The Washington times., 1894-12-24
PLAYS And PLAYERS
THAT INTEREST LONDON
ReappearanGe nf the Carl Rosa
Company in Grand Opera.
CAST OF HANsEL AND GRETEL
Daily RehearsaIs at the Lycenm of
Henry Irying's king Arthur ..
Sir Arthur suliivan Going to Berlin to su-
pervise the Production of His Opera
'Ivanhoe''--He Will Meet Mascagni,
Whose New Work. "Ratclife," Is Being
Actively Rehearsed for Presentation.

! copyrighted, 1894 by the Asso .'aeed Press
| LoNDoN, Dec. 23-The approach of the
Z Christmas holidays has had its effect upon
/ the theatres here. Business at the various
! places of amusement has been somewhat
/ light during the week many people prefer-
/ ring TO do ther holiday shopping TO visiting
/ the theatres. Another reason for the falling
off in the attendance is that large number
of regular theaier-goers are reserying them
selves for the holiday performances.
/ At the Lyceum Theatre daily rehearsais are
being had under the direction Of Henry Irv-
ing of the new play, king Arthur" 1t is
now expected that the play Will be prodaced
at the end OF the third week of January. The
part of E aine, originally assigned TO Ella
4 line ferris has been given to Lena Ashwel,
/ OF the Comedy Theatre.
Money was played for the last time at
the Garrck Friday evening. For reyiva!
OF "A somewhat antiquated play this was
marked suecess--decdedIy in contrast to
almost every recent revival ut London thea
ters.
Sir Arthur Sullivan has recovered from the
on the stage o the Savoy Theater on Deccm-
Der 5, while experimenting rehearsal his
new worG, The Chieltain.h 1t WAS thought
for time that his injury would prevent him
from visiting Berlin, bat. contrary TO eXpec-
tatlons, ne has gone 10 the German capl.al,
where he VIII supervise tho production of his
opera "Ivanhoe.' While in Berlin Sir Ar
thur
WILL MEET MAsCAGSI. THE COMPOSER.
Active rehearsals have been commenced at
! Osborne House, the Queen 8 residence on the
Isle of Wight, where her majesty is now
/ staying, OF several short plays and u series of
] living pictures. The stage managers are
4 Princess Henry OF Batteaberg Princes
Beatrice) and Princess Louise, vile OF the
Marquis of Ior1e One of the series OF liy-
( ing pictures w.lLbe scene from the times of
+ the crusaders in which Prince Henry OF Batttn-
berg VIII personRte dhe celebrates Saracen,
I Saladin. and theAEarquis of Lorne will repre-
sent King Richard the Lion Hearted.
One Of those greab storms OF controversy
which b eak ont every few weeks in the
Times over some sceal question. is now and
! has been raging for fortnight over the CUES
/ ton OF morality of the new woman class OF
plays beginning with '.fhe Second Mrs.
4 Tanqueray.' Whether or not Mr.. Oscar
/ Wilde believes the tide of appreciation has
/ turned, the heroine of his new Haymarket
Z
afflicted by keptomania in her past aud has
I not been guilty Of violating commandment
other than Thou shalt not STEAL This un-
I fortunate lady, however. is not tie wife OF
/ the ideal husband who will be represented
/ by Mr. Lewis Walter Misc Julia Nelson will
/ appear as the wife of the hero The Discus.
! sion that ilwaysfollows the production OF a
/ play BY Mr.. Wilde
PROMISES TO BE OF THE LIyELIEsT.
1 The temperance of the Carl Rosa Opera
G company in London next Wednesday will
I prove very welcome to London music lovers,
! especially that large class who are unable TO
/ afford the heavy Coyent Garden prices.
| In grand opera London will not tolerate
artists OF the second ra1k.,hnd as the lees Of
! great yocallsts are in most instances more
than thrice as high as they we're seven years
/ ago. the guinea stalls and ha!f-crown gallery
are, from a box-of1lce standpoint, absolutely
unavoidable. The Carl Rosa people awa avs
! gave clean, artistic performances; strong in
its ensemble without failing in its solo parts.
The company has not been seen here for sew
eral years.
| The rehearsals for Mascagni's "Ratcliffe''
have been very actively pushed in Berlin and
the work is row practically ready for produc-
tion. The composer will conduct the music
Z
/ opera is glaringly original. Two taps ara
/ heard behind the scenes and the curtain rises
discovering the heroines crazy nurse. Mar
garet, who SaZes into vacancy during the
whole time the overture is played. The or
chestral prelude flows
WITHOUT BREAKING HER SONG.
Rubinstein had. it seems, written two vol
umes of memoirs, but he destroyed them
few days before his death, telling his wife he
bad criticised his contemporaries so freely
that were the memoirs published he would be
accused of professional animosity. His reso-
luton is the more regreatable in that no mu-o
sician g memoirs have ever been issued that
were not full OF criticism more or less tineed
with personal bias, therein clearly rejecting
the atmosphere in which the author lived.
Rubensteins death has had the effect of
causing renewed attention to-be paid to Rus
sian music. which. during his life. was fos-
tered to a greater extent than during CEN
tury before his appearance in the musical
world. Most excellent musical teaching is
now-owiug to the deceased composers eff
! forts-given gratutitously in st. Petersburg
and all important towns. Yet it is only a
quaiter OF a century since the first Russian
/ symphony was composed.
The cast of HaGSel and Gretel by Humper- (
dinck, which will be produced by George
Edwardes at Daiys Theatre ON Wednesday
! evening next-poXlng n1ght-wtll be as fol-
| lows:
Peter. a broommaker, Charles Copeland;
Gertrude his wife, Julia Lennox: Hansel
and Gretel. their children, Marie Elva and
Joanne Douste;. the witch, who eats children.
Edith Miller;. Sandman, the sleep fairy.
Marie du Betat; Dewman. the dawn fairy,
Jessie Hudleston. Sig. Arditi will conduct.
! The opera wilhbe preceded by Mozarts QUE
act opera "Bastien land Bastienne, ;, a.work
not yet seen in England It Is said to be a
musical curiosity, having been composed by
Mozart before he was thirteen, and was first
| performed in earden~house at Vienna. be-
longing to Mozart's friends, the Messmers.
dsnor Arditi will also conduct this morceau,
and the cast viii te as follows: Bastien. Regi-
nald Brophy; Bastienne. Jessie Hudleston,
and Colas, Joseph CIauss.
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