The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-25
The STAGE.
A Prosperous Dramatic Season in the North
and West How the New Plays
Are Getting Along.
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Fagement with Manager Mcguire, OF Sal
Francisco $1,000 week.
John Mccullough has had great and stead
prosperity this season-haviDg already earne,
over $40, 900. as his own share, clear of ex
penses.
Mr. j. w. Hill of the Boston Theatre
bought page In nearly every paper tn tina
city the other day, tn advertise Danmal
Thompson MS Joshua Whitcomb. The cos
was more than $1,000.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars and seventy
i've cents were counted out to Doyley Oart'
ceede OF the performances OF The Pirates 81
Tuesday and Wednesday nights and Wednes
day afternoon OF last week
The result of a personal encounter between
Uarlotta PATHS husband. DeMunck, ano
Ernest Fischof, her business agent at Sat
Francisco lately, has been a pecaniary settle
ment with and the resignation OF the agen,
Flschof and his return to Vienna
A SC. Lpuis reporter has interviewed Miss
Nelson. and announces, on that authority
that she II u he married, ut the close Of hel
London engagement. and settle down to the
comforts OF home lite She anticipates many
Visits to this country, but never again as an
actress,
Mr. Boucicault will shortly Hll farewell
engagement At Walack's Theatre. appearing
III "The Shaughraun,' "Arrah ma Pogue.
Daddy 0'DoNd" end Kerry" His new
MIR. BoucoauIt will call fol England IL March.
and has already completed an engagement to
appear In Ireland.
Poor Mr.. Lolita. who claims to have been
married and then heartIeesly deserted by
Miss Otahtree is sill in San Francisco, with
four young children TO take caro- Of III this
practice Of abandoning and refusing 10 sup
port husbands IL permitted tu increase among
actresses. all the charm Of marrying them
will be gone N. Y. Mercury.
The oldest theatre In America Ia the Sa-
vannah Theatre, which was built in 1903. Il
ts massive building OF brick and stune, aud
has never been remodelled or changed In any
way. The architect was an Rnglishman, who
was brought Cd America by the Blake Broth
ers, two wealthy South Carolina rice plan
ters. who at that time resided in Savannah.
An interview has been published with Mrs.
scott Siddons regarding her separation from
her husband. She SAYS the article In San
Francisco paper. stating that she gave him a
large sum to get rid of him, knowing IL woul
send him to u drunkard's grave, is unjust
She sAys that for the last eleven years ahe
has received an average Of S25U per night
seven months in the year. and her husband
spent nearly the whole sum. upon my ar.
rival In England, In May last. we separated by
mutual consent, giving him q valuable piece
OF property, worth probably $50, 900, located
In New Zsaland, which was the net profit of
my three years engagement In Australia"
Here la a specmen extract OF Rush which
lately covered four columns or Kansas CWy
paper, In regard to Emma Abbott III Paul and
Virginia: AHA, at kiss-that long, low
languishing, limpid, liquid lingering kiss
1t was the calm, holy, ecstatie outhreathing
OF two fond and trusting hearts. an Inter
minglfng OF two gentle souls sanctitied by
love, communion Of the intangible by tang-
BILE means, blrndipg Of earth with heaven,
In which the latter had a manifest preponder-
ance. Twas such kiss As Troilus stealing
by night into the Trojan camp, might fain
have hreathed ON Cressida's maiden lips, to
the melody of the joyful nightingale that |
sang of love, and In the sheen of the round
tell" 60 'e'
An extraordinary matinee performance for |
the benefit of "the starving women aud |
children In Ireland" will be given at the |
Grand Opera House New York. next Thurs
ladies ON the bill are Agnes Booth, Maude |
Granger, Marie LIE Baron, Blanche Il ,osevelt. |
Florence Rice kuoS, Sidney Cowan, Marie |
Chester, Mrs. George Nandenht n Ella Her |
sey. Henrietta Markstern, Mrs. Belle Cole. |
Nine. Brinkerh,ff and Mrs. D. III Hackett |
Miss Marion Lamar viii 10 the director In |
the front OF the house; on the dramatic COM /
mittee are Mrs. Il. l. Davenport. Mime Pontsi |
and Mrs. G. Ii. Ginert. and among the
uehers, who are all girls are Lille Ed edge. |
Alice Chandos and Elsie Moore.
J. lei. Haverly has obtained from the Gisey |
estate a lease OF the Fifth Avenue Theatre. |
New York, for term "a years. beginning at
the expiration OF the present lease Of Mr. |
Strakosch next September 1t Is understood
that the rent Is $50 900 year. Mr.. Havetlys |
programme for the next season comprises
both musical and dramatic features He will |
there several operate companies,
and will engage leading stars and theatrical
This prince II managers has
been for some time negotiating with Sara
Bernhardt, and has coaxed her down from
sic, 600 minute to 100000 for one hundred
nights, sixty of which are TO be given In New
YORK. This is a big drop, and promises uIti
mate success; In fact, Mr. Hayrrly has de-
cided to give the figure ii better one cannot
be obtained. he has negotiations pending
with Salvinf, who desires again TO visit Amer
lea, but this time ~ play Otnel1o and Hamlet
In English. Mr.. Haverly Is sharp enough Ia
zee that such an attraction will pack the Fifth
Avenue establishment, or any other house
FOREIGN.
The first time Adeina Patti sang in Mar
uuerite at Cavant Garden last season, the re-
ceipts were 4l40O, or about $1,000. While she
can draw such houses III London she Il not
likely to be heard III New York.
A correspondent in Iceland mentions five
act tragedy which he lately read, written by
b peasant named Ari jonson. and entitled
.Sigridur Eyyia !nrdarsol." He adds that a
yreat interest is Awakening In Iceland for the
irama, which Is all the more remarkable con-
,ideripg there is not theatre in the whole
sland.
The London Examiner is convinced that the
ieciine OF italian opera III England Is already
ar advanced. Not opera III Italian, which
will last as long as the language of that
nusic-loving people, but italian opera, mod
allied on the tofms of Belltni, Donibetti and
Verdi in his earlier works. This fact 1t as
.ribes 70 the influence Of the German and
French schools, and especially Of Richard
Wagner Verdi was the first to feel this, ana
1t in Aida"
When the Western World was regretting
he approaching death of Richard Wagner
1t Bayreuth aud industrious journalists on
his side OF the water We're busily preparing
obituaries OF the master, the prophet of the
music of the future appears to have been en-
Dying reasonably good health in Naples,
where, with hi family, he intends to bass |
he winter He viii 60 on the first OF May to
It. Enogat quiet town on the coast OF
Brittany, where he aud his family will be re-
eived by Judith GauIer, the daughter of
,heophile Gautier.
On the twenty-third ultimo concert of re-
IArkahle historical interest was given at the |
russeIs Canservatoira BY N. Gevaert. The |