Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-02

Ifeu. NOiOman, now WITH iauiiht
Halle company, has, been engaged
comic operas In condensed form. This
will be done by putting the works into two
or three scenes instead OF two or three
| acts, cutting ont tho useless verbiage. and
| retaining all Of the principal solo numbers
and choruses. Most of these pocket edi-
tions" will be reproductions OF new
French operas, and II goes without SAYING
that tho shrewd Teutons who own the nan
| will not be particular about the morality
Of tho operas they condense.
THE LADY OR rnE TIGER.
Tomorrow night Dewolf Hopper will
revive sydney Rosenfeld's comic opera.
1.-THE LADY or the Tiger" at the
Broadway Theatre. New, YORK. MI. mop
per will appear in his Characterization Oh
| Pausanias. the regent of Sparta, roe That
no originated while under the manage
ment OF Colonel McCauli, and which Is
| considerad to be one of his cieyerest
| creations. Jefferson DeAngelis, for many
wears the Casino comedian, Will be In the
cast. -.
soprano. will be exploited m new i9 T5
| and London this >all and winter oy Ed-
ward Strakosch, who ~ CONFIDENT that
the boy will create a sensation. III the Doy
has voice ne will certainly make nit
tor there ia nothing moro beautiful than
ono of these castrato voices. as they are
called on the Continent. remember
hearing Blatchford Kavanaugh sing seye-
raj years ago. His selection was tue In
flamatus." and ne rendered 1nat h bsfnre or or
since. His voice was of the most exquisite
oualitv. of great register, and there was
tender pathos In his phrasing that was al,
most divine His voice was resonant and
powerful. and though he sang IN the Chi
cago Auditorium. au immense building, ne
filled it with melody. :,
Francis Gaiilard aud his wife, two de-
liehtful singers, will be with the Grau
company again. and will probably DO heard
in Richmond this season.
THE PorrER-BELLEw VENTURE.
NV friends Of the Boston papers scath-
ingly denounco the play in which Mrs.
James Brown-Potter and Mr.. Kyrle Bel
lew appear in that city, as well as their IN
depreciation of it. 1t Is from Emile Zola's
"Therese Raquine." and Is of q type OF
realism that shocks Therese is young
wife fervidly wooed by an artist. in
whose murder of her husband she is
a willing accomplish. In the second act
the widow (who has evidently never read
1.-THE Quick or the Dead ", consents to
wed her lover. In the third act, the bridal
night, the terrors of the play accumulate.
The fright and remorse of the wretches as
their crime is discovered by the dead mans
mother is depicted and after the dis
coverer's denunciation Is interrupted by
stroke Of paralysis the guilty man and
woman die by each others hands. The in
depreciation of the play is said TO be pecu-
liarly offensive. and e, en- the Boston Ibsen-
ties shrink from il.
Lillian Russells new vehicle, The
Mountebanks," the comic opera for which
L. Henry French had made such elaborate
was produced by the Russell
Company in Frisco on September 22d.
The opera has enjoyed long run in Lon
don. It's hbretto is by w. =. Gilbert and
its music by Alfred Cellier. The San Fran
cisco public accepted the work with many
demonstrations of pleasure.
Francis Wilson's tiny theatre. which oc-
cupies the top floor of his residence, at
New Rochelle. was formally dedicated last
evening. Though small, it is
perfect in its details. IL is decorated IN
white and gold and ITS lights are controlled
from the stage. The proscenium arch is
decorated and the scenery Is
very elaborate.
RKsURRECTISG THE DEAD.
was amused by something that hap
pened at the Theatre last week. 1t was
on the last night of the Warde and James
engagement. and the curtain was slowly
falling on the death scene in Francesca
ola Rimini." Miss Chapman lay on a
lounge as dead as HectOr's wife. and Mr..
Kyle was PROSTATE on the carpet as dead
as Hector himself. Mr.. Warde. after
stalking around for few moments sank
TO the floor. All three
were corpses for the nonce. The
applauded as the curtain
fell. That was well, and doubtless !
the three corpses appreciated the enthusi- !
asm their demise had aroused. The cur
tain was raised and the audience applaud |
cd more vigorously. Again the curtain |
was raised, and then that enthusiastic |
audience began to cry, Speech. speech!" |
But Mr.. Warde lay still, though he doubt
less winked the other eye, and the people |
went away unsatjsfed. To me the scene |
was irresistibly droll-lt was pathos in |
deed. A thousand people demanding a |
speech of an actor who lay before them |
with tin dagger piercing his doublet. |
But it was nevertheless a tribute to Mr.. |
Warde's talents. Ton JEFFERSON.