Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-30
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

NEW PLAYS AND 'PLAYBRS-saLVISIs TOUR
THE VIENNA ACTOR-CEARA NoRRIo-IRVISG
IN LoNDoN-THE ORIGIN Oh CHESTNUT. ETC.
Kate Claxton Will have 3 now play by Clay
Greene next season.
Dead 10 Rights new five act drama by
Charles Gayler. 1. shortly 10 be brought out at
the Grand Opera house in New York, under Mr..
W. W. IlIlctsons management
- Mr.. Sol Smith Russell has d new play, writ
ten to introduce his specialties. which he win
produce next season. u Is not get named.
- Mrs. Zelda Sc.uin hopes to be able to re-
sumo her place in the Ford-Wall opera com
Pany on Monday night, having recovered from
- Robert /. Downing. OF this city, viii star
again next season In David Garricil' and an
other piece.
A new Surprise party IS now In process of
organization. of which John \. Macllay will
probably be the star. 'Evangeline." "Eor-
rors" and other once popular burlesques will be
revived.
The new Pavilion theater IN Brooklyn
which will seat 1000 people, Will be opened by
the Grau Comic opera company June Is.
Madeline Lucette. who is well remembered
here, will desert the operate stage next season,
and star in Three Wives" Madame Boni-
face" and the 'king OF Diamonds Col MILL
ken is organizing company to support her.
-" Prince Zilah,' VI. Jules Claretie's Partisan
success, is the play which is now agitating au-
thOrs and managers in New York. Several adap-
tations have been made of It, several managers
H.. Hooded
with illustrations and criticisms of 1t taken
from the French newspapers.
- Frank Mayo closes his engagement with
"Nordeck," at the Union Square theater, and his
season. this evening.
Miss Viola Allen has. 1t IS announced been
engaged a. leading lady for Saivini's American
tour the comm. season.
A late New York scheme is to put spectacu-
lar performances ON in the Madison Square
garden on a grand scale.
The Mikado,' Gilbert and SulIivan's new
opera. will be produced at the Fifth Avenue
theateT, New York, ON october 10Th.
- Herr Sonnenthal, the Viennesc actor who
created such Il furore during his brief engage
men. at the Thalia theater, New York, the past
season. will bring his own company over from
vienna when he returns next season.
Ivan Shirley, u pleasing young English
actor, who was In Ri.tori's company the past
season, has been engaged 10y BARLEY Campbell
for his. 18th street company.
The one hundredth representation of sThe
American Countess" by Rhea, at Chicago,
Thursday night was made the occasion OF n
benefit TO the actress. At the conclusion of the
regular Performance the coming OF the Rartholdi
Ehea and her company and number of local
society people took part. The IS states OF the
Henry Irving Dramatic School. Ehea APP
peared as the Republic oi France and recited
poem written for the occasion.
j E. Carpenter, the English song writer
whose death Ia announced from London was
the author of What Are the Wild Waves Say
ing, widely popular twenty-five years ago and
not without admirers now. 1t was founded on
n chapter in Dickens "Dombey and SON and
brought the writer considerable money.
Rose Eytinge Will, it is said. lead a company
next season In = play bearing the name OF
Niagara"
Mr.. Robert B. Mantsu ha. contracted TO
play the leadin. role in NJ. John C. Freund's
new play, True Nobility" which is TO be
brought out in Chicago early In July. In the
event tElt this play should not be successful
MI Mi-nte!l Will play u round OF Old comedies
Clara Morris was born in Montreal thirty
five year. ago. Having lost her father She be-
came ballet girl in the Cleveland acade-
my OF music In that city 1T Is to support
her mother She ro.e .o'rapidly In her pro-
lesion that at 10 she le;,din, lady in one
OF the Cincinnati thcaterJ. The year following
she was engaged az U5sly'..
An autumn novelty in London IS expected
10 be the debut Of II Bombay tragedian named
Bhagwandas Bhowanidas Bhangsan. whose
artistic powers are said TO be Commensurate
with his name.
= Mr.. Max StrakoSch announces that Nine
Carlotta Patti will return to this country in
september pext. and enter upon a concert tour
unuer his management ut once.
Miss Daniels, of Chicago, a contralto who Is
engaged in the revival OF "Beccaccio" at the
London Comedy theater has voice which is
Prohounced phenomlns.i BY Ar. Farnie, the
lower register reaching 10 + Hat.
-Swinburne's new tragedy '.NIarlno Fa-
Hero" is stronsly praised By the London Times.
which says that the author has followed the
historical lines with commendabIe accuracy.
-6ounods music loses none OF its hold on
the French public. At the Grand Opera Paris
during the past three seasons Faust" was per-
formed 10 times. Next came Les Huguenots.-
gwen oS times. 'tuil;Iume TeIl' and La
Eavorita" had each - performances and
ran 40 nights. The Iarge.t average rec.il,tS
were from "Rigoletto, which given II
Times and next from Franchise Saiut-Saens'
Henry VII" another novelty, and the percn-
nis.l Faust"
George Fortescue has succeeded Miss Anne
liza Somervilie as the merry little mountain
maid in "Adonis,' ~ the Biiou opera house.
New York The resemblance to his predecessor
i said 10 be very marked. Miss Somervflle
wanted an increase in salary. and Fortescue
was ung.tllant enough To learn ali her business
ana take her place at the old salary.
- Edward +. kidder has arranged to write n
play for Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Florence. Mr.. Kid
der has also written new play tor Iotta called
Mischief which the little lady will produce
al the BROOKLYN the;tter September II, making
IL the feature oi her next season.
- Henry Irwin. revived the play OF OLIVIA
by Mr.. W. q. Wills. at the LyceuIn theater.
London, before large and fashionable audi
ence Thursday night. Miss Ellen Terry scored
great triumph In the titie role. Mr. Irving-S
performance was tine. but 4 lit lie hcavy and
Was distance by the actin. OF MeSsrs. Herman
NeZih and WIN. IerTis, which was weiIuigh
perfect The piece was gloriously put upon the
stage, every detail Of costume, scenery and
grouping being artistic. Mr.. Irving was called
before the curtain at the end OF the play.
There are now touring the country no less
than hall dozen Wild West" shows of vary
i:ls degrees OF wiidness.
Mr.. Wa4lack has purchased a new drama
called " PetrovDa' and VIII produce it at his
house next season.
- There has been much discussion of late re-
gardlng the origin of the term chestnut aI,-
pied TO u stale joke. Mr.. NJ w Hanly gives
TIE following apparently authentic account of
The origin of the epithei: In $50. was nut
Ting an old play, called The Broken sword on
Inc stage, with Marietta Isavel as lcadiuc. lady
IN t;le second act an old man stands in the can
Yer % The STAGE tellin. tine story OF The murder
Oh the dumb boy. john Sanford, my comedian
sits on j low stool at the left intrfruptfug the.
old man The old man makes irc4ucnt refer
SIicP 10 q hickory tree. Every time he saws
HICKORY tLse comedian get. or his stool and
says: NO, chestnut tell goa chestnut ill! the
oIG man u exhausted. After the performance
ia Rochester, +. Connolly, dad now was in
one OF the drcS>Ing-rOoIa. with OtncrS of the
company. and ne started to gc; OFT Il funny
s'Dry. Everybody interrupted with shouts Of
tutStnut. II chung u the company ali the
season ana. OF course. soon caught by the
Pi1TSsloh mat the only true origin oft"
Telegraph Signals Anon. COnyicts.
From the Philadelphia Times
Inc credit OF the invention of the most per.
1ect system of communication between prison.
ers confined In one Institution belongs To Jack
limo