The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-04-06

pany, Alice Vincent will sing the part OF Ntnon,
a role with which she has been identifedin every
important city In the country.
Bronson Howard, the playwright, has been
warmly received on the other side of the Allan
tic Mrs. Humphry Ward, author of Robert
Elsmerc," has shown him a great deal of atten-
tion, and he has been invited to visit Andrew
Lang, Hall Caine, and other noted British men
of letters.
Gounod, composer OF Faust" is man of in
tense religious feeling. He has gradually become
more and more ascetc in his habits, until he now
lives almost the life of hermit, and it is feared
that he may deny himself the delight of further
musical composition, as too worldly aud selfin-
dulgent an employment.
Mr.. Charles b. Hanford, a young actor of whom
Washington would be proud il there was any
local pride in the town, will retire from the
Booth Barrett Company at the close OF the pres
ent season. after four years with that organiza-
tion. Mr.. Hanford has now been playing in the
Legitimate" for eight years. and has established
reputation for careful, intelligent, and spirited
work second to actor of his age in the country.
For the coming production of cleopatra" in
Paris, an adaptation by Sardou from Shakes
peare's tradgedy, Sarah Bernhardt announces
her intention OF breaking all her previous rec
ords by dyeng her frail person chocolate color
in view OF her impersonation of the Egyptian
Queen. The production will not take place be-
fore April 20, but the Porte st. Martin box Office
is said to be already beseged by admirers snxi-
GUS to behold this curious metamorphoss OF
their idol.
Another new war drama is promised. 1t will
be called THE Couutersign." The principal
scenes are laid In Sandusky, Ohio, and the story
! hinges on an attempt to rescue the prisoners
! confined on Johnson's Island in Lake Erie At
| the time, 1863 and during the war there were
confined in the stockade Johnson's Island
! from six thousand to ten thousand Confederate
officers, more or less distinguished Gen. Penn
berton was prisoner there They were guarded
by raw recruits. The idea of rescue was not q
Ethiopian one.
AS already announced in these columns, upon
the occasion OF Mr.. S. w. Forts retirement from
the management of Mr.. Albaughs theatres in
| Baltimore and Washington at the end of the
son, testimonial benefit will be rendered him.
! The performance will take place Wednesday
afternoon, April 16, and will include, among
other attractions, the London Gaiety Company,
Schubert Quartette, Hub Smith, Herndon Nor
sell, etc. Mr.. Forts Washington friends who
desire to lend their aid will find few choice
seats on sale at the box Office of Albaughs in
this city, the price being 81 each.
Brandon Thomas, an excellent English actor,
who is remembered here for his admirable work
member of Rosina Vokes's Company three
or four seasons ago, is now playing in Master
and Man" at the Princess Theatre, London On
Monday evening in the drunken scene, when
Thomas drank usual from whisky bottle, he
found that the bottle, instead of containing
whisky, held a disgusting mixture that nearly
strangled. On coming off the stage Thomas at
tackled the property man, whom he charged
with the substitution hitting him in the mouth.
breaking his nose, and knocking out several of
his teeth. During the Thomas broke his
eyeglasses and not being able to see, fell down
several steps.
} From the story which was telegraphed from
Minneapolis few days ago it appears that the
stage contains Joseph who is quite equal r
mpregnable virtue to the young man whom
Potiphar's wife tried unsuccessfully to fllrt
with. Joe Haworth is the man, and he acknow
: edges with beautiful innocence that he does not
even know the name of the fair maiden who
followed him from Baltimore to Washington ant
n thence over the entire country, vainly seeking
O from him some sign of reeprocation of her ar
dent love. 1t is all well enough to be scrupu
lousy careful of your reputation, joe but yol
i might at least have granted the poor girl an in
X terview, and tried to show her the hopelessnes
Of her passion.
= The festival of the union of German chora
> societies at Vienna, in August next will be
stupendous affair. 1t IS expected that betwee
e. 5000 and 1000 singers will take part. A guarar
tee fund of $4,000 has already been subscribed
and 800 citizens of Vienna are engaged in al
u, ranging the prelimnaries of the celebration. !
vast concert hall with a capacity of 10000 will
- erected in the prater. The inauguration of tn
festival will be preceded by a grand procession
n of the participating societies. delegations, etc
is who will parade the streets of the Austrian cap
tai. Why doesn't the Washington Choral 81
J., ciety undertake something of this sort as a cell
-, bration of the four hundredth anniversary of til
' discovery in October next? Here's a suggestio
for DR.. King and the other enterprisng gentl
ly men of our Choral Society.
i'm When one goes to the theatre one wants
know the name of the play, the cast of chara
ters the titles of the entl' dcte music and, If OF
an b. collector of programmes, the name of IL
is theatre and the date. The name of the manag
re- might be add0d for each manager deals chief
in one particular line of show; the local man
ot ger, too may acquire reputation for careful
od loose management of the company and theatr
m, which will serve another index for the theatr
goer; and some morbidly curious persons m,
have an interest ia the name of the orchest
on leader But why the man in the ticket office al
IL the ushers, the gasman and the wigmaker, L
Die doOrkeeper and the call-boy should be blazon
forth on the programme one who is not in t
"a business has ever been able to discover. Nor
nj one able to discover without difficulty the pI
ments of chop-houses, patent medicines, a
liver -pads.-SGn Francisco Argonalt.
in ut is time we produced Mrs. Kendall" sa
mo the Theatre. I'VE haven't an Ellen Terry, but
have many Others who can act her parts acceI