National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-10-10
STAGE NOTES.


Strand, London
Patience" is still drawing tremendously at tho
Standard in New York.
Maurice Barrymores play, Honor" was pro-
duoed In London Saturday, September q.
The relgning sensations in London are the melo-
dramas Youth and Lights o. London
=, The Snake charmern will be given for the lrst
time IN America at the Bljou on Monday, the nth
instant.
II is not yet definitely settled whether Patti will
come TO America or not. She is completely domi-
mated by Nicolini.
Az the Thalia tGermen( Geistinger made her re-;
appearance Tuesday night In "D0nna Guanita,"
one OF Won SuppeIs latest operas
G;ensyIeye Ward, at the Union Square, Is doing
audiences are of the cultured class.
Geneviovo Ward gave n matinee performance at
the Union Square last Wednesday for the benefit
OF the Michigan sufferers, netting s7S5.
Kat. Kate Claxi3ns next production, which Is set for
II Mr.. Kate Claxton does not die meantime.
George Clarke scores n success with Barney Will
iams Old play Connie Soognh," by Charles Gay
York, last week
A. NJ; Palmer Will open the regular season at the
Jhio uhioh square with new play, as yet unnamed,
greater success than the Two orphans"
Fannie Davenport opened at the Park, Brook
lyn, Monday night In "school for Scandal" She
| perhaps before the present season closes.
The Princess Toto" llbretto by Gilbert, music
by Clay, is TO be revived in London during the
present season. This opera was produced In this
| country two years ago, with Madeline Lucetc in
| the title role.
!" Forty: Nine" the new play which Mckee RAN
KIN Kin produced at Haverlys Fourteenth Street
to be pretty close copy of" Miss" and was only
moderately successful.
"Mlchael strogoff" ut the National this week,
Win. win the imperial @ guards mounted o. rn@peters
grand ballets &c.@undoubtcdly the finest spec.
tacle ever offered in Washington
The leading. Parisau actors turn handsome
penny Dy reading at social parties in private draw
ing rooms monologues expressly prepared for the
purpose This, of course, outside the hours
claimed by the theatres to which they attached.
Rossi has made decided hit In Boston. In con-
trast with Salyini he Is intellectual, rs opposed
| 70 the muscularly vigorous. His rendition Is of
the style which no terms e rensme poaqae (poetlc
renllsnl which he terms the style of the future"
The Emma Abbott Company have had good
week at the Grand Opera House. The mascuiated
,,IraViqta, " Cecelins Love-" specially adapted to
Miss Abbotts delicate notions of propricty, was
such iatlure nt Denver that II has been sheived.
| The lnimtabe Widow Bedott" at the Opera
House this week win bo treat to Washington.
lans, Bishop has no superior in his peculiar line,
| and his company are said TO furnish him worthy
| for us.
J. b. Mccormack, formerly city editor of the Gin
cinnnt Enquirer and now business manager for
Frederick Poulding (son OF Colonel X. l. Dodge, of
General ,is,, Shermans statil has written play en-;
|
produce In New Orleans this week.
Steele Macknyc has brought suit againt q Cana
dian manager for permitting the Madison Square
Company % play Hazel Kirke" without first
getting authority from him. In return the NAL
| lorys, by injunction, prevented Mackaye from
week.
The symphony Society will give six concerts
this season. TO be preceded by public reheasals at
two o'clock In the afternoon on Thursdays on tn Q
3d OF November, lst OF December. 9th of january,
ID of February, ID of March, aud 9th of April.
The concerts will be given on the Saturdays fol-
| lowing these dates.
Edwin Booth opened Mt Booths Theatre, New
| York, last Monday in "Ri"lei.c;a" as G,,; INV.
rcnea i'4rre.; tt Tie Flnh avenue. Both received
warm praise from The critics and large houses
pearcd MS BdITddrs, aud Louis james gave Adrian
dc Mauprdi with Barrett.
DAILY has the usual bad luck of manager who
| Is also playwright. His adaptation, "Quits," I"
quit on Monday night, after most unsatisfactory
| season. There, on Wednesday last week, at the
matinee, Miss Agnes Leonard, ambitions ingc,lue,
| mado her debut In Ravens Daughter" an adap-
| tatlon by Mr.. Fred Williams Mr. Daly's right
hand man. The failure Is described as having
been simply immense. The fact that Mr.. DAILY
has spoiled him. One man has all he can do In
managing a frst.class theatre, 1t is only occa-
sionnlly that he can also write his own plays the
public get more OF him than they want As Henry
Reed once said of his senior partner, who insisted
| oil injecting his own mannerisms into everything
which appeared in thcsundAy Capital: "You cant
spread one man all over an eight page paper with
out getting him too thin in spots" To do one
| thing and do that well Is about all the Almighty
usually requires OF an ordinary man.
| This evening Metropolitan Concert Hall
on Forty second street, New York, will be
opened with "Olivctte," Catherine Lewis and
in this country. Hereafter this hall will compete
with the Bjou for the honor of being the "home O
will follow oiyette" Henry E. Abbey aud +. q
Gilmore are backing the enterprise, and the new
company will be headed by Miss Kate Munro, the
lady who created the role of Serpo,dte in thu
"Chimes of Normandy" The prices OF admission
will be placed at fifty and seventy five cents, and
refreshments will be served, but smoking win moi
be permitted. 1t is u question whether the expert
ment will succeed, the danger being that the bee
drinkers will crowd out those who will desire to &C
to listen to tho opens.