The evening world., 1892-02-18
WILSON BARRETT'S NEW PLAY
Il Is of the Capt Swift" Order
and May Be Given Here.

John Il. Rogers received letter from VIII
son Barrett, Tuesday, in which the actor an.
nounces that he has II new play In the same
line ps " captain swift" and intends to bring
It with him to America In the Autumn. BAR
rctt WIN present two other plays new to this
country. "The Bondman and " Pharaoh"
lie win present his old fayortes " Claudian ="
and Clito In the cities that ask ;or them,
and VIII also do" Hamlet" Mr.. Rogers, who
Is booking Borrctt's tour, Is still working hard
on T., ana great many errors that disflyurcd
Earrctt'S last season here VIII be avoided
Ills protts were eaten into by quantity OF
supciiluouS scenery, which he was Induced to
drag through the country with him. His
season also received n black eye with his play,
- Bcn-ny-Chlce," with which he opened AT
the tifln Avrnue, and which proved TO be far
from successful This time he Will open in
Phlladclphia-" hich Is very nice place To
open In, and very satisfactory rehearsal
ground. Barretts prospects under the enter
piising Mr.. Rogers, who knows the theatre
going public from to u, are bright. barrett
certainly has a strong hanRcring for America.
DC Wolf Hopper, VINO is going to have n
hOnLay this summer FOR the first time In
several Years, Is going to spend Il IN Europe.
A play called Fighting Fortune" was TO
have been seen at NiDlo'S this week instead
OF Miss iielen blythe III The Wide, Wide
World. When Manager +. q. Gilmore heard
the play was new TO him-he waNed exceed
insly proiane and effervcscent
Fighting Furllne! he exclaimed; "why
nang 1t all (Mr. Gilmore didn't say hang y
I've teen iiyh,ing fortune at Ni6los for tel
years. can't stand such name at that
house Fighting Fortune indeed! Anc
tth,y ,hnS ,neS,re going to do 1t In week
"Fi. htlng Fortune" did not come however
II collapsed three days before the time whci
II was due to APPEAR.
During the last week Of her engagement II
New York, Mis-, Agnes Huntington viii prob
ably revive 4" Paul Jones IN which she ha
met with so much success. Miss Hunting
ton is SUI III, and will not appear again unIl
| Friday.
And now they say that Lillian Russell |
going to sing IN Vienna during the summer
| Miss Russell had rather severe experience
few years ago when she tried the European
continent, under the management or EGwar,
solomon. Managers say, however, that n
the present time she would make u great hi
abroad.
Jennie Ncamaus has plenty OF prcsenc
Of mind, and iew nights ago she caliel
1t into use and saved the principal scene IL
"Blue Jeans" from lgnominiuuS disaster
Whrn Perry BaScnm Is fastened on the plan
ana Is being drawn towards the sawmill Yea
mains is suppose TO be smut up In the uf1ict
the GoCr OF which /, tightly locked. ON tn
occasion IN question the refractory door fey
open too soon, before II WAS time to rcScu
Eaacuin. Jcnnie saw with horror that tn
situation was within an ace ut being ruinct
Instantly she pretended to swoon at wha
she saw, ana tell upon the stage helpless
Then, when the cue was given for rescue, sh
awoke, and made It. rhis went very well.
"The city Directory" when II finishes II
career nj tie Bilou, does not leave New lor
Immediately. II plays Ia Harlem and at III
Grand Opera House.