The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-12-26
coULISsE CHAT.

Miss Katherine Rogers is TO become a
teacher of elocution.
Gerster sends all the floral tributes she
receives to the unfortunate In the hospitals.
daughter of Kate Fisher, the famous
.'Mazeppa." 1" is soon to make her debut In Italian
Opera at Milan.
Sara Slater, the high kicker. is still with
sodene, and both on their way hither. They play
In Philadelphia this week.
They had been to see the tragedy of
'.Julius Cesar, - and on their way home thoughts
of the death of the great dictator seemed to affect her
much that she turned to Algernon and ex-
claimed: "Wasn't 1t sad to be cut up horribly "
"Aw-yes," " sympathetically responded Aigernon,
''and he probably had on his best clothes.''
W. d. Howell's highly poetic tragedy,
:. Ycrick's Love, was produced in New York last
Monday by Lawrence Barrett and company which
| includes Louis James and Marie Wainwright. An
inferior version of the Spanish original which MIR
The play which is the best grand tragedy Of modern
origin the STAGE was success both with the audi
| ence and the critics.
Nine. Pauline Lucca is now at Vienna and
is "a correspondent says singing with all her powers
unimpaired and drawing crowded houses. In ''Car-
men - especially she takes every by storm. The
looks the part to perfection and her acting the
stamp Of genius. Her Cdrmen Is a child Of nature,
evil fate in her own reckiessiy impnisive disposition
But she invests the character with poetry aud refine
ment, while there is no touch about 1t that is out Of
| harmony with the rest.
OF Bernhardt's death in Camille the Boston
| Saturday Gazette says: AFTER having died In
almost every posssle position Mile. Bernhart elected
In this instance to die standing and she expires upon
her feet, with her head against drmdnd'S breast.
The realism OF her death scenes, for which she has
| been much praised, was not manifested here at
least instead OF failing In heap upon the stage
she showed the phenomenon Of muscles unrelaxed by
death. More than this. For when armand swings
her around she fell stiff In his arms and as she
lowered to the aOor another phepomenon in the shape
of instantaneous rigor mortis was presented In the
| unbendng limbs. 1t was effective, no doubt. after
a STACEY fashion, but It not realistic. The error
was scarcely worth the mention were 1t not that SC
much stress has been laid upon Mile. Bernhardt'.
ticipate that shall soon more perfect mani
festaon Of the art OF acting than this remarkable
woman has v0nchsafed US: but We also feel that WI
shall lust rarely such consummate art limited
In Its methods Of expression aud UNMARRIED In Its
sources"
New York Times: "We have frequently
expressed the opinion that to speak Of Edwin Booths
) rehned and subtle representation of Hamlet a
criticism seem absurd. for Mr.. Booth plays the par
with thorough Independence, with a remarkabl.
Just sense Of art, and with many innovations tina
q raise II above routine work. This Opinion we oh
Observe Is upheld by the critics OF the Saturday Re
ps,o and Spectator, and 1t Is further fortified by TIN
. weight Of Mr.. j. Palgrave Simpsons authority. Mr.
who is acquainted with all the schools OF acting tina
have fourished and decayed during the present cen
. | tury, makes the following remarks upon Booth
Hamlet in the current number Of the LOndOl
Theatre: 'Insead OF being the slave OF ''tradton,
found him. constantly negiecting old tradltiona
=, | points. To my mind-and especially on tn
| second occasion OF my witnessing his performance
Edwin Booth was epiHently natural and to be locke
I. on as an admirable e1pohsht of the apprope,
"new school, ;. cannot help expressing m
Intelligence and matured execution In his art, ha
| come among u.s. The Sir Oracles will do well
o think over this"