Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-11
music AND THE DRAMA.

Mr.. ]. 7. Raymond is still very III.
Cora Pearl Is going to appear on the
stsge- Teo old.
Nilsson viii not leave leave Europe AGAIN
sor two years at least.
RubiLstein's opera. "The Demon. has
met with favor in st. Petersburg.
Cah Rosa's English opera compauv has
created quite a sensation in Dublin.
The Two Orphans are going the round
of England and having great success.
Mr.. Days new play, called "Pique,n will
be presented at the Fifth Avenue Theater
on Dec. Is.
At the Union Square Theater arose
Michel" will be played, and viii doubtless
hold the stage for months.
Brysnt's Opera House, New York, viii
be opened soon as { eater, with q good
stock CO upany and new play.
The Fifth Avenue Thester expects to
svenne sensation about Christmas time, in
the debut Of Anna Dickinson.
Miss Genesieye Wards projected return
10 America-set down for sanusry-vill
not be eeffcted until next spring, or later.
Dejazet, the great French actress, is dan
eerously i'll, and Frederick Lemaltre is af-
aicted with cancer of the tongue, which will
probably end in bis death. laa
The Italian Opera Company Organized
by Miss Adelaide Phillips seems tc have
been very successful in Washington and
Baltimore, and was last week at Richmond.
Miss Kate Field has been giving per-
formances in England under an assumed
name. She has appeared at Live pool and
elsewhere, and will appear in Scotland.
Miss Clara Morris has been compelled to
Withdraw for the present from the Fifth
Avenue Theatre through the state of her
health, as attested BY published card Of
her physician. 5 ~
A committee has been formed to con-
struct q peoples opera-house in Paris to
contain from 10000 to 10000 persons, at
prices not exceeding an average Of Two
francs. rs.a.
The success of sCaste" at Wallack's the
alter has been so decided that it has been
Necessary 10 postpone the other novelties in
preparation. The performances is said TO
be one of the most brilliant and polished
ever given In New York.
Miss Kate Bateman, the actress, has COM
mer ced a su't against Augustin DAILY, Of
the Fifth Avenue Theatre, which promises
a judicial adjudication of the question
whether the drama "The New Leah is a
rehasl or reproduction. of "Leah, the For
saken."
The engagement of Mr.. ard Mrs. Barney
Williams at Booths Theateris for the fort
IL hrr nao Thar will 10,
followed by Laurence Barrett, E. l..
Davenport and F. B. Bangs, in Shakes
peare's "Julius Cesar
Minnie Hanks triumphs in Berlin, as her
many American friends and admirers will
be glad to hear, are as pronounced as those
she won in Vienna and ST. Petersburg. In
Verdi's s'Aida" this accomplished prima
donna took the Prussian capital by storm.
Mime Jauauschek is to appear in Lon
don next season. The Spirit of tie Times
says of her: We predict that toe illustri-
Gus actress, who is PROFESSIONALLY the
greatest tragedienne of the day, viii create
a profound sensation in the British
metropolis"
The three new successful pieces of Often
bach-"Le Voyage dams la Lune," at the
UdlcIc, La DOuidlleCtO o Qco I4Cuc, db LLc
Varieties; and ala Creole" at the Bouffes-
Parisiens-prodnced on one Sunday even
ing the following receipts: 9,640f, 5,400f.
and 5,003f. respectively, or over 20,000f. in
all.
Mr.. John Oxenford has retired from the
post of dramatic critic Of the London Times.
The notices of new plays that have appear
ed in the Times for many years past have,
with lew exceptions, been contributed by
Mr.. Oxenford, Who has also, during the
same period, furnished dramas, comedies
and farces, original and translated, to every
London theatre OF any importance.
Sir Randall Roberts, Bsronet, who has
long been known in London society a. q
first-clxss amateur actor, is about to adopt
the stage as profession. He is young,
handsome, highly accomplished, he was
the Captain of the Irish eight at Nimble-
don some years ago, he fought in the
Crimea, and be has an idea Of coming to
this country. ser
Mr.. Rignold has pleased the Boston pub
lie as Henry V. He has also MAZE q dis
play of irascible temper, before the foot
lights, because spectator took the liberty
of Kissing at him. A letter in the Boston
Gazette states that Mr.. Rignold apostro-
phized this sibilaut individual as "Fiend,n
and that the offending demon was elected
by the hand of the law.
Mrs. Marie Antoinette Nathalie Pollard,
the popular reader, is lying very i'll at her
rooms in the Cosmopolitan Hotel, San
Francisco. Mrs. Pollard contracted a
severe cold while assisting in the concert
for the relief of the Virginia sufferers re-
Gently, since which time she has been COB
fined to her bed. Mrs. Pollard is the
widow of E. A. Pollard, and has given
readings In New York.
Emperor William of Germany has been
presented with finely bound collection Of
original manuscripts Of famous composers.
AMONG them are two quintets by Spohr, q
PIANO piece by Thalberg, an Italian air with
orchestral accompaniment by Carl Maria
Won Weber, a symphony by Schubert, and
the first score Of Beethoven's eighth SYM
pbony, having various running comments
Of the composer on bis own work, such as:
"This will never do" "No good" "Will l
have this repeated?" etc.
Edward King writes to the New York
EUening Post, from Paris: "O1enbach is
fast running his reputation by writing
operas within two days; and the people Of
Paris are beginning to tell him 80. Some
of the English critics, who have been here
to see Rossi, say privately that they do not
think anything at all Of his Hamlet, 50
that be may prepare TO be the hero Of q
fierce controversy when he arrives In Lon
don. Here his reception continues 10 be
enthusiastic"