The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
me LONDON STAGE.
Some Of Its Secrets Being Re-
vea.ed in the Law Courts.
elaine Terriss to Play Elaine 10
lryin5's King Arthur.
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May Como Here.
1884. BY the Associated pr.s.,

,r,,yr,rht.s 1894. by the Associated Press)
LONDON. July THE &C tors OF Lon
don have re- Gently provided many free
.hovs In tn, law courts. which have
heen largely attended, For instance, at
action brouliit by the discharged con
d,,,tor Of tn orchestra of the Lyric
Theatre was commenced OH Wednesday
la.u before Justice Stirling. The test
,,ouv present al revealed many secrets
con ,ected with tt at theatre. The troI.
ble ali arose til .oIgh the refusal OF May
yohe. the Amer ciln burlesquer who has
unon more than one occasion. been re.
ported TO have u larried Lord Hope. re.
fusing to be boun,l by the ordinary rules
Of the establish ment. Finally, Lord
Hope IN ade II a sine qua non that the
conductor should be discharged or May
yche would leave. The conductor went
and the lawsuit 70 llowed
When Henry l. dng produces King
Arthur" in the Autumn. 1t is practically
settled that Miss Ellallne Terriss will
play Elaine.
Salaman's "a M odern Eve" at the
Haynarket Theat re on Monday last
pleased a critical b ouse. which included
many members Of the dramatic profess
sion. All present Predicted success for
the new play. whicl, is frank and au-
dacious study Of perverted wonanhood.
made attractive by some fine character
drawing. Mr.. and Mrs. Beerbohm Tree
played the two leadi ng parts with great
spirit.
Tho new opera at the Savoy Theatre
"Mirette," although a charming produc-
ton. is altogether too conventional in
character to long retain the suffcages
Of an audience accustomed to Gilbert
and Sullivan fare. Sir Arthur Sullivan,
Tosti, Grossmith and other celebrities
were in the audience.
Faust" seems destined to be come a
perennial at the Lyceum. The FIVE hun
dredth performance took place last Sat-
urday and provoked one of these dem
onstrations Of enthusiasm to which
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry are ac-
customed on such occasions. On Mon
day next "Becket" is to be revived for a
run CT ten nights. and after a single
performance of THE Merchant of Ven
ice" the hospitable theatre in Yelling
ton street will be in a state of relache.
During Beerbohm Trees absence on
tour next Autumn the Haymsrket will
pass into this hands of Lewis Waller,
who intends to produce there a new
comedy by Oscar Wilde. Mr.. Waller is
one OF the mo st hard-working and con-
scientious OF London actors: his wife,
Miss Florence West, who will presum-
ably play the leading woman's part, Is
q sister of Mrs. Clement Scott
In connection with the above forth
looming production a characteristic cor
Eespondence has passed by wire between
Oscar Wilde and a writer. Lewis Wal
Ter Is at present out OF town and. in
order to obtain some particulars about
the new play, the writer telegraphed to
Oscar Wilde asking him to grant him
an interview. This was the reply, re-
ceived an hour or SO later:
VERY many thanks, but quite impos-
sible. No one should read newspapers.
OSCAR"
second telegram was sent to the
literary aesthetic: Many thanks for
your wire. What should one read?'
My own books. of course. OSCAR"
was the prompt response.
Almost simultaneously with Oscar
/ wilde's temperance as a dramatic au-
thor, clever satire is to be published
on himself. and the cult OF which he is
the head. It Is to be called 1.-THE
Green Carnation," the floral emblem of