Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-10
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

Guided a very successful engagement of New
York.
The pirates of Penzancen is drawing
crowded houses at the Fifth Avenue Theater.
New York. Seats have been engaged many
days ahead. Mr.: Ford promises TO be as sue
cessful with II as he was with PinafOre, but will
not produce II south OF New York until il has
been exhausted there.
Mary Ann Anderson's company gave her a
gold horseshoe thickly set with diamonds for a
Christmas present. Spontaneous gifts are orn-
narily most highly esteemed. but the chief vaine
OF this one seems to have been that II was the
reverse of unstudded.
The Pirates OF Penzance" appears 10 diner
from Pinafore' only in tie fact that it cannot
be pirated by other managers IL Is PIi ,aICe
property. and to all appearances VIII prove
very profitable to MesSTS. Gilbert d sullivan,
and to their enterprsing manager: Mr.. Z. =.
Ford II will be continues az d Torind dh Avenue
The Rice Evangellne" company VIII sue
eeed the ..PrincesS Toto at the standard, New
Yorf. one Of the conditions Of the engagement
is thu { Mile Jarbeau shall PLAY the part of
Eyi ngeline." Sol Smith Russell is talked o
for Le Blanc" but there is some hesitation
about paving the salary he aemandS-S150
week. The Surprise Party will succeed
..Eyanc cline
= The Carl Rosa season of opera in English
opens al Her Majestys theater, London, the 10th
inst. with Wagrer'S "RieDZi." Carmen" "The
Bohemian Girl" and other operas will be pro-
daeed, among them .Lohengrin," .Mlgnon."
the Shrew," as novelties in EngliSh. Minnie
Hauk and Herr Schott OF Hanover. are engaged
for limited number OF representations.
= 'Salvini,n says the London WOTll, sis
acting at the Ring Theater in Vienna, but the
performances do not draw, partly because the
AuStrianS do not understand italian more than
they do any other language. except their own
peculiar Niennese-German, partly because the
places are too dear"
count Joannes, who died during the past
week, was, forty years ago, one of the best ac-
tors in this country. He was husband of Mrs.
Melinda Jones and father OF Miss AvOnia Jones,
who resided for a long time in Washington.
- Ristor was forbidden in Vienna recently
to play Maria Antoinetta" from political rea-
sons
x Clara Morris whose health makes her play
Ing virtual attempt at suicide, has, neverthe-
less, made long engagement for San Francisco
and the Pacific circuit, and has gone west to
fulfill it.
The great German actress Magda IrSchick
has closed her engagement at the Germania
theater in New York taking her benefit as the
central figure 10 '.Iphigenia in Tauris." Good
judges who have witnessed her acting rank
her among the highest eXemplars OF histrionic
art
Schultz & Co.'S new opera house, Zanes-
vile. Ohio, is to be opened January 2lst by the
Emma Abbott Opera Troupe. The theater is
one OF the handsomest in the country, and Will
seat comfortably LOO people, with folding
chairs in parQuette and dresS-circle. The stage
with fifteen sets OF scenery, and magnificent
drop curtain by Matt Morgan.
A new comic opera in three acts, by NM
Chivot and Duru, the music by Offenbach has
lust been brought out at the Follies Drama
tiques. 1t is called la File du Tambour Ma
jOT," and the story is very much akin to that in
ia File du Regiment" except that in DonlZet-
It's opera the heroine eventually proves to be-
great lady, while in this piece she is at first
supposed to be the daughter OF Duke. and
turns out to be the daughter OF dyer, who has
enlisted and acquired the post OF a drum major
The music Is said to be ''of the usual Offenbach-
ian character"
joaquin Miller was at Barnum's Hotel, Bal
timore, a few weeks ago. He wrote to friend
in New Jersey, and ended the letter: Come
and see ME whenever you can; 1 am at Bar
NUNS The friend, who does not appear to
have been familiar with Baltimore, answered:
IL am sorry you have commenced exhibiting
yourself. IL you had stuck to literature you
would have made your mark and fortune.
Whereabouts is the show now?'
Gladstone says he likes Henry Irving'S
"Shylock." All the theater-goers in England
who vote the liberal ticket now for the first
time dare to admire Mr.. Irving. That British
star, by the way, is shortly TO revive & Corlo-
lanuS"
In la Femme Papa" one of the latest
dramatic novelties in Paris, Nine. Judic wears
these robes: l. Blue satin dress, with apron OF
lace and satin flowers. over petticoat entirely
covered with natural mimoSaS and fuchSiaS,
plain bodice; Jeuiue n.o,fe satin Cloak, with col
Ored beads and marabout chenille. 2. Plain
dress OF pink Scheme, with quilting Of lace;
old-fashioned silk bodice, with colored beads.
pIause from the audience that dramatic critics
in Paris, says the London World. impaired
hardly any other information to their readers
respecting the play.
Marimon, the new prima donna, said to a
Chicago Inter OCEAN interviewer: "But why do
they ask one such funny questions? Now, In
France, Russia, Germany and England l met
many journalists, and If they asked me ques-
lone ftyaG ly t0y1 10. hlt harQ
ing her hands tragically1, almost the first ques-
ton reporter asked me was, Have you
had many love affairs7" Mon Dieq! l felt
time for amuSementS.' Then he said, Have you
many fine dreSSes?' Was not that funny? And
then had to tell that had only what was neat
and comfortable for home. and my stage dresses
were made more with an idea OF accuracy than
mere richness What is my first thought Cd
landing? o. it was, thank God! am here alive.
and l drive straight to church and offer up
prayer.
PATHS matrimonial affairs. it is said are
TO be settled this month. There are two cases
to be tried. The 1irst relates to the financial
situation of Patti and her husband. The Mar
quiS and Marquise De CauX were married under
the regime OF community OF goods, and the
marquis claims hall PATHS gains up 10 the time
OF their separation The second case IS Il de
mand for 2 notification of the marriage. The
MarQuiSe De CauN maintains that the priest
Wi o blessed their Union in London was not
properly authorized by The bishop TO this the
London. publicly. before the French ambassa-
dor and the elite of English society.
-Sardou's new piece. s!Daniel Rochat ;" now
IN rehearsal at the Theater Francais continues
10 be the subject OF public gossip. because
neither COguelin nor Sarah Bernhardt has a
part in IL. This fact is Interpreted In different
ways. but Sardou himself says that the only true
eXpiaration OF IL is that there is no charlctoFin
The piece suitable for either. The right o.
aGapting this play for the English stage was
purchased by Mr.. Bancroft aud Tor the United
states by the Old English publishing house OF
Samuel French. Sardou is TO receive $40, 900
nom the two purchasers, IL they produce the
piece, and 5000 il, upoa reading the manu-
script they find ii unsuitable Tor the English
and American theaters. But the piece is no; to
be printed under any conditions
The basso Of Mapleson's opera troupe. Mr.
Conrad BehrenS. has received an Invitation to
sing al the Cincinnati May festival. Behrens
an excellent artist in oratoriO and German Stvle
OF music. would be valuable acquisition 10 the
festival. but much depends whether his man ager
Will give him the permission to remain in Amer
lea o. claim his service ut the beginning OF the
London season in April.
i Edwin Booth will soon commence an ex-
tended travelling toIr under the management OF
Henry Abbey, manager OF the Park TheaterS at
New DIRK, Boston and Philadelphia. Mrs. Agnes
Booth. according 10 some accounts Miss Mari.
Booth. niece, according 10 Others will play the
leading female l6les.
Joe Howard in the Phil ,datnhf, Tina n,