Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-31
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC
Nk~ Plays AND NEW pRoJEcrs-BoUcIcAULT'
ShiLpREN ANGRY At HIS MARRIAaE-mARY
ANDERsoS TO REDUCE HER PRIcEs-soME.
THING About COMIC OPERA pRoFrTs.

eaiLpREN ANGRY AT HIS MARRIAaE--mARY
ANDERsoS TO REDUCE HER PRIcEs-somE
THiSe About COMIC OPERA pRoFrTs
Emily Rigl has gone to London TO appear In
~"r'ce barrymores play, 'Nadjesda.f
-Anson Pond, the wealthy young nlavvr,o,,
who constructed that peculiar drama, "Hel
neonement, IL said To have another play o
'ne same general character on the stocks.
Inc "Breadw.naer' company, which failed
70 WIN It's salt at Ford's few weeks ago. has
G Gken TIME oy the forelock and got back tc
ave" FORK while the walking remained good.
The attendance ct many Of the Paris the.
a'ers has fallen off so much that managers are
being urged TO lower their prices OF admission
Fred Warde does not mean to be behind
II Is announced that he will produce Damon
and Pythias at the Academy of Music, Phla
delphia, November 9, with new sooaery and
IoO supernumeraries.
"A Wild Night In Jersey" IL the title of q
new comedy-drama in four acts, written by
James G. Roach and J. Annoy Knox, of Tera,
SVtiae5.
An authentic report states that the son
and daughter Of Dion Boucicaut were so much
angered by bis marriage to Miss Louise
Ihorndyke. in Australia, that they withdrew
from his company.
1T Is reported that Miss Hill, the plaintiff
In the Sharon divorce case, will adopt the stage,
and first appear as PortiG, in "The Merchant of
Venice" at the Grand Opera house. San Fran
cisco. November 8.
- Marie Wainwright who has retired from
Barretts company, will be associated with her
husband, Mr.. Louis James. In his starring ex-
perience. She had been with Mr.. Barrett six
of the seven years of her professional Iife and
pany. ' - - 80 ''' =. MS '''''-
Maurice GraU, manager for Mime. Jutiic
estimates the receipts of her three and q half
weeks engagement in New York will be
$4,000.
Since Roland Reed has been canceline some
Of his dates in the west 1t is again rumored that
he will ne the 10 10 In the No. Stetson "Mi.
kado' company.
Dellinger, new composer, has recently &C.
quired fame by his new opera, "Don Caesar, -
which is now creating q great sensation in
Vienna. Manager McCauif has secured the
American rights for the work.
- The press In London is giving due honor to
the director Of the Theater de la Monnaie at
Brussels for refusing to give Madame Patti the
exoroiiant salary demanded OF $4,000 per
night, and preferred not to engage the Diva.
- Lawrence Barrett will produce Victor
Hugo's play "Hernani,' at the Star theater
during his engaxement in New York which be-
Fanny Davenport has been In Bostsn this
week, playing to very large business in "Fedo-
Ia
- The regular season at warlack's, New
York, was opened Monday night with I'm His
u
nounced unworthy of the house. Kyrle Bel
lev, the new English leading man, is a fair
actor, but his style Is said to be almost effemi-
nate.
-Eloise Willis, formerly of the Union SQUARE
theater. New York, is the only American men,
Der OF Mary AndersOns company this season
besides the star.
Manager Abbey has come to the wise con-
ciusion that the country Is not waiting with ILL
restrained eagerness to rush up and pay $3.50
tn 600 ary Aud
ltsh company IN plays in which they have been
seeing her for years Tor half that money. Abbey
New York.
During Lawrence Barrett's performance of
Julius C@sar'in Chicago, Mr.. John W. Norton
the manager OF the new Chicago Opera
house and the Grand Opera house In st.
Barrett
- Salvini opened his American engagement
before large and brilliant assemblage at the
Metropolitan Opera house, New York, Monday
evening, giving his magnificent impersonation
oil ofheAc. Mss Viola Alien was the BESIDE
HaonC, ana her work was highly commended,
Dcth ny the star and the audience.
- AHA Norman has purchased the entire
music, manuscripts. and parts of Balfe's EN-
chantress' from Mr.. John Stetson who had
himself purchased them from the estate of the
late Caroline acknowledgements. Alta Norman
Is organizing an Opera company, which will
take the road in January.
- dispatch from Vienna says that Strauss
has produced his new opera, "The GYPSY
Baron 1t is pronounced the best he has
written, and achieved great success.
-"La Maseotte" 1T IL said been performed
$50 times in Paris.
Barley Campbelrs friends will be glad to
learn that one OF his ventures, "Clior is said to
be doing good business on the road Adele
Beisarde mas LETT the company.
- Ii Is reported that Augustin DAILY will re-
vive one OF Shakespeare's comedies at his New
York theater during the winter.
- Mr.. ". T. Carleton and his company have
made a hit With "Nanon- in San Francisco.
Frank Howard, the minstrel tenor and
composer of popular songs, has Joined McNish
Siavin & Johnson's MINISTRIES.
- Eoen plymPton has been engaged as lead
ing support to Clara Morris for the remainder of
the season, and by the courtesy of Minnie Mad
derns manager has been allowed TO leave the
cast of "Ia Spite of AL"
Lawrence Barrett is finding some difficulty
In Filing tne place made vacant in his company
hy The departure Of Louis James Charles Wal
COT - the last one to decline the position
Ladies and gentlemen of the profession do
lot enjoy being snu5bed by even "A persOnaue
OF such eIninenee AS Mr.. Lawrence Barrett
Six English composers are busying them
selves about opera-Messrs. Mackenzie Wing
nam, Thomas. Corder, Stanford, Lawson-and
even more.
- Here il statement about comic opera that
shows what its profits must be: Mr.. D'OyIy
carte lately informed an interviewer that the
gross recei pts of last year in connection with
Inc Gi!bert-Sullivan operas had been S7s5 600
and that the total sum since 1877 would
amount 20 about $1,000, 900. The salaries of
the artists. OF which about $50 are crnployed
amour, alone to about $500 per week. with,
out the wages for the employees OF ali Xxi ads and
Tue expenses OF scenery, costumes. TRAVELLING
fcai theaters and orchestras, as Well as the