New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15
PLAYS, PLAYERS, SINGERS.
WHAT Mr.. PALMER AND Mr.. WALLACE SAY
THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL CHAT.

A. NJ. Palmer is pleased at what seems to be
the of Saints and Sinners for more han
ron First, OF course, comes tho natural managerial
elaton at having secured successful novelty
with the attendant comforting prospect OF long ana
prosperous TO this there is added in Mr. Palners
the agreeable disappointment OF finding that the
stage appointments Of his pretty te theatre have stood
seyeIor strain h6 had thought likely they could
and have proved tho possibility OF producing there
heavily mounted play well tho slendery equipped
productions which only have hitherto been seen taete
week ago yesterday tho play being produced on Sat
urlay oyeung-tho hopes OF o smooth or eyon modcr-
atcly smooth production seemed sE indeed Owing ID
sundry ihschances and mscnculaOns the scenery was
Ivy In such stage OF advancement as should
have been. Although the company wero perfect In
their es they ha rehearsed with the scenery In
position. All day long they worked hard. mr. Palmer
himself sing more indcistga5lo than any else. Mt
at o'clock he dismissed the rehearsal seeiuS hoy worn
out tlloy all were. 1t speaks we'll therefore for oil
concerned that tho evening performance though slow
yet unmnrrcd by any serious break down THIS WAS
chiefly due, OF course to the experience OF all Concerned
actors well managers. Miss Burroughs being tho
greatest novice Last night the performance was over
before IL O'Clock II IS greatly improved by thls
qulckcnng OF the action The bou5e5 according 70 r
Paluor foe the first wcok exceed those drawn during
any previous first weok OF play since the house was
upcncd. Another feather that the manager wcais
auntiy cap the assurances he has received from
many who tho play AZ It's fret production In London
that the Ecw-YOrk cast IL superior TO that originally
given the piocc and the setting docd1dy 40 10 ms
latter point Mr. Jones bimselt called attention when nc
was hero. AT tho Vaudeville" said he" was 50
GlOu, to preserve all tho local cOnrins could that
insisted on the yc,ry scene being painted with all the
commonplace ugucss which dissenting chapel In
England would really have. Here where what We
should cali disorders housed IN noble specimens OF
ecclesiastical architecture thIs attention to reality would
have been lost and tho scene a, painted gives moro
dramatic emphasis 20 he situation"
Though @Thc Rivals" performed at Waiiacks
Theatre. las been given with cast which US whole
conld nowadays scarcely be surpassed aud in one
Instances not eq,ao according Ia tho opn on OF most
old Theatre gocrs, tho house hns novor beon crowded
The business has been 30 ii. hut thai IL ALL can ohy
roicat said Mr. Waliack recently, what have said
once before Workers amusement 0Tors Out uOt
thoa,re. .urrs In the Ut the term Hee give
classic witch been seen before IN this theatre
and not in n, entirety NswYOrL for az lOast eight
years aud what rngemeut 10 gett We managers
are blamed not doing more 10 raise dramatic art
IL IL tho audiences who dO The people who sit IN
front Of tbs decds whether manager snail do
good WORK or bad work He himself Is pO"er'e's. Ana
yet the parrot cry of You degrade the art is con-
steury repeated ana 10y looro who ought TO know much
letter Can you blame Mr.. lico and Mr.. Dixey Tor
giving the public such utter trash a. Ad"hi7 BON
uro clover. thinking mon AMI would Doubtless IKE u
Ir nluco q high comedy. Why should they they
ran their Iimoli.ht nad SPanglcs, ~ might he called
aud make lots OF money. No, sir, New York Knows
nothing ard nothing FOE the theatre III IA true
sense. YOU! cto Me-. irsias. L suppose. WeA MI
Irving produced excellent scenery cScelieutiy
handled but with tho exception OF himself and Miss
Terry tho cOu[Hny bOlOT any no6 Playing In tho
leading New Yor, stock Theatres SCENERY Is oil very
welt hehoSc IN mounting II piece arii';tcalsy but
don't the acting subordinate to tao paint
frame and that tho point 10y George ~o seem 10 nave
rcached TO day.
