The evening world., 1894-05-12
LONDON STAGE.
bmor that Henry Irving Is Soon
to Be Knighted.
cymbeIjne" May Be Revived by
Both Irving and DAILY.
Loo Brandon to Reappear In an
Interesting Matinee.

Copyrighted. 1894, by the Associates rLe,
DNDoN. May l2.-Queen Victoria mas
ndad the performance of the opera
.,Faust' at Windsor Castle FOR next
>k. u.,., ,,o
"a Duchess of York, the Princess
|. trice dprincess Henry Of Battenberg).
Duke and Duchess OF FIRE ana the
pcess Allx of Hesse have mace an
Ier round of the theatres, much 10 the
.factlon of the theatrical managers,
nse business naturally Increases be-
IN the smiles Of royalty. The royal
~btre-goers during this tour Of the
les OF amusement visited the Lyceum,
market, Vaudeville and the st.
hess theatres.
1 ia rumored tina Henry Irving Is
on to be knighted.
Augustin Days promise OF another
) akespearian production has excited the
--latest curiosity. 1t Is supposed that
r. DAILY intends to produce "Cymbe-
he," which MIR. Irving also thinks of re-
wing. The two productions will give
opportunity for an interesting COM
krison Of the acting Of Miss Ada Rehan
d Miss Ellen Terry in the same role,
at of Imogene.
THE DAILY company. Miss Ada Rehan
king with 1t, has gone to the Continent
r a long holiday.
Mime. Duse is enjoying her usual sue
kss at Days Theatre In La Dame
bx Camellias."
1900. Tnrhatt In nlItttN, 20 htu
Engagement at the Folies Bergeres,
,aris, has been invited to visit Antwerp
nd to play before King Leopold of
Belgium, who has expressed a desire
y see him.
Mile. Yvette Guilbert commenced on
last a ten nights engage
pent at the Empire Theatre. 1t Is IN
that she received a salary Of
boo per night. Mile. Guilbert has scored
he greatest of successes. The French
inger expressed surprise at the decol-
audiences and at the freedom of the
stage. Mile. Guilbert thought
hat England was more straight-laced.
The received on Thursday from N W
fork an offer of $1,000 per week for an
engagement, but she Is unde-
whether to accept 1t or not, as
arrangements are being made on her
,ehalf to bring to London the star
Partisan singers, Miles. Fougere.
and Mealy. for a series of matt
ices in London. Mile. Guilbert expects
he elite of London society to attend
performances.
"The society Butterfly" fell very fiat
IN Thursday night at the Opera
-omique. The dialogue was smart. but
t was weighted down by a thin story
md by a mass Of heavy satire. Mrs.
.angtry's appearance in the tableau,
The Judgment Of Paris" was a fail
Ire.
All the theatres are now provided with
4 regular bill, but the real successes
may be counted on ones fingers. With
the exception Of the New Boy" which
has started on a fresh career Of pros
perity at the Vaudeville. and Faust"
1t the Lyceum (revived. presumably,
for the benefit of the younger genera
lion OF play-goers). the Gaiety. the
Prince Of Wales and the Lyric are do
ing better han n of their rivals, and
Don Juan" the "Gaiety Girl
Little Christopher Columbus" was
among this seasons productions. Each
was fo%urishing when 1893 was still
young.
AS for the other so-called burlesques-
at the Trafalgar. "Jaunty
Jane Shore" at the Strand, and King
al T~erry's-they do not call for
much notice. The a%bsurdity Of class
the variety entertainments, so
popular nowadays, as topical bur-
lesques' is becoming more and more
pronounced. In king Kodak" for ex-
ample. the second act passes in a dis
trict In Central Africa, known as Ko-
dakorio. and the following fatuous de
is employed to prolong the enter