, 1881-05-15
Our Own Theatres-AttIac
:. r.: tons Coming and
J.: Going.
The Greek Play at Harvard
Mccullough in London.
Haverly's New Theatre-A Fortune
- in a Song.
Miscellaneous Gossip Indicating the
Present Dramatic Situation.

Dur misfortune u lUth u}'oa sA'o .'e"'
that presented by Nat Goodwin at liooley's'
1t is called '.Ioye at School, Is classeo is
musical absurdity, and aims to- eScl1e 'he1-
rilnent over the pranks Of young man, WIN
assumes various disguiscs III order 10 VIII :.
da,nsel who is all inmate OF young l;so'es
seminary The idea is worked out IN an eS-
recdingly crude way, the dialog is polit!ess'
and, save aor the Introduction OF some o!'-
vette'' and 'Billee Taylor" music, anu the
limitations OF MI. Goodwin, the affair wonla
be much more painful 1llan it's. Nat 1oo.-
wins comic powers are too good 10 waste
upon such trash as Love at SCHOOL,. lhe
next attraction at Hooley's Theatre will be
+.Won at Last i'll which Mr.. Steele Mack
aye, the author, will appear. About two
years ago this piece was seen ut tins theatte'
and it then made favorable impression. lie
will be supported by Mr.. Frank F. Aackay,
A1r. Mark Pendleton. 3lr. Harry Courtaine,
Mr.. Clinton Hall. Mr.. Herbert Archer,
Mr.. J. i. Curran, Miss Belle Archer. Miss
Louise Sylvester, Mrs. Harry Courtaine- Miss
Helen Ottolengui, and Miss Marion uarlee.
1.-THE Tutor.'' better known as Baby.'
while its representation has not not been Ell
tirely satisfactory by the Lingard company
at the Grand, has been fairly patronlzed. The
the grace necessary for this kind of comedy.
4'Rooms to Rent ,: will be the next feature at
the Grand. It is described as comedy
drama, and its fun is said to be spun upon
plot dealing with Afr. Clcrcl0nd, All eN-
real-esiate dealer. who has invested his
money in city building and derives his
revenues from the rental Of the rooms.
Among his tenants upon the first
.o}f {
1nusic-teachcr; Harry Hucclcmdn,
Raymond, his friend, and IN artist The
rooms directly over these people are occu.,
pied by a military man, variety actor, and
q number of other characters who becOine
involved in the plot. Messrs. ]. y. Beers.
Marcus Aloriarty, Miss Melissa Breslau, Miss
Marian Lester, and number of others will
be in the cast
Virtuous Bi1lce TAILOR gives place to
~ Hazel kirke" at McVicker's. 4 few
months ago the piece had a brief and a most
successful run at this house Tie original
representation: wi,ic!, includes Mcssrs. c.
". Couldock, Eben Fjylnpton. Y. 6. Fergu-
son. Henry Ayeling, ". 3. Cahill, E. II. See,
F.: u. Roberts. Joseph Waters, Miss Etfie
Ellsler, Miss Sidney cowsll, Mis- Kate Den-
Tonight the curtain will be rung down at
Hav er}r's on the last performance that
probably will ever be seen OIL this stage
at any rate the last performance under the
mana cement of j. II. HaverIy.. Ills policy
during his occupancy of this house has been
an erratic ont Entering his theatre at any
time during the past two years without look
Eng at the bill-boards and you might have
stumbled upon John Mccullough scaling
the nights of tragedy, or you might have
been greeted with the skylark notes OF
Gerster. or YOU might have found Frank
Frayne supporting his histrionic dogs, or
Tony Pastor, with his opera hat jauntily
perched on three hairs. and his claw-halnmer
coat showing his .Adonis-like form, warbling
about The Babies OIL Our Block" He has
wound up his career here by calling upnn
Us to admire the robust proportions of Mabel
Santley and her troupe. Ills policy has
been with view of popularizing his theatre,
catering to no one class in particular. Ills
policy has been successful from financial
point of view. Such a policy, however, ON
artistic grounds is to be deplorcd.
Manager Emmett is doing well with his
combinations, and is making qnite as much
money as he did at the beginning of his
present supplementary season. The Academy
of Music deserves all the success the public
can give it. for its manager. displays pluck,
liberality, and generally Judgment The
front Of the house as we'll as the stage isa
model Of good management The regular
season will begin early i'll September prob
ably.