The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-01
James o,Neiu at AIbauph,s.

On Monday evening next at Albaugh's James
O'Nell will make his bow to Washington
audience, with whom he has always been a
prime favorite, in a new role, that of Robert
Landry in Henry Irving's version of "The Dead
Heart,' the play which ran successfully for the
entire last season at the Lyceum Theatre, Lon
don. Mr. O'Neill has been particularly fortu-
nate in securing from Mr.. Irving full permis-
sion to present his version of the drama in this
country, and not only did the eminent English
actor grant to him the right of production of
'The Dead Heart" but he also accorded to
Mr. ONeilFs stage manager, who went to
London expressly for the purpose, every facility
to become acquainted with the elaborate work
ings of the drama and presented him with a
copy OF his manuscript and the necessary
sketches and plots from which Mr.. O'Neill has
mad made all the scenery which will be used
here. The role of the hero in 'sThe Dead
Heart" Robert Landry, is one eminently fitted
to Mr.. O'Neill's romantic and artistic dramatic
qualities, and the critics in Boston, Philadel-
phia, and Chicago, where the play has been
produced this season, have bestowed unquali-
fled praise on his efforts and those of his excel
lent company, and have spoken in terms of the
highest praise of the splendid scenic and stage
effects. Mr.. O'Neill has surrounded himself
with a strong dramatic company, including
such well-known people as Joseph e. Whiting,
Joseph w. shannon, Nat d. Jones, Charles
Charters, F. Boudinot, Miss Grace Raven,
Miss Kate Fletcher, Miss Eleanor Claire, and
others equally capable in their respective roles.
Francis Wilson at the National.
Francis Wilson on his return engagement in
Washington will look out upon an audience on
Monday evening that will crowd every part of
the National Theatre The success achieved by
the company and the opera upon the occasion
of the last visit to this city was of such char
acter as to insure result of this kind. AS this
will be the last time this popular organization
will be seen in this city for nearly two years,
since Mr. Wilson has signed contract to play
his "Merry Monarch" company In the Broad
way Theatre, New York, during all next sea
son, it is likely that particular interest will be
manifested in this engagement The company
returns to this city without single change in
its personnel, and the opera will be given pre-
clsely as 1t was when seen at the National in
the early part of the season. In Philadelphia
Boston, Chicago, and elsewhere the success of
Mr.. Wilson and "The Merry Monarch" has
been of the most pronounced kind, and the
theatres in which he has appeared have been
crowded at each performance of this popular
comic opera The opera has Just closed an en-
gagement of five weeks in the Chestnut-street
Theatre, Philadelphia, which has shown total
in gross receipts of over fifty thousand dollars
g record without precedent in the history of
theatrical affairs in that prosperous city.
large number of fashionable theatre parties
have already booked orders for the engage
ment. The demand for seats has been the live
liest that the National Theatre has known this
season.
The StOddard Lectures.
This perennial attraction may justly claim its
popularity, so constantly is it renewed by novel
features During the whole of the past summer