The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-01
Stage Notes.

"The Country Circus" is another new rustic
drama which will take the road next season.
Comedian Crane closed his long and eminently-
successful engagement in THE Senator" at the
New York Star Theatre last night
Poor Jonathan the modern full-dress opera,
was not much of a success here, but it still holds
the stage at the Casino in New York.
Mrs. Langtry wants play made for her out of
the story OF Carmen" and che has engaged
Justin Mccarthy and f. G. Burnard to do it.
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice" has lust
been done into Turkish. This is the third of
Shakespeare's plays that have suffered this fate.
Mr.. Willard. the clever English actor, will be
seen in another new play, Joseph Hattons John
Needham's Double,' in New York tomorrow
night,
The perennial e. E. Rice has organized COM
pany and will shortly produce three-act farce
comedy by Percy Weldon and Louis De Lange,
entitled Never Better"
1t is said that Richard Mansfield and his latest
manager, Gus Hartz. have agreed TO separate.
Richard seems to have difficulty in getting a
manager who can manage.
An experimental production of q new play BY
M. E. Sewell, of Washington. will shortly be
given by Manager Gustave Frohman at the
Frohman Studio in New York.
Carmencita goes out next season at the head
Oh vaudeville and operatic company. One of
the features OF the entertainment will be an act
each night from grand opera.
Robert Mantell will begin his starring tour
under his own management in New York the
latter part of May, appearing in new society
play called The Yelled Picture"
This is probably Rhea's last season in "Jose.
phtne." as she is having play written for her by
s. B. Alexander and Rabbi SCHNEIDER. The play
will deal with the highest type of Jewish
character.
Rosina Vokes closed a prosperous engagement
at the New York Madison Square Theatre last
night. Monday the regular Madison Square
Company will appear in r. c. Cartons play.
sunlight and Shadow"
Mr.. D'Oyly Carte. the gentleman of the mys-
terously-suggestive name who made fortune
out of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, has new
theatre in London for which he is buying operas
in job lots. He has no less than five English
composers now at work constructing operas to
his order.
Nine German cities are soon to hear "Caval-
iera Rustiana," the opera which has SO suddenly
made the fame of the young Italian composer,
Mascagui. The latter has completed two more
new operas and is at work third. He ap-
pears to be q sort of musical Rudyard Kipling
in productiveness.
The HERALD has received with pleasure the
following from Manager Fred. Stinson: ut is
with great pleasure that inform you of Miss
Julia Marlowes complete recovery from her
long and severe illness: and further, that she
will resume her professional duties under my
management the first of March,
notable musical event was the recent pro-
duction at the Berlin Court Theatre of grand
" q yUnn I'm Al. H.
opera is "Hiarne," the subject is Scandinavian.
and the lady who composed it bears name
which might have been taken from one of
lbsen's dramas-Ingeberg Won Bronsart.
Some papers are going into paroxysms of as
tonshment because Lydia Thompson's hair is as
ravishingly golden as it was way back in sixty
something. Lydia may have lost her grip on
youth but she still knows what color in hair is
most likely to catch the chappies. When they
call for black Lydia will give it to them.
Oscar Wilde, 1T turns out. is the author of
Guido Ferranti,'' the new tragedy which Law
renee Barrett produced in New York Monday
night "'Guido Ferranti,' as one critic puts it..
fairly steams with assassination, suicide, and
other pleasant crimes" 1t is tragedy of the
old-fasnioned sort, with great claims to liter
ary merit.
Sarah Bernhardt will be in New York to-day
If the reported increase in her weight does not
delay the steamer. She is bringing over a boar
hound, an asp, two new plays, and fifty trunks.
Sarah stopped long enough at Havre before en-
barking to cable to the New York press that
next to France she loved America and the
Americans"
Fay Foster, the famous English beauty, who
is now making most successful tour of Amer
lea. has won her divorce suit against Lord
Houghton, another nobleman who married
against the wishes of his pa. Miss Foster re-
ceivis 95OO alimony. Her American companyi is
under the management of Joe Oppenhemer.
Washington boy.
Robert l.. Downing denies the report that he
will appear in Joaquin Miller's play "Tally Ho,'
next season. Instead of that he intends sending
out the play with strong comedy company,
while he will continue in his legitimate reper-
toire He is rehearsing two new productions for
the rest of this season. He will produce "The
Tanning of the Shrew" and new play next sea-
son.
The delegation of Sioux Indians who are here !
to treat with the "Great Father concerning
their grievances enjoying all the pleasures of
Manager Rapley of the National |
Theatre, and Manager Candy. of Francis Will |
sons "Merry Monarch" Opera Company, have
obtained the consent of Secretary Noble for the
chiefs to occupy four boxes at the National
Theatre on Monday evening, when Mr.. Wilson'S
company will begin an engagement there None
of the hostiles have ever seen a theatrical per-
formance of any kind
On Monday, February 0, Richard Mansfield |
and his excellent company will begin a return
engagement at Albaugh's Grand Opera House.