The evening world., 1894-04-12
STAGE NEWS AND G0Ss|P.|
Mounet-Sully in Racine's Trag-
edy, "~Andromaque."
Lewis Morrison's "Faust" Not Liked
In Chicago.

Mounct-Sully is certainly giving his
New York audiences the ADVANTAGE Of ,
most extensive repertoire, acquired dur
ing years OF hard work abroad. Each
play that he does is most rcvcrcntly
produced, the excellent stage settings
being really remarkable when it Is rr-
membcred that such frequent CHANCES
of bill take place. Last night NIoun.t-
Sully offered Racine's hve-act tragedy
shdromaque" to the public, and played
the part of Orcstcs In 1t. The perform
ahce was n quiet one, and 1t d!l not
arouse any enthusiasm. The play ia not
one that could he demonstrativcly re-
ceived, In any case. The audience seemed
TO enjoy the performance sedately. Nine.
aline GuN,on appeared in the title role.
ah~urofnache, daughter of the King of
Ihebes and widow OF Hector. Mime.
tranninh was yGrX lSrhrymose and sx-
was the Hermione. Her work was
refined and intelligent. as 1t always is.
me Lady was the victim Of kind friends,
VINO fet It their duty to praise her too
hlEhiy before she arrived. She IL with
out doubt a good actress, n most ex-
G oea Leading lady. but She lacks the
me peculiar gifts that a successful star
should possess. Nine. SECOND Weber is
aiways pleasant. 1t Is always agree
u to her, h iSTR sb bpon neH her' and to listen
dicnce. Mounet-Sully in one scene was
admirable but he seemed to show that
OresteS was not one OF his ~favorite
parts. NJ. SECOND was the Tyrrhus and
Nj. Dorny, Pylades.
Lewis Morrison, who has a version of
faust that he thinks not unworthy of
comparison with %1rving's arrangement,
VIII henceforth not love dear Chicago
anu the dear C~hicagoans. He has been
very cruelty treated in the metropolis
Of the West. one rude youth declared
that "a more dcplorable butchery of a
sacred monument Of art could scarcely
be imagined Another asserted that
nobody would have been surprised If
during the performance Martha had
danced a jig and Mephlstopheles had
sung After the Ball"
They had hard work in finding two
actors 10 play the heavenly twins in
The Sleepwalker." Actors just now do
not possess very extensive wardrobes,
ana these dude youths rave each to
wear three swell suits of clothes-not
the sort of reach-me-downs that can be
bought on the Bowery.
The Gilbert and Sullivan rumpus in
London seems this time to be of "A per
manently serious nature. Gilbert, they
say, has taken his new libretto to Hen
schel. determined to have nothing to do
with Sullivan, while Sir Arthur is going
to score the work of the French libret-
list, Nalatrigue. In the mean time ITO
pals dragging Itself along at the Sa-
voy. and is to be withdrawn very short
~. This shows that the cOllaborateurs
lish metropolis. although every effort
was made to bolster up this last effort.
Utopia Is to be succeeded by a series
Of F%syiyals 'pi MhIGh will lr inelg sSrcs "Ths
and Trial by Jury"
Tim Murphy, he of "A Texas Steer
next season in a new character comedy
by the fertile. Mr.. Henry Guy Carleton.
The comedy is not named as yet. Mr..
and Wolfe Harrison-the Wolfe who
was once one Of Bettina Gerard's hus-
bands. Mr.. Murphy has been four sea-
sons with "A Texas Steer" and is anx-
ious to get away from IT, though he
says that II is a most valuable piece. of
at the BiJou Theatre in September.
"sig. Nicolini and his talented wife
have arrived in England is the pleas
antly punsent way in which an English
journalist puts II. What's the matter
with announcing Nine. Patti and her
untalented husband
Mounet-Sully Is not going to Chicago.
He VIII go to Boston, Baltimore, Wash
ingtqn. and a few other cities. and then
end his season in Montreal, from which
town he will sail for Europe. Chicago
processes to regret Mounet-Sully's neg
ieGt Of that chubby city, but Chicago
very high and lofty, but the Wndy
Ctty,s people do not respond to their
Miss Rose Coghlan is firmly impressed
with the Idea that to arrive in a town
IN an unkempt condition IS fatal. When
she Steps from the train. she alwa Ng
looks as though she had emerged from a
bandbox. Her plan Is simple. She carries
a handsome gown on the cars with her,
She Is never caught mapping. No dusty
travelling gowns or linen wraps for Mrs.
John T. sullivan. Miss Coghlan evidently
believes mat dress makes the woman
The booming that the Woman's League
gave to Miss Victory Bateman has made
ayers. She has had half a dozen offers
for next s~eason-and Of course II Is the
dear old Leagues doing. Miss Bateman
discuss the affair at any time. and de-
clares that the notoriety is very dis
tasteful. II the League has helped Miss
Bateman, Miss. Bateman has recipro-
Gated. The unfortunate affair gave the
nice old ladies far more publicity than
all their cackle about the twentieth CEN
fury woman. Miss Banks was not as
useful as Miss. natcman. Little Miss
with a very distinguished air, who is
know as Miss Belle keile.
Mss Margaret Mather is married, hut
not forgotten: Several Of the company
sent her boxes for the performances, and
she has graced them. She was accom-
panied by Herr Pabst, her husband. She
says no more, about returning to the
at least a year and a half.