Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-28
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

let every flower be in its proper place.-Lo"don
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Edwin Booths Boston season begins March
l, and continues three weeks during which
let" five nights and a matinee, and "Othello'
{Mr Booth as Iago), Saturday evening; SECOND
week. "Richelieu" three nights, 1.-THE Fvors
Revenge" two nights Orchard Ill" one night
and don Caesar de BaZan" one matinee.
-Sardou feels that bad because his new play
Daniel Rochat" is a failure that he vows he
will never write more for the stage. A Paris
ian publisher writes that Daniel Rochatr
str1kingly resembles poem by Theodore VI
published by him in August last, and hints that
as soon as Sardous play is published legal pro-
ceedings may possibly be taken to establish
prior rights.
Maggie Mitchell's famous play of 'sFan-
chon," which is still hers, since all her Compel
George sands novel, tThe Little Fadette."
August Waldauer, of st. Louis translated 1t
COCK first presented 'Fanchon' February %,
1861, at the st. Charles theater, New Orleans,
with Charles Pope as Landry Barbeaud." She
has played "Fanchon" nearly 1000 times
Not thousand years ago, a lady in Gin
cinnau gave lunch to John Mccullough.
During the evening the hostess whose manners
are extremely English, asked him: Jaw. Mr..
Mccullough, do you not think that Mr.. Shakes
peare, aW, was VeWy clever"
j. K. Emmet's new play, 'Fritz Among the
Mormons," appears to have made hit In Bal
time. Mr.. Emmett announces his intention Of
changing the residence of Fritz yearly, taking
him to Russia next year.
Arthur Sullivan has written drama,
''Glenveigh," which is to be presented at the
Adelphia In London. Also has invented pa
tent railway brake.
The amusement professions are notified Of
the formation of the Society for the Suppression
OF Stale Jokes. 1t has membership number
ing 1873, and has brought up the old joke books,
500 stuffed clubs, $50 slopSticks, ~ barrels OF
flour, $50 pounds Of stage snow, 80 pounds Of
bladders, and other ancient implements used to
wind up sketches and acts.
- The realistic tendencies of the dramatic art
receive an Illustration in "Beau Solignac," now
on the Partisan boards. At the close of the
second act, the train OF the embroidered satin
dress worn by Mile. CaSsothy Is seen to be in
flames, and the effect Is so vivid as to make the
audience fear that the actress Is In danger.
Their alarm, however, is quite baseless, for the
robe has been previously stepped in chemical
solution which renders 1t not only uninfiamma-
bic, but tncombuSt1ble.
- Mary Anderson this week closed her Bos-
ton season with great force, testing the capac-
Lolita has an equal success at the Park In the
other range OF dramatic favor. Adelaide Nell
son has made her farewell at the Globe.
Mr.. Jefferson will return to the stage In
IN ''The Rivals"
-ByroL'S "a Fool and His Money" succeed
Engaged" at the New York Park on Tuesday
evening. The Park company was the first to
p oduce the piece In this country (at Chicago
year ago last sumnerl, and James Lewis was
the original "Chawles" on this side of the At
lanttc.
The new opera 80 Petrarque" will cost the
"Opera Populaire" of Paris over 500, 900 for
Suggesting, and there are 1900 costumes
made for 1t.
The one hundredth consecutive perform
ance of Miss Nelson's present tour of America
was given at Toronto, Canada. The receipts
were 81 1851. Miss Nelson has acted In Shak-
spearian characters, and in 1.-THE Lady of
Lyons" and "The Hunchback."
They are playing the "Hearts of Oak" in
Philadelphia, and the Baby" has scored a
success unparalleled in stage annals. They
don't care so much for the scenery or the act
ing, but they want to see the kid"
There was characteristic Albanian who,
while Mary Anderson was looking and acting
her most bewitch1ng, exclaimed to friend, in
the hight of his enthusiasm, 81 would rather
be the accepted lover OF that girl than be CEN
SuS enumeration"
-"An the rage" the play of Mr.. Eaton, the
Chicago newspaper man, seems to be really a
hit in Boston, and is TO be indefinitely continued
at the Gatety theater.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg Is still in Paris,
where she has been forced to remain on account
OF the sickness OF her mother.
One Nile. jesse made profound sensation
at Paris theater, the other night, by entering
a cage OF lions with Bedel the non-tamer, and
IN the presence Of the aStontshed animals, re-
citing some Of Victor Hugo'S verses.
The present is the most profitable season
the managers OF New York have known for
years. Everything in the dramatic line seems
TO go" with the Gothamites just now.
Mrs. Zelda Seguin doesn't get well, and has
been obliged to give up her engagement with
Emma ABBOTT.
-Modjeska will return to this country next
fall, under the management of Mr.. Sargent. She
has just been playing In Cracow, Poland, to
immense houses.
Here is little squib from the Philadelphia
Mirror: -
whoever ri heard Whoever >: drank whoever heard
"A bull sigh: wh ships S Ssy wb mill dn!
SoTse Ivy fence r nai door @
The above stanzas are from advanced sheets
touching brevity or this tender ballad, and the
original character OF the humor, one cannot fail
to discover In it the clever handtwork OF the
author OF "The Pirates OF PenZance."
This is an extract from parody on Gus.
Williams recital of the pla1ntive poem, " Some
bodys Mother"
"Its somebody's mother. the little boy said,
And his eyes with tears were dim;
The bosom Of his pants had just been warmed,
By the mother Of Little JIM"
"A plant has been discovered In South Amer
lea that will cure bashfulness This viii be a
big thing for some of the advance agents In the
show business to use.
= The success of Paul Lindau's new comedy
Countess Lean,n recently produced at the
SchauSpielhans In Berlin, Is dubious Tine nrSC
three acts met with very fiattering Ieceptlon,
especially the powerfully constructed tnlro act,
but the last one fell fiat, and concluded amongst
CONNECTING manifestations on the part OF tine
public.
= yourselves" Demands new comedy from
the French of Labich's 'sMoi,D at the London
vaudeville, ia failure, ourselves" are two
selfish Old men (MeSsrS. Thorne and Jame5,)
svho during three dreary acts that are fibreleSS
as recards blot and unrelieved by any dialogue
that Is at all creditable TO the author.
: It Is said that the famous Fanny Kemble,
nfrs. Butler,) still clings to the ancient tradi-
lions OF the palmy days (7) Of the drama. Not
long ago, at reception given by the Baroness
BufdefI-C outtS, the hostess inquired OF Fanny
Kemble whether she had seen MT. Irving In the
part OF Shylock. ''Yes," replied the famous
iracedienne 81 have" "And what do you
think OF the performance7n insisted the Baron
ess In my opinion" answered Fanny Kem-
BILE. '1r Shakespeare could see ir, he would re-
write the part"