The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-13
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

Francis Wilson is booked in Chicago for two |
years ahead
Rose Coghlan has gone to Europe for a lot of
new costumes.
Philadelphia will have twenty theatres in full
blast in September.
Pauline L'Allemand will head an English
opera company next season.
Mue Fursch-Madi contemplates return to
this country next season.
After being closed for over 800 years a little
theatre at Pompeii is to be reopened.
Blanche Chapman is prima donna Of the New
York Opera Company, now playing in Texas.
Adele Aus der Ohe is passing the summer in
Germany. She will return to this country in the
autumn.
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morning.
Charles T. Vincent has just completed society
play for Lizzie Evans, which he has entitled "A
Little Barbarian"
BERTHE Ricci has recovered from her recent
severe indisposition, and will resume comic
opera in September.
According to Manager Hinrchs excessive
cigarette smoking was the cause of the fatal ILL
ness of Alonzo Stoddard the baritone.
Fay Templeton is not near so pretty as she was
when she left America. Elaborate French din
ners are not conducive to good health.
"Out of Sight" is the American title that has
been given TO the English play in which Frank
E. McNish and Lee Lamar are to appear next
season.
Nellie McHenry, who Is said to have made
great "go" of Lady Peggy in San Francisco
has still another new play, called MY Best
Friend"
Ben Woolf, the wel-known dramatic writer of
Boston, has written a new opera called Eau
vette.n 1t will be produced at the Hub on Mon
day night.
The New York World prize play, THE Mer-
chant" has been bought by 7. B. MacDonougn
and H. c. Kennedy, who will put it on the road
next season.
Verdi is now venerable. but enjoys robust
health at Geneva. He says "Othello" is not his
last opera, but will not indicate the character Of
his next venture.
La Mascotte," the greatest success of Audran,
is now nearing its fifteen hundredth performance
in Paris. This probably beats the record of any
other opera ever written.
Edward j. swartz, city editor Of the Phadel-
phia Ereni1lg Telegraph, has written a new com
edy, which he calls The Clipper" and it will be
put on the road next season.
Minnie Palmer arrived IN New York from Eu
rope early last week. In addition TO her new
play, she is going TO try her luck in a new comic
opera which she has purchased.
Adam Itze the young Baltimore orchestra
leader, who is well-known in Washington, hav
ing welded the baton at Albaugh's, has writer
the score of a comic opera called "Salania anc
SalpOsia"
1t appears to be settled that JEANNE Winston
will play male parts with Margaret Mather the
coming season. This may prove a sufficient nov
city TO draw the crowd for awhile, but il car
hardly prove success in the long run.
The one hundredth performance of Beau
Brummel," at the Madison Square Theatre II
August, VIII be celebrated by the distribution az
souvenirs OF books with illustrations of Mr.
hlchard Mansfield ana scenes in the play.
The Paris correspondent Of the Boston Home
Journal says Of Planquettes Rip Van Wnkle'
that the music is beautiful and that there is
hardly dull line in the opera 1t has been the
success of the season at the FOlies Dramatlques
Sophie Eyre will present grand spectacular
production Of Joan Of Arc at the AmphioI
Theatre, Brooklyn, September S. This we are
told, will be the grandest production in the an
nails of the stage with the best musical effects OF
the great masters
DIR. E. S, Rheem, late proprietor of the now dc
funct illustrated paper the LOurlger, and who ha
been connected with The SUNDAY HERALD for
year or So has been appointed Washington cor
respondent for the California Illustrated World