The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-15
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

Manager Frohman, of the Lyceum Th eatre.
has gone to Europe. Just before his departure
he stated that the greatest successes at the
Lyceum had been with American plays 1t must
be very CALLING to that most distinguished man.
ager, Mr.. A NJ. Palmer, to other managers
coming money with American plays. Mr..
Palmer has, believe, held that there were no
American plays, that is none worth producing
except at authors matinGes. Yet Mr. Frohmau
has not only produced American plays with
great success, but he has in hand accepted
plays by Henry Guy Carleton, George H. Jessop,
Clinton Stuart. and Brander Matthews. What
foreign plays made any great success this
son? On the other hand, look at the confirmed
success of THE Old Homestead" THE County
Fair THE Henrietta" THE Senator Held
by the Enemy" "Money-Ma THE Shenan-
doah,n and last, but not least, Beau Brummel,"
all written by Americans American Musician
Mr.. Albert Riddle, manager of Donnelly and
Girard's Natural Cas- returned TO the city
early in the week in time to take charge of the
performance of paradise Flats" for the Colum-
bia Athletic Club on Friday night. Mr.. Riddle
will remain at home until after the 4th of July
"Our season with Natural Gas was very success
full he said. I'VE cleared twenty
thousand dollars, which was doing very well,
considering that so many companies lost money
on the season. We reopen early in August"
Mr. Riddle will go to Whitestone, L. l. to spend
the remainder of his vacation after he leaves
here. The Actors Amateur Athletic ASSOcla-
ton of America c'the Five A's') has opened a
clubhouse at Whitestone, where the boys can
lay off bother and play ball and lawn tennis to
their hearts content.
The Gilbert and Sullivan quarrel promises to
prove the best advertisement those far-seeng-
gentlemen could wish for. The little plot is be
ing worked for all it is worth, and we must con-
fess it works marveously WELL Gilbert is inter-
viewed daily on the subject of Sullivan, and Sui
hn Of n
seam, and now where thousands had heard of the
co-authors of "Pinatore" millions take a lively
interest in their reported estrangement.-Nclc
York Mirror.
An impecunious English actor, not entirely
devoid of a certain sad sense of humor had the
following adYertis ement inserted in the London
Times few days ago: "REQUIRED-TO BoR-
Row-The sum of $50, for indefinite period
No security can be offered. ANY lady or gentle
men granting this favor will greatly oblge and
at the same time greatly surprise the advertiser
Address MARCUS"
Those who have been crying that Italian opera
is dead are likely to have to reverse their views
Highly successful revivals of the bel cdHtO have
taken place in Vienna and London. The change
in Vienna is most remarkable. For many years
Wagner's music has enjoyed a semi-moIopoly al
the Hof Oper, but of late the performances have
been highly Improbable, and a return TO the
Italian school was necessary.
The new opera with which Francis Wilson will
open his next season in New York on August Il
is called "The Merry Monarch" The book is by
the comedian himself and j. Cheever Goodwin
and the music by Erme Chabrier and Woolsor
Morse. The scenes of the opera are laid in the
Orient.
Nine. Scachl, whose beautiful bird-like con
tralto has aroused the enthusiasm of Washing
ton audiences on many occasions, has been Sc
verely criticised in London of late Her voice il
declared to be badly worn. 1t gave unmistaka
ble indications of it the last time she was hear'
here.
Margaret Mather is in Europe, we are told
studying the role of Jeanne d'Arc with Saral
Bernhardt. Margaret will produce the play il
New York in the fall with spectacular accom-
Laniments similar to those seen in the origina
production at the Porte st. Martin. Paris.
Mile. Nuovina, new prma donna, has mad
a success as Marguerite in the production O
Faust" by Augustus Harris in London. He
voice, which is a mezzo-soprano, is not yer!
powerful, but it has been well trained and he
method is good.
In the New York Worlds contest for the bes
American play three hundred and twenty-eigh
were sent In. These were reduced to hve an
the special committee, consisting OF +. +