The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-23
coULIssE CHAT.


MADAME Sarsn Bernhardt Is writinf play, the
N.Y. Mrsnn ,pI un. m"o" se p"Poses reser''ns 'or
"'e' pe'"""'ee'e'
A new play by an American star, entitled "The
Helen Barry In London.
| ,.,.o, s,r.rs, ,,,, x,.,,.. ....sa.. 49,, ,.
Jonann Smnuss' 'ne vienna composer, mas become
marry, aud VIII become a Protestant
Mr. Lawrence Barrett ,sl close his season I'm San
| Ftantlsc6 week froih Tomorrow night. Ibe Will
pass most of the summer ut his house In Cohayset
| MARY Andcrson's appeorarces nj tho star rhSa,rc
| New YORK, last week. when drew crowded houscs
| were inc last OF her American engagement win
| Abbey " wv -'"''''"" e"s'k''''"' WI"
-. ..
Thc largest theatre In the world Ia the new opera
| house IN Paris. u. covers nearly three acres OF
| iooooO, 900 francs "'''' "''"'
| .po, rns,rr,s ia atm ,,o ,,r,.,,o,, =, ,,.u..,,.
Theatre, hut "Thc Growing Hen. under which iji,c
an English version OF "Setment d'Amourr is NOT
| easily recognizable, Is In active preparation,
| A.. ,,.,a,,. ,,.,.,. -. -. =,
,,nrn,i ,r on ,,a y , vu'npamy WHICH sa'ieu 10Y
aro viii act before thew come ba"k in anJon Nom
E.iInhrgh n,bi,n por',, v,nnno u o1n as n o""o"'
e"' ''' no'''"' ''o"""' ""' "''s'
| The season OF the Emma Abbott Dpera Coupnny
terminates on MAY ". 1t VIII have extended over
thiIty,nxe w. weeks Next seasons operations com
wbhos nsua, hnsv a ,r WI, WI rnr W. preface" ny MISS
,,,,, ,,.,o,,~., -. ,,p.
engagement In st. Louis. The receipts reached
largest adv se OF ns Week Sfcv, WAS r I
ballet sylvia" which was given SATURDAY cycnuw e
Mcssrs. Al llayman and Marcus Mayer have Sc.
cured pretty Miss Fortescue for tour of this conn
My neX, SEASON. opening az tne lyccnm Theatre,
sev"roi ni,,vs =" ,nsu,m ,per @ nnc VIII VIII appear u
Gilbert. ~" Ne " w. s'
Ia wo,f yon,or ,os scoro, n nj, II, ANA, ,..,
h, IN, ,ro,n.,n, a,,'. ~, !. '.,," NV ~ .wsar
oy ".ouuciug song tha' IS qute unique. II Is en-
u.cu ,~,blrule anu commences quite sentmentay,
cscr,n,ng s u Ms amccon ior MS Young sweetheart,
ieeiings ior hcr aiter thir'y years nave lapsed.
Mrs u. +. Bowers, who ia 10 star again ncx, son.
M oon' 70 se'u.ou oosePn "neeiocS ior ner icaung
,nan , Sne opens AZ Ine Shestnut-street Theatre,
%M %.nuauMs,pna %M september ls The repertoire Will In
stuart r"ioyes Masoneralc - .ihe ioo,, ,v,sn
and "Macbcih.n
Mrs. Laup,ry during her American epuano,nor,
win produce the new play, "Enemles., written NV
Charles Coghau, who Is her leading man. Mrs
Isngtry Will also he seen in N n,cce caiioI urho
Tramp" which gives her a bows mart. T6e s,ars
pieces "i'ygmalion and tn,a,e. ur,,a ny G, s,vvM
NOON and IA Wiie,s pcr " "are ai,o ~, o "o ,y Muncy
,r,.a ',.I ',"' "'0 "''' " 'o s"e"'
lhe following company mas been engaged TO sup
port Kate Forsyihe In the uye.act comcov drama
s,stcla,o written for her by OConnor Roach =" ,n
nrosom,o, a, maa,om., T, ~ i "oacn, 10 oe
E.es,eeu Nv ,iVoiey Ineatre, Chicag0. on May "a:
p,S ~ "e v SeeVIe Frazer Coulter Dan Magnin-
feTnandez, and Bijou Fernandez. John II. Russell
Will nave 'he business management.
