Matilda Heron was born in poverty in Labby Vale, Draperstown, Ireland in 1830 and came to the U.S. as a child.
27 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Personne writes about the recent production of Mr. Oliver S. Leland's translation of Scribe's Czarine at the Metropolitan Theatre. The play had "the usual courtesy run of four nights" with the fourth night being the most terrible of all (2). Personne gives the opera news for the Bowery, which seems to be boring the audience to sleep, and Cincinnati, where the most interest seems to be among the opera critics. Personne makes mention of Brougham's and Goodrich's play, of which he has a copy, and takes note of the dedication and the authors' claims that it is an original work. Personne hesitates to review the piece before it is performed, but offers his predictions nonetheless. Personne also mentions the poor audience showing for Laura Keene's The Road to Ruin, notes the current production of As You Like It at Wallack's, and gives the latest news from the Broadway, Niblos, the Academy of Music, and Burton's.
Personne mentions Brougham's and Goodrich's five-act play, the dedication of the piece, and the authors' repeated claims to originality (2).
Personne writes that he finds the articles of the Cincinnati opera critics more amusing than Fry's (2).
Personne mentions Brougham's and Goodrich's five-act play, the dedication of the piece, and the authors' repeated claims to originality (2).
Personne compares Miss Davenport's version of Dame aux Camelies to Miss Heron's (2).
Personne mentions that Laura Keene has produced The Road to Ruin and "rendered criticism unnecessary by doing it in the bills beforehand." It appears that the play underperformed at the box office (2).
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Matilda Heron was born in poverty in Labby Vale, Draperstown, Ireland in 1830 and came to the U.S. as a child.
27 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015