The Washington times., 1894-11-05

Miss Phyllis Broughton
The piece proved 10 be absolute rubbish.
1t was greeted by the critics with chorus Of
derisive contempt, and by the frst-night
audience with unlimited chatting
Oscar Wilde. it is announced, will follow
the example Of DR.. Conan Doyle and turn
lecturer. Mr.. Jerome L. Jerome also has
aspirations in that direction, and both Of
them are said to be looking forward to the
United States lecture platforms.
The v1vacious and editying story OF Blue
Beard, or the Fatal Effects Of Feminine Curl
osity,'' is to be the subject Of Mr.. Oscar Bar
retts pantomime at the Crystal Palace next
boxing day.
One OF the most important musical pieces
on the way 10 production is o work composed
by Meyer Lutz. the musical director OF the
Gaiety for so many years, and written by W
Saftle, ir. 1t is named The Sleeping
Beauty" and " II be found novel variant OF
that dainty legend. 1t is hoped 20 find a
home for it at a west end theater before
Christmas
Siegfried Wagner's bow to the London
musical world will be made at the first of the
Wagner concerts at Queens Hall, November 6.
He is said TO be left handed and not to have
achieved any great success In Germany,
though one paper saws he conducts with
evident authority. 1.-The Siegfried Idyu,
the 'Tannhauser, ;" and the Flying Dutch
man" oyertures and the Vorspiel und Lieb-
estod from Tristan und Isolde" should al
ford him every opportunity.
Beerbohm Tree writing to the Associated
Press concerning his next production at the
Haymarket, says:
Its title is John O'Dreams' It is the
sobriquet of Harold Winn, young poet and
dreamer, whom L should try and portray in
contrast to realistic character played by Mr..
Charles Cartwright Both men are in love
with the same woman, who has through her
worldly experience learned TO measure the
length of love by the knowledge Of its depth.
1.-The yearning for freedom from one who
is bound in the letters Of a past gives oppor-
tunity for Mrs. Patrick Campbell to reveal a
complex nature by the light of sympathy and
romantic feeling instead of cynicism and Bit
terness, qualities which have so often char
terized the heroines of modern plays. John
ODreams' was not written with the view Of
enforcing moral nor Of proving anything,
but rather of representing some human
beings as they are, with their human passions,
and therefore inspiring human Interests.
1.-THE play derives much dramatic force from
tho hero's desperate efforts, through the in
huence of poetic love, to struggle against
an hereditary tendency to seek consolation in
narcotics. have only family foreshadowed
the psychology Of the play and have not at
tempted to describe the plot. Perhaps the
Persian poet Haaffizs' lines may tell you
more than NINE They are the text Of the
play, and they run:
''When wandered in the paths Of love
"tWhen love clung to my garment l lost my
friends"
PadereWski writes that hereafter it is his
intention to give up great deal OF his piano
forte playing in public and 10 devote more
time to composing. His physician has advised
him to lead more tranquil life and forego
the excitement OF travel, which will prevent
his temperance in America for long time,
perhaps for all time.