The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-04-20
NOTES OF THE STAGE.


Florence Company next season.
Rhea is great favorite in Cleveland, and the
florists of that city have named new rose after
her.
London dispatches say that Bernhardt has
signed an engagement to make another tour of !
the world, beginning in this country in septem-
ber.
tits said that Victor Maurel, the famous French
baritone, has made an engagement to come to
America for three years. the remuneration being |
100000.
Audran is said to have produced new comic
opera entirely worthy of the composer of 'The !
Mascot" and "Olivette." 1t is called "L'Guif |
Rouge" and scored an immediate success at the |
Folie5 Dramatiques in Paris.
The local theatre manager in small town
across the Potomac recently wrote Frederick
Warde in this wise: I'VE want 'Virginius here
there are lots of old virginans who would give
all they've got to see good Southern play"
The -hundredth performance of "The SEN
ator" will take place at the New York Star The
atre Tuesday evening. The house will be deco
rated with flowers. photographs Of Mr.. Crane as
the Senator, framed in japanese silk, will be the
souvenirs.
Rosina Vokes's laugh sounds like the dropping
of gold pieces in tankard of wine. 1t is clever
bobclink laugh and it is artfuy stuck all over
her part, like the cloves in ham. She never
laughs out of tune. She very often sings out of
tune.-Nyfn Crirtklc.
1t is said that Henry E. Abbey lost $4,000 on
his engagement of Tamagno, the great Italian
tenor, whom he paid $1,000 night. The draw
ing power of Patti and Albani, however, more
than made up the loss to Abbey, whose season on
the whole is believed to have been big finan-
cal success.
In Madrid when an actor has benefit mis- ad-
mirers send to the theatres little gifts, such as
canes slippers game, and such trities just as if
it were a donation party, and the employees hand
these gifts around among the audience for in
spection, while next day complete list of them
is printed in the papers,
Donnelly and Girard, in that efervescent farce
comedy, Natural Cas- will be seen at the New
National Theatre for one week, beginning Mon
day, April %. Among the new features will be
Hub Smiths latest song, Swinging in the Grape
vine Swing" The limitations of all the dstin-
guished celebrities will, of course, be retained.
A. II. Candy, manager of the Francis Wilson
Opera Company, was married in Baltimore on
Monday last to Jessie Quigley, of Chicago The
couple will sail for Europe May 10. Francis
Wilson will join them in London, and the party
will make a tour OF the Continent. Laura
Moore, of Wilson's company, will go with them.
Gen. Annenkof, Governor of Siberia, has or
ganized troupe of barbarian vocalists from
Turkestau, AfghanisUan, and the Khanate of
BolShara, and contemplates tour of concerts in
the principal European cities, commencing with
St. Petersburg, the proceeds to be devoted to the
establishing of schools and hospitals in Central
Asia
Henry Irving has been nominated for Parlia-
ment by somewhat Officous group of admirers
In a letter in which he asserts that he has nc
desire to sit among the legislators of his country
he adds. "A N actors work demands Camor at
mosphere than is TO be found in the strife of the
public needs and personal ambition of such
lofty kind"
The reports sent out during the week to tht
effect that Lawrence Barrett had written Edwin
Booth that his health had become so bad he wa
likely never to appear on the stage again ar
probably pure fiction. Booth denies that ne ha
received any such letter. Mr.. A. NJ. Palmer, o
New York has letter from Barrett dated Mont
Carlo March 80, in which the tragedian says h
is in the best OF spirits is regaining his strength
and will be home in June and ready to take tn
l field again in October.
+ Manager John w. Albaugh's new theatre il
: Baltimore will be constructed out of the presen
= Lyceum Theatre on North Charles street Nj
: Albaugh has purchased an adjoining building
and will combine the two and turn the propert
into modern theatre securing a large seatin
capacity and all the facilities of a complete ne,
homo of entertainment. The best attractions
including Booth ana Barrett, will play there
Mr.. Albaugh will give up the lease of the Holl
= day-street home, which will be run as a low
priced theatre, 1t is understood.
Society ia to furnish another star to tn
o stage, and the aspirant for histronic fame is n
e less parsonage than the Baroness Julie de Fol
l. tenillat sister of Mrs. w. X Vanderbilt. TIL
s. Baroness says that she has been studying for I'll
/ stage since last fall under Mr. Boucicaults dire
l. tion and adds that being driven to the necessit
of supporting herself, she naturally turns to II
profession which has the greatest charms for he
Some very curious tales told of the peculii
'e tastes and habits of the Baroness If these r
N ports are not wholly false she and Mrs. Lesl
" Carter would make great team. The Barone
is has heretofore lived on S2,0OO.a-year allowan
y from the Vanderbilt family.
~ A little incident not down on the bills o
a CURED at the Grand Opera House during Il
,e performance of "The Great Metropolis" on Mo
at day night During Intermission between d
acts, and while the orchestra was playing Yari
tions on "Climbing up the Golden Stairs" son
sb boys IN the gallery whisted an ACCOMPANYING
- which was so perfect in time and musical
VI counterpoint and harmony that the audience
ny first began TO laugh at the Interpolation, b
lat finally broke outinto applause,a and encore W
nd demanded. The good-natured leader of the
or, chestra acceded to the demand, and playing I
nd same theme over again, the boys repeated tbs