Tue retirement OF Mr.. Mackayo from ;ae management
OF the yceum Theatre aud the accession To hts place OF
John Rickahy were attended with an unusual absence
OF fti,, or Talk. Both have held th1lr own counsel
n, fur =, he pnb.c concerned, departure from ord
nury managerial rules Tho fact Is there WAS nothing to
SAY steele Macxgyc. talking over the matter the other
day said: beset with inquiries the day after lht
TEtuuSE priu.ed exclusively the simple announcement
o; the fact Tuoy n thought there mast have brcn
row ana seemed highly indignant when had to disar-
uoiu the For present have retired to private Lte
and my cpuccrns do not affect the public. As 10 my
connection with the fyceum can only sag ;hat nave
nothing to regret In tho coarse consistently pursued
II could have afforded 10 run stock company sh"nId
not have left tho theatre but could not and when Mr.
Rick,by took tho theatre place MAS suecure Mr..
EcKabys reason for taking tho house srclns to have
ben the fact that lie understood that another manager
was after the position T. DO vacated " MT MacKhyc hhd
fearing that he would stop Ia and appropriate the credit
az tiis production OF" ono OF Our Girls. Mr. kokaDy
fostalpi hun 10y taking interest Ill tho house and
assuming its tenancy himself Hs first venture seems
To- pe n rruuary already. Since ~ opening inc
tnunre such honses ~ nave n!ed u sine
las, ami ar Rckaty asserts that tho business
suun Signs OF ucrcuslnS Inrl"1s mo'lnra2u, h@Se
LrH lnt rluced into the ext by Mr. Howard chcc tue
nrs, nt:nt aud tae has been materially quick
eued judrous change OF dress mas also Leol made ny
Mss nauyray IA the pst two coucal Incident.
ny ,r v,v occurred Guriu tue first performance iho
l.rnuc had the lne5 taken from hef hol ny e'o"-
actor as ~ the Case but y. one c lac aluieIce
WrS n letter TO or father. sho begus To- describe heI
dress reflects that ncu not unIersta" ts! ro
mte AL auditor front row. As tho' AFRO also az
Towards words. the actress was completely iieereu
as tho stage phr"7o 5"e''
Tho subscription to the season of Opera Sung by
,,,orIcnn, opens TO morning at Tic Academy
=, ,,,.,c Already many boxes have bcon applied for,
h, ma allotment viii bo made until to morrow :"
far tho prospects OF this last operate toundhS look
favorable steuly work Is being done Ivy the chorus
n,lct md by all tho mechanical departments. Con
dnc or IInrchs pleased with his pupils VINO are now
hard al work upon Lchener,n Herr iinrlcS dsPayed
r,.trr,lny q swollen wrist, Which, he ruciuY called
atoni0n to "a due TO the lnces5ant weiorg" ms baton
Usfure the season begins said ne, "nppOse shnit
hv, ~ bca; time my feet, and when those give OUT
shalI nave IL wag NY hoal. Among cue hho enorus
Nm Ma far practice which no manaGes to carry on
willie attouuins 70 his duties as chofster'
II 4, the general opinion among theatrical peoi'e that
Mr. Abbey for once committed uGhageta' error III NOT
h,gnuIug Mics Audcr5on's season win Romeo ana |
Inlet" Large rs haYo been the ttco.tt 'hey would |
n',onh,cdly have been larger s had th!s been the |
- ON Thursiny and Friday nights tho sale jumped M
.i.i, ,iv and both nights the house was crowded
From mnoiner pOut OF view. also say the ex"rtS tins
or vnuld have boon advantageous. lime would nave
IoiN' oIIn,cd for thorough sccuo-chearoue aud two
"nie ncrfrmances would not have been missed ~ was
u 1855 ot ueNhOV" V''VNV " F-'T " 'N"'' "
even moro
-, ,t,ht Nanon passed away peacefully but
ro,,ra,ied and tho Casino will For
Hundred and fifty performances this piece has rn the
hos, record ever made at the house. The business
hough not 10 large during tho early days, was good
and dmibtless 1t might have been prohtaly run stu
longer Amorlta," which takes, ito place to-inorto"
h has bcen long and carefully rehcarscd aud Judging
Co., ~, success I'm Germany, whore II is still being
I,ved In Berlin Dresden ana elsewhere, VIII stand
rr"nd chance OF outruuning its prtGOeUssor' oreat
ssni,ndDr 4, promised Ia the mounting mo last hot
aII,.n.luIlx LelnN rnthef novelty. ~ reEtosehts a