The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-26
PLAYHOUSE GOSSIP.


Katherine Howe, lately with Natural
Gas has been engaged to play the part of
Prince PreHiigt. formerly done by May Yohe,
in 'The Crystal Slipper.n
The ministers of Boston 60 to the museum
themselves and therefore preach no sermons
against 1t, writer for Boston paper assert
ing that there is no clergyman In his town
congregation that the best people do not 90 to
the theatre, and no Boston congregation
would believe him If he did"
William II. Crane will play next season
Fdlstdf in "The Merry Wives of Windsorn
and "Henry w." and in two modern come
dies.I
Denman Thompson and "The Old Home
stead'' threaten to become perpetual tenants
OF the Academy of Music, New York. which
10 still filled to oyerhowing at every perform
anee.
"Miss Esmeralda," which the London Gaiety
Company will produce at the Standard Thea.
tire, is q burlesque of Victor Hugo's world-read
novel, "Nutre Dame de Paris.n In it Grim
goire is transformed from poet to querulous
corporal and it is he who is stabbed by Claude
Froito, instead of Captain PhgbuS Esmerdida
has been made into gypsy, who is adored by
three worshipers, Phebus, FfoliO and quasi
nlodO, the misshapen hunchback
Joseph Haworth will again assume the title
role Of paul kauvarn at the Globe Theatre,
Bostoh, and Mr.. Edmund Collier will take
the place In the cast which Steele Mackaye,
the author, has been filling.
Roland Reed will make two months visit
to Europe In May with "The Woman Hatern
The plucky American actress, Grace Haw-
thorne, who has made herself quite factor In
London theatricals, has met with another sue
cess In her new drama, Islands Across the
Sea-" at the London Princess theater. She
has entered into O partnership with Sophie
Eyre TO give several matinee performances of
The Love that Kills." version of "L'Arbe-
sienne," with Bizets music.
Sixty thousand dollars have already been
subscribed to Sydney Rosenfeld's Is new Century
theater, which will probably be located on
Forty-second street east of Broadway. De
Wolf Hopper will be the leading commedian
Of the new house which will be devoted to
comic opera and extravaganza.
Miss Blanche Marsden has signed three
years contract with London manager to
play In England.
Mittens Willett, who is known off the stage
as Mrs, Henry Aveling, has been deyoting her
leisure time lately TO writing comic poetry
However, she as yet has no intention of offer
ing anything in that line for publication.
A Chicago manager is having "Robert Els
meren dramatized and expects to put it on the
stage shortly after the first Of the year
Manager Rudolph Aronson has made ar
rangement for placing on the backs of the new
chairs now being constructed for the Casino
patent automatic opera glass case that will
disclose its contents to anyone who drops q
silver quarter of a dollar into the slot at its
side. The case viii contain a paE of fine
opera glasses which can be used during the en-.
tire performance.
The real name of Elsie Leslie, the youthful
star Of the Little Lord Fauntleroy'i produc-
tion at the Broadway theater, is Edith Lydi.
She was born in Newark, n. D., nine years
ago.
Helen Dauyray Ward and her sister are IN
London.
Lawrence Barrett has bought new play
from William Young, author Of "1he Rajah, i
which has not been christened. IL is a love
story IN blank verse, with the scene laid in
| Corsica In the ninth century.
Noxt season Louis James and Marie Vain
wright viii be seen in revival of one OF
shakspeare's comedies, probably "1welfth
| Night,n