New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-25

ord ertbueas+c nlaudits of full and select house
were lust tribute to such wonderful talents
do not doubt that this glowing eulogy is thor
ouQhly deserved. have knownsit to be Sarah bern
hardt's ambition for long time to play snaAo-
spearian characters, and Lady Bacbdh Tor clolce
But what is to be said of the statement that Saian
RcrnLardt u chose the terrible scene where Lazy
Macbeth lamp in hand starting IN terror yro" Mt Su,P
confesses her crmeri And what is to be said OF inc
od&, of n great journal in which blundcrs so
gross on subject so familiar arc permitted TO APP
ncorr "Io YOU says the gcntlewoman, here slo
comes This is her very guise; and upon my me-
fast osIe4p1 Is NJ de BlOwitz to be allowed 10 COT
rect Shakespeare as well as control the politics oil
the Continents
"Iolanthev reaches tomorrow night its 350th per-
Torrance at the Savoy Theatres a sufficient answer
surely. to tho critics who shook their heads over
Messrs. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sulliyans opera on
the doubtful first night of its representation all but
n year ago Even Miss FOrtescues retirement from
the stage does not seem to have diminished the pop
MARTY of n work in which she was, after all, unt
her engagement TO Lord Garmoyle, only lesser
star. On the same evening that excellent artist MI
George Grossmith appears in his new sketch, ne
Drama on Clutches" of which, if l recollect
rightly a foretaste has been vouehsatcd TO 1ortu-
nate nortas present at a certain supper which MI
Irving gave to the Prince of Wales and perhaps on
other occasions.
"Falka" follows Rip Van Wrinkle at the Com
edv Theatre The long run of the latter opera was
one of the mysteries of the London stage, and the
success of FalkaD if it succeeds. will be another
There was slight dramatic interest IN either and the
musical people do not rate the music high. Miss
Violet Cameron, who played the leading part III
both Is a fayorite She has hard face and hard
voice and a hard style, and seldom pays her audi
encc the compliment Of seeming interested IN her
work Mr. Harry Paulton is n graduate from the
Alhambra where he was in his proper place. But 1t
Is worth while, are told, 10 go and see Faika
for the sake of the scenery, the dresses aud the
Amazonian regiment of Hungarian Hussars, for
these are the things that afterdnner audiences love
TO see. "The harvest of the eye is the crop that
nays best" The Comedy is, in fact, the second
homo of the mashcr the Gaicty being always the
first. Nor does the masher show any sign of giving
way before the rdiculc he provokes. He is in as
great force rs ever; rs numerous, as over-drcssed
as vacant: and even his shrt-collar cndurcs the
storm without so much q single reef IN IT.
Mr.. F. Marion Crawford has been some days in
London arranging for the publication of new
novel II is rather startling To hear that Messrs
Macmillan have declined to bring ont the work on
the ground of its immortality. ] hope II is not very
immoral. for Messrs. Chapman & Hall have under
taken to give il TO the world, and believe. 70 pay
MIR Crawford higher price than he received from
Messrs Macmillan for DR.. Claudlns.' The sale Oi
that work was very largo, and Mr.. Crawford has
made reputation which insures him. rs yon see.
welcome in the publishing trade even when he ven
tures upon ground which one house thinks hazard
Mr. Sala goes either this week or next to Italy for
tbs winter. Mr. Anolds dear smoky old London Is
responsible for his journey. Like good many
her Iondoncrs Mr.. Sala finds a time come when
hecan no longer breathe with comfort safety the
curious mixture of SCOT and fog and exhalatons of
wood -pavcments and chrned and rcchuTned air
from four millions of human lungs. Late autumn
and early winter are trying seasons IN London
whether 10 the new-cOme or the hardened resident
Aud so we shall have TO look for some months to
come 10 sunny Italy for more Echoes" from one Of
the sunncst and most genial Of English writer's.