The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1881-01-09
COULISSE CHAT.

The sale of season tickets for Bernhardt's
engagement in Chicago amounted to only 81. 600.
They sold 90 Bernhard tickets for forty
cents in New Haven Conn.
1t is said that Kate Claxton puts snow on
her neck when she plays the 1.-TWO Orphans to make
touched Kate with her bare foot to make her SILVER
woman bare foot beats snow by thirty degrees.
Lady Martin, Formerly Miss Helen Faucit
Of Her Majesty theatres 1.-THE wife of the biogpher
Blackoood entitled, "On Some Of Shakespeare
Female Charaetersby one who has personated them.
Mr.. Edward L. Rice and D'Oyley Carte
have arranged for the exclusive right to produce
Taylor which Is drawing large houses at the Impe-
rial Theatre Lcnion 1t Is said by the English press
no Se - nrd%ce "a rreparas9ns are being
extensive plan.
There are two classes of four actresses each,
hoare antithetica mysteries. They are Fanny Dav-
on one hand, and Charlotte Thompson, Mrs. ID. =.
Bowers, Mrs, Chanfrau and Janauschek the other.
The mystery Is, how the former quartete have made
so little money with 50 much talent.
els the critic in p, asked Herbert
De Montravers, as he swung
Open wide the piney portal
Which on gilded hinges hung.
- Bet your life he Is, - said some one,
Looking up from manuscript
over which he sat In silence,
While his pen and Ink he dipped.
al would like to get notice ~
Swiftly fell the eaden weight.
lie was young, and fair and handsome,
And his age was 2s.
II is pretty well understood that Nine.
Adeina Patti will come to this city next fall. Nego-
tatons have been In progress for some time which will
and the engagement Of this eminent prima donna for
a Of italian opera. NewYork was the scene Of
Mme PATHS first triumphs, and the place where she
"a tan IN a M IInr rat,,r
would be heartily welcomed, as generally acknowl-
edged that she Is at the highest point Of her abilities
and fame, the season In which SHE takes part will
ainly be Of the most brilliant that has been
known.
According to the London correspondent of
the World the new play In two acts by the Poet Lau-
.eate, Alfred Tennyson, entitled +" The Cup'' was
presented at the Lyceuin Theatre Jan 3. and scored
a great success. Mr.. Irving and Miss Ellen Terry
play are Romans but the action Of the piece takes
place In the province Of Gahee The plot In brief Is
a follows: ko,ama, Miss Ellen Terry the wife Of
the Roman Terarch, Is approached by SiBndtus, mr.
irwin, Roman lbertine who loves her and tries In
vain to entice her from the path OF duty. Failing In
this he plots against and Stays her husband, after
which he offers her his hand In marriage. The injured
wife and widow, however, not only remains true to
her husband memory and spnrns the offered alliance
pronounced by the critics to be the finest
on the London stage. Among the audience we've the
and Lady Rosebery, Lord Houghtoh, Mr.. Robert
Browning. Sir Coats and Lady Lindsay and the
bufontsS DuIutu-'ohtNo, tht accompanied by
Mr.. Ashmead Bartlett.
Frank Gassaway the dramatic critic of the
San Francisco Post In recent issues OF that paper
says; "The week past opened brilliantly with the
hrst public appearance Of Miss Nellie Calhoun That
she has great natural fitness for the profession which
she has adopted Is undeniable WHILE on the other
hand, she necessarily lacks the the stage and
the hnish which time alone can supply, In her case,
however, the amount OF time required TO develop the
budding talent into rich fIutiOn viii be very short
II Is agreed al sides that Miss CalhOun's acting
was full Of tenderness aud most effective. In any
other city Il would have been considered phenomenal
success, but here In San Francisco are prone TO
beittle rather than TO praise, and " home goods are
scrutinized with coseness that does not always do
credit. The Juiiet Of Miss Calhoun Is marked by
refinement that always stands out In strong contrast
10 the occasional sensuous traits with which other
actresses have at times uncOnScously Invested the
Adelaide Nelson not finished one, but moulded on
as clear nor as even as that Of Nelson and Miss Cal
houn IN way resembles the late star either face
figure, action. voice. But the Rubicon has been
passed, the die cast and there Is doubt that a
bright professional future awaits young Califor.
man maiden. At the Grand Opera House
Miss Calhoun has quietly and brayely added 10 the
good opinion which her friends have formed Of her
talents through her rendition OF Juliet, by giving
a very modest but pleasant portrayal OF Wartdand IN
Sheridan Knowles's play Of 1.-THE Wife, The de-
yOtiou Of the unseliish, noble has seldom On
never been better forcby portrayed, and II is
conceded ON all sides that Miss Nellie Calhoun has
made one OF the few successful dGbuts OF the present
century,