The Washington times., 1894-08-27
Queen Victoria's Son-in-law, Marquis
of Lorne, as a Librettist.
WILSON BARRETT'S NEW PLAY
Powerful Dramatization Of Hill Gaines
Book Winifrede Emery to Take the Lead
ing Part in ''The New woman"-"Caval-
leria" Performed in Italy.

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The Marquis of Lorne has entered the list oil
librettists, and has prepared the book of an
opera. to which Mr.. Hamish McGun has writ
ten the music. The subject matter has not
yet transpired, but the subject doubtless is
Scotch, and the author is an adept al
reimerei, having turned the Psalms into
verse, or rather rhymes, some years ago.
The marquis is ambitious to have his work
performed at a West End theater, but her ma
jesty has refused permission, coupling the re-
fusal with partial promise to have it pro-
duced at Windsor or Balmoral.
Mr.. Wilson Barrett produced at his Leeds
theater last Wednesday 1.-The Manxman," an
adaptation of his friend Hall Gaines new
book OF the same name. 1t Is an exceedingly
powerful play, drawn from book which the
critics have not hesitated to describe as lone
OF the very finest novels Of the century," The
play follows the book very closely-Mr Bar
retts adaptation having the advantage OF
condensation and elimination OF what en- ex-
cited reader of the book would call the ''use-
| less The value OF this compression Mr..
Barrett made patent on Ben My Chree." his
adaptation of Mr.. Hall Gaines "The Deem
ster''
The story OF "The Manxman" as unfolded
! IN the play is as old rs the Bible-it is the
story OF David. Bathsheba. and Uriah, and
the moral OF the play is laid down with ter
rife emphasis in the old text: "What shall it
profit man if he gain the whole world and
loso his own soul?"
| FATE AGAINST HUMAN WILL.
The play is a tragedy and it possesses the
true note of tragedy-inevitaplenes In
bringing about the ealamities, the awful crises
with which the plot abounds, human will
plays its part, but inexorable fate. the infiexi-
bic laws of society, even n sort of malicious
chance. play a larger part still. 1t is the same
keynote as in ''Othello."
There were five acts and five scenes The
scenery was most elaborate and painted from
Manx views.
"The Manxman" will be produced in Lon
don preparatory to being taken TO New York,
where it will open Mr.. Barrett's eight weeks
engagement at the American Theater Mr..
Barrett will also be seen in two ortnree other
American cities.
The libretto OF new opera, the joint work
OF Mrs. Harry and Edward Pauton. has just
been completed for Pauline Hall.
The next promised development OF the
''tableauS vivants'' craze is to produce huge
tableaux depicting the battle of Waterloo, the
engagement at Tel-El-Kebir. and the march
on Kandahar. 1t is proposed to have 200 or
800 living posed figures. in addition to the
painted ones and the innumerable accesso-
ries
Comyns Carr opens the Comedy on Septem-
ber l. with Sydney Grundys The New Wo-
man. " the American rights OF which have
been purchased by Charles Frohman, for the
Empire Theater, New York. Mr. Grundy's
uncompromising treatment OF his subject will
probably arouse considerable amount of lively
discussion on both sides of the Atlantic.
wINIFREDE EMERY IN THE LEADING ROLE.
The world of modern fiction has been much
agitated over the pretensions and claims cf the
new woman, and the moment is therefore well
region OF literature to the wider arena
of the stage The play will present
series of scenes OF salient comedy and
satire. in which the modern develop
mept of womanhood is contrasted finely,
sharply. almost ridiculouslv, with the earlier
and more elemental type of the sex. Re
hearsals have been going on daily for a fort
night past under the direction of Mr.. Gundy
and Mr.. Carr, who has engaged a fine cast to
interpret it.
Miss Winifrede Emery remains the leading
lady to all playgoers' satisfaction, and has a
charming part in the ''NewIWoman. Her hus-
band. Cyril Maude. has a character role that
suits him admirably. Fred Terry plays the
hero OF the piece. Rose Leclercq. after a
oHOIA dDStHGt. It5ulilfo ltI dltcSlducb 10 the
Comedy, and Alma Murray and J. G. Graham
are new members. Three distinct types of
the modern woman will be imper-
sonated by Laura Groves, Ger
trude Warden, and Irene Rikards
Other characters will find representatives in
Mr.. Wyes, Mr.. Champion, Miss RadclyfTe, and
Miss OBrien. Mr.. Cars name is a guaran-
tee for the mounting. Gertrude Warden, who
is Mrs. Wilton Jones in private life, is the
well-known novelist.
WHEREABOUTS OF MUSICAL cELEBRIT1Es.
The leading musical celebrities are still
scattered in their summer retreats. The
brothers De Rezske are at their home in
Poland, Madame Melba at her flat in Paris.
and Madame Calve at Rozat. Edward Lloyd
has chosen Brighton for his summer vacation.
Mrs Santley is still at Lago Maggiore. Plum
ket Greene has Just finished a course OF CarIs-
bad water. Senor Sarasate is at Pampe-
luna. Mile. Ravogli is in Italy. Barton
McGucken is at Folkestone and Mme Marian
Mckenzie is at her villa in Boulogne. Sir
Arthur Sullivan is at Walton-on-Th and
the summer hiding place of Sarah Bern
hardt which she vowed would remain un-
known, has been iscovered-Begmel, in the
picturesque Bay of Concarneu, about ten
miles from Quimper, Britannv.
Next year will see a new departure by Sir
Augustus Harris. he will import his Ger
man opera wholesale. The Teutