The evening world., 1894-02-08
STAGE news AND GOSSIP.
Ludwig Fulda's "Der Talisman "
at Irving Place Theatre.
A., Illustration Of How Good Parts
Make Good Actors.

The production of a new play by Lud
wig Fulda at the Irving Place Theatre
last night was quite an event, and tn,
theatre was crowded. The new play wa.
per 1'alisman," and Its fame had pre-.
ceied II. We had been deftly told tina
per Talisman'. had enraged the EN-
peror of Germany, who had seen his
own follles mlrrored In Fulda's King As.
tolf Of Cyprus. Fulda therefore was moi
awarded the first prize in the famous
Schiller competition. Der Tallsman' /,
not a play Of the new school. 1t does
not deal with social topics. and it has
no emblan In any way to works
Ike "Gefallene Engel' or "Heimatb.''
gentle satire, but 1t is not without dra.
matte interest. The story has for its cen.
trail figure King Astolf of Cyprus, who
has INFINITE belief In. himself and his own
can be made that will be invisible to
al except those who are good and noble,
so that Its wearer can easily detect false.
nooo n deceit. All the courtiers and
%ssEopnahts pretend. Of course, that they
the King himself at last persuades him.
sell that he can see 1t. In the third act.
believing that he is clothed with this gar.
ii'it nc vans H1uJtStlCallS out durlnQ
q cour festival, Poor little Rita, tho
kuk, is the only one to openly declase
s m !he Tx kinE has nothing on but bis
but. Il has taught him a lesson and
opened his eyes. He has discovered the
t "a o. those who surround him. and
The role q the King was played by
Clemens. Der Taiisman" was very
handsomely staged n most enthusi-
DO good parts make good actors :
S2n}etlnes 1t looks very much that way,
Little Miss Olive May. who has just made
s sren Tahnaaain YThe butterflies" a Palm
Theatre in; The Nominee" with HiIlispd
and Arthur. Nobody noticed her, and
shf passed out Of New York just as
with pretty. little Louise Dillon. For
years she appeared without attracting
anything more han casual attention
d !! mn, she got the part OF Susan in
her reputation was established.
George r. Sims is going to write a
Drama for Charles Frohman's use next
tne Autumn. for he is not going to
hurry, as he wants to turn out something
OF a startling nature. Sims was the au-
oon1r OF The Lights of London" and a
oi'aporateur of the late Henry Pettitt.
A Boston .wiseacre. who had to write
eomething about Hoyt's latest play, "A
! Mar,nsW Ante Flag" remarks sapiently
Seu .sis S0r' WIN Il I, the me Bosto eD dy Wisea fall
kindly point out a few plays that are not
meant TO draw full houses?
The Charlatan," the latest play by
fSooert of London. must be q
skittish little AFFAIR. 1t deals with The
'Woodyille, a .Theosophist and hypnotist,
Is in love with Isabelle Arlington. He
gains a~scendancy over her. and on one
o~easionIthe great scene OF the play-she
Is compelled to leave her apartment and
visit his room in the dead of night. In
her trance she confesses then thai she
has always loved him. This appeals to
tells her that he is n charlatan and an
impostor. Then he leaves the country.
and the play ends 1t Is not a success.
Aunt, Louisa EldrIdge's husband has
Just celebrated his seventy-ninth birth
day. and In honor OF the event Aunt
Louisa stayed. at home. Perhaps. you
didn't know that had a husband" said
AUNT Louisa. but I have, and a very
good one. He does not know m mem
hers of the profession. however. and
ne hates to see my name in the paper"
"O'Dowd's Neighbors'' is to be done in
London with the great and only Mark
Murphy In the cast. The Londoners don't
understand American f~arce-comedy very
much. but 1t is Just as well to educate
them up to Il. "McKenna's Filtration"
has been done in England. and II was
amusing to see how the critics labored
with the plot. just as though 1t had been
q comedy by, Plnero or Grundy.
he, managed by Stephen Lingard, who has
lately left the Loie Fuller forces in Paris.
The Proilgate." Pinero's play, will,
1t Is said. be used by Leonard Boyne for
starring purposes. This play, like one or
two others OF Pinero's. has hung fire as
Tar AS this country Is concerned. 1t was
with Wilton Laekayse in the leading part
"A ,Woman's Revenge" now at the
american Theatre. is also running at the
Baldwin. Theatre in San Francisco. VIII
ton Lackaye. plays the part OF the hero,
While the role OF the heroine, played al
the American by Minnie Seligman. IL
interpreted by Julia Arthur. BY the bye,
american has dropped her husbands
name,
Mrs. Kendal's ode to Edwin Booth Is
Dsing beautifully guyed in England.
They set her down as the next Laureate.
put one wag declares that death viii
henceforth have a new terror II deceased
persons are to be made the object OF
poems of this sort.
cTene mp when run down by taking MILHArs
oALisAfA. A good tonic. 1873 Broadway. ~