The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
ne LONDON STAGE.
soue of Its Secrets Being Re-
vealed in the Law Courts
uaIine Terriss to Play Elaine to
irving's King Arthur.
uore Oscar Wildeisms-Cissic LOTUS
May Come Here.

icon, rlghtcd 1894 by the Associated Press)
LONDON, July 1.-THE actors of Lon
T,on have recently provided many free
Y .hovs in the law courts, which have
lheen largely attended. For instance, an
action brought by the discharged con-
ductor OF the orchestra OF the Lyric
Theatre was commenced on Wednesday
last before Justice Stirling. The testi-
mony presented revealed many secrets
connected with that theatre. The trou-
he all arose through the refusal of May
7 yohe. the American burlesquer, who has.
upon more than one occasion. been re-
nortei to have married Lord Hope. re-
I fusing u he bound by the ordinary rules
1 OF the establishment. Finally, Lord
Hope made II sine qua non that the
conductor should be discharged or May
Yohe would leave. The conductor went
and tne lawsuit followed.
When Henry Irving produces King
Arthur" in the Autumn, 1t is practically
settled that Miss Ellaline Terriss will
play Elaine
salan.an's "A Modern Eve" at the
haymarket Theatre on Monday last
. pleased critical house. which included
sion All present predicted success for
the new play, which is a frank and eL-
dacious study of perverted womanhood,
made attractive by some fine character
dra wing. Mr.. and Mrs. Bcerbohm Tree
played the two leading parts with great
spirit.
The new opera at the Savoy Theatre.
'Mirette." although charming produc-
ton. IL altogether too conventional In
character to long retain the suffrages
o. all audience accustomed 10 Gilbert
and Sullivan fare. Sir Arthur Sullivan,
T'osii, q ossmlth and other celebrities
were In the audience.
Faust seems destined 10 become a
perennial at the Lyceur. The five hum
dredth performance took place last Sat
urday. and provoked one Of those dem
cnstrations OF enthusiasm to which
Henry Irving and Ellen Terri are ac
customed on such occasions On Mon
lay next Beckett" is to be revived for 4
run Of ten nights, and after n single
performance of The Merchant of Ven
ice" the hospitable theatre In Weling-
ton street will be In a state OF relachc.
During Beerbohm Trees absence on
tour next Autumn the Heymarket will
pass into the hands OF Lewis Waller
who intends to produce there a new
comedy by Oscar Wilde. Mr.. Waller is
one OF the most hard-worklng and con-
scientlous OF London actors; his wife,
Miss Florence West, who will presum-
ably play the leading woman's part, Is
a sister OF Mrs. Clement Scott.
In connection with the above forth
coming production characteristic COR
respoudence has passed by wire between
Oscar Wilde and 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-
calved an hour or SO later:
Very many thanks, but quite impos-
sible. No one should read newspapers.
OSCAR"
4 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. a clever satire is to be published
on himself. and the cult OF which he is
the head. 1t Is to be called The
Green Carnation," the forai emblem -