The evening world., 1894-09-22
The LONDON STAGE.
.Tableau1 WANTS Give Place to
Pretty " Ballad Pictures"
New Opportunity to Be Afforded to
May Yohe.
Rernbarlt's Coming Appearance as
a Duchess Of Athens.

tcopyrghted, 1894, by the Associated Press)
LONDON, Sept. 22.-During the past
u,eek there has been only one theatrical
novelty to record that attracted any at
tention. This was Henry Irving's pro-
duction at Bristol of Conan Doyle's
"story of Waterloo" For the premiere
a large party of newspaper men and
friends of Mr.. Irving went to Bristol.
The Duke and Duchess of York are
announced as about to pay to visit to
Nine. Patti at Craig-y-Nos.
Sarah Bernhard opened the Renais-
sance Theatre on Sunday last with La
Femme de Claude" Needless to say
brilliant house greeted this brilliant
woman. When &c La Femme de Claude"
ceases to attract Sardous new play, La
Duchesse d'Athenes," which has been
specially written for Sarah. will have
It's premiere. The plot is laid in Athens
in l45l, during the period called the
Duchy of Athens.
The English rights of La Duchesse
dAthenes" have been secured by Comyns
Carr, who will doubtless adapt it him
self The inevitable Mr.. Frohman will
produce the play in New York.
Emperor Williams long-looked-for
song will be published in about two
weeks time in Berlin. Later it will be
rendered into English by a member of
the royal family of England, and 1t will
then be published in London. The Queen
of Italy Is to turn the German Emperor's
production into Italian, and ii will after
wards be published in Italy.
Emperor William Is also engaged upon
an operetta, on Wagnerian lines, founded
upon an old German legend.
The Lord Chamberlain has intmated
to Violet Melnotte that the Chinese En-
voy objects to The Chinaman," now
playing at the Trafalgar Theatre In
this play, one of the characters, a Man
DARN, is held up to ridicule, and it is
now proposed to make the Mandarin a
Japanese. Then, II the Japanese Envoy
objects to ridcule, the character will
probably be converted into a Persian or
u Turk.
The tableaux wants have, perhaps
to please Lady Henry Somerset been
merged into ballad pictures" the pic
lures being vocally illustrated. At the
Palace Theatre, Sally in our Alley"
Z" Comm Thro' the Rye" Carmen" the
"Village Blacksmith" and {" The Lost
Chord" are now on the bill
Olga Nethersole should arrive in New
York about Monday next Her list of
plays will include Carmen" " Juliet"
the new version of Camille" The
TIansgressor," and new translated
though yet unnamed, play by Herman
Suderman On her return to England,
in April, 1895, she will repeat the same
round of plays at Days Theatre here.
The costumes she has taken with her
are expected to attract, great attention.
The Compromised adaptation or Sar-
dou's "Patria," which has been talked
about for different West End theatres
Tor the past six months, is now stated
TO have been made for Lewis Waller,
WHO, after IA trial in the provinces, will
produce 1t 1T the Haymarkct Theatre
curing Mr.. Trees absence in the United
states.
The English version of Sardou's
Madame Sans Gene" is being prepared
by Comyns Carr, and is nearly ready.
7 William Greet, who has an excellent
Il equipment in the experience gained as
sbusiness manager for Willie Edouin and
Horace Sedger, has taken the Avenue
Theatre, and will open it towards the
/ end Of the month with The Lady
Slavey," play new to London but ia
I miliar in the provinces. May lohe Will
| play The Slavey. A part was offered
to Chevalier Scovill, but the price-lO0
puineas-was too much for the treasury.
When THE Lady Siavey" ceases to