, 1880-06-20

those artists make their eleyatiag appeal to tho
public heart response Is fOundwarm and spon-
taneOus.
These ure some of the noted events of the sen
yun a oher icdents worth v rcton to
which We will briefly refer, leaving the minute nc
catalog Of plays produced and the dates OF thelr
dranac event so a9e at SGa the Tine Of It's
having been duly chrontcled in the columns oI
The TRIBUNE. In turning to the list OF or1glnatl
Significance. we ind but two or three
worthy of serious Consideration, and 1hls hls
scarcity VT cannor but attf1pute lGss ~
tcrn merit, and their disinclin4tion to cncour-
a,c native talent than to the inetliciency OF nur
natiye writers to produce mcritorions VOTES. as
stage when II was more worth while to write ca
good play than now, when managers ana actors
were eager to find such thing. ana III *atacI
ica thero Is no department. OF literary WORK IL,
which success hay beon 50 imnediately M ana Is, 50
libcrny rewarded the department oi , inc nes
erry p!aywrlghl Among the ors's' nf M,rx HorFey ~
Campbell looms up. The play, Of rolnnn*te
and sensational churacter. was surprise u
every ono familiar with the efforts OF tns sis Soo
and ,xns applaudcd for tho ingenuity ana or1El-
nality of lis plot its churactcr rs v1v1d sueGes
sim ttf striking scenes and ncldon1s,-coaaarsc
,nttic. Ills "Galley slave. on the other hand.
which received its first production at HMycrys IS
9n f the a,n ct ~ found
to be /, dr.,rl,n commonplace in its rnntcrlsl and
walI>y put together, while at the sumo t.iile ,t;
sCes.es--tn short, 1t had ull the weaknesses htid
mary OF the beauties eharncterizfnR CAmpotlis
work. Its chief claim. II not. tndeGd. US solc
claim tn be remembered, is that it did not ap-
peal in vain. Mr.. Campbell also contributed ~
another new piece during the scns.'n'-. Enlr
fnx, seen at Mcvickcr's, The play; notwltn- Win.
Kt}fth and It's dramatic superiority over The
Galley Slave" did not attract mIsh attcntaoh. t
Petroleum " Nasys " inntn Beuott er maze oG
event which was uuadorned by critical or
popular enthusiasm. The piece,-ft Is called q
ontnine9 ,;1 TItty nis .ntomTn slIn
seq.lrntly ran To lnrge business. SO it was re-
ported. in New York. and now, We understand,
It has fallen into the hands OF % me aDsorn,S nir
:. ..Wolfcrt's Roost,'' founded upon washing
ton Irving'e .Slecpy Hollow" did not prove
Of trk9g in interest % It IT, lea
Crane was universnlly ct'tnMended rs ah ns.
sumption finely conceived and aelicntely wrnushI
out The same 1nonth-at the Madison stscHt g
Housc-witncssed the 1irst performance of .: e.
Wn1fs comedy of "a Million, "a piece. which,
while its success was not conspicuous, dld not
ccIlctico of the Mar -1dolph UtSteita Of Ir. w. j.
Florence. The humor WIS forced, tho incidents
trivial, tho dalog generally was commonplace,
altogether prox. Clay n: Green and sl!so1l
ThomIson's .Shnrps ana Flats iu which Rob-
son and Crane appeared ut HooIcy's on the q OF
:The strategists and Our German sc1i1tor'
n Mcyickcrs. and The protessor .+ a1 At Matn
i1lality. entitled "p.tamas,'' at Hooley's. ST.
