Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-02
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,

- Bernbartt % the attraction next Week al
the National Tor two nights only.
Ford ) VII! De closed next week except fol-
The benefit Of Louis Ford.
Mr.. Steele Mackaye appeared IN Won al
last with bis own company at the Chestnut
street TheateT, Philadelphia, last evening.
A grand sacred concert will be given BY
Mr.. hapieSon at the Nv York Academy OF
Music, tomorrow evening, at which the prin-
cipal members OF Her Aaje5ty's Opera COM
pany viii appear.
An English version OF Ia EoScptte, the
latest opera by AudraD. the compose OF
G{irfii.. VIII Be brought out at the Ga.ey Thea.
ter, Boston, Gu the 4th OF APRIL
Mr.. George Henschel viii give a vocal
recital at the brooklyn Academy OF Music on
friday afternoon Iext. He Will be asssisteI by
BIS vie tMlss Lilian Bailey, who did so well
EeTe this week.
- F'a>H Is SIN running at A00ey's Park the
steT New YORK, and shows no signs OF growing
stale. Ar. John T. kaymond's marriage with
Miss Rose Courtney Barnes Is announce1 tn
take place Oh the 18th In Philadelphia
George Clarke, OF the Madison Sirare the
alter. New YORK, has arranged With the widow
Of Barney Williams for the Irish PLAYS OF that
actor, ard TIlj travel IN them.
- Bfuci1ault brought out the sri q Hpr at
the Boston Museum Monday This is a new
name for T'e ODO'"d. which was Touudly
abused In London. and TO which even the Irish
Annie Lcnisp Cary closes her season With
Aap'escn on The >lh. she VIII sing Ia the Pas
sion music. BlstoD, on the 18th, and on the 22d
and sd fcr the Brooklyn Philharmonic society.
She VIII also sing az the New ork asa CaicAg
festivals
MIR. Lawrence Barrett ha5 found tine dur
ing bis present New York engagement TO finish
tie proofs Of his Life OF Edwin Forrest, which
will De the fIrSr volume OF tne O-good Series OF
American nv %
Hutton
dramatic and lyric affairs are at low ehb
or the Paeilc coast. The bonanza days have
passed. AID the probabilities are that eastern
managers viii give san Francisco q wide bsrth
for years 10 come.
Another Important work By Hector RarpoZ
viii be introduced for the first time IN New
York by DR.. Damrosch at the next concert of
the symphony Society OF New York this even
ing, April Z, EalGeiy IL Chg MAI the ole OF the
death VI The hTST Napoleon, poem Dy Ba-auger.
inc vocal paris viii be sung BY Sjgn0r tIaia5si
aud maze cr0TUS. SISu0r GalaSI VIII also
si1g an aria from NagleTs Fytt9 Freeman.
Ine orchestral numbers win be the overture 70
The Flying D2tttrt1H, BerloZ'5 CIYHrr1i Rp-
ln1ih overture, aud ReethOyen5 symphony
MOI.
Mr. Theodore Thomas having been re-
auested 10 blirg out the Mozart Notturno ror
four Orchestra5, which has only lately been
printed and was publicly performed In Europe
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81 the nexy :, EearSal OF the Brooklyn Pliinar-
UOlic SOcIetJ.
"A japanese audience, It Is said. when they
wish 10 express dlsapproval OF bad play. do
rot hiss or hpot or make any htdeOus Or tncon-
senlent noise; they merely IIse and turn their
packS 10 the stage, upon which the curtain
Immediately G.sCendS. How would this suit
the authors and managers on this size OF the
world "ho c6Ject to TIE "free expression OF
opinion:
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viewing the beauty and grandeur OF Niagara
Falls, Sic returned to the hotel and wrote In
the register. How good God is TO have created
Such oeautnCi things. With enthusiasm Sarah
BeTEhaIdt.' Inis IS IN happy contrast TO the
oolngs or B0Ston lady, who, while travelling
In Switzerland, happened To STOP at a hotel In
AaiUgDy, where sue penned the following
<.MIs -. daughter, son, and two servants
Boston, nittd STATES OF America; loveliest city
ara mOsI glorious country In the known world.
just got In from Chamouny. We're quite well
pleased With the Inountains-"-Bo Post.
The New York Aquarium Is going 10 be
gfVtn up. New York made big fuss over it
when Il vas started, but the interest In fish
soon died out, and The circusSe5. light operas
and other entertainments offered have not
sraWn enough 10 make tt pay.
The BACK Crook, now running again at
Niolo'5, View York, Is notable for one trick: 4
skeleton dances about the stage when sud
denly the head, arms, legs and trunk fIy of In
sether again, ana then the skeleton as a sort
OF deatLly hITra0, jumps it5 head 20 feet ii
tne air, abd ceftly Catches il again as It comes
down.
- That MN rom Cattarduq1ls, described aa
4 me" American comedy adapted especially
for Mr. Ovens OF Plercy Wilson, a." but which Is
zeal y = Tehash OF al Old American play called
Fashion, by Anna Cora Mowatt, was produced
al HaVerly'S Fun Avenue Theater, New York.
HcnGay evening, the leading part tina OF
ALLAN FREEMAN. being taken Oy Mr.. John Z.
Owens IC fell f3t.
i ayerlJ his reIe6e1 his partnership with
Z :. Gilmore II N!OIO's Garden az Neg York
for another year. They will open TIE next sea-
scn 3iCh0t' #E"g1f. the spectacle, winch col
Vile Las brought OVER rom Paris. / Is eX-
pected that e. 500 will have to be Spent ,jT the
piece before tie curtain rises.
Lucy Il. Hooper writes from Paris relteras-
Ing the report that Adelina Patti is 10 retire
nom the operate stage after her engagement
In this country next season. She il close Oh TO
-, though her voice is unimpaire1 ana abe
doesn't look more than 80 but she dareS not to
unger On the stage TIL the power and fiax,butty
or her wonderful voice have departed sac ia
now attracting crowded houses In Paris where
IL Is generally understood that she Is singIn,
Tor the last time.
On Tuesday evening Lester Wal!qck ap-
peared In Sardou'S comedy A Scrap o. PIDer.
Dir. Waliack Will appear for O limited number
OF nights, being his last appearances 1urlDg Ma
eccupan Oh his present theater In NeG YORK.