The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1879-05-25
THE STAGE.
At Home and AbrOad-New Plays,
Operas, Etc.
DOM ESrTCt.

DOMESTIC.
II Ii reported that Mr. jefferson intends to
abandon Rip Van Winkle for time, and act
In play by Boucicault, The Parish Clerk"
A member of the dramatic profession In
Boston Is about to organize u company for
the express purpose Of producing good and
pure dramas. lndorsed by the clergy and by
the New England Theatre Reform Associa-
ton.
A member or d Pinafore company In New
York failed to get burglar to take her dia-
mond, and SO was compelled to swallow am
monia In mistake for cough medicine. She
will recover, you bet.
Haverly wants Sothern. and is willing to
pay for him. The other day he offered Hor-
ace Wall, Sothern American agent, $4,000 for
eight weeks Of IT, AS services
The "Black Crook" will no longer be per-
formed at Niblos garden under the manage
ment of the Messrs. kiralfy When 1.In NE. ,S Sta
rim disappeared, two weeks ago, taking with
him the receipts of the box Office, and leaving
his company with eight days salary unpaid,
the Messrs. Kralfy tried to help the perform
ers out of their predtcament by contlnning
the play Oh shares, hoping the while that Mr.
Starn would come back and settle his bills
On Saturday the Kiralfys concluded that he
did not intend to return, and brought the
business to close. -,
respondent Of the Philadelphia Sunday Press,
and adds "They are nearly as like as two
peas, except, Of course, that while ono IL sui
| green, the other is somewhat Withered. She
keeps watchful eye upon her daughters IN
tsrests. She is father and mother, and mis-
| tress and maid, relied into one. She Keeps
the breakfast warm and packs the trunks,
and reads manuscripts. accompanies her
daughter to the theatre, frowns down intrud-
| ers and makes the bargains on the shopping
| tours. They are hardly ever parted, and
notwithstanding her decided opinions upon
some things, she Is very affabe old lady
and q good mother, and 1t is to be hoped that
she will be spared to r her daughter ana friends
Before Augustin Daily ever thought OF pro
ducin9 II L'Assommolr" he went to SEQ 1t In
Paris, and was silly enough to write his opln-
ion Of It, and sillier than al, TO give II 70
Olive Logan, who forthwith sent It to the
New York Spirit of The Times, which, of course,
published 1t. Everybody had forgotten all
about 1t, even DAILY, but Flske hadn't; SO just
as soon MS DAILY had 81 Assommoir' under
way, Fiske went over the files OF the SPIRIT
| 1t he laughed, and sent 1t into the composing
| room. Here 1t is, and 1t made DAILY howl
| when he saw 1t again. 81 have seen u Assom-
moir, and still L am not happy, rs the man
says In the burlesque. But who could be happy
after witnessing that heap OF concentrated
miserles, for assure you that the play, which
has been made out Of Zola's s disgusting novel,
ID simply one prolonged sigh Of over four
hours duration. One comes away from the
performance quite overcome, and, indeed, |
might say / have been to 'L'Assommoir,' and
am dss0mnne. Realism can scarcely go fur
ther; for the sensation scene OF Coupeaus fall
there s real scaifolding and real ladders
| real hot water for the lavOlr scene, and the
4 two rival washwOmen drench each other, and
stand with hair, face and clothes dripping be
1 fore the audience, while the stage is positively
a puddle. But the whole affair is revolving,
| and certainly only attracts from curiosity, and
not interest. AS far as it goes rs u drama, 1t
is not to be compared to the old play of The
Bottle which some of its incidents recall and
the only bit Of acting that stands out OF the
entire four hours OF playing y Gll Nazas
scene Of delirium and death The audience
was crushingly large, but the laughter and
applause came from the gallery and pit in re-
sponse to some slang OF the workshops. OF
some trite bit of clap-trap from the good
| workman Gouiet."
/ FOREIGN.
The English papers now declare that Mr.
Irving ID not coming to this country next
land. II they may, be believed, Mr.. Booth
and Mr.. Irving will appear together at the
| Lyceum.
Gounod has finished new opera, entitled
lie Tribut DC zamora," for which I, h. he DC, dc;
sum OF G4000. According to the latest ad.
vices, Mr.. Maplcson, Mr.. Gye and Mr.. Car
Rosa had each been unable "to see It,"
"Boulogne," 7. g Bnrnands adaptation OF
made hit at the Gaiety Theatre, London
| Mr.. Burnand has thoroughly AnRlicized the
piece, and while cleansing" It, has pre-
rserved all the fun OF the original without Its
coarseness 1t will be rendered that the ex-
| aminer of plays refused Miss Kate Stanley
permission to produce q literal translation.
Since the production of "Polyeucte" at the
National Opera House In Paris M. Gounod
has been hard at work with his poets, MI
opera lie Tribut Dc Zamora' for Its produc
tlon this year, during the dictatorship OF M
Halanzier; but the latter has refused tC
mount the work, on the ground that by the
time 1t is ready for representation. his lease
will have expired, and that he Is not disposed
to incur trouble and expense of which his sue,
cessor will derive the benefit.
M. Pasdeloup, at the last OF his Concerto
POpuaireS at Paris, introduced into his pro-
gramme nearly the whole Of the first act D
evitable loss to the music In consequence o.
Its separation from the STAGE its reception
was more favorable tnan has generally beer
the case with Wagner's music in Paris, and
though on the conclusion Of the selection, the
Reuue et Gazette Musicale says, there was q
conflict OF Kisses and applause, the same au
thOrity informs us that after a short battle
"the latter remained master OF the field"
The prospect of hearing Nine Adeiina Patt
in this country would appear to be dubious
II the following item from prominent Eng
lish paper is to be credited 'Since negotia
tions have taken place with Nine Adelint
Patti with view to visiting the States, bu
the little diva's terms, $1,000 per night, (witt
Nicolini thrown in, are SO staggcringly 'tre
!. MENUS" that the cautious entrepreneur wisely
hesitates. He has offered her 10 per cent o.
the gross receipts, but Adeina puts her tiny
bottine down for the fixed sum, and, In addi
tion, demands that $4,000 be deposited before
she sets SAIL"
Some trouble has already arisen In relation
to the proposed visit OF the Comedie Fran
case actors to London. Mile. Bernhardt has
absolutely refused to make this visit unless
the present programme is so altered as t,
allow her to appear before London audiences
nars ,or tss need M to benn py 81 the
with lie Misanthrope," and to follow thi
with IT, Etrangere;; In both Of these play
Mile. Bernhardt's business Is purely second
aru and cha naturally nhiants To such an In