Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-01
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

"A Gentleman from Nevada Is announced
as the attraction at the Fifth Avenue Theater.
n T.. this week. Mr.. j. b. Polk is said to have
achieved new artistic honors in its presentation
elsewhere.
New York Mirror: The dearth of good
locking actors at present on our stage has had
an appalling effect on the business OF matinees
- Miss Clara Louise Kellogg has been guest
Of the Stanley Club at the Hotel Continental
Paris. She sang the Jewel song from "Fausf. y
the PolonaiSe from Mignon." and the ballads
The Old Folks at Home
Spanish comedy" says the Pau Man ca
zetfe. sis now scarcely SEEN except by the light
thrown upon it by that Of France
Mr.. Buckstohes comedy, married Life, ~
has been revived in London, and the new piece
''Cobwebs, has been withdrawn.
The part now being played In ia COM
Jesse Berthe" by Jeanne Bernhardt. In Paris
marks the return To the stage OF the sister OF
Sarah.
Hollingshead, of the London Gaiety, has
entered upon a revival Of long list OF almost
forgotten FORGOTTEN plays He began it with George
1t is proposed to bring out s.Forget-Me-
Not" in Boston May 10, If the rival claimant
will gree. T. ". keene and Marie Prescott are
dow n for the leading roles.
Mss Genev1eve Ward, who Is said to speak
F ench with rare perfection, is about to appear
In French play in London. at the suggestion of
tne Pr nee OF Wales. who admired her pronun-
citation, 1t is stated that Miss ward intends to
come come 10 America In September TO appear in
.roigef-A e-Not." With her viii come Miss
Kate Pattson who will take the part OF "Alice
Serney" IN the same play, a part IN which she
mas MADE remarkable success in England
MISS ta . son IS the young lady who accompa-
nleu MISS Emily Faithful to this country a few
years ago.
The new opera house in Frankfort-on.the-
Main is to be opened on the 18th of October, and
lt Is expected that the Emperor William, who
N rom for D,I,
tend the opening.
Miss Emma Abbott Is about ending one OF
her most profitable seasons 1t is said that
her snare or the receipts is little less than
The Dramatic Ne,rs says: "Mr. Strakosch's
prima donna in the English opera company
which he will run next season In conjunction
with c. d. Hess. will no doubt be Marie Roze.
MISS GAYLORD, OF the Carl Rosa Company. will
tenorS, and Miss Yorke the contralto. It is NOT
unlikely that Mile de BeIocca Will be another
OF the contraltoS Mr.. Carleton is the baritone
ana MI: Comfy the easso. The company will be
very strong one"
Madame Modjeskt will probably follow MIR.
Sothern at the Park Theater next season, where
she Will appear in new play. After that Law
renee Barrett will produce the new play Pen
Which is said to be founded upon the Artburiani
legends II the achievement be as high as the
aim the event will be welcome.
The sale Of season tickets for the great
May festival OF 1850, at Cincinnati, continues,
seats are now sold, and yet over 1000 seats re-
main; and many of them are as choice as any
mat nave been picked up by premium buyers.
MUSIC Hall is SO constructed that out of the
nearly 5000 chairs in the hall there is NOT one
but that Is desirable, that does not give a good
view of the hall, and from which the singers
can be distinctly heard and plainly seen.
-'Francoise de Rmini," AMBROSE Thomas,
wi no
Paris Opera. GOunOdS latest work ..Le Cribut
de Zamora," will follow it closely.
Mirror: The fair Emily Rlgl demanded and
obtained 800 week for her Wallack engage
m na IT Is a Clara Morris part" said Mr..
doh't YOU get Clara Morris to play wild it,
asked the fair Emily.
John Brougham has been unable to secure
proper New York opening for his new play.
Home Rule" and he has Concluded TO let If
lay over until next season. Mr. Brougham is
quite Ill from mental worry and bother.
- The latest addition to dramas by American
authors will be produced at the Boston Museum
on %o Nay a =, The play is entitled Around the
journalist, OF Philadelphia.
"A Child of the State" the adaptation from
the French by Mr.. George Hoey, is, says the
New York Herald, undoubtedly success. II is
atIractlng large audiences, and adding to the
reputation OF the artists who appear in its cast.
- Miss Marie Van Zandt whose success in
''Mignon" In Paris is well known, received the
following note:-"Dear little friend,-Only a
nne TO tel! you how much we were ali under
dear little angel. With very best love remain
your affectionate, Adelina Patti"
Lucy Hooper writes thus OF Miss Van Zandt
Our pretty little American prma donna. Marie
Van Zandt, Is carrying everything before her in
brilliant engagement for Russia; she has been
secured for the Philharmonic concert at Bvr-
Geaux; she Is drawing crowded houses to the
long deserted Opera ComtQue and Wtnnino
glory CT all. Ambrose Thomas has announced
Lis lhlentiCn OF whiting an opera expressly for
ben. TIE only thing that remains TO DE decided
is much exercised IL mind, am told respecting
The choice CT Il theme. | only hope that the
little lacy S head will not be turned by all this
swirl success and unbounGed adulation. But il
is wise and cool little head as well as won
derful pretty one, albeit only 10 years have
passed over l.. as yet, and She has a sensible
Jldlcious and experienced mother to watch
over and to advise her. Miss Jenny Howe. the
American prlma donna at the Grand Opera, is
studying the part OF Agatha in der Freischutz.'
she is also 10 replace KrouSS as Aida later ia
the season. 1t strikes me that even in critical
Paris cur Yankee girls have met with rull ap-
probation and deserved success"
- Boucicault was to have opened at the Lon
don Adelpht Saturday night. He will bring out
his new piece 'Faugh-a-B allagh7 during. his
engagement there, ana il it is successful it viii
be played at WallackS in November where it is
said Boucicauit Will do most OF his acting here
after.
Shakespeares Measure for Measure" was
presented for the first time In Boston Monday
light, by Adelaide Nelson the Globe Theatei
being damned. She began her farewell engage
ment at Booths theater in New York this week
The houses are crowded as they were in BoS-
ton, particularly as this is declared to be abso-
lutely the last time She VIII ever appear Oh the
American stage.
H. j. Byron's latest play is 1.-THE Upper
Crust and it has made a hit at the London
Folly theater critic says OF it. I'VE feel de-
nght1uliy at home among this happy party
whose ludeness and b0isterouSneSS are TEN
pered by genius for punning and total i'm
nervousness 10 the insulting witticisms of
Others. Nor is the plot OF nature to strain ua-
pleasantly our powers or attention.
A Japanese ballet is being played with
great success at the Apollo theater in Rome.
I'D which the first dancing couple imper5onate
the mikad0 and his wife.
Blanche Roosevelt will head an opera COM
pany bearing her name next season Alferd
Cellier will be interested In the troupe which
VIII bring out his piece, The Sultan OF Mocha"
and Nell Gynne."
-Bandmann goes to California in May under
engagement at Baldwins San Francisco thea
ter.