Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-15
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

and the houses have been good In the face of
tie Dai Weather. Mr.. Mccullough continues
sill OF next week at the Nation IT. supported oy
Mr.. Ward and Miss Forsyth and the rem ainder
or Ms excellent Company. His enga gene c
here promises to be as successful as iJ has been
elses here. His RiCiSIie1t reminds one OF Ell
Win Forrest ) acting In that charact er, which
Bulwer, It's author, pronounced as wonderful IS
II was surprising. Next week Miner & Rooney 8
combination Will appear at Ford's, ana the
week after the Mapleson Opera Company with
LCuise carey, Gtrsitr and all OF the compa ny
ron Ne" iork give Two lights In Faust and
Ia SOnttdlab,tla.
Thu Boston Ideal Opera Company Is at
the Arch Street Theater, Philadelphia. Marie
Stone, Adelaide Philips and Myron Whitney
are the leading mcmCers. Joe Emmett IS at
the walnut Dat goes TO Baltimore next week
Bernlardt opens 10 ST. Louis January %
The western people do not enthuse much o7e
her, ard good seats can be secured without
extra charge. Such "aS the cas-. even In PHI
Sdelphia-
- The Emma Abbott English Opera Conn., any
had large audiences at the Brooklyn Park The
aC-r this week This company appears fn New
TctS at H3veTiyS Fifth Avenue Theater Mon
dty Ecxt, oGenirg In the Bohemian Girl, NJ b
MsS Aotott as airline" and B,ignOu as "fhad-
GCgs"
The public rehearsal to the third concert of
the New York Philharmonic Society took place
yesterday afternoon at the Academy OF Music,
TIC odofe tn mas, conductor. The program
/, c.t:iei MOzarpS symphony In q minor, the
:: Oduction 10 the third act OF CheruDini's
~ Ca, Schurlann'S second symphony and two
sOlcs oy the baritone siager Herr Georg Hen
8, hei.
Maurice Dengremont, the young Brazilian
vi0iiHist, pupil of Leonard of Paris, and the hero
Of an hundred artistic triumph5, scored another
one In New York on Tuesday evening. When
he mounted the platform, clad IN black velvet
and With boyish nodesGy made hts bow. every
body was CHARMED. He Is a handsome bright
ooy OF fOurteen-taii. well formed, but looking
NOT more than thirteen years Old. He vas
received with warmth, aud before he hal
played through One-haIf OF the first movement
OF the seventh Concerto OF De Bar.ot he was
interrupted by shouts Of ''Bravo.n and hand
mastery bowing--like WilheImTs Ia It's vigor
and precls1on-biS graceful pose, unaffected
earnestness ard magnificent facility Of exc
cut0n astonfShed and delighted the house
When he had finished the concerto he was re-
waided WITH thunders OF applause and several
recalls.
Madame Celeste Is still alive and was re-
Gently offered her original part Of miami" in
The GREEN Bushes, which is to be revived III
the Adelphl Theatre, London.
Mr.. ". e. Sheridan, so well known here,
viii give g series OF ShakcSpeaTiau represen-
tati"ns In Philadelphia next week aud VIII BE-
supported BY Joseph E. Whiting OF the Union
square theatre.
The False Friend VIII be played in the Chest
M street Theatre, Philadelphia, during the
week beginning on the 2ith instant by a com.
pahy tul nished by Mr.. A. II. Palmer.
The receipts OF joan McCallough's perform
ance In the Walnut street Theatre, Philadalpnia.
last Saturday, night amounted to 81 20. 80. the
largest sum ever taken In the tdeater.
Ada GiEendtSh o2e OF tho best actresses o..
The stag. has cancelled some Of her engage.
meDtS and returned TO New York. This was
expected 10 be an uIconmonly PROSPEROUS
tn-atrlcai season ION the road" but outside OF
B,-r ll6a Iahf on.I
IL mas proved most disastrous. More than eighty
combinations have failed up to date.
