The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-02-25
couLIssE CHAT.

Charles Wyndhams daughter will appear
upon tho stage next season.
Geraldine Ulmer has been offered the
position Of rrimo donna Of the Boston Bllou
Blanche De Bar, daughter of the late
iamcncd Ben, Is teaching cocutlon In Baltimore.
member Of the Charles wyndham Com.
pauN charles Ashley by name has fallen heir to
$50 GOO.
The Barrett Dramatic Club will attend in
a body Lawrence Rarrott's performance OF FRAN
c'sca Da Rimini ~ next Monday night
Mile. Rhea has been entertained by Gen.
Bcauiogard In New orleans whero she Is said to have
played very remuncrativc engagement
Lydia Thompson has quite lost her voice
and finally retired fgCm the stage. Her daughter has
Joined the London llaymarkct Company.
Ellie Elsler intends to appear in Juiiet next
season, aud Tor that reason she has been stavng In
this city to study the performances Of Miss Mather
Mrs. Zelda Seguin Wallace is in New York
She has lately been III that by the advice " her
physicians She win shortly proceed as Tar MS Florida
Marie Prescott will star next season in
"Nera, IS the new play by Oscar Wilde REGULARITY
ot the play Is that there Is only female character
In It,
lotta has loaned Henry Abbey slOO, 600, a
portion NJ the purchase money for his new Boston
hotel aud theatre. She has FIRST mortgage on the
property.
Biou Heron, who now plavs Yo-c1
kirk In the Couldock Company, Is the daughter of
the gifted Matilda lIeron the greatest living Camille
ot her time.
Madame Sarah Bernhardt is about to bring
out two volumes OF artistic memoirs under the title
OF " Ma Vie au THEATRE She Is to receive 500 600
for the copyright.
MIR. Lawrence Barrett will produce Hon.
Ge0rge II. Boxers tragedy, 81 Francesca ia
Rimni, " Monday, ut the National Theatre with
new scenery and costumes
The performance of " Esmeralda,n - which
tkes place at Fords opera House to- morrow eyenlng
WIN he the ig2d Presentation OF this play by the Mad-
sou square Theatre Company,
Albert T. Riddle son of our well.known
District Attorney, and Percy Winter son Of william
Winter Of the New York Tribune are members of
Lawrence Barrett's Company.
Fred. p. Barton, stage manager for
mawrencs Barrett has been IN the city the past
bOys Tor - Francesca ia Rimini.N
Mr.. Fred Gebhardt has been offered an EN-
gagcment to support Miss Minnie Palmer next season
as her lover In her play entitled My Sweetheart
Mr. Rogers has made this offer seriously and with
large salary.
| Dion Boucicault finished his third week in
/ his new play OF ''The Amadan ~ at the Roston
Museum last night. The piece has made popular as
representation OF this interesting Irish drama
"loung Miss winthrop" Bronson Charles
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dredth night at the Madison Square Theatre It is to
| be Withdrawn In the spring to make room for a
comedy for the spring and summer season. Mars
deh's new play, ' Elsie Deane, ~ IL considered so
good that II VIII he held until the opening of the
coming season,
Boston critic says MIR. Mccullough,
II the papers speak correctly has had the mantle
the late Edwin Forrest fall upon his shoulders and.
after seeing and hearing him, 1t does not take much
To convince me that the entire wardrobe descended
upon and buried him out OF sight, and that Mr.. Me-
| Culough's lusy efforts but struggles to dIsen-
tangle himself and rise to the surface -
You remember that at the time of Bun
nels beauty show there little excite nent over
one OF the prize beauties, Mrs. Marmaduke Bell, who
1t was said, had run away from castle In England
Her husband, 1t appears followed her to this country
and, according 20 letter have Just received, the
two are now living happily together In Florida aud
VIII return to Marlborough Castle, GlOucestershire In
the spring. where as she writes, " they expect to re-
ceive royal visitors at their pretty seat the hill
tops From contesting In beauty show at Bum
nel's Museum To entertaining royal visitors on the
| hill-tops Is a good deal of a leap.
New York Star: Levy, the cornet player.
and husband OF Marianne Conway, who made her
debut In Heart and Hand at the Bou opera House
on Thursday night was bobbing around among the
critics before the performance, asking each dear
boy to say kind word for the old lady 1t was
rather irrevereut to call pretty Minnie Conway an
'oi lady, bat the solicitude of the spouse showed
landahe marital feeling. Although some silly stories
have been set aioat to the contrary happen to know
that Levy and his wife live very happily together
with all his afectations on the stage he is very far
from being bad sort of fellow, and, with the large
income derived from his PLAYING, and one of the
prettest wives In the profession, there is reason
why he should not be happy
The World, of London, asserts that during
Henry Irving stay in this country next winter Mr..
Abbey Will Introduce Lawrence Barrett, Miss Clara
Morris, Miss Mary Anderson, and perhaps Lotta at
the London Lyceum Theatre. The Worlds descrp-
ton of Miss Anderson Is densey English: '.Miss
Mary Anderson Is not very great actress, but she
has tie reputation OF possessing the most perfect
hgure and the most beautiful face In America ~ In
answer TO this the Nelo York Times remarks: 1--WE
had not known that Miss Anderson possesses such a
reputation. She has, unquestionably - fne inteill.
gent face. and a figure which Is supple and fun of
graceful dignity, nut her talent is better than her
figure. Miss Anderson has been studying with yIpor
of late under the excellent of Air. Franklin Sar-
gent. ~