New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
THE DRAMA
DRAMATIC AFFAIRS.

The quiet which has prevailed IN the thea
Anv ,,arsn now. The Theatre Cetnique reopened
q, inst and the Windsor on the 18th; and Saturday
, Wr Colyllle opened his theatre In Fourteenth-st-
80. uaverlys-with the spectacle OF "The DeviPs Auo-
Tbs weather has been cooler than Is usual In the
u' =, rgu.t and In this and other respects the
existing conaiI'n' "pP'"' w
wn,s evening the Union Square Theatre will DO
...,.d for the production of play by Mr.
rrwilde entitled "vera or the Nihist, In which the
~.,n.l part will be acted by Miss Prescott Mr. Wilde
Is attracted attention 10 other ways ana ais appear
a play-writer will, OF course, arouse interest.
80 reates to political affairs in Russia. Should
81, p,esco succeed In It she may we suppose, be ex-
800 intimately to appear In Mr. Wildes Ducness OF
pd,o - which he wrote for Miss Mary Anderson Out
,,h that actress wisely rejected As the Interpreter
~ Nv wudos dramatic productions Miss Prescott Will
,ngtb have found definite line of practical business
h,oh should be useful Tonight, also, Nibo's
go vii, bs reopened with the spectacle OF Excel
-, concerning which this journal has already fur
800 vsrous particulars Of information. The next
sn,nr will be that of the Twentytnird street ineare'
hitch "a announced for Tuesday evening" August a.
Ser musca play called "Zenobia" This piece Is de-
.cr,bed "a spectacular"-an aDomnapio "ofe' "nIon
rs M rehtfui existence in the English language re
en-. ,yovp ~ Mr. g. G. Pratt. The reOpening Of
49,, rh.o,re follows in the course Of the week being
.rnounced for Thursday, when Will DO enecteu re'NM
of Iecooas comic opera Of " Heart anu manu- ny "i'
1)un,s Standard opera Company Inh hc@neo Pronihi
Mr. DAILY himself and his dramato troupe are
an hsent ON the road" At the windsor Theatre. TO-
.,xbt will be performed the drama OF Jesse
vulgar criminal and essentially stupid SUD
e., ., which the public has already heard more than
nouch Harrigan and Hart at the Theatre Comique,
Gre acting In The Mulligan Guard Ball. and are at
tracng ana pleasing crowds OF spectators the casino
atm prospers with the opera Of prince Methusalem
The Madison Square Theatre stil offers The Rajsh -
with changed cast
a. 10 he the scene OF the most important and
brilliant events Of the dramatic season-wiu open
s doors onis ambitious and career
Changes and improvements nave been made In this
Aouse and will be found clean, comfortable and hand
Aome It has usual in this city, in the course OF the
summer TO shake pantbrush at the theatres and then
20 proclaim them as decorated: but Mr.. Wallack has
really embelshed the Star Theatre, that
4. IA haudsomer and more commodious now
chan ever 1t was; and it has always been the
most cheerful and agreeable theatre IN NewYork Law
renee Barrett viii be the frat STAR and he win produce
Mr. George II. Boxers old tragedy-eut
and adapted by himself-ot Francesca da
Rlmini" he acting tho deformed Prince,
Laneiotto. Mr.. Boxers dramatic productions
which are numerous, and TO scholars we-known-haye
usually lain dormant for the that this their
natural condition. They for the most part better
Tor than for the stage All OF them are marked
by literary excellence of them possess consdera-
bic dramatic action and power. Francesca da Rmini
was produced twentyeght years ago, with Edwin
l. Davenport as Lanciotto and Charles Fisher Pep<
and With Lanergan and Nine Ponis in the cast but 1t
hid not succeed and 1t has been success until
taken I'D by Lawrence Barrett converted into practi-
os shape and vtalized by his extraordinary and mag
netic intellectual fire. Mr.. Barrett brought out the
niece, Oh September IA. 1882 at Haverlys Theatre,
philadelphia and since then has presented 1t In many
o,ties but not yet IN New-York. The scenery and
dresses used at the Star to be elaborate and beaut
mi The cast will include LOUIS James Pep<, Marie
wainwright as Francesca, and Otis Skinner PauIo.
Much stress will be laid upon the Of the
cathedral scene into which will be introduced process
NON of chanting chorsters. Readers who TO pre-
psre their minds for the enjoyment Of this piece should
turn to the original story in Dante, and to Leigh Hunts
ene poem on the subject and also refresh
sheir memories as to the wars Of the Guephs
and Ghibelines-those Papal and Imperial
factions which ravaged the peace Of Italy from the
twelfth TO the fifteenth century.
later events which anticipated with satisfaction,
VIII be OF Jefferson as Cateo PtnaDser and Mr.
Goohtlv at the Union Square Theatre the advent OF
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry al the STAR the produc-
tou Of Fedora" by Miss Fanny Davenport, at the
Fifth Avenue; and the production OF MI Robert
Buchanan's melo-drama Of "Storm- Beaten" and Mr..
RoWs's play OF Freedom" The return Of Edwin Booth
q also promised and John Mccullough, who appears TO.
nieht at Denver, will be with us at q later time
The season bids fair to OF the most vigorous d.
vsned and brilliant that this capital has ever enjoyed