Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-29
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
PROSPECTS OF AN UNINTEREsTING SEASON
LOrrA AND HER BANJO-CATHERISE LEWIS
ToTAKE To CoNEDY-ITALIAy OPERA RUMoRS


ToTAKB TO CoHEDY-TTALIAS OPERA RUMoRs
All the indications are that there will b.
more trashy plays and cheap-John combina
tions inflicted on the public the coming season
than ever before. The number of genuine nov
cities announced is very small, while the mum
Der of revivals of stale melodramas is distress
tngly large.
-LOtta's repertory for the coming season
will consist Of "Nitouche." Little Nell" which
has been rewritten for her by Charles Dickens
1r: THE Little Detective" and a new play by
T. F. Kidder, called mischief" The little
lady voice has improved wonderfully. She
has had an elegant banjo presented to her and
will play IL during the season. Next summer
she will probably visit England with a party OF
friends.
Catherine Lewis has q new manager. He
is John Templeton, father of the sprightly Fay.
Catherine will star in "a new English comedy.
said to be by John Gibson, NJ. p, and entitled
"Gladys."
w. j. Ferguson, whose representation OF
Nocari in Ozark Days last season was such a
success, will be with Nine Janish this year
This weeks New York Mirror contains the
following: Let me give you point" said Sam.
W. Fort. of Baltimore. to the Mirror. There is
not dollar in The Mikado' outside of New
1ork. ., There Is nothing In It, ! produced the
with good cast played it to less money than
.Boccaccio drew the previous week. Our opep-
Ing house In Washington on Monday was only
$500. The opera is dead as far as the road Is
concerned All the booming, lawsuits, injunc-
it popular in the Country" Poor Fort. ''''A'
THE Lady OF Lyons is to be In Mrs. Lang
trys repertory during her forthcoming provin-
cial tour.
-Messrs. Pettitt and Harris new drama, to
be produced at the Drury Lane Theater early
in the coming month, will be called Human
Nature
The project to produce "Lohengrin" in Paris
in italian has been given up. 1t will be done
in French at the Opera Comique during the win
ter and also, ii is said early in the season at La
Scala, in Milan
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Hart have returned to
New York with the Buttons" company. Mr..
Hart says the comedy has proved successful.
and that he will open his regular season with it
In Buffalo on September 21.
In consequence of the illness of Mr.. George
Clarke who was to be Miss Clara Morris lead
Ing man next season. Mr. Frank l.. Goodwin
has engaged Mr.. Joseph Wheelock to fill that
position for five weeks. 1t is expected that MIR.
Clarke will be well enough at that time to re-
place Mr.. WheelOck.
The company engaged to support Mary An
derson for the English provinces and American
tour includes Forbes Robertson, f. H. Macklin,
Henry Vernon, Arthur Lewis, James Taylor,
Sidney Hayes, Joseph Wilson, Mrs. Bennington
Mrs. Macklin and Zeffie Tilbury.
Among the operas to be produced Mt the
New York Thalia early in the regular season.
which begins about October 1, are CZibulka'S
"Pfingsten i'm Florenz" and Strauss "Gypsy
Baron Manager Amberg was expected tn
leave Berlin for America this week. The former
opera. done into English, will follow "Nanon
at the Casino.
Sydney ROsenfeld has, 1t is said, arranged
to produce little thing of his own In the oper-
attic line. called 1.-The Mystic Isle" in Boston
the week of September .. No injunctiOns.
The season of the Dora Wiley opera COM
pany ct Albany resulted dislstrously, and
Miss Wiley and Richard Golden have gone to
New York TO reorganiZe.
Managers of several "Mikado' companies
Mackay lord high executfoner at a salary COM
mensurate with the dignity of the office.
Richard Mansfield will support Minnie
Maddern during her engagement at the New
York Lyceum theater.
Mime. Modjeska will sail for America early
In September.
Many combinations are already starting
from New York for the points at which their
season opens
Ezra Kendall has determined TO start his
"Pair of Kids out on the road. He thinks there
Is no danger of interference from the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. at least
until cold weather sets in.
Miss Sarah Manypenny, of this city, niece of
Justice Woods, of the u. S. Supreme Court, who
has been playing leading business during the
past year with the Frederick Warde company,
has returned TO the city, after very successful
season. Miss Manypenny has received several
not accepted any permanent engagement
Among the many favorite artists whom
Col. MaplesOn is credited by rumor with hav-
ing secured for his forthcoming season of Italian
opera In this country are Nine MarcelIa SEM
birch, Gianninf. the tenor rObuStO of the late
Milan troupe, and SgnOr Del Puente 1t is
now reported that in spite of all the Colonel has
secured Mime. Patti for another farewell tour.
Emma Abbott has added "Lakme" and
''rhe Countess DAmali' to her repertoire II
he N M to ha,
annex built on her voice the public would
greatly appreciate IL.
Minnie Hauk is studying the title character
of Delibes' opera, "Manon," which she is to
~create' on September 18th at Prague, as well
as the soprano part in Joncieres opera, "Cheva-
Her Jean, which she will create during the
winter at st. Petersburg. 1t is also rumored
that Col MapleSon has secured Nine Hauk Cor
his New York season
Barney McAuley has entered into O five
year contract with Mrs. Langtry's late man
ager, Mr.. Z. y. Mendum. for a tour of the world
Ihey Will devote themselves to "Uncle Dan'I. -
beginning September eth.
Chicago is being entertained now by a mu-
steal prodigy from Seguin, Texas known as the
cowboy pianist" His name Is \. o. Babbel
among the numbers given In recent concert
Were The Carnival OF Venice selections from
Norma, Coming ThrO' the Rye" with varia-
tons. and The Gertz Schottsche.'' u piece OF
his own composition. Mr.. Babbel plays entirely
by ear, and is "A genuine cowboy never HAVING
been out OF the state until about a month ago.
He says playing came To him naturally.
An old theatrical manager says that the
memory is taxed more by a pantomi;nic role
than by an oral one, and he instances Marie
Zoe, who for years was the leading French .Sby
OF the American stage. The performance as the
dumb girl was always a hard strain on her The
pantomime, with its requisite nicely of move
ment and expression was more exhaustive 10
her brain than the herOines of Shakespeare to a
uaSeuienne. She was compelled a few wears
ago 10 retire because her mind was affected and
now she has been taken to an insane aSyIum
Her shattered intellect knows nothing but the
french Spu. and she is almost constantly going
through with its scenes. The combat with the
ARAB Is fought over and over, without WeapOD
or antagonist, but with Zest and vim of pan
tomnne that startles her attendants.
Mark Twain and John I. RAYMOND are
said to be out. The actor says that he ueye,
read any of the humorist's humor not even the
book out of which the play of Colonel Sellers
was made, and Twain retOrts that he can't en-
dure the actors acting of that or any other
character The ill-feeling arises from a questiOI
OF royalties on the drama out Of which both
have made fortunes.
A friend and admirer Of Mr.. W. E. Sheri
dan admits under reserve that he has one rtya
In the role of Louis II. This rival Is Henry
Irving.
1t is said to be finally and definitely settled
that "Adonis' viii open in Boston on Septem
Der rs Fay TempletOn, in "Evangeline," will
succeed IL at the Bijou-
Manager Snelballer OF the Theater Conf
que, has secured lease of the Adelphi
Theater in Buffalo, and will open IT on Sen
Aav., 30 -tts