Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-06
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

mOSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
WASHINGTON THE NEW FIELD FOR DRAMATIC
PLArs-DoLLARs AND sENsE-"HIs LITE
HATcHEr"-''RIP VAN wINKLE" AGAIN. ETC.
Il There will be q fine line Of comedy at the
theaters next week. At the National Mr.. Daly's
successful play of '7-2o-S" will be produced At
Ford's Miss Efie Ellsler will appear in Gun
theirs comedy of Courage" Ii has made a
decided hit elsewhere.
Fedora" Sardou's new play written for
Sara Bernhardt, was produced in New York
this week by Fanny Davenport, and scored a
success. The imitation of 1t, Romonof as pre-
sented by Miss Thompson, has been Withdrawn.
-Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's new comic
opera is being rehearsed at the Savoy theater,
London, and will be produced there in No.
vember.
The preliminary performances OF the new
version of 1.-THE Flying Dutchman" before it is
produced in New York city. will be given in
Newark next week with Mr.. Stockton and Miss
Helen Bancroft in the principal roles.
- Boxer as author and Barrett as actor have
conformity made the hit Of the New York
dramatic season. thus far. by the brilliant repre-
sentation Of Francesca di Rimin." at the Star
theater. The play has q thrilling story, it is
finely acted and superbly mounted.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Florence have appeared
at the Grand Opera House, New York, this
week. in ''Facts: or. His Little Ratchet" a
comedy drama In four acts. The scene is laid
In Washington. on the Hudson and at West
Point. The play is purely or essentially char
acter sketch, in which Mr.. and Mrs. Florence
were both at their best.
-"Dollars and Sense" new play, the scene
of which is partly located In Washington, was
produced at Days New York theater this week
and met with success. 1t Is the opinion Of the
critics, though. that there are neither Dollars
nor Sense in the piece.
- Miss Ida Myers. of Baltimore, pupil OF
Madame Marchesi. who has been singing with
great success in Italy during the past season.
arrived in Paris last month Miss Myers is said
to possess high. light soprano voice Of very
pleasing quality.
Mr. Joseph Jefferson's new engagement,
which will be a very important one. will begin at
the Union Square theater New York, on next
Monday evening. Mr. Jefferson will then ap-
pear as Gohghtiy in LEND Ne Five Shllings"
and Caleb Piumn,er In 1.-THE Cricket on the
hearth. His version OF the latter play was
presented at the Winter Garden twenty-five
years ago.
Miss Nellie Eyarest, the American contralto
for whose future career Madame Christine Nils
son prOphesies such brilliant achievements, has
arrived in Paris to commence her musical
studies Miss Evarest is a native of Philadel-
phia. her father being Professor Eyarest, OF the
university of that CITY,.
W. E. Sheridan the tragedian, and Miss L.
Davenport have arrived in San Francisco by, the
steamer Zealandia, from Australia.
The scenery and properties from the Ly-
ceum theater. London. which will be used by
Mr.. Henry Irving in his American tour, were
brought to New York Tuesday by the steamer
Lydian Monarch.
- Miss Lillian Russell is to appear at the
Savoy theater. London next month, In the new
comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Mr.. Grau's French company, now playing
at the Fifth Avenue theater, New York, is per-
haps the most excellent troupe that he ever
brought to this country, and this Is also the
most successful season, with artists like Aimee,
that Mr.. Grau ever had.
john Mccullough appears to be in excel
lent health and is playing very large engage
ments throughout the west. His Chicago houses
were never so large as this season.
" allack's theater opened last Monday night
for the season, which, judging from the pro-
gram. promises to be unusually brilliant
Masks and Faces" is the present play This is
to be followed by a new romantic DRAMA
order will be a revival OF 1.-The Road to Ruin"
which has been for thirty years standard Wal
lack attraction. Then we are to see Impulse"
new London sensation by the author OF
Diplomacy"
- Madame Rstori, in her old age, and with
her strength almost exhausted. actually intends
to put into execution long -cherished plan of
appearing In English, and intends to open her
campaign at Bath very shortly She has en-
gagged NJ
huhe. the Brighton music master, to support
her-Miss GeOrgine Kuhe. whose talent is highly
spoken Of by competent judges.
Frank Sanger's Bunch Of Keys" combina-
tion played to $1,000 during their weeks stay In
Cincinnati at Robinson's Opera House, and
scored the hit of the season In that city.
The circuses are showing signs of peterlng
out. Forepaugh's closes at willlamsport. Pa,
Oct. Is; Barnum's. at Hannibal Mo-, Goth,
and Cody and Carver's Wild West show, at
Omaha, Neb., 9th.
Atlanta gave 'Only Farmers Daughter"
a thousand-dollar house. All good attractions
have done remarkably well In the south the
present season.
Madame Sembrich sailed from Liverpool by
the Germanic on Thursday last to join Henry
Abbey's opera company. Nilsson has already
arrived Most Of the other artistes are now on
Tue water.
Carrie Swain appears to have become
prime favorite in New England. For a month
past she has been repeating her dates of last
season. and almost invariably to increased bust
ness, and yet in Washington she was q failure.
"A gentleman who has Just arrived from
Paris said to q New York Mirror reporter:
''Last night 1 saw Excelsior at Niblo's. sitting
in so seat, for which was obliged to paw
SO to aspeculator. Three weeks ago witnessed
a performance of the same spectacle at the Eden
Theater, Paris. In most respects the New York
production is equally as good as the other one.
could see very little difference between the
two ballets."
Clara Louise Kellogg says she starts upon
her annual concert tour, October at Rochester.
under the management Of Fred Schwab. She
has about ten weeks time for the western cir
cult and first-class offers to 20 south. Although
the inducements are strong, she does not care
to venture as far as Texas, never having been
there. Her party will comprise Alta Pease
Teresa CarrenO, J. r. Rhodes, J. p. Ferranti
and A. GlOze.
Nine Minnie Hauk, who will appear here
on Friday, October 18th, in Carmen" supported
by Mile Pauline Sail, Signori Montegrine and de
Pasqualis and the Russian ytrtuoso. Contain