Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-06
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.


been 80 Hospitality received for many years"
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
THE SEASON IMPRovING--NEw PLArs-PArr1's
FAREwELL-MARY ANDERsoN-CoUL1ssE CHAT,
ETC.
- Mr.. Lawrence Barrett commences an en-
gagement of one week at Albaugh's Grand
Opera House. December 18th. During the week
he will produce Hamlet" Francesca ia Rimi.
MI" 'Yoricks Love- "Richelieu' and Julius
Caesar and probably his new play. The Blot
on the 'Scutcheon." Mr. Barrett is very popula,
In washington. and is always sure of big houses
Mr.. William A. Lackey. of this city. who is
playing leading parts with Miss Carrie Swain. is
scoring a success in THE Little Joker in the
west
- The theatrical season is improving every
where.
rags and Bones is said to be the title OF
Oliver Douds ByrOn's new play.
Dion Boucicaut will appear as Conn on the
18th inst. at the Boston Museum.
Mr.. Frank Sanger has bought Mr. Shan
mons play called Money Bags" for $1,000. This
SHOWS again how little there is in a name.
Mr.. Wilson Barrett will bring with him
from London his entire company and his scenery
He Will produce, among other plays. Chatter
ton, - ''Ciaudian," and Hamlet
- Dlgby Bell is still annoyed by Parson Bur-
chard's son. The young man is a regular
attendant at the N. Y. Casino. prepared tC
OBJECT to the slightest ridicuie Of his famous
father by Bell
"A southern correspondent writes: GAS Nc
Beth. Thomas W. keene worthly wears the buck.
skin OF his illustrious namesake, Edmund.
That settles it.
- The late Rev. Mr.. Min has been doing
''DaEon and Pythias," 'Othelo,' .Romeo and
Juliet, Macbeth and ''Rchelieu' at the
Grand Opera House, in San Francisco.
- The Hungarian Band, which has performed
In London for about twelve years, sailed fol
New York On Wednesday last One hundred
concerts have been arranged for.
The Boston Globe says: '.Arabella South.
gate. an English soubrette of Australian sue.
cess, announces purpose of starring next sea-
son in America in LOttas repertoi,e. which she
has purchased outright "
- The Hanlons have engaged several of the
American members of their company to play
with them in Paris
Charlotte Thompson's new play is called
''Phylis; or, A Snow Storm" 1t is an adapta-
ton Of Hugh Conway's last book. called DARK
DAYS"
Nine Patti will sing her farewells at the
Boston theater during the two weeks beginning
with the 18th instant. She is Col MapleSOn's
Christmas gift to 1.-The Hub"
- Recent letters from England state that F.
G. Bnrnand's last play, "Just in Time" is a
fiat failure. 1t is Punch editors first theatrical
backset.
Lolita, as "The Little Detective" is on the
trail this week at the Boston Park theater OF
the villain Mdcd,-i, OF "Called Back" who will
appear on the same stage next Monday.
A dramatizatiOn by Mr.. Charles A. Warde
of Great Expectations" called 1.-THE Convict
Gentleman" has been presented at Woonsocket,
X. l.
1.-TWO Pills in Box is the title of the
farcical comedy in which Dan Mason, the original
groceryman of ''Peck's Bad Boy" will star next
season.
Two dollars for seats to see RistOri was
too much for Terre Haute Qnd theater-goers.
At the eleventh hour prices were reduced to the
usual ngures, but too late to Inolfy the public.
- Mr.. Lawrence Barrett has rearranged 1.-The
Blot on the 'Scutcheon which he proposes to
produce at Albaugh's theater during his forth.
coming engagement. The scenery. costumes
and properties, as Well as the play itself, will be
all new.
- The performance of Francesca da Rimini''
by Lawrence Barrett and company, at McVick-
er's, in Chicago. the past week. must take rank
as the best dramatic representation it has been
the good fortune of the public to witness since
Irving and his admirably-trained company
taught Us what could be done with appropriate
scenery, correct costumes, and carefully-drilled
supernumeraries in aiding a performance, says
the correspondent of the Dramatic Mirror
- Wilson Barrett, on the first night Of Ham
let. said that twenty-five years ago he stood
outside as a little boy and swore he would play
Hamlet in the Princess theater. There is
now crowd of little boys seen swearing on the
pavement every evening in front OF Mr.. Barrett s
theater.
The London Saturday Reuie,o and the Lon
don Truth, as well as many other leading criti-
cal authorities are all very severe in their criti-
cisms OF Mary Anderson's Juliet
- Manager A. B. Chase writes to say that
Yvonne is now the best drawing card in Rhea's
In Detroit the receipts were over g. 600.
Nine. Sophie Menter, the great pianist, one
day last week woke up to find herself rich
The Russian banker, Stieglitz, who recently
died at St. Petersburg and who was a great
personal admirer of the lady in question, left
her g. ZOO, 600 rubes, very substantial token of
friendship and respect
- Frank Chickering and Emma Thursby have
each subscribed 500 to the fund for erecting a
monument to Brignoli. Patti, who wept pro-
fusely when she heard Of the tenor's death, SUBJ
scribed S25.
Rose Eytinge produced her new play,
"Aunt Emily" by Cyril Searle and Alfred Trum-
bull, at the New Market theater, Portland. Ore
The play was very well received Miss Eytinge
appeared in the title role, supported by Horace
Vinton and May Wilkes
- 1rvings Hamlet has not says the New York
Mirror, created such a storm of criticism as
people expected. 1t differs so radically from all
accepted ideas that those who like 1t do not
take the trouble to point out the distinctive
features which they hold as shortcomings.
Joseph Jefferson will close his season in
Washington December 10, and will go imme-
dately into winter quarters on his farm at New
Iberia, La. His company will continue on the
road under the management Of r. L. Downing,
OF this city, his leading man. and Frank B. Muir
tina. They will bring out the new play, 'Tally-
HO," by Joaquin Miller.
November "a. In San Francisco W. E.
Sheridan appeared as Bertuccio, in Tom Taylor's
'Foors Revenge" at the Baldwin theater, and
play at the Grand Opera-house. There is rivalry
for you! Sheridan bore off the PALM Of course.
The audiences were good at both houses.
- Nine. Modjeska is resting at her home in
Poland, and it is understood that she is devot-
ing much OF her leisure to the preparation of an
English adaptation of "ThOra," play which
has been widely successful in the Russian en-
pire.
A second 'Lynwood" company will take
the road. with Kate FOrsythe at it's head. The
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