The evening world., 1894-05-12
|THE LONDON STAGE.
|Rumor that Henry Irving Is Soon
to Be Knighted.
1" cymbeIjne" May Be Revived by
Both Irving and DAILY.
,,c, Brandon to Reappear In an
interesting Matinee.

u,,oa 1894. by the Associated Press)
SETDON, May l2.-Queen Victoria has
,,ded the performance of the opera
~ .ir,ust" at Windsor Castle for next
week.
prts and Duchess of York. the Princess
Beatrice princess Henry Of Battenberg)
the Duke and Duchess OF Fife and the
"riucess AK of Hesse nave made an
q ner round of the theatres. much to the
E1lsfaction of the theatrical managers,
Chose business naturally increases be-
nth the smiles Of royalty. The royal
'eatrc-goers during his tour OF the
Caces of amusement visited the Lyceum.
A,oymarKet, Vaudeville and the st.
ames's theatres.
.It is rumored that Henry Irving Is
ron to be k~nighted.
Ausustin Days promise of another
hakespearian production has excited the
o~oteatest curiosity. 1t is supposed that
1r, DAILY intends to produce "Cymbe-
he" which Mr.. Irving also thinks Of re-
living. The two productions will give
n opportunity for an interesting COM
arison of the acting Of Miss Ada Rehan
nd Miss Ellen Terry In the same role,
hat of 1mogene.
The DAILY company, Miss Ada Rehan
icing with 1t, has gone to the Continent
or a long holiday.
Nine. Duse is enjoying her usual sue
'ess at Days Theatre in La Dame
ux Camellias."
James j. Corbett. in addition to his
Engagement at the Folies Bergeres,
To-. 10 hos haa, ipN.lNal RI yicit Aptutar,,
and to play before King Leopold of
Belgium, who has expressed a desire
to see him.
Mile. Yvette Guilbert commenced on
Wednesday last a ten nights engage
ment at the Empire Theatre. 1t is un-
derstood that she received a salary of
500 per night. Mile. Guilbert has scored
the greatest of successes. The French
singer expressed surprise at the deCol-
lette audiences and at the freedom of the
English stage. Mile. Guilbert thought
that England was more straight-laccd.
She received on Thursday from \ y.
York an offer of $1,000 per week for an
American engagement, but she Is unde-
cide1 whether to accept 1t or not, as
arrangements are being mad on her
behalf to bring to Londo the star
Partisan singers, Miles. Fougere,
Slmary and Mealy, for a series of matt
nees In london. Mile. Guilbert expects
the elite of London society to attend
these performances.
1.-The Society Butterfly" fell very fat
on Thursday night at the Opera
Comique. The dialogue was smart. but
1t was weighted down by a thin story
and by a mass Of heavy satire. Mrs.
Langtry's appearance in the tableau.
THE Judgment of Paris was a fail
ure.
All the theatres are now provided with
a "egular bill, but the real successes
nj ay be counted on ones fingers. With
the exception of the New Boy" which
has started on a fresh career of pros
perity at the Vaudeville. and Faust
at the Lyceum (revived. presumably,
for the benefit of the younger genera
ton of ~play-goers), the Gaiety, the
Prince of Wales and the Lyric are do
ing better than any of their rivals, and
neither Don Juan" the "Gaiety Girl
nor Little Christopher Columbus was
among this seasons productions. Each
was fourishing when 1893 was still
young.
AS for the other so-called burlesques-
"Go-Bang" at the Trafalgar, "Jaunty
Jan Shore" at the Strand, n "KinG
Kodak" at ~Terry's-they do not call fol
much notice. The absurdity of class,
flying the variety entertainments. Sc
popular nowadays, as topical bur
~lesques' is becoming more and more
pronounced. In king Kodak" for ex
ample, the second act passes in a dis
trict in Central Africa, known as Ko
dakorio, and the following fatuous de
vice 10 employed to prolong the enter