The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-11
NOTES OF THE STAGE.


As the chestnuts begin to bloom in the open air
the theatres are closing all over the country
The theatrical season just closing has been sue |
cessful in spots. Washington was one of the
spots.
Maggie Mitchell closed her fortteth annual tour
in st. Louis last night. AS usual, it was a big
success
of the late Charles Reade, and it was to her he
dictated his last novel;
During the recent DAILY engagement in Phila-
delphia the Ledger indulged in sharp criticism
of Ada Rehau's ROSdltnd.
Mr. Hartz, manager of the Euclid.avenue Opera
House. Cleveland, will try his hand at managing
Richard Mansfield next xtseason.
Sadie Martinot. who has been in ill-health for
months, went to Europe last week. She will not
return TO the stage FOR couple of years.
Miss Ethel Sprague, daughter of Mrs. Kate
Chase Sprague, of this city, has, it is announced,
given UP her intention of going on the stage.
William H; Crane closed his wonderfully sue.
cessful New York engagement in THE Senator
last night and leaves for San Francisco to-day.
Patti took away to Europe with her over
100000 as the net proceeds of her forty-two APP
pearances in opera in this country the past sea-
son.
devote her summer to studying two new plays,
which she will add to her repertory next season.
She will also have new manager.
That strong and conscientious old actor, Domi-
tour of the country in Master and Mar" one of
the latest imported English melodramas.
Mrs. John Drew. Viola Allen, Frederick Pauld-
ing. and George Denham have been reengaged
for the next tour of the Jefferson Florence
Comedy Company, beginning IN October.
Mrs. Langtry was sued last week in London,
and had TO pay G. Haddon Chambers, dramatic
author the sum of ESQ for alleged refusal to ac-
cept play for which she had contracted.
Mr.; E. M. Alfrend, of Richmond, has made
another stage version Of H4wells's novel: "A
Mr.. L. r. Benson, an English actor, have already
dramatized the story.
Some time ago Sydney Rosenfeld offered a
commonly regarded as his worst play. THE Step
ping Stone" Miss Maude Banks, daughter of
Gen. N. p. Banks, won the prize.
When Chinaman goes on the stage he loses
CASTE he and his children being deprived of citi-
zenship for four generations. Judging from the
specimens of Chinese actors we have seen this
provision seems peculiarly just and necessary
one.-N. y. Mirror.
Those popular operate artists, Eugene Oudin
and jeff De Angels, were among the profession
new opera, all his own, words and music, which
he hopes to produce on the other side of the
ocean, and De Angels is likely to play part in
1t before returning tor his engagement at the
New York Casino.
Miss Emma V. Sheridan, leading lady of the
Boston Museum Company, advises girls who de-
sire to become good takers to study the delivery
of actresses. Boys who looking for fluent
style of conversation may acquire it by studying
giving the umpire his opinion of an adverse de-
Csion.-N. y. World.
Hoyt's new farce-comedy, "a Texas Steer"
was produced last week in New Bedford. Of
course it was go" Mr.. Hoyt is said to have
about concluded to write no more farce-come-
dies, but to branch out into the higher realms of
dramatic art. Still, farce comedy has paid him
handsomely. He and his partner will divide
$4,000 between them as a result of this season S
business.
De Wolf Hopper began his mad career as a
comic opera star before an immense audience at
the New York Broadway Theatre Monday night
in Castles in the Air." The critics are severe on
the libretto. Gus Kerkers score is said to be
very tunefGl. but decidedly reminiscent. Hop
per- Alfred Klein, Marion Manoa Rose Leigh
ton, and Della Fox made hits, and the opera will
be popular success.
Sophie Eyre thinks actresses ought not TO
marry. The husband she says. "interferes
more less hampered if she has a man at her
heels. If an actress does marry she should have
a man she can absolutely dominate, one so
superior to herself that she could worship him
for his greatness. Commonplace, matter Of fact
husbands are useless additions TO the families OF
women on the STAGE
Astupendous projects being pressed in France
to unite all the members of the seven thousand
musical associations in the country, choral as
well as instrumental, the total membership OF
which is about six hundred thousand In Paris
aloneseyenteen thousand adhesions to the scheme
were obtained in six weeks. The formal inaugu.
ration of the grand union will take place in Paris
on July l3, when agrand festival in which eighty
thousand musicians are expected 10 participate
will take place. Massenet has promised to write
n chorus for the occasion.
Mrs. James Brown Potter and KYrle Bellew
are catching il hot in Australia. The Melbourne
Bulletin, for example, speaking of their first ap
pearance in that city, says THE first appear
ance OF Mrs. Potter and kyrie Beliew two dis
tinguished nOtOriety artists occurred at Mel
bourne Princess on Saturday. The presence OF
the local emblem of monarchy, added TO the faci
that Mrs Potter'S costumes are by Worth, OF
Paris, gave certain air Of refined interest tC
this sad event, far the dress circle and stalls
were concerned. Above in the amphitheatre
where Worth, of Paris is not name to conjurC
with public interest in Mrs. Potter took the
form of eXhortations to speak up, and vented
itself in irreyerence calculated TO disgust Worth
OF Paris, had that excellent mlliner been there
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