The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-17

Mansfield. She has Just secured divorce from
her husband. Mansfield denies the soft inn
peachment.
Marshall P. Wilder, the little New York
humorst has gone abroad again to sec his
friend, the Prince of Wales, and to pick up
foreign ideas.
New York is full of theatrical people, ac-
tors, singers, managers, and nondescrlpts.
Broadway is crowded every afternoon with
lordly leading men and chattering soubrettes.
Joseph Levy, one of the best known aud
most popular men in the theatrical business,
will manage Margaret Mather next season. He
was for years with Barrett and the Booth Bar
rett combination.
The latest estimate on next seasons farce
comedy crop is that ninety-two of them will
litter the theatrical boards. However, it is
easier to talk than even to get farce-comedy
company organized.
Mr.. Charles B. Hanford, who Is at home in
Washington for the summer, will rejoin Julia
Marlowes company ut the beginning of the
next theatrical season in September. Mr..
Hanford's numerous friends will be glad to
know that he is in the very best of health, all
traces of the severe illness from which he suf-
fered some time ago having disappeared
Miss Marlowe will add permanently to her re-
pertory next season "Cymbelne' and Much
ADO" which she played a few times toward
the close OF the past, season.
Stuart Robson's season at the Union Square
Theatre ends May 30, when the comedian will
at once join his grandchildren at Cohasset.
Next season he will revive "She Stoops to
Conquer" and probably stage Buckstone's old
comedy Married Life"
Won Sonnenthal, the great German actor, at
dinner in Vienna lately toasted Henrik Ibsen
as the greatest living dramatist,' and i'm
mediately received what most people will re-
gard as condign punishment, for Ibsen, who
was present, kissed him.
1.-THE Gondoliers," Gilbert and Sullivan's last
operatic effort, will be presented by the Carle-
ton Opera Company on Monday, May 25.
Miss Lilly Post will Join the company on that
date and sing the principal soprano part New
costumes and new scenery are now being pre-
pared for this novelty.
Mr.. Henri Strange, the colored tragedian,
appeard as Richard on Wednesday evening in
Philadelphia, in what is described as a grand
scenic production of Richard I'LL" One-half
of the proceeds of the performance go to
fund for the erection in Philadelphia of a the
atre for colored actors.
Joseph Haworth will hereafter be under the
management of J. H. Mack and will be seen
as st. Marc in the play of that title which e.
L. Davenport made famous in London years
ago. 1t will be one of the most costly pro-
ductions of recent years. The scenery by Reid
and costumes by Hawthorne now represent an
expenditure of q fortune. Mr.. Haworth will
Unsupported by those formerly with Booth,
Barrett, and Fetchter. Broadway opening is
promised in New York. and then follows
tour of the leading cities and Australia.
MIR. Giles Shine and Lavinia Shannon have
arrived in the city and will remain here until
August 15. Miss Shannon has been very sue
cessful during the past two years as leading
lady with Thomas w. Keene, the tragedian,
playing such characters as Ophelid, Julie,
DesdemOnd, Lady Anne, etc. She has been
engaged for the ensuing season by Manager
Augustus Pitou for the leading character in
the New York success, entitled the Power of
the Press" The season will begin at Boston
September, where the play will be given for
four weeks at the Globe Theatre. Mr. Shine
has been with Margaret Mather during the
past year, playing such roles as Touchstone,
Moch Duke, ClOten in "Cymbeline," etc. He
will play the same line of characters with Julia
Marlowe during the forthcoming season. OPEN
ing in Philadelphia September 1.
1.-THE Tar and the Tarter" seems to have made
a popular hit as presented by the McCaull
Company at Palmers Theatre. New York last
week. Some of the critics find Mr.. Harry B.
Smiths libretto dull and clumsy, with little
originality of any kind. The story is the some
what trite one of the sailor who happens to be
shipwrecked on the coast of Morocco, just as
the Sultan had resigned. The tar, of course.
gets the Sultan's job, four hundred new wives
going with it, But the new Sultan's Joy is
somewhat dampened by the discovery that his
own wife, whom he had deserted, has somehow
got into the harem. The music of the opera
by Adam Itzel, Jr, of Baltimore. while
strongly reminiscent of many well-known
operas is said to be tunefu and contains some
catchy airs. Mr.. Itzel himself lead the orchestra
on the first night and amused the audience by
the wild way in which he welded the baton.
The opera altogether is said to be likely to
achieve more of success than any other
purely American work of recent years. Digby
Bell. Laura Joyce Bell, and Annie Meyers
made distinct hits.