Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-01
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

THEODORE THOMAS NEW MOVE LorTA's NEW
PLAYS - KELLOGG's CONCERTS - PATTI IN
LUCIA, ETC.
The Duff Opera company, who appear at
Ford's Monday, have met with great success in
the south.
- Maggie Mitchell is billed at the National for
all OF next week in her usual round of plays.
- The Mapleson Opera company, with Patti
and Gerster. will be in Washington in March.
- According to present appearance: Henry
Irving and Ellen Terry will appear in this city
late in the season.
- Mr.. Abbey with his Metropolitan Opera
company. with Nillson and Sembrich, hopes to
be in Washington in February.
- Mrs. Langtry is playing Lady Teazle A let
ter to friend in this city from one of her COM
pany states that she has never appeared TO bet
ter advantage than in The School for Scandal"
She Will be at FOrd's on December 10.
- bbie Darlington, of the Hess Opera COM
pany, who has been very i'll. has recovered and
gone to join the company in st. Louis.
For the first time In its history the Denver
Academy of Music is drawing continuous full
houses: The Len Grover company is putting in
q fortnight at popular prices.
- Henry Willard. the controlling spirit of the
Northern Pacific. and a millionaire, is a great
lover of music. His favOrite instrument is the
vlolonceo. grand piano with brass legs is
one OF the features of his transformations home.
- Sergeant Mason, the would-be slayer Of
Guiteau, has been offered $3.50 a week to APP
pear, with his family, curiosity in dime
museum. Thus far he has wisely resisted the
temptation.
- Theodore Thomas is said to have secured,
during his recent visit to Germany, the services
OF Wlnkelmann and Scarla, of Vienna and Of
traulein Merten, of Dresden. for tour of the
United States next spring. They will all appear
in Washington.
- Her agent has Cancelled all Of Kellogg's
dates below Mason and Dixon's line. including
Claras sunny southern home, Charleston, where
the streets used to be arched with evergreens
on her appearance. Miss Kellogg will sing in
Michigan for the next fortnight
- Marie Prescott has been rehearsins "Czeka.
the Jewess." This gifted actress was seen to
advantage in the play called "Bemont's Bride
a strong melOdrama. which is said to have
been damned by critics who never saw it.
- Carncross MINISTRIES are producing bur
lesques on young Mrs. Winthrop and "Peck's
Bad 10y"
make favorable impression, left for Europe
last week.
w. E. Sheridan is in the third week Of a
successful engagement at the Walrut-street
theater, Philadelphia.
Lolita. or Charlotte Crabtree, will have two
new plays in addition to her regular repertoire
next season. Edward f. Kidder is the author
OF one of them. Miss Crabtree opens tor sea-
son in London on December 30
-Irvings receipts in New York were: First
week, 15,772; second week, s1S,714; third
week. S1S, $50; fourth week, S22, 32l so; total,
$75, $3.50. At his first benefit as a manager
IN London he announced from the Lyceum
stage that during the first seven months he
had taken in $lS0OOO.
Mapleson has engaged Quigla Nordica
(Miss Norton) for three appearances. Her 1irst
appearance will take place one week hence in
New York, when she will sing Marguerite
Miss Norton mas been successful as a singer in
Paris and st. Petersburg. Matrimonially she
has been more successful, however. having mar
ried a millionaire.
The Dramatic Ne,rs says Mr.. John B. JEFF
frey, of Chicago, returned from England last
week. He has made arrangements for the de-
put, as an operate composer, of the Duke OF
Edlnburg. 1t will be the dukes first attempt
In the operate line. The libretto is by Bret
Harte. our consul at Glasgow, and the subject
is 1.-The Massacre at Glencoe" 1t will be
brought out in London next May. Mr. Jeffrey
was in Washington this week
Robson and Crane have revived and elabo-
rated one of their more popular specialties.
which will be produced in New York on Menday
next with new scenery and under the title of
'Robson and Cranes Boarding HOuse"-Robson
as G.Hypod and Crane as Col. ". I. E!ecator.
Inc {ToN
to bow at the shrine of Adelina Patti as Lucia:
Just once to hear her Oh giojo and Quando rapita;
TO listen TO her clear trlls OutdOing the flute in
Drllllancy and to her mpassOned SWAY in the
famous seXtet. Patti never sang Lucia with
more self-eniOyment than she did on Monday
the 10Th, and she had her reward The ladies
applauaed, threW their bouquets to her and
otherWlse acknowledged her power over them.
Mr.. Edwin Booth will begin a limited engage
ment at the Star theater, New York, on Mon
day. Dec. 10. The repertoire for the first two
weeks will be Richeleu, Hamlet, etc.
The Italo- American tenor, known in his bal
lad days as John Chatterson, and in his operate
career as Signor Giovanni Perugini. Cancelled his
with Mr.. Mapleson, and the Acade-
my of Music in New York this week
Mr.. w. S. Gilbert, the author of "p;nafore"
and other works, has addressed letter to the
o""o.i pie'.' LILY INK luit HIS dIlIluat income
amounts to $4,000 as reported. He also states
that the cost of the house he is now building in
Kensington, London will not exceed sos. 600,
His brother playwrights will doubtless sylnna-
th!ze with him in his hand-to-hand struggle
with poverty. He may console himself. how
ever. with the fact that the path of genius was
ever beset by thorns.
Saturday Smiles.
John Bull owes four thousand million dollars.
John has evidently been running a daily news
paper in weekly town.-Mcrchdnt Traceler