TIE Back Venus. the spectacular drama,
by Beot, will be produced In Niolos Theatre
next Monday, and it is promised that the
scenery SHAH exceed In beauty and elaboration
Among he principal pictures Will be The CITY
OF Care" panorama Oithe Nile, buTnlne
slave ship, Kerthum, the palace OF Mounza, the
Hall OF Pleasures the Blue Mountains aud tha
Army OF the AmazonS,>
since last week Negotiations for the pro-
ductiOn of Michael StrOqOf have been resumed
and IL Is now probable that it will be given In
r. orhS Thea er, New York, on the 9Th OF March.
tfe E0gilSh adaptation Will most likely be
rom the pen OF q. j. Byron. The cost of the
production will be s30,OOo. exclusive Of the ex-
penSe OF the ballet
B'gdn1y. a new play by Miss Fanny Mat
thew5 and Mrs Etty Henderson, will be pro-
duced In the Standard Theater, N. Y, on the
Will be assumed by Miss Ada Dyas and a iaurh
l. OF the late w. X. Floyd will MAKE her first
ppearance upon the stage. Mr.. E0en PlymD-
TN viii also act,
-"eorge FaTcett Rowe has brought out a
new comedy, called The Beauty, this week, at
Ottawa, Can. 1t Is tobe satire upon the "pr0-
fessional beauty" craze peculiar feature
on oouO'lesS merely a coincidence, In that slt
Chief part is 10 be taken by one OF the '.p-oses-
slohal beauties 81 Tie St.So, MABEL Joritn.
h1"eo Character Is that OF an ex- actor.
- Miss Ada Gilman, the eieyera3s cJ8.sj:f.sle
on the American stags. has inst recovered traa
D dangerous attack OF pneumonia. she Is -
larger than tan-yea--oi ch'll 1nl S 20 -
preferred 10 L0tta in all her Scestaltias egc- =.
her singing. Her next New York aoa.arlan.
Will be in the H!adred Yves, a piece which
has .I..aade biz In the country.
- Mr.. Waliack was served during the weex
with Mss oenevieTe Wards summons and
complaint In her suit to restrain HIN from play
Ing Forget-NeNOf. Mr.. Wallack bought his
title of the authors, who, Miss Ward protests,
b I'd conveyed 10 her the sole right OF prod1c-
ton. 1t viii soon be played ln Washington.
Miss Maude Granger Is playing In Tco
Nights IN Rome Ia McVicker'5 Theater In Chi-
cayo. Her business IS not large, and II Is limited
that her season viii not be greatly prolonged.
The WId0,c BadOu Will follow The TrOuba-
d0urs IN Haverly's Fourteenth Street Theater,
New York, with c. Il. Bishop as the loquactous
heroine The next thing In order Will DC The
Gu ey Stare.
- Bjiiee Taylor seems to have taken the place
OF Pin1tOre In the favor OF the British public.
There are already several American managers
In the neld promising TO produce II at an early
Gate. II Is nautical aoSuTdty, quite as funny
AMI just as tunerul as PtnGf0re, and without
unge OF Gfibert's cruel satire. at least, that Is
what the English papers say about it.
San Francisco Is said to be dead" as a
theatrical center. It used TO be the most gen
erous patron OF the drama. Almost every actor
and manager who had settled there to end his
DAYS Is either back again, or Is on his way
hither. In every case broken and dfSplrite ed.
Where's the Cdt2 ana The Wicked A1jor,
two OF the latest London comedies. whose CALI
bre IS sufficiently indicated by their titles have
Deen received at WaIlack's
- Mr.. French, OF New York, has received a
manuscript OF Sardou's latest comedy, DipOr-
cons, now occupying the stage Of the Palais
Royal
Mary Anderson will travel through the
south, after playing an engagement In Boston,
under The management OF Joseph Brooks, who
viii also assume the management OF the Grand
y era House varieties TAeatcr), New Orisals
Oh the lsJ OF July.
- Minnie Hauk, since the 1st OF Octaber has
appeared In Hanover. CaSsel. Dusseldorf, CO.
losne, Brunswick, Eloerfeld and Barynen. With