Judge, 1886-02-27 · page 10 of 16
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This page from *Judge* magazine contains theatrical reviews and satirical commentary on New York performances circa the 1880s-1890s. **Main Content:** The text discusses several theatrical productions: "The Gypsy Baron" (praised for its music and staging), and reviews of Nat Goodwin's career decisions, Emma Juch's singing, and performances of "Julius Caesar" and other plays at venues like the Casino and Star Theatre. **Cartoons:** - "A Standing Offer" (bottom left): Shows a man with a donkey labeled with theatrical notices—satirizing the difficulty of promoting theatrical productions or perhaps the stubborn nature of theatrical management. - "A First Class Painter Wants a Steady Position" and "An Infringement in Shantytown": Appear to be unrelated comic vignettes typical of *Judge's* miscellaneous humor. **The Satire:** The page mixes theater criticism with gentle mockery of performers' pretensions and financial concerns. The humor is primarily theatrical—poking fun at actors' decisions and management follies rather than serious political commentary. The "Progress" dialogue at bottom right is a simple, mild joke about language learning.
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JUDQGK. — = —= —— —— t the last French novel have painted him, We | find him, as a rule, upon close inspection slightly off color. Gypsy Baron,” how- er does not fall into this category. O ations and the highly colored promises nt have been fulfilled, has fairly caught catchy airs, the de anner in Which it is acted and » ble in its strength nificent way in whieh it | has been put upd have for the past filled the Casino with enthusiasm and with shekels. of a shrewd manage and Strauss’s tuneful the town. Its dashing lightful 1 by a troupe remi nid numbers and the ma wee the box off Nat Goodwin is growing tired of making money on the road and prefers the risk of J losing it by settling permanently in rk. There is nothing more fickle than the atrical tastes of the metropolis. That which may suit their fancies this year is liable to be thrown aside next season as unpalatable. th endant now, elf that they tinue to be so for a year or two to [think not; and with all due defe nee to his judgment would advise his con- tinuing the pilgrimage. The A, B, C of hap- fellow, is to be satisfied with Juch mays that her recent colli: What you have and to thank he y day I two more notes to ur life that you hw er. That's all very nice, no and dramatic at would interest the public more abit occasionally form of a timber, And when that timber fai te its good fortune, and Faree and burlesque are in th » Mr, Goodwin assure hi xd portion of the receipts on the strength of his hand-o nomen piness, my d Miss Emu sion with a g: her lower regi doubt, but w would be the discs + A first class painter wants a steady position,” pugilistically inclined ladies endeavor to con- ceal their real feelings in the kiss de the playwright causes an audible smile to anded by very of son collision, capable of being put in practical use, : creep over the house. | that would knoc 1 few notes from the thing more, t ily a perceptible CPP ‘ : = | upper register of th uge gas-meter. siderably to the PROGRESS. | ints and Sinners ched its He—" You understand French and Italian * one hundred and twelfth representation onthe ta hmecte Snanalichls See cenennt | of coiirs |] twenty-second, gave way on Tuesday to Gil. 6eCM ‘does He general che— Oh, no, T haven't got as f clamor and hurrah of an appreciative publ tat * Julius Coesar,” with Mr, Barrett as Cassius, 3°) has attracted overflowing houses at the Star | S'S - all week, while the friends of Mr, Booth have | that | | eof. Kicki says Idance the German | | bert’s comedy of brought out before ij and fashionable Madison Square aud made a pronounced hit from the start. Mr. {cine t ‘eto him by path One of the most useful things that @ man |} | | Palmer has been exceedingly fortunate in the estified their allegiance to him by gall hering can hi about him is a human tongue. ‘ i| choice of his plays and. Les exercised, im the i full force at the Fifth Avenue and filling part from its chief us licker of postage H . t judgment in pes wiih. sre prise and his shied ith stamps, it will, if laid away quietly in the ! / lones’s etic little ‘ trepidation lest the pre-Adamite scenery should | youth, keep one out of a multitude of scrapes. } up Jones's pathetic littledrama with | #1 46 pieces in the uproar. The four w _ so charraing # comed) engagements of the two actors have been in the extreme. Mr. us probably made a little the most money, while that of Mr. Bar- rett has shown more shrewdness and enter- i | Asa general thing an Hungarian nobleman fails to materialize into that picturesque and attractive individual in which our prise. Mr, Booth’s supporting company im proves vastly on acquaintance, and no end of credit is due to it for the earnest, conscientious manner in which it has endeavored in the last | two weeks to what was at first an un-| favorable impression with its lone fisherman, its nd its pretty girls, is sailing along gaily towandsits two hundredth perform | ance, Congratulations and other friendly evidences | of a more tangil > pour | in upon Miss Hi Dauy nd her energetic . management sin “One of Our Girls” . | reached its one hundredth representation. alerie” has pro n immense suc n bey Lall peradven- | esx. Crowded houses | have witnessed its production each night since it was so triumphantly brought forward | a week ago. That it will fill out the season at ck’s is an assured fact. Although, as | written, the last scene does not admit of | AN INFRINGEMENT IN SHANTYTOWN. | much humor, nevertheless there is an uncon- “ scious display of it in the fer which Mics Ey and Miss Robe tableas, Lhe patly , pep shady, ent manner in | patentees of the the final | know th n these two | ness!” immy. Here comesome of the — | an telephone—first thing yer "I be swoopin’ onto our whole bu: comicbooks.com