The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-28
THE STAGE.

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The Dramatic Season Opens Brilliantly y
New Plays in Profusion,
DOMESTIC.
The Emma Abbott opera season Of two
weeks at the Grand Opera House, New York,
has been d great financial success.
6othern appears In 1.-THE Crushed Trage-
dian" at the New York Park, and this play
will be succeeded In due time by "Dundreary'
and "David Garrck."
Mile. La Blanche Is described as somewhat
Il resembling Ger sister, Fanny Davenport but
she has become thoroughly ltalanized during
her eight years soiourn In Italy.
"Contempt of Court" is the title Of Boucl-
Cault'S new adaptation from the French-a
comedy-with which the season at Wallack g
Theatre will be opened on the twenty ninth
instant.
SHREVEPORT" which has made failure at
Days, 10 New York, is said 70 be u 'boiled
down" version Of "Ninlche," "Boulogne
and three other plays, made by Olive
Logan.
Stuart Robson has made hit In San Fran.
cisco by making himself closely resemble
Beecher when personuting Grahame. the
wicked clergyman, In Champagne and Oys.
ters.''
The visit of Arthur Sullivan to this country
and the new opera from this composer appear
as yet To be matters OF doubt. Little hope IL
held out now that either event will transpire
Il The coming season.
Mme Modjeska Is still Ia London, and has
been ordered to retire from the stage for at
least six months. Her manager, Mr.. Snr-
gent, and his family, sailed from Liverpool
Tor New York on the seventeenth instant.
The original jubilee singers, having, by
their own concerts, raised $4,000 for the
Fieke University, will sing for their own ben
EFT during the coming New England tour,
already announced.
written for him by w. s.. Gilbert and H. J.
Byron. The authors had pledged themselves
To have 1t ready for this season, and now Gil
bert has made another contract to come over
and produce 1t himself In the spring. Sothern
pays E2OO0 for this new play.
Harry Richmond's wife died In Philadelphia
last Saturday, and telegram announcing
the bereavement was kept from him until
that evenings performance at the Brooklyn
Park was concluded. For nearly three hours,
While the husband was amusing the audience,
the news Of the wife's death lay unknown TO
u him sjust behind the scenes.
When 1t was suggested TO Emma Abbott
\ that the engagement OF the female tenor,
Mime Selvi would add to the strength Of her
company, she is said to have replied: "What!
do you suppose could ever make love to a
woman? Just as we'll have q stick. The alb
surdity Of the thing would make me hysteri-
y cal" 30 Nine. Selvl was shelved. Emma
Abbott's love-making is described as "real-
1 istic.''
BARLEY Campbells new play, "My Part
ner," has scored an unmistakabIe success at
the Union Square Theatre, New York All
the critics speak of 1t In the highest terms,
and the public denotes Its appreciation by
providing the house ct each performance.
When the regular season at the theatre be-
gins, late In October, Messrs. Aldrich and
Parsioe, for whom the play was written, and
by whom it Is owned, will make an extended
tour through the country, supported by their
own company.
Years ago we wrote In favor OF revival Of
the act Of Kissing. Ii would be the making
OF the stage. How quick q manager would
prune q piece Of It's pruriency and its indie
cency II its double ente,adres or vulgar intro
0uced gags were promptly Kissed by a
disguised audience, and how careful actors
would be to study their parts and to play
that taking" would insure an anserine re-
ception.--[C Cincinnati Enquirer.
The stage director OF the Emma Abbott COM
pany has been telling tales out Of school. He
Gays, about the getting OF the chorus: Miss
upon combination Of voice and virtue. Now,
any one who knows about collecting chorus
knows how hard that Is. It seems as II all the
good singers had spice Of the devil In them,
but Miss Abbott says Now. mind, I'm not go
Ing to have q chorus that pairs off like turtle
doves as soon as we are on the road but men
and women who know how to behave them
your correspondent. "Well," said Mr. Tams,
frightening up, 1T was pretty tough work,
put out OF $50 applicants I succeeded Ia pick
1nG out number, branded them on the brow
" !. virtue and innocence) and turned them
over 70 Miss Abbott; but I don't want such
of the head
FOREIGN.
It - stated that Adelina Patti has been de-
L voting every moment OF her summer leisure
TO studying ELSA
Ten Of the Sixteen London theatres now
open depend for their principal attraction On
pieces Of French origin.
The Jolte Persane," the new operetta py
Ieterrier, Van Loo and Lecocq, was read Ut
the Renaissance, Paris, recently.
George Rignold arrived lii New York from
Australia last Wednesday, and on Thursday
sailed for London, where he will reappear
v next month In Henry ""
Offenbach is at work on a new operetta,
\ the lbretto OF which IL by Chvot and Duru
4 comic opera, .Paques Fleuries," at the Fo-
Hes Dramatiques, Paris.
The NonpeHe Presse Libre OF Vienna an
nOunces that Adelina Patti and Nicolini have
signed for q series OF concerts to be given be-
tween the fifteenth of November and the tif-
teenth OF December, In various German cities.
A Partisan interviewer, writing OF Capoul,
says he was told that Capoul intended to
marry rich wife In America, to give up the
stage and to go and live like a respectable
hood Of Toulouse
Mile Cook who came to America originally
NJ M.ln Lydia Thompson in 1872, and subse-
saoen'iy With the julia Mathews company.