Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-25
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.


The last benefit OF the season Is over.
Maggie Mitchell and Mary Anderson are at
Long Branch In their cottages
The fall and winter season at the Ma 1ison
Square Theater will open with a dramatiza alton
OF one OF Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnetts {oi
Washington novels.
From all accounts It appears that Miss
Margaret Mather, whom J. NJ. Hill will put on
the road In lSs2, IS ayoung woman of marvellous
promise The New YoTk critics who saw her
last week are sure OF this.
Booth, Mccullough, Barrett, Keane, Warde,
Anderson, Fetter, Vaders, Paulding, Stafford,
Frank Mayo. James O'NeIll, Anna Dickinson
and George Edgar viii be on the road In lesiti-
mate drama next season.
Marie Prescott was offered the position OF
leading lady with Rossi, but declined, as she
Intends to star next season. Miss Prescott
obtained divorce In Covfngt0n. KY, O few
days ago from her husband. Z. j. Burke.
The Boston Museum will have q worthy
addition next season In Fanny Msrant, an ad-
miraole actress
1t is said that Clara Morris Will next season
have a new play, written for her, In which she
Will per5onste gypsy.
Felicia" IS failure In London, as 1T wa
Easy to foreses when IL was declared that tn 2
Euglish adapter was going TO improve on Ca
ZauIan'5 woik.
In San Francisco the other evening, with his
daughter Agnes az Lady AnLe, he seized her by
the arm and roughly pulled her across The
stage, In accordance with the business OF his
part. His little SON was In box with Mrs.
Ket ne, and springiDg upon the railing, shouted,
@'Oh, papa, don't nurt Aggie!"
Patience Gilbert and S1lllvan's new
opera, has been published, and now words and
music are at eyerybody's servlce-a curious
proceeding since Manager Henderson, of the
New York Standard. Is under contract to pro-
duce II In the autumn.
- Wallack says his new theater Will, with
out fail, be opened In october, though at first
December was fixed as the month. And It Is
going IN ps model. Not brick has bo5n laid
yet
There Is talk OF bringing Rtstori 20 this
country next season. She Is said to have
learned English enough to play Lady Mac
beth" and anotaer character In this language
1t is cheering indication of professional
appreciation OF American productions, to know
that most OF the stars will take upon the road
next season plays written by native drama
many Of them have passed the ordeal of crit
ical espionage, and been highly commended
for tier superiority over foreign productions
which have oeen submitted to the considera-
ton OF cur established stars.
-Bijou Heron, daughter of Matilda Heron,
Is expected back from England In the autumn
10 60 upon the stage once more. IL she fuIfills
the promise OF her childhood she VIII prove
remarkably capable actress.
Joseph Hatton, the English dramatic
writer and novelist, has lately arrived at New
York, and Is trying TO establish bureau for
telegraphiDg American news TO London-ln in
stitutiOn which has long been needed certainly
The four principal theaters In Paris re-.
ceiye annual subsidies from the French gov
eminent as follows: The opera, Si6O 900: the
Theater Francais SIS 900; the Odeon, s2O, 900,
and The opera Comtque, $4,000. In spite OF It's
subsidy the opera lost S, coo last year. while
the Francois had the most prosperous year in
the exhibition in 1878. The doors of the Thea
ter Francois were occasionally thrown open to
al corners, and although IS persons were sone.
representations passed on In perfect order.
Word comes from Illinois that Forepaugh
and his $50 90 prize beauty" have had a falling
out. Instead Of $4,000. Louise Montag1e, the
variety actress who personateS 'Lallah Rookh,
on an elephants back, Is Said to get $3.50 q
week, though probably half that sum is nearer
convinced that this Is more than the thing IS
worth, and wants 10 get rid OF the beauty, but
she insists that she VIII ride that elephant In
the procession every day 1t starts until her 80
weeks are up. The affair is only worthy OF
mention, as II confirms the opinion expressed at
the start that the whole thing was fraud; 1t
was meant TO be q gigantic advertisement for
little money and 1t succeeded.
Emma Nevada, the young American So
prano who made her debut about year ago, "a
winning high Praise in Europe. sac seems to
have quite captvated Genoa by her work In
1'La SOmnambaia." month OF so ago, and at
last accounts was meeting with almost equal
success at the Scala in.Milan. A Paris paoar
say S OF her: Her voice Is an exceedingly light
brilliant soprano and her Vocaltzatlon very
WCnoeTtuI. reminding most opera goers OF that
of De Murska- She Is really one OF the few
rs how in Italy who Is sure Of crowded
bol Sc anu enthusiastic applause. sac was re-
cal ed al the Paganini, Genoa, 10 times during
the course or the evening, and sang An! non
GuI se.' ia a sly le which recalled TO many old
lie PIE that CT Tie once famous Persian1