Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-08
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

NEW OPERA FOR THE cAsINo-sALvINI AND
BOOTH IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MANTELL
TO sTAR-THE FAREWELL TO DIxEY-wHY
PATTI MISREPRESENTATION EvIvALS OF
sHAKESPEARE-HERR scARIA INSANE.
1.-THE Gypsy Baron will next week give
place to "Erminie" at the New York Casino.
clever, which will be a most welcome innova-
ton on the average light opera book.
New York critics are not as kindly disposed
towards Richard Mansfields new play, "Prnce
KARL as the Boston critics were. They call the
play dramatic what-is.it, and attribute what
ever success 1t attains to Mansfelds clever act
ing. They also ridicule Mr.. Mansfelds Boston
company mercilessly.
-Shakespeare's midsummer Nights
Dream" has for the first time been adapted for
the french stage. and was recently brought out
at the Paris Odeon. It was not great success.
E Bright little Daisy Murdoch has with
drawn from the Nat. Goodwin 'Skating
Rink" company. Her place has been taken
by Kate Foley.
Frederick Hanlon, of the ia m Gus Hanlon
Brothers, died last Wednesday at Nice. He
had been Ill for a long time. There are still
enough OF the brothers left to go around.
- Minnie Madden, who this week presented
In Spite Of All" at the new Windsor theater,
New York, will close her season and dismiss
her company tonight.
- The Salvini-Booth performances at the
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, this week,
have Deen,a disappointment in many repects.
The scenery was the old, worn stock stuff of the
house, and the stage furnishings are said to
have been miserably poor. This was in pain
vious week, when the American opera was at
the Academy.
Aimee is going to change Off again and
make another break for success, this time in
theater.
james T. Powers whose "face is his for
tune" Is about to return to England. He is
negotiating for the right to inflict some of
Charles n. Hoyts absurdities on the English.
And now Agnes Herndon has tackled the
role OF Belinda 1reherne, in Gilbert's Engaged"
and opens In 1t at the Star theater, New York,
Monday night.
- Augustus Pitou has signed a contract with
Robert Mantell, by which the latter is to star
years; Mantell's repertory will include "The
Marble Heart" Lady of Lyons" "Much Ado
About About /, No1thing," "Rsmec and Juliet" Don
are being written for him.
Magda 1rschik, the German tragedienne,
Will make another tour of America next season,
ana s.I1, VIII include in her repertoire Sardou's
The farewell banquet to Henry E. Dixey at
Delmonicos Tuesday evening, promises to be
In keeping with the other ridiculous 'ovations"
which have been got up over this clever variety
actor. Invitations to the banquet have been
sent 10 q large number of people, and they con-
tain the Information that "the price of tickets
have (sic) been placed at S25." Although the
banquet, 1t was supposed, was to be voluntary
oppression sion Of admiration from Dixeys friends.
Dlxey sails for England on Wednesday next.
- MIR. Charles B. Hanford, of this city, who
has met with SO much success in the role of
1Eyeon in Robson and Cranes Comedy of
Errors" this season, will next year support Ed
win Booth.
The report that Adelina Patti tainted twice
I'm hot
carmen Is followed by another, stating the
reason-that the porter of the hotel where she
was staying had shot his wife dead, in her pres.
ence, that very evening.
AT the matinee last Wednesday of the
Little Tycoon" at the Fifth Avenue theater,
New York, all the ladies present were given
ural flowers.
1t is said that in addition to Robson and
Cranes grand spectacular revival of "Comedy
of Errors" and "Merry Wives of Windsor"
next season, two other of Shakespeare's PLAYS
ties. f'
Manager Barnes will bring out in London
during the autumn season a romantic drama
written by an anony nous American for the late
1avorably OF the dra matte qualities of the play
The queen sent the royal carriage to the
station 70 meet List when he went to Windsor
10 pay MS respects to her majesty-an honor
never before extended an artist.
"A comedy by Mark Twain and w, D.
Howells, entitled 1.-THE American Claimant"
will be produced at the New York Lyceum
theater on May "a. Mr.. A. P. Burbank will
play the leading role, that of the Claimant. an
inventor The omedy has been written some
Tune, the difficulty having been to secure the
pr per representative Of the comic role, Mr.
Burbank is regarded by the authors as filling
all the requirements.
Comedian Crane proposes to be Commodore
Crane OF his new yacht Ioanthe, which will be
ready for launching in few days, and with
which he proposes to enter the coming race for
the America cup.
Herr Scaria, the great German basso, who
will be remembered here from his appearance
In the Wagner concerts a couple of seasons ago,
is now the inmate of lunatic asylum During
q recent performance, in which he took part, he
suddenly walked to the front of the stage and
asked the conductor the name of the opera His
subsequent proceedings were of so cratic a
character that his friends became alarmed, and
the physicians whose aid was sought speedily
confirmed their worst fears.
1t Is said that in the enlargement OF her
repertory which Fanny Davenport contem-
plates for next season, she will include '.Mac-
beth" and "Media," and will drop Camille"