The welcome accorded at London and New York
to Henry Arthur Jones's drama OF "Sants AMI SIN
ners' marked by the cordial interest Insplred
by genuine merit of thought AMI charac,er and n
brilliant literary STYLE ls story il iu NJ h,mnni,v
and the play is strong In portraits of cnara.icr II
Is deeply sypa,hetic with religion ana y,rtne vct 4,
delivers crushing blow nj those WIN ,an r.I,,nn ~
and virtue as q cloak for craft and sor,iid seIfsh.
ness ' 'N'''"-
a., ,,
Mme. Pattis marriage, which Is to take place at
grand even, IN ,ne ,Saa,r, n% p,o 10 oS
over ,ve hnpiroI o,as,s h,na ,.aa,, , "o'Iu
tor5 ho e ,ri rmuu guSs.s nave oeen invited TO at
Nns nsTnra has , n On yune ' ~, ~ Craigy.
concert at the Albert Hail. Tor which It il reporicd
thal she VIII receive G5oo night for four nights Her
ered loo nrS ssp nv w'r% Lago were cons
opera, ~ PNA' "PP'e''''" vi i'ai'an
An .von, q, ,,,,,, not. =,
uor vii, NO M. rr,,,.,,o, " =, .u,., io sea
,'. ~ w." y. ue p.o""o'oh U, laotics' new play,
which Is the Joint production OF George Parsons
Lathrop and Julian Hawthorne. The play is dra-
thorne, which appeared some time since in Coruhiu.
The brothers-ln.law have worked at the play Tor n
good while, and now the production Is almos, most com. S
plete. ii Is nigh comedy, and viii be brought out
by Modjeska. The heroine is an English prima
DONNA
ou' ,,l yaues nas competed nus company Tor next
season, which consists OF Fred Mosely (now with
Barrett,) Dan IIuebner with Barry and RedpuudN
8 snr,noer with narro,,Ip Tm,1 .ss ,.,'
Square, Fritz Williams with Baneinauit itt oRiTn a,n
Charles Mackay, Charles Meek, Dan Bliss, and Marie
Heart y "f adv NJ vons J, tti,,t @ MarDie
When You Car, n"Much Ado About Nothing. !" and
others.
The play which Mr. w, ID. uowes nnd Mark
Twain have written and which was In be nroduced
this wool ia oH dosn,,,h ,, ~, ~, l 80
''n "sen om o.sPa'cn says MT. Howeils fears
'iure anu VIII not allow MS flne comedy part of the
piece to he mixed up with Mr.. Twaln's Inventions
which constitute the main part of that genlemans
contribution to the play. Mr. Twain proposed TO
have an eccentric and inventive man Introduce ali
his eccentrcitles and Inventions to the audience
He tried the piece now constructed on a few
invited friends, "the dog" no to speak, and it did
not "go.n Hence the Lyceum Theatre will not he
open, AMI Mr.. Twain, who had hired IL out right and
also engaged large company. will have an oppor-
tunity 70 pay but not receive some money!
uUowardr vr,,., tro,, ,,os,or ,,., 90 -, u,,.,.
,,,, ~, o, r, nve''n ''ia' ohe VI nooths
Hiehu5 says "Mr. Booth liad return of his ver-
tigo twice during the past week. once finishing the
'hru ac' VI otneio which ID most exhausilng, and
on on, Weunesuay ailer coming before the curtain he
room int as I e sGc M ot o s way 70 ae dressng
ness while acting there w;,s no cnnee for ibe mr.
chartably minded to attribute it to false anu Djri.
9us @ CAUSES, anu u IL only cited to show that Mr..
nf