. Mr.. Booth ls in excellent health,
and in fact, better than he has been for several
years. .Otfenbach says that he does not think
Wagner the chief of school, and that his style ~
rot destined to last. This eXtingulshes Wagner.
....." The Pirates of Peuzance" viii be produced
at Ford's Theatre, Philadelphia. tomorrow night.
Maggie Mitchell says that she first produced
q Fancbon" February %, 1851. at the ST. Charles
Theatre, New-Oreans. Charles Pope acted Landry
BGr6aud The play was translated for her from
the German by Mr.. Auguste Waldauer, OF Chicago,
in 1860 The original, all readers know. is George
Sands novel Miss Mitchell has played Fanchoa
nearly 4, 900 times. MIR. Nat Goodwin has new
play entitled Ourselves" .....Mr. Sydney Rosen-
field Will furnish the Boston Museum with new
merry ut tine Madison Square Garden on Monday
evening the 9th.....Mr. H. J. Sargent has dis
banded the Adele Belgrade Company but viii reor-
ganlzo it,
FOREIGN THEATRICAL NEWS.
Miss Rose Massey is i'll in London. and is not ex-
pected to recover. M Larochelle has been APP
pointed director of the Paris Odeon. in place of NJ
DuQuesnel, removed for incapacity by the Minister
of Fine Arts w There is much growing just now
in Paris about the famous Comedie FraDcase. IL Is
complained that though the theatre receives sub
vention from the Government of about quarter of
a million of francs neither the director nor the So
cietaires show any enterprise, and that within The
last three wears il has done almost nothinR-pro-
ducing only one new work of much Importance
Les Fourchambault" And yet the leading ertists
received in the neghborhOod of S12, 900 apiece last
year as their share of the profits, about
twice the pay of Marshal OF France
...."L lie Fills de Coralie," oomedy by NJ. Albert
Delpt, has been successfully produced ut the Paris
Gymnasc. Two American plays are to be pro-
duCed this year at London theatre, the Gaiey
One is THE Mighty Dollar" with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
j. Florence; the other, THE Gilded Age" with
Mr. J. T. Raymond as Colonel Sellers. Mr. Toole
was still very i'll at Brighton at last accounts and
his immediate return to the stage is not looked
for NJ. Paul Delair has written new piece for
the Com6die FRANCHISE. Although it is in re-
hearsal its name has not yet been chosen......
Madame Favart, it is reported, is about to resign
from the Comedie Frarca.se rs societaire, though
she intends to remain a pensonnairc..-.- Mr.
f. c. Burnand has written a new comedy drama
name as vet unannounced, for the London Vaude-
VILE Theatre. The engagement of NJ. Perrin
director of the Com6die Francase will expire next
year. and it is SAID that bis health will not permit
him TO renew it. No successor has been suggested
as vet. The term of the dictatorship is ten years
.....Gn P6res, one of the most popular actors
IN Paris, has become insane. He was origin
allv at the Gymnase. where the director was not
inclined 10 give hiIn a chance, til he managed 10
attract pubc attention to himself IN manner tnat
was highly original and eminently French. fright
fuI murder was committed in Paris by Portuguese
rufiian named Perez. Our young actor saw ms
chance and Immediately sent "a card TO all tle
uewspapers begging leave to correct the mistake
into which the public had fallen, ana to explain
that Perez the murderer, not feres, the come
dian Nobody had ever heard Of him before but
everybody went To see him for the sake OF his name
sake. and beng after all, man Of talent, he sue
ccedcd thus in making position for himself.