lcnce Is its hest cpitaph. ,...-,
Of native growth seen during the year IN thfs
city The list is neither long nor brilliant, None
f them VIII ever became standaf 1 ~ ana "a lew @ OF
snEed a, ~ inis Girls The We,ld,nx March,
butchcred By Dalztcrs company,-need no COM
Turning to the adaptations and translations,
the best play of the year, md one which shouln
moeiss RSsSe f9on the Spanish Of BY
b. IIoweils. It is the most vigorously written
tragedy seen in years, and Lawrence barrett,
as ne comedian oi the Giooe snn for ro1 his
Cummings, Gunud a md Mr. Fred Dock aiso added
o} tS Ean,ond tasn EoRRsseon s Aee &c ana @ asr
The piece de resistance of Zola. the apostle of
realism. the - Assomnoir" OF the Paris An3tigu,
by Charles Realc, was performed On Jan. " for
the first time in Chicago at AfcVicker,s The
event was notable one, inasnuch as Drink
to exhibit originality in both method and cxccu-
ton, for the pluy. white 1t is founded upon
pattern by no mems so rs1Fe as Zoln and hls re-
liner, Reade, would lead>u to suppose, is the
most outrageous sample Of its class yet seen.
To u large class here us elsewhere it proved nt-
tractive, and its attrsactiycness us has already
rcpulsve scenes expressed in the most extraya-
giant spirit of .an extrayagant: school, which
bear about the to true
Rowlandson bears to portr1it by Vandyke
The ehnstly picture OF the ParisIan plumber in
his drunken rawlings and In de!irlouS death WIS M
Thomas ". Keene which claimed the admira-
ton OF all; but whether such picture really
CLAIMS. or whether it merely allures and cxcites
the brutal instincts It's public executions used to
allure the crowds Is an open question. IN this
]. Buckley deserved all the praise due to the
conscientious fulfill1nent Of duty for faithful
picture Of the swasgsrng Lqnt!tsr, and NJ T.: T.
Boftes), Mr. s. E Springer iPois*eu>, Miss i.aehel
Noah tGe'raixe): and Miss !, Florence Chase
the second engagement Of this
beginning on March s, they appeared in The
lightly. The Criterion Comedy ut Hooleys in
ingly neat comedy BY "; = Eaton. author Of
name. 1t was found amusing, and gave iu,licu-
tions of 4 successful career. A rrauslntlon or
adaptation Of Angier's "les Fourchafnbanlts'
ran. for week at Hooleys to indifferent
business
Gancing ut the rcviyals, the truth IS made ap-
parent that the taste for old comedy hns become
either extinct or the race OF actors capable nj
portrAying the gay gallants and the fine tMdtes
Of these fnvorit works have ceased tn exist Is
the latter reason the correct one, Or Is 1t true
that the fashion Of comedy passes away with the
fashion OF the men and manners it presents!
We hclieve that were a manager bold enough to
carefully select a company capable of summon
ing "frotn the shadowy past tho forms that once
have beer" upon the old comedy stAXe he would
ilinkc a success OF It.
Among the stars who have come and gone,
Bandrnanu stands forth MS the most conspicuous
failure. He played the worst engagement Of the
se;son at McVickers- Miss CAycndish, In spite
Of her marked innnncristns. made a most favor
able impression. Sothern brought us nothing
new, yet his popularity Was Us great as when he
,r,,s Il much younger man. Funny Davenport,
Maggie Mitchell, Lottu, Joe Murphy, Emmett,
John Dillon, had nothing but the old repertoire.
The three first mentioned played lMrge engage
1ncnts While DandmAnn made himself PROM
inent as the least profitable stAr of the stMsnn,
Den Thompson, as Joshua Vlittc,mt', the finest
piece of low comedy on the American stage, prov
ed one OF tho most rcnunerlttvc, the r1.ctpt, for
thirty-tw0 consecutive representations netting
s;;4,O00. Barney Mncauley repeated his ' Messcu-
ger from jarvis Section = to light business, and
the engagement of the Bowers Thompson troupe
may be snid to have been an unsuccessful one.
One Of the most pleasing memories is
the !u'liss Of Miss Annie pixlcy, IL soubret
who has, by her freshness viyucity, pi1uAnt
acting, within an Incredibly short time achieved
remarkable prominence Another soubrct. Miss
Minnie Palmer, who has neither the physical