The herald., 1894-04-15
ABOUT THE LONDON THEATERS
The Thespian Season Shows no
Perceptible Improvement.
Mrs. Lelsinghsm Proves to be an
Expensive Failure.
A Couple Of New Plays TO Succeed Ill
Starred Productions - One Deals
with English Society, the
Other 10 n skit.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated freAs
LONDON, April IA. = Copyrighted,
1894, by the Associated Press. l--The
theatrical season showed no improve
ment during the past week and conse-
quently several OF the managers are
suffering more OF less severe attacks OF
the blusa. Another expensive pro-
duction Of the season, Mrs. Lsising
ham, at the Garrick theater. must now
be pronounced a failure, for it can last
but few weeks at the utmost. Miss
Elizabeth Robins, as the heroine, has
been unable TO excite any interest in
her portrayal OF tho character allotted
to her. and that usually charming
actress, Mics Mary Moore. and Mr.. John
Hare have uneympathetIc parts. The
rest Of the company il very bad.
The second edition OF Don Juan at
the Gaiety theater was greeted with
rapturous applause yesterday evening,
and Don Juan has been largely 70.
written and the burlesque of certain
music hall living pictures" with the
features OF the new Don Juan, is great
success.
The mystery OF Orato of Bethlehem. OF
Prof. Alexander OsmpbsIl Mckenzie,
principal OF the Royal academy OF music,
once intended for the worlds fair at
Chicago, was performed for the frat
time on Thursday evening at Albert
hall. The soloiats were Mines. Ella
Russell and Marion Mckenzie and
Messrs. David Bisha, Arthur Barlow and
Barton McGuickin. The scholarly work
was we'll received.
Mr.. George Alexander has fixed April
26th for the production of the new four
act play by Henry Arthur Jones, which
is to succeed The Second Mrs. Tanque-
ray at the st. James theatet.
The scene of the first act is the court
yard OF the Stag hotel ct Crsndor that
OF the second Is the drawing room at
Lady Skeen's; the third is a private
sitting room ct the hotel Prince de
GALES, Nice, and the fourth is the OBJ
aervatory OF Mt. Garidelli, Maritime
Alps, near Nice.
Sir Arthur 6ullivan's opera, Tvanhoe,
is announced for production at the Ber-
lin opera house at the end Of the pres
ent month.
Mrs. Bernard Shaw's new play which
is to succeed the ili-iated comedy of
Signs, at the Avenue theater, on or
about the 23d instant, is skit on things
that be, 1t ia burlesqre of romantic
drama. The scene is laid in Servia dur
ing the Servo Bulgarian war, and there
is no lack Of local color in the names OF
the character, one and all being unmis-
takahy national.
1t 10 rumored that O certain actress.
whose name has been long associated
with melodrnma in London, has been
sure sure 70 sGbpbry e1fnf"r rvtP5ee. moatAs
tleman Jack at Drury Lane theater.
Mr. W. S. Penley has issued invita-
tiops 10 dance at the Globe theatsr to-
day to cele brate the 500th performance
in London OF ''Charley's Aunt"
Tue play which "John Oliver Hobbies"
and Mr. George Moore are writing in
co-labration Ia to be published in in
stallmeHta in the new quarterly, "The
Yellow Book" the first number OF
which will appear about the middle OF
April. The title chosen 10 "a FOOLS
Hour"
The largest audience which the Ly-
ceum theater ever held assembled to-
night to welcome Henry Irving and his
company on their re-appearanoe here
after their American tour.
The play was Faust. and az Mr.. Irv-
ing and Misa Ellen Terry appeared
they received tumultuous welcome.
Mr.. Irving made speech OF thanks in
which he referred to the cordial well
come he aud his company had received
in America, saying: "Evan as | stand
here in my own home my heart goes
back to onT kinsmsn and cousins across
the sea, whore we received kindness
which we can never forget"