New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-08


| Theatre, afterward the Prince of Waes's in Lon
don and there. in July, 1880. acting SIX charac-
| ters in the old play of Tom and jerry"
he began that splendid professional career which
| death has closed and which now is only memory
| In 1881 he was a member of the company organized
| by Madame Vestris for the London Olympic, and
| his name appears in the cast of Olympic Reves
|" Mars Mr. Brougham'l in the first full bill issued
by that once famous manager From the Olympic
he made professional trips into the provinces, and
played all sorts of parts His first play written
at this time and was burlesque, prepared for
William f. Bur.Ou who then was acting in London,
az the Pavilion Theatre. Ii was we'll received, aud
its success encouraged the young author to addl-
tiOnal efforts When Madame Vestrs removed from
the Olympic to C0Ecnt Garden. BrOngham followed
her thhcr and thGre he remained as long as
Vestris and Charles Mathews were at the head OF
the establishments: and il was while there that ho
co-labored with Dion Boucicault, in writing the
comedy of London Assurance"
In 1910 he became manager Of the London Ly-
ccum which he conducted during several Summer
seasons, and he wrote for production at this tme'
' life in the Clouds" Loves Livery" "Enthu-
slasm," Tom Thumb the second and in conjunc-
ton with Mark Lemon. "The Demon Gift"
His American career began in 1912, when, rs Tim
Moore in "The Irish Lion" he came forward at
tire old Park Theatre, in this city. Those days he
said were ." the palmy days of light houses and
heavy gas-billS.' \ starring tour of the country
followed and, incidentally, the comedian lost ali
his earnings, white endeavoring, aboard of Mssis-
sippi River ste lmbOat, to learn our national game
of "draw-poker" a little later he was employed
IN Burton's company, III New-York, ana for Burton
he wrote d" BunShy'S Wedding" The Coniidence
Man," Don Cesar de BaSSJOn," Vanity Fair
The Irish Yankce"" Benjamin Franklin" AIS
- al,
ON "Dombcy and SON" Sull later he managed
Niblos Garden, producing there his fairy tale
called Home" and the play of Ambrose Ger
MAN," written for Mile Blazy. On December %,
1850, he opened l}rongham's Lyccum III l'road-
way near the southwest corner of Broome-st.; and
while there he wrote " The Worlds Fair" "FHnS
tus."" The SPIRIT of Air." d" Row at the lvceum.'
a dramatlzatiom of " David C0ppcriicld' and a new
version of " The Actress Of padua'-the Latter for
Charlotte Cushman. The demolition of the bulidIng
next to his tn .atre, however made II appear TO he
unsafe, and So ms business, which had begun we'll
was seriously Injured and he always said that the
misleading of pretended friend took that prop
crty out OF his hands aud left INN burdeucd with
debt--all of winch, however, he subsequently paid
In theatrical management lie was always untor-
tunate-partlY lccause he always acted from prin-
clple and never fCln cXrediehcy. partly because he
would not consider The capricrs of public TASTE ana
partly because he was gentle and yielding III la
ture
From the Lyceum-wlich afterwards hecams
Wallack's Theatre, and ST. remained ill 1SGO-hc
went to the Bowcry July T. 1856, where lac re-
vived king JOhn.' with superb scenery by
billiard, and with cast that included Edwin l..
Davenport, Mrs. Davenport. William Wheailcy, j.
b. Howe, and Kate Reynolds; but tins did not sue
coed and he then wrote and produced large num-
bor biph he
Pirates of the Mississippi" The Red Mask,'-
based on a current tale called " The Gun-Niakcr Of
Moscow" Orion, the Col Beaten" "Tom aud
Jerry Ill America" and The Miller of New
jersey" He then accepted employment in Walack's
company, and, for " the veterans" theatre. wrote
"The Game of Love-" version of " Bleak House."
"My Cousin German" "a Decided Case" THE
Game of Lite" the famous burlcsGuc Of
Pocahontas" "Nep:une's Defeat" Love and
Murder" Romance and Reality" " The Eullur
Passion" and Playing With Fire." After several
seasons at Wallacks lie rcioincd Burton-thrn at
the Metropolitan Theatre. formerly Trpcr Hall,
and latterly the Winter Garden. in Broadway,
opposite TO Boud-st.-and There he pro-
duced his burlc>que of columbus" :" his
House to Il. Sold" and several other
plays. III September, 1862 he went 10 England,
where he remained five years. While there he
adapted from tie French for Mr.. Fcchtcr. " The
Dukes Motto" and Bel DrmonO," anu w"otc.
for Miss Herbert, dramatic versions of Lady
Audleys Secret" and "Only a Clol" II" also
wrote "While There's Life There's Hope" acted at
the Strand "Ihe Might of Right" acted at
Astlry's "Thc Golden Dream" produced at Man
chester; tie words Of three operas" Blanche de
Ncvers,7 "Thc Demon Lovers" and "Tho B1dc
of Venice "-several songs aud poems. and several
pieces of music one OF which. I" The BOb-o-li,k
Polka" subsequently became very popular. lli4
comedy of PLAYING with Fire " was prOGucci at
the Prncesss Theatre, and he himself acted there,
and also at the Lyceum. HIS Tcappcaran in
America was effected on OctObcr 30, 1868, at the
Winter Garden Theatre and nc has remained in
this country ever since. He acted in round of
parts, at that time beginning with Ur. Ndrtgc and
continuing with FOTDiore. i'll his own Flies III the
Web" POWhataR. Columbus, and ucShaRe, i'll he
Nervous Man and the Man ofNcrvc;" and he wound
up the engagement, which Lasted three months |
with his drama of "ODonnel's Mission,' IN which |
he acted ROderick O'DOnneU.
In February, 1867, new piece by Brougham, |
entitled rhe Christian Martyrs" was produced |
at Barnums Museum, and III May of the year |
he filled brief engagement at the Olympic, ap- |
pearing as VDOnneU Captain cutie. McdWbr and |
Po,ohataR In the following August lie AGAIN
played there, and at the same time his drama OF |
" Little Nell and the MaTChiOnCsS" written for |
Lolita, was brought out at Walack's Theatre
august ID, 1867. In the summer Of 1868 he pro-
duced, at the Walnut, in philadelphia, g Hearts;
or The Serpents Of Society" and on june S, lii that
year, he brought forward, at Wallacks Theatre, his
melodrama OF The Lottery of Life," and himself
acted the chef part This had run Of nine weeks;
In December, that year, his play Of " The Emerald
Ring" written for Barney Williams, was produced
at the Broadway Theatre-Wallacks old housc--
which Williams then managed. On January
25, 1862 he opened Broughan's Theatre, on the
site of what is now the Madison Square Theatre
with comedy by himself, called - Better Late
han i'm W Iph he arfe Mini Farm
GlShaughaessu- 1.-THE Dramatic Itrview for
1868" He subsequently produced an adaptation
called :" IRISH Stew" and his capital bur
lesqne in which he used to act Shyiock ell
titled, Much Ado About Merchant of Venice"
This theatre WAS taken out OF his hands 10y the
owner. the notorious james Fisk, jr.. WHO behaved