The evening world., 1894-04-23
|MATlc MEMS AND GOSSIP. }.
] Rosenfeld Says "Hannele '
will Surely Be Produced.
|nie Russell Has Had Enough Of
"Death Plays"

"Death Plays"
There is positively no doubt at all
Aout the production Of Hannele.
I'd Carl Rosenfeld, on the stage Of the
nth Avenue Theatre. Saturday, while
title Miss Pierce went through her part
agony and black dress. 1t will
done. 1t would be shame for this
Duntry IL Il were stopped. II would be
Kerry unwarranted. Why shoraa Ameri-
object to what Europe has pronounced
be a beautiful. artistic idea. l may
so say that Hannele' will be done in
ondon before long, too. Herr Haupt-
hann has been negotiating for some
ime with one Of the theatrical mana
ers of the English metropolis" And
dr. Rosenfeld proceeded with the re-
Aearsal while Hauptmann sat in front
Ind watched the work. Groups of ac-
lors stood around. feeling not exactly
comfortable, for II the play be prohibit
kd. their contracts will not be worth
knything, and these have been troub
BUS times. Nobody can truthfully
lay that the play is either immoral or
blasphemous," said Lawyer Maurice
Jntermeyer. 1--WE shall invite as many
prominent people as we can to our con-
Ference with the Mayor. and they shall
judge for themselves. The prohibition
4 of such a play would be Ineligible in
such town as, say. Mini Novgorod, but
in New York the action would be absurd
and unheard Of. The reports have all
been exaggerated. There Is no offensive
line in the piece. which is a poem from
beginning to end, and absolutely rever-
ent."
Miss Annie Russell. who declined to
appear in Hanneie." declares that she
had quite enough of appearing in death
plays. 1t was soon after her work in
Elaine" at the Madison Square Thea
tire, that she was taken so seriously i'll.
The idea of floating dead on the barge
used to haunt her night and day. She
used to wake UP in the night and i'm
river. Miss Russell will have. no more
lugubrious work to do. for she Joined
Charles Frohman. and he Is not partial
to the mystic.
Mounet-sully little knew how discrim-
mating and appreciative some of the
members Of his audiences were last
week He VOTED nothing Of the fact
in to see him play. At the Saturday
matinee they sat there watching the
performance Of ,",Oedipe Roi." with calm
criticisms of the French tragedIan's
work have not been made known. They
would undoubtedly be interesting.
Reports on the Rialto yesterday stated
that the company headed by Miss JEFF
freys Lewis has just gone into that con-
dition known as stranded in Denison,
Tex. Arthur Lofts. the manager of the
organization, resigned and set out for
who also had company in Texas,
Joined Miss Lewis. who will resume her
tour on the Commonwealth plan" that
among the members Of the company.
Broadway to see "'Utopia, Limited" I"
They are not particularly Interested in
hs smbeG. 5seg undny he
court dresses that attract. although it Is
not easy to see Why. They can never
become popular on Broadway. nor can
toga this Summer The dressmakers.
however, are deeply Interested. You can
see scores CT them any night sitting In
the auditorium with notebooks on their
laps and expressions of meek rapture on
their faces.
Horace Mcvicker, OF Abbeys Theatre,
gets SCORES Of letters written In French.
Some people evidently believe that his
dealings with Coquelin Hading, Mounet-
Sully and SegondWeber have caused
= him to forget his mother tongue. Some
of the correspondents are merely jesting
with little Mr.. McVicker. He takes 1t all
in good part. He will now have to take
jump from Partisan French to cockney
English, as spoken by the cinderella"
ties.
The fastidious city Of San Francisco
has warmed up to enthusiasm at last.
Their own dear Grismer and Davis have
not caused the fervor, nor has the Ferenczy
Opera Company melted their ice. Their
rapture is due to the visit of the Armless
Wonder who acts with his feet. Moral
Companies visiting San Francisco, act
with your feet, II you wish to be appre-
ciated in that chaste townlet.
Charles Frohman is postponing his de-
Ee says that Sowing the Wind' WON'T
let him go. He cannot very well sail
until "Gudgeons" has been produced.
at the Idea Of withdrawing Sowing the
Wind" while It Is still crowding the En-
pire. ~ am anxious to get away because
yestenday Eb m n said qaandsrS Mr
The syndicate now presenting "Wappine
Old Stairs in London is anxious tc
have the piece done in Kew York. John
r. Rogers. who Is at the head Of tbs
syndicate. wrote to r. A. Roberts. OF
see the piece with view to staging il
In New York. Owing to his engagement
with Charles H. Hoyt, and later with
etiquette" Mr.. Roberts will be unable
to go.
And now the energetic agent Is be.
ginning to announce that at is quit,
likely that Leonard Boyne will become
permanent resident of this country.
AS he is about to appear as a star the
likelihood most undoubtedly depends
upon his success. But even an agen
could scarcely be expected to say thai
TT is quite likely that Leonard Boynt
Will be success as a star"
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