, 1881-06-19
Another Farce-Comedy, Called
"Need1es and Pins"
James .O'Neill in "The Celebrated
Case" at the Grand.
Seeman, the Magician, at hcVlekers-
Review Of the Week.
Dramatic Jottings Concerning the
Stage at Home and Abroad.

11.ALT'S EEIlliH.
Dir. Augustin DAILY will introduce t" ths
tuoule Of Chicago Tomorrow night lis iasss
adaptation from the German Under the 1l'1<
Of *Eeet:ics and Pins Mr.. l}aly tias
known some yicissitr,lcs since he was herr
with .'Diyorcc and ''Chariiy.' WHEN Fam,
Davenport. Sara .]ewctt. Mia Eafla1i' ant
James Lewis first became lalni!iarto Chicago
audiences. Ii those days he WAS the prlict
OF the theatre i'll America. No',oly Oh tn
Stage had better position. Or nioie money
or finer company, az rs great Reputation
as all author. The 1la,ne of DAILY was
power But his early career was rocEcty,
lie was too lavish will, lis money, anu los'
il. Then it WAS astonishing to S.'c how many
persons had never found m1cl1 i'll DAILY :;
10 how many the revelation was 1n:stte lf:ll
he fi1ched his plays from the French and
German, ami to how many others. INCLUDING
sulne who lad fed upon his bounty. he be-
came suddenly Il great unknown. lie ell
.ured poverty and ol)scurty I'r 4 :il'ls: with
rs good spirit as he had taken his better
fortune. Then he canle TIP again. lie was
bound TO do that. First, BECAUSE lie lad i'll
yincible courage and determination: anti,
secondly, because. hc had ability ;ls 4 play
wright.
Dalv has something of the same k1lack rs
Boneicauit. Whether either of them ever
produced play that WIS suite original is
wholly i:nmateiia!. 1t has probably been Il
good 1na,!y years since anybody III this cnlE1-
Try or England has done that thing. Hut
Daily has measured, cut, and fitted to the
American stage nlo!v plays of for
ei@n extraction than amy other native
writer. Aud, OH the Whole, he has
done the work surprisingly well, whoever
~ u. ". ~ .s' s.4Ss I'm. ~" % ,1 ~
TENNIS r., .,n II ,hat t.:,v.. tru r<IiI;ft ~,
the stage. 1t is mt simply .1ueStiun ot
Translation. or Of the omission Of certain
parts u 4 lorel:li play anu t'lc Invention "
M M ' I'a4 -. ~ 'ot! ~, 9, IT,, ,, ~ -
1eave i, 1.,,f. w},s1 IT, ,,nr II, ami hn,,. tn mt
it in: l,t,v to slcs:roy:t motive and supply
its place with one thlt shall be IT the s;s';,e
time sufficient and suitable. Mr. Daily -ct,ll-
queret! uhese difficulties IL nuna2erless IN, y,
1''lloweti the subject that nc was heaven
born tinker 81 StaSe-1netal, however u:i-
promising ITS c"ndit1nn liz. tXt!i;:ilSt'l OH
Days lur nc" tne; win !: 1ac'lI's e!aai 10
ut u MIS- Aiatit!ll. :.INl liz suntat'll'tl MS
genii (which was III important pnint) far
uorc reaul1y with the new than with the Old.
E-ARCE-COMEDY.
Of 1ote wears Daly's efforts taya heel,
o,,nost cx.,..;velv in fh. dnn,r.,,,,.nt
"..ll"ss eA'1">NsIs ~ ,"c ue+l' 'l"''.t -
Ut 1arcc-comety. rarity BECAUSE 1t
was more profitable vein u work
than any other. and partly because it
was easier worlp,,. The III. l,u1,arza.,
n,,r,,,1,,,l t,o ,..,,.;,.,1 ~ t,; .,>~t ~ ,.,
1'ei:t!"'.' u'e 'e'tsa' ~ tn'a eo1t 80 cum,
POSITION on our Stage. Ii was Wel!~hee!ett
herald. Some complaint there was when
it was prt,luccd that it,; fibre w;1s ex-
us"'e4s .''t','s'''tsu' o,'' u'ae ''t''c ""s
SOON 1ost Sisht ol III d1no contemplation OF
its successes. Banqno's ghost at least has
the advantage of size III its associate