Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-03-19
Letter from Boston.

Letter from Boston
BosroN. March H. 1850.
At last we are really to have the pirates
Of Penzance thanks to Mr.. John Stetson,
who brings the original company to the
Globe opening tonight The sale Of seats
has been large, and there will be both fash
ionable aud musical audience. Mr. Stet-
son has with his usual shrewdness pur-
chased the American copyright from Gilbert
and Sullivan, and it can only be given in the
country anywhere, except by his permission.
The Globe has struck several successive
bonanzas lately. and has been doing a splen-
did business Adelaide Wilson played steadi-
ly to crowded houses, and the last evening of
her engagement twenty dollars was offered
for a single seat, and wasn't obtainable even
at that Then followed Robson and Crane
in a two weeks engagement they filed the
house to overlooking, and now comes The
Pirates, which everybody is wishing TO see.
Nothing has been more a matter Of surprise
TO the public than Miss Wilson When she
was here last she was regarded simply a. a
very pretty woman, with eyes over which
men went mad and women raved but as an
actress. why we had dozen on the American
stage every whit as good as she. But this
last visit Of hers has been a revelation, and
has filled us with wonder There was no
promise when We saw her last of what she
has since achieved. We read with increduli-
ty the statement that she had played Juliet
one hundred nights in succession in London,
and set it down as "a shrewd managerial
romance but when We saw her we would
have believed had the hundred nights been "a
thousand She is simply delicious To see
her as Viola in Twelfth Night" a. Haogfn
IL "Cymbeline as HoNdLhd in As You Like
II, or as inlet. is TO get a new conception
of the real beauty of Shakespeare women.
/ hear that it is possible that We may have
her for another week later in the season
sincerely hope that the report is true The
pretty Park has shared popularity with the
Globe. Lolita. John S. Raymond and now
Edwin Booth have made Manager Alleys
dainty drawing room theatre popular place
Of resort At the Boston Bartlay Campbells
Galley Slave is the attraction. The Muse
um has Withdrawn Sardou's "PatriC' and
put Oh BABY to night. Tn, actors don't
like tins play but the public does. 80 there's
a difference Ct opinion between them. I'm
Gle Toms Cabin is OIL at both the Howard
and Gaiety. At the latter house it is proving
quite attractive, all the colored parts being
played by colored people sam Lucers is
the tHc< Tam, and he is surprisingly good
Anna Hyers is the Eliza Harris, and Louise
Hyers the TopSg. These are the usual Jubi-
lee singers, and the piece goes quite well al
though / must confess l cant see what there
is in it to draw as it does As a play it is III
coherent and disjointed, ard all the strength
Of the story Is lost. However people 90 to
see it who wouldn't 60 to see anything else,
and rs they cant discriminate, having moth
ing 10 compare it with, why they get sort
Of dreary enjoyment out Of it l suppose. ell
tirely innocent and equally incomprehensible
However ] won't quarrel with their tastes
SO much for things dramatic There is
new parlor opera company being formed
here for lyceum work next season, and it
will begin this spring with d provincial trip
for which it is already engaged. II is not so
long ago but that you will remember the
Redpath and Boston opera companies, which
gave Martha and 'Maritan9 so charming
ly, without chorus or orchestra Well this
new company, which will include the best ar
fists of both thes popular combinations, will
do tie two above mentioned operas. The
Rose Of Castle The Soldiers Legacy
either with or without chorus, also The
Chimes @: Normandy and The Sorcerer.
Among the artists engaged are Eugene Clarke
Mrs. Flora Barry, MIR. J. c. Cobb, the popu-
lar humorist, Percy Cooper and several 9th
ers. Tho prims donna il not yet announced
but will be one Of the best Boston sopranos
Nj Leon Reach will be the musical director
and the company will be under the sole man
agement Of Mr.. Henry K. White, Jr. of the
New England Bureau. Since bureau man
ayers have grown more ambitious and have
tried their hand at grand opera, there has
been a decided demand for parlor operas in
places which could not afford large com
panics but which did not wish to be left out
in the cold il the matter Of entertainments
The book publishers are growing buster
and it seems as though there might be some
thing new to talk of in the literary world be-
fore long. Like everything else during the
past years this business has been depressed.
and but little has been done in the way Of
new ventures d. Lothrop d Co. have is
sued two volumes in a new series 10 be called
The Spare Minute Series One called
Cheerful Words" is selections from George
McDonalds work, with al introduction by
James I. Fields, who is warm personal
friend as well as admirer Of Mr. Mcdonald
the other Thoughts that Breathe, contains
selections from Dean Stanley's sermons, with
an introduction by the Rev. Philips Brooks
The work of selection and compilation has
been most successfully done by Miss Emma
I. Brown, who has shown a fine taste and
discrimination. They are to be followed by
Others the rest, ] believe, 10 be from Charles
Kingsley, and they can but prove popular.
The trst volumes have met with a very cor
dial reception. SAILIE JOY WHITE
Grand Army OfIhe Republic.
Col Geo. W Hooker, recently elected