The evening world., 1894-01-17
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Coquelin and hading in 1.-THE
Lady Of tie Camelias."
Al hctQ'' Whose Versatility Is shown
by Envelopes.

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"rhe Lady of the Came,las' was n
rather tame affair at hbbey's Theatre
last night, with Nine. Jane Hading as
the tiresome Marguerite Gautier. We
have had great performances Of this
pay, and they nave spoiled us. 1t Is
impossible to appreciate the conscien-
thus work of Nine. Hading after hav-
ing looked on the genius of Eleanor
Duse and Sarah Bernhardt. The spark
that iillinined the interp citation OF
Duse and Bernhardt is lacking in Nine.
Hadihg, who. however, has modelled
her work as closely as possible upon
that of Nine. Sarah. Her intonation,
her delivery. her dress, her department.
all suggested II careful study of Bern
hardt's methods. But Nine. Hading
never goes beyond the surface. In the
strongest episodes of THE Lady of the
tamelias.' she stirred no emotion in her
audience 1t was s~tereotyped, neatly
calculated, and carefully aimed. That
is all. IL became very fatiguimg, and the
waits between the acts were so long.
that Marguerite did not breathe her
last until midnight. Imagine sittir 8;
no strong inducement, at this enlishten-
ed day. Coqueiin played the part Of Cd
Duval. just for the sake of being in the
cast. The part gave him no opportuni-
lies. or course ne gave 1t its fun value.
Tine Armand Duval OF NJ. Nolny Was
most unintsrestlng. How Nile. Gauticr
tragica!iy, to him. the audience could not
tell liS looked like Il cornmis-yuyaseur,
or 4 ribhon7counter youth. Even his
said Of Il little man called Nicolni, who
io;okEssdi l t"H 81 II h%el pess"SS Mm an" ps SrS
".G t1Ditlt "a. ID-,1-,-~ n.I lIa, Va
aa!uelin WIS acceptable as CASTOR .RieuX.
,To-nigh., "L'Ami Fritz of which we
have a so much, will be given for the
flrst siu'c by this company.
hme. Theo and Nine. Maurice Grau sat
IN one of the boxes at Abbcy's last night,
and made so much noise siggling that. the
audience, nearly objected Fle, Nine,
Grau, what an example to, set! Mrs.
Agnes Booth-Schoeffel, in the opposite
box, was far more discreet.
The extreme frugality of actors was
shown in an application for "Wednesday
matinee seats for "l4Se' received at
Pa!mer's Theatre the other day. IT was
written on a lctter-head Of the Union
Depot Hotel, 81. Joseph, Mo, and in
closed In an envelope of thu Bristol
li9tse' Wilkesbarre. The amp en-
print of the Maennerchor Hotel, lancas-
ter, Pa. The writer is now playing at a
tbhatre on broadway.
In Clyde Fitch's latest adaptation. Mrs.
Grundy, Jr.," it is said that one of the
cnaracters in the play DISCUSSES himself
as a kangaroo and another as a polar
Mr.. Fitch 10 allow one or two of his
people to disguise themselves as human
beings, just for ii change.
James T. Waldr9n. business manager
OF the Crystal Maze, engaged a young
maj 10 assist, him in his a%riuous work.
He secured the services OF an up to
date chap but soon found cause for
complaint. He has just turned into me
his first, and, l may sdd. last. expense
among his items l find street-car fare
$3.56. ! am inclined to be l.b~eral-minded,
and would not have kicked at $;55, but
the camel and the straw. ! 2m Inclined
10 think that this youn man must be
Ca fare from Minneipolis 70 ST. Plul."e
The French pantomime 'LEnfant
Prologue will core back to New York
week beginning MI Feb. ; at the vaudeville
Club, and viii then be seen for two
weeks at Abbey's Theatre. following the
engagement of the Coquelin-HadinG CON-
pany.
Zones, is the name of a new farce
""Dakota." NMT,"'FF owier has dissolved
the partnership that existed between
future do his work alone. Collaboration
has its advantages, but it has a larger
number of Disadvantages.
Marie Tempest is in town rehearsing
with The Fencing Master company at
the Grand Opera-House. She goes back
TO her old part in that comic opera next
Monday: The interesting gentleman who
calls himself Julius Steger is also to
have a part in The Fencing Master
He has evidently made his peace with
Hiss Tempest. The little prima donna
The star of that organization will be,
as already announced. Miss Adele
And now they are, trying to make
Sig, Perugini an antediluyian. They dhe
Rialto folks, of course) have discovered
company, way back in the sixties, and
sang with hat organization when w. II.
Crane went in for comic opera.
A gentleman who signs himself I'm
POSITION has a grievance, He writes to
The Evening World": My, daughters,
sell last saturday, and being school
as Of yore, Great was their aston,,h,
that they charged 81 for the seats that
have been so cents since the time the
Casino has been a theatre. They hen
Il N'NN tAS PhiNN VI 80 N''
4 were told s2-the spectators charging
$3.50. In face If the hard times we are
at present experiencing, and taking into
consideration the stringency of the money
market. l view the above charge, III the
l!ght Of an imposition. We may p9y
plenry Irving IS for an orchestra chair,
: pr Joseph Jefferson s., but who in the
realm Of reason ever saw IL comic opera
lhat had a marketable value Of SIP
md yet, dear 'Imposition," that price
Eas charged when Miss Russell was at
lie Garden.
A capital entertainment was given
yesterday at the Empire Theatre in aid
bf the Virginia Day Nursery. A new
one act play by Henry Byatt called
John Thurgood, Farmer" was inter
Preted by w. II. Thompson, Viola Allen
William Favaeresham and Joseph Hum
phrys. Then followed Mrs. Pendleton's
Four-in. Hand" an adaptation OF Ger
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