Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-27
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIc.

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIe.
The attractions at the theaters next week
win be Kate Claxton at the National, and the
new play Of ION the Pacific" at FOrti'A
Oliver Doud Byron has just purchased the
sole right for this country of great drama re-
Gently running with tremendous success 10
London, the name OF which he wishes to con-
ceat ior 2 rev weeks yet It Is probably ''For-
The new advertisement of Mary Anderson's.
Of nearly falling on bridge into the river, will
not be as popular as the diamond robbery ad.,
as it Is too much trouble to work up.
The new play which BARLEY Campbell is
writing for Daily 10 called "Matrtmony." Helen
Blythe, Days new leading lady, has strong
part In it.,and, II the pieceis 'go," she will
Miss Kellogg has been obliged to give up
her Russian engagement on account Of the III
ness Of her mother, with whom she will spend
the winter In Paris. 1t was recently announced
f bn t mss Is Kellogg MAS 70 be
Miss Nelson concluded successful engage
ment in "Cymbaline," before crowded audi
torfum, at McV1ckers theater, Chicago, this
week. The play has been received there with
great Splendor.
Charles Furnish is organizing a company
ala Troubadours, and will start on the road
soon. His play Is Commercial Traveller" and
Blanche Corelli is the leading singer.
In st. Louis the sum of $3.50 has been raised
by subscription In behalf of Max Maretzek's
stranded chorus. or this J. W. Norton gave
$50 and Fanny Davenport similar amount.
Cleveland has Bach Musical Society
Some Of the members are married-fNe,o Or
leans Picapune. Turn Bach to your diction-
airy and see II you have the correct pronuncia-
ton Of that name.
Maurice Disagreement, the twelve-yea--o
JNprv dale,
concerto at recent Crystal Palace concert took
all London by storm, is said to be coming to this
country next year.
The Philadelphia Times thinks Major Henry
Clay Britt. one Of the sub-characters In "My
Partner" the best comedy part that BARLEY
Campbell has given to the stage, being equal to
Sellers or Slote.
tours" has been revived at the Princess of
Wales Theater, London. Mr.. Bancroft's Hugh
ChalcOtt is as celebyated on the other side of the
that "great divide"
"A Berlin critic says that Ristori's imper-
sonation Of "Medea" in 1879 is an exact repro
ductton of her performance of the part in 1856
Thus years roll on, but the MarchioneSS Del
GrillO grows no older.
-Albani is in Florence, singing at the Pagli-
ano. 1t was in that city that she won her first
trtumphs. She goes next week to Nice and
thence to Brussels, where she is to sing in
"LOhengr1n" and Hamlet"
her first appearance on the stage last week. In
Brooklyn. She played "Henriette," in 'The
Two Orphans" and her performance has been
considerably praised.
-Planquette, the composer of "Les Cloches
de CorneviIle,n which has been so popular in
this country both in the original and In an
English version ('The chimes OF Normandy W
has written another work, entitled LIE Regi-
ment qui Passe." which is to be brought out at
the es-Dramatiques ip Paris. Such num-
bers from it as have been heard in private are
said to be as charming as anything In ''Les
ClOcheS.''
Edwin Booth has been engaged for pc
Rod of three months, beginning March 1. He
will be supported by Agnes Booth and strong
picked company. The first engagement Is in
Boston.
p. s. Gilmore's new song, columbia" a
christmas Offering to the Nation" was not
success. It was presented to the public at the
There was great chorus aud full orchestra
and the composer rendered the anthem In an
effective manner, but the music did not please
-"Where do we find the earliest mention Of
a free admission to the theater! When Joseph
was let into the pit By his brethren for moth
Ing" Exactly. He didn't go into the dress Cir
Gle, as his brethren had taken away his dress
suit, it will be remembered.
- Ta1 Field ana Farm: Modjeska is writing
a story for Scribner's Monthly. 1t is a love
story: The heroine's name is Griseldavitch
Topplewatchkitzky, and the heros valdiair
Tschezarotsh. The scene is laid in the quiet
the banks of the classic river Muddib-
schky, In the region Of the Kotzenbutit-
zelosky mountains. We extract passage
from advance sheets: '.Within her wan hands
she had her face concealed, when to her VIadi-
mir asked If she did truly lofe him. Yea, lofe
thee; by yonder bale moon adJure it, Let us,
then, said he, .feep But she hesitated by rea-
son Of her trunks, which being still unpacked.
The tears wandered from her eyes, but mean
while Vladimir repeated what for she would not
be coming pretty SooA, not having been aware
OF the cash the words Of him made on the inside
of her heartn