Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-06


MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Mr.. John +. Raymond has arranged with MI.
Hollingshead the manager Of the 9hety
Theater; London. for the production Of " Colonel
s5 q sss De ss sna w e.
ment.
The New York SPIRIT or the Times says OF
Mr.. Edgar Fawcetts False Friend" now run
ming at the Union Square Theater: 1t is not
play at all. 1t begins with an absurdity. Is
continued by plagiarism, and ends in
Mr.. A. C. Gunters play, 1.-THE Soul Of an
Actress, produced by Miss Clara Morris in San
Fl saS has been 1ecelved with great deal
In Rome, which has been accepted by Mr. Wal
lack. must be reconstructed, it is said, before
that manager viii consent to produce 1t.
-"Une Obligation" a one-act comedy by
Mile. Wei, was announced for production at the
Troisieme Theater Franchise last month.
Edwin Booth has written congratulatory
letter indorsing the Improvements in the new
Madison Square Theater. "If this plan (of the
says, ION larger scale, which is yet question,
the old split-scene style should be abandoned In
every case where depth can be obtained"
IT. w. Keene, the young actor, who has
made such a wonderful success in Charles
Reade'S "Drfnk," Is to star as tragediaR under
j. II. McV1cker's management.
1t seems that the Princess Louise has writ
ten playa mild version of "Enoch Arden,"-
stage.
Joseph Jefferson says one Of the greatest
struggles he makes is to avoid becoming a
money grub" Some Of the managers kicked
at his determination to close his season January
81, and asked II he did not realize that he could
mako q Or orvo m Nor
but said Mr.. Jefferson, 'They were looking at
my bank book, not at my liver" He is now
resting at his louisiana home, where he finds
recreation and rejuvenation In his books, his
Ing.
1T is likely that Mr.. Leonard Growers new
comic play, My Son In Law" will be shortly
brought out at the Standard Theater, New
York. In the meantime, DISQUALIFICATION
Is burlesque-is still to be seen there.
A female business manager something
new In theatrical history, although there have
been many female managers before now. Miss
ii. Len0ir has recently arrived in New York
to take supreme control OF the different PIRATES
OF Penzance" combinations In the United States.
The lady has had entire charge of Mr.. D'Oyley
country, and report says that she is altogether
competent for the task which she has under
taken.
-Albani was lately Kissed and groaned off the
stage at Milan's La Scala, because of slight
huskiness. She was singing Lucia" and
stra1ghtWay left the stage, refusing again to ap-
pear In Milan.
John A. McCaull, Charles Ford and J. G.
Savllle have leased the Broadway opera House,
nation at their hands. 1t will be opened on
Easter Monday with two comic operas, cages
Ago" by w. S: Gilbert and Frederick Clay, and
''The Spectre Knight" The company is not yet
completed, but will probably include caroline
Richings, Pierre Bernard, Digby v. Bell and
Mrs. j. B. Pold (Gtulia Mario).
Christine Nilsson has just returned to Paris
from Madrid, where she was the recipient of all
Spanish capital; the young queen presented her
with magnificent pearl set in diamonds
= Commanding the Mozart "Cycle" at
Vienna, Herr Hauslich remarks that ga fresh
In the present day only have the beneficial
effect Of teaching us to feel more simply, to hear
with greater pleasure and to sing better"
just fifty years had passed, on the 25th of
February, since the first performance OF "Her-
nani" at the Comedie Franchise. OF course the
play was repeated on that night and at the end
of the performance Mile. Sarah Bernhard
rec1ted poem which Francois Coppee had COM
posed in honor of Victor Hugo.
The great orchestral concerts OF New York
are now given at the Madison-square garden
where Herr Rudolf Bial conducts. A great con-
cert will be given at the garden on Sunday even
formers, and the assistance of Josefy, Levy the
cOrnetist and other celebrated artists.
1.-THE Black Crook passed away again in
New York, and the stage Of Niblo's will be oc-
cupied by the "ruler of the queens navee" and
mlrable singers as Mr.. Myron W. whitney and
Miss Adelaide Phillips In the cast has been
reproduced.
AT the Broad Street Theater, Philadelphia,
for three weeks past 'sThe Pirates Of Penzance'
Theater steadily, and as yet the public show
not the least sign Of relaxing their patronage.
AN event OF some interest is the return OF
Miss Lizzie Price, the American widow of Chas.
favor1te actress in time past, and assurance Is
given that her talents are not on the wane.
Miss Henrietta vaders, late leading lady of
John T. Fords company, and original Little
onel Sim, of the Brooklyn Park Theater, to
play the part of "Sara Turnheart," In Leonard
Growers new comedy '.My Son-in-Law.'
-Cellier's 'Sultan Of Mocha,"a spectacular
opera, will be produced in Philadelphia next
September or October: Madame Roosevelt win
be the prtma donna. The piece has had run of
thirteen weeks in Manchester, Eng. One of its
features is an elaborate ballet
- Miss Nelson closed her fortnight's engage
ment in Boston at the Globe Theater this week
SPLITS. All the other theaters there have
offered extraordinary attractions during the
Nelson engagement, which makes her success
all the more noteworthy. Two performances
given at the Globe were attended by nearly
1000 persons.
Mr.. E. C. Phelps, an American, who enjoys
the distinction of being the composer OF SYM
phony, proposes to bring forward his work
The Emancipation" which he calls historic
choral symphony, at the Brooklyn Academy of
Music next week. Mr.. Phelps win have an Or
chestra Of 60 musicians. chorus of $50 voices
Miss Henrietta Beebe, and other artists In the
solo parts
The managers in New York are quite pros
porous just now. DAILY Is coming money, and
so is Palmer, and Wallack, and the rest of them.
Abbey has released the Park, and will this
summer put in an entirely new auditorium,
larger and more comfortable than the present
one. Mr.. Abbey has also taken lease of
Booths, and will run 1t with firSt-claSs attrac-
TONS Haverly'S theater Is mint, and he Will
make another Of N1blos.
Miss Anna Dickinson, 1t is announced, will
give readings from her own play, "Aurelfan,"
during her tour through the west. When will
Miss Dickinson, make her next appearance as
dramatist?
- The Bancrofts, in remodeling the old Hay
market Theater of London, abolished the pit,
historic portion of the English theater not re-
produced in American houses Of the drama The
pit Of the Haymarket was frequented by medt-
cal students, lovers OF the drama who cannot
afford to pay for the stalls, young barristers,
law students, art1cled clerks, and amateur
critics A Lcldon letter says: mr. Ban
croft had. been warned that there would be