The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

JOHN GILBERT, the actor, is seventy-elght.
"CARMEN" is sung oftener than any other
opera the world over.
NEXT season Mrs. James Brown Potter
will attempt Rosalind.
HENRY IRVING has been invited to produce
'Macbeth" in Germany this summer.
PRINCE HENRY XIV, of Reuss, is coming
to the fore as composer of symphonies.
BUFFALO BILLS ssWild Westn has sailed
from New York on its two years trip through
Europe.
MR.. CHARLES SANTLEY, the English bari
tone singer, is q capital painter, both In Wate"
and oils.
NINE. HAsTRETER has mude a great hit in
the Florence Qtaly) Opera House in Gluck's
! "Orfeo."
THE two thousandth performance of 'Er-
minie' in England took place recently at
Liverpool.
JoyEs's new play, "Wealth,n with Mr..
Beerbohm Tree in the leading role, has fallen
fat in London.
The drama in London has taken curious
turn, which is well worthy of notice. The
market now is for morality"
der ME1sTERDIEB" THE Boss Thief is
the title of new and successful comic opera
SARAH BERSHARDT, having made great
hit as Lena Despard in "As in Looking
Glass" is about to appear in La Belle Russo"
IRv1NG's next production, at the London
Lyceum will be king Arthur" by W. u.
Wills and "Henry VIII" will be done later.
W. J. ScANLAN, the Irish comedian, has
made very great success in England, where
he has already acquired the name of ''Peek-a-
Boo" Scanlan.
SARsATE, the Spanish violin virtuoso and
Won Bulow and Schwarenka, the celebrated
pianists, are included in next seasons list OF
concert artists in this country.
JOHN A. DUFF, the New York manager
who died q few weeks ago, went into the
theatrical business with $500, 900, and. left it
with something less than $4,000
NJ. MENIER, the chocolate-maker, has
private circus in Paris where the Queen Of
Naples jumps through hoops and the Marqui2
de Jauzy turns somersaultS on bare backed
steed.
HENRY IRVING and Helen Terry recently
CAVES private performance Of ''The Bells' and
the Shylock trial scene at Sandringham,
England, in presence of the Queen and royal
family.
1.-THE PoAcHERs," a comedy which has
been successfully produced in Vienna and
Roumania, who has another piece ready fol-
representation.
RE1cHMAN, the favorite baritone Of the
Vienna Court Opera House, and the hand
soonest singer on the German stage. has sud.
denly severed bis connection with that insti.
tute and will, in all probability, be heard il
New York next season.
BENJAMIN F. MARX and Louis Nathan OF
st. Louis have made a contract with Gounod,
the composer, for a tour Of this country next
season. The contract calls for Sevanty-fve
concerts and the sum Of $3.50 is guaranteed
to Gounod for each performance.
IT is related that some years before his re
cent death, Tamberlill, the great tenor, while
walking through the bird market at Madrid,
expended S200in buying all the birds on sale.
He then opened their cages, and as the birds
few away shouted gleefully: ''Go and be
free, my brothers"
RIcE's "Evangeline" company has gradu-
ated a large number of famous actors. Among
them are Billy Crane Laura Joyce Bell, Nat
Goodwin, Pauline Hall, Sadie Martinot
George S. Knight, Eenry E. Dixey, Vernona
Jarbeau, Lillian Conway and Lillian Russell.
The fifteen years existence of 'Evangeline'
mas made the play school for the pro-
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