, 1884-05-04
DRAM DOINGS.
A Roundup of Scattered Theatri-
cal Matters.
What the Actors Say and What is
Said of Them.

Opera house in a list of selected special
ties and their side-splittine comedy, the
Book Agent. Messrs. l.. b. and II.
carry their own orchestra, and all lovers
OF good music and singing should not
miss hearing what will be one of the best
entertainments of the season.
Nay Blossom the new play by David
Belasco, is Il very great success at the
Madison Square theatre, New York City.
The piece will run through for several
months to come.
Jack Havcrly, with the Mastodons.
sails for England May l.. The company
numbers 90, rount them, g.. and will
open at Drury Lane theatre, May 81.
Mr.. Edward ferris as Macbeth" and
Miss Mary Anderson as Lady Macbeth, -
are advertised in London ms Il coming
event.
A Frigid Frost, or the Polar Expedition,
a new melodrama is produced at an Eng
lish theatre.
Extract from a press criticism the next
day: For stale, clap-trap, illiterate Eng
lish, lack of originality and general bad
ness, A Frigid Frost takes the cake"
Extract from press quotations publish
ed by the management; "A Frigid
Frost takes the cake.
Princes Lia, the latest comic opera by
Gilbert and Sullivan, has proven a dismal
failure. Mr.. John Stetson is out some
$1,000 on the venture and will endeavor
to recoup by giving the opera to the Bos-
ton Theatre company on a royalty. In the
hands of the Ideals Princess Ma may do
better.
The English critics are considerably at
variance regarding Barretts capabilities
as an actor. The Times recognizes that
Barrett is highly trained, and says that
he will always please, even if he can
never deeply stir an audience. The
Standard finds no trace of tragic power,
and says he fails when passion is re
quired. The Telegraph thinks that
many will be pleased 10 see an actor so
full of magnetism and so glib of tongue in
S~hakesperean drama The Ne,cs, how
ever, asserts that his calculated efforts
and studied effects are toe obvious. - while
the Post declares that he appeals more to
the intellect than to emotional nature.
Eugene Fields pays the following tribute
to the Lily: 1T is gratifying to observe
that the coarse criticism by which Mrs.
Langtry was pursued during her first
season in this country has become 50
unpopular that it is no longer tolerated
in the best communities. 1t never found
favor among the more respectable class of
people. and now that Mrs. Langtry has
become known, andt the earnestness of her
work has become more clearly defined,
the rude iests to which she was subjected
during her initial tour of America are not
only no longer c|ountenanced but severely
condemned. Mrs. Langtry is not only
making money in this country. she is
making progress in her profession. and
she is making lasting friendships. We
admire her for her %amiability, her pluck,
her persistence, her valor. She may
never become a great artist, but she is
trying TO become one, and we admire her
for that.
Louise Beaudet, supported by the
Bandman company, close a very unsuc-
cessful week business at the Tabor Grand,
Denver. The fact is Denver is played
out, unless it is some unusually strong at
traction. \ three nights performance
would be sufficient to supply the demand
there for amusement,
Harrison and Gourlay have made a
wonderful success of their new piece,
SkPpedb by tie Light Of the Moon. They
are now playing to phenomenal business
in the Fifth Avenue theatre, New York.
John 7. Raymond opens for a weeks
engagement at the Tabor Grand, Denver,
tomorrow evening in the new political
satire called For Congress. Inducements
have been offered Mr.. Raymond to come
to Cheyenne.
Manager Abbey's benefit at the Metre
politan Opera house, New York. last
Monday was attended by Il large and
fashionable audience. 1t is estimated that
Abbey's loss on the operate season will
reach 100000, of which $4,000 will be
made up by the benefit. He received
nearly two tons of flowers.
Nat Goodwin opens an engagement at
Hooley's theatre, Chicago, tomorrow
evening in his new play, Those Bells, a
burlesque on Henry Irying's play, The
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