The Washington critic., 1888-07-23
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.

Past and Coming Events-The Next
season-Personal Mention.
NEw York, July 2l.-The event of
last week in theatrical affairs was the
production of "Prince Methusalem"
at Wallack's by the McCaull Opera
Company. IT is the first time it has
been produced here in five years, and
already the opera has proved a great
attraction.
Ellen Terry recently spoke two
lines in "Wool Gathering" at St.
Georges Hall, London, and her
daughter, Miss Ailsa Craig, played
the leading role. Another daughter
OF Miss Terry's, Miss Helen Wardell,
made her debut here in New York
last spring, just before her mothers
departure for England, but public at
tention was too much interested in
the gifted mother (wbo was one of
the audience) to permit of any great
notice being taken of the daughter.
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] see that Miss Leslie Chester, the
beautiful girl who attracted such
great attention while with Miss
Rosina Vokes two years ago, and who
with one or two other members of
her company remained in England
last season, is to rejoin the Vokes
forces the coming year, and will reap
pear with that charming actress in
her annual visit to America.
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A number of the city theatres are to re-
open in August, among which | may
mention the Broadway, with the
Queens Mate" the Academy of Music,
with Denman Thompson in 1.-THE Old
Homestead Niblo's, with a grand re.
vival of "Mathias Sandorf," and the
Fourteenth Street Theatre, with Mr.. j.
''Fitznoodle." "Fitznoodle." by the
way was produced last winter for the
first time in New Haven, with man
named Cedric Hope in the title-role but
in his hands 1t proved failure. 1t is to
be hoped that Mr.. Piggott will be more
fortunate, for | understand that the play
itself is really q very clever thing and
may prove eventually a taking piece.
The principal opening, however, will be
that of the Lyceum Theatre, and Daniel
Frohman has promised his patrons treat
in the new comedy to be placed on the
boards from the pens of those rising
dramatists, Messrs. Belasco and De Mile.
ltis called Lord Chumley, or The Knight
Of Lummy Tum." The comedy is in
three acts, and the scene is laid in Eng
land. 1t is for E. II. Sothern.
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Reports received from San Francisco
state that the Lyceum Company, with
'The Wife," opened last week to packed
houses and the curtain had to be raised
twice at the close of each act. Herbert
Kelley scored o decided personal hit.
In September the "Queen's Mate" at
the Broadway, will be replaced by Louis
Aldrich In play which is causing good
deal of comment and wonder, called the
"Kaffir Diamond" and in it Mr.. Aldrich
is expected to out-shine even himself.
That is not meant as a joke.
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/ met Mrs. Charles Doremus, an intelli-
gent and amiable woman, during the gay
season. She is the author of that bright
little comedietta, 1.-THE Circus Rider"
she wrote for Rosina Vokes. The play
was not successful in Brooklyn, but when
| 1t was produced here later on, with new
and more appropriate scenery and effects
| itproved to be great addition, and most
popular one, to that lady's repertoire.
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Mrs. Lippincott (Grace Greenwood) and
her daughter Annie are resting quietly
at their home IN the city. Miss Annie
made her Metropolitan debut in the win
ter in Otlenbach's operetta, "The Rose of
| Auverne." She has sweet and true
| voice, which is well.cultlvated, and she
| sings with feeling. Her voice lacks
| power, but in opera Miss Lippincott
| ought to be success, for she is fine look.
ing, has nice stage presence, an exceed.
ingly sweet and winning manner both
on and off the stage.
NICTORIA | STDDONs