Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-03-28
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

CHARLES ATKINSON has purchased Of George
Peck the exclusive right to the Milwaukee Sun
man piece, FTho Groceryman."
"DoNAGH," new Irish drama by George
Fawcett Rowe, will be produced at the Grand
theater, 1sliDgton (London), on Easter Mon.
day.
NEXT season the Madison Square theater Of
New York will send out "Ihe Professor" with
w. II. Gillette in the leading part This action
is occasioned by the frantic appeals of country
managers for q professor" combination.
Country managers are given to eccentric pur-
su ts but when it comes to wildly yearning for
''Ihe Professor" that is story hard to credit
even to country manager.-BoSton Herald.
LoTTA is rehearsing revised version of 'rThe
Old Curiosity Shop" In its new form, the
drama receives the title of ''The Nlarchioness'
1t omts the serious portions of the story, and
makes the most of its comic side.
SALvINI's audiences are decreasing with
every fresh performance. After his tour of the
provinces he will go to Russia. Next year he
will take his farewell OF the stage in New York.
THE biennial musical festival at Cleveland,
O., is fixed for the 18th, 18th and 18th of May.
Nine Trebelli is the leading attraction among
the soloists, and the chorus will number 300
voices.
MOB 1900 strong, composed of persons
seeking to buy tickets to PATHS second en-.
teitainment, burst in the doors of the Grand
opera house at San Francisco and smashed all
the plants and pictures in the vestibule. The
fury Of the crowd was so great that boy who
happened to be in the way was picked up by
man and hurled through side door and
badly hurt. Mems coats and women's dresses
were torn from their backs. Several women
were seriously hurt, and many tainted. The
crowd threatened to tear down the box-office
and gut the whoe building unless the office
was opened.
SARAH BERNHARDT has written or had writ.
ten for her reply to "Sarah Barnum" called
''La Vie de Marie Pgeonnier" To this latter
book Marie Colombier has answered " a
pamphlet entitled "Affiire Sarah Bernhardt ct
Marie Colombier;" as well as by letter add
ed to the last editions of "Sarnh Barnum"
the last line of which is not without point
The rage ofSarah Bernhard has paid the debts
Of Marie Pigeonnier."
ELLEN TERRY will take her daughter to
New York after her debut at the Lyce1m.
The daughter has been seen at private
performances, and promises to excel her
mother.
THE Shakespeare club of London is 10 give
a public reception in honor of Mary Ander-
son at the close of her engagement at the Ly-
ceum theater.
THERE appears to be very general tenden-
cy to bring forward the flute to its old time
| prominence as q solo instrument in the concert
| hall. Old iavorites upon the programmes of
former days are again being studied by amateurs
and professionals, and, possibly, the days
of the cornet, for indoor concerts, are num-
| bered.
BRAHMS third symphony promises to be-
come the most successful of the three similar
works from this masters PEN Wherever it is
performed, be it under the composers own
conductorship or not, it creates the greatest
enthusiasm with the pubic, though The opin-
ions of the critics seem to vary good deal in
describing the character of this new produce
ton of the masters genius-one calling it a
/ pastoral symphony, and another saying that it
is decidedly of an heroic chalacter--ihey seem,
however, to be all unanimous that it is the
most melodious and pleasing work yet given
to the world by this writer.
Miss EMIE WEATHERsBY of Nat Goodwin's
company, died in New York She had been
confined to her bed with an attack Of gastric
fever, but a fatal termination Of the disease
was not anticipated until within n few hours OF
her demise. She was about 20 years of age, a
native of London and one ola family of six
sisters, all but two of whom were on the stage.
DEPUTY SHERIFFs took possession of the box
Office of Hooley's theater in Chicago, ILL.,, on
the strength of a claim for $1,000 which Anna
Dickinson makes against Fanny Davenport,
the actress, now appearing in that theater.
The proprietor of the theater WIS compelled to
furnish bond Tor S2500 before the officers
| would quit the place