Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-24
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
RAYMOND AND ESMERALDA-THEATER PARTIES
RvING'S LAST WEEK IN NEW YORK-LOTTA
IN LONDON, ETC.

RAYMOND AND EsMERALDA-THEATER PARTIES
IN LONDON ETC.
Mr.. Raymond will ill the bill and the house
at the National next week.
"Esmeralda' will be beautifully mounted
at Ford's on Monday evening nextand through
out the week.
This is Irving's last week in New York. He
opens at the Chestnut street opera house on
Monday evening, and during the week will play
Hamlet" for the first time in this country.
The receipts in New York last week were
$4,000
- Sardou's Fedora has had such run In
New York that it will remain as long as con-
tracts will permit. It is q wonderful realistic
play.
Miss Maggie Mitchell played "Fanchon,"
Little Barefoot" and other of her favorite
characters at Mckee Rankin's New York Third
| avenue theater this week
- The largest audience of the season at the
Boston Globe theater have attended the per-
formances OF Edwin Booth during the past
week.
- Mr.. John Stetson finds the society drama
the most profitable to managers, and will, he
says. abandon operate experiments henceforth.
Janauschek during her forthcoming en-
gagement in Philadelphia will appear in the
charming comedy Of ''COme Here for the first
time In several years.
AS Miss Clara Morris plays only on alter
nate weeks this season, her company is appear
ing in Moths" the latest Wallack success,
when she is not acting.
Miss Ellen Terry is Of striking appear
ance, tall and willowy, with face frightened
by light hazel eyes and surmounted by mass
of bright golden hair.
The fashion in theater parties is having
very expensive notifications. It is the proper
thing for host and hostess to send bouquets,
gloves and carriages for the lady guests, and to
give dinner before and supper after the play.
orchestra chairs are quite as much the style as
boxes.
- Mary AndersOn's receipts in London. on the
second week of her engagement at the Lyceum
theater. were about s9,O35, which is more than
an average of Mr.. Irvings.
= Maria Davis said to be charming SOU
brette, and late of the Vaudeville theater, Lon
don, has been specially engaged for the forth
coming production Of Confusion" in this cOun-
try
- BelascO's drama, heretofore known as "Mar-
rage by Moonlight" has been renamed clap
hazard" and will shortly be produced by Mr.. ].
A. Hearne's company, with Katharine Corcoran
In the leading role.
"Duty."a comedy by DeMlle is only in
tended to run short time at the New York
Madison Square. This will be succeeded by
satircal comedy called Couture" by Mr.. Potter,
of the Herald staff.
- Mr.. Barrett leaves America on the 25th of
next month, and opens at the London Lyceum
on April IA in "Yorick's Love-" He will play
there seven weeks and then make six weeks
tour OF the provinces. after which he will return
to act the next season in this country.
- Miss Lillian Russell has been engaged by R.
DOyley Carte and will appear in the new opera
which Gilbert and Sullivan are preparing for
the Savoy theater, London, some time this
month. Sullivan himself is teaching her sing
ing. and Gilbert is training her in dramatic
action.
AT the end Of her present American tour,
Nine MOdjeska proposes to visit professionally
the capitals of England, France, Germany. Aus
tria and Russia, and then to settle down to
private life on her estates in Southern Calfor-
MIA.
Lolita was announced to play an engage
ment in London this week as counter irritant
to Minnie Palmer's engagement there.
- There is a movement under way to tender
an informal reception to John T. Raymond, at
the National Theater, on Monday night. The
play will be In Paradise" and Messrs Carlisle.
Cox, Randall 1ngersOll, and distinguished
delegation of political and journalistic person.
ages have been invited. Raymond, perhaps
more than any other actor. has personal ac-
quaintance in every direction, and is on a famil-
lar footing with an army of political and liter
airy figures. Friday evening is to be called
Newspaper Night" on account Of an expected
array Of journalists to witness the first perform
ance of "For Congress-"
Henry Irving called on Miss Terry on Sun
day morning last in New York, and escorted
fo Of
In Brooklyn. The pair afterward dined with
the pastor.
Nat Goodwin studied up Irvng's peculiari-
ties while abroad. Should he cross the English |
mans path this season there will be some tun |
Lawrence Barrett is playing Francesca da
Rmni' in Boston to packed houses. After the |
first night the orchestra was placed upon the |
stage to make room for the crowd. This with
Booth playing just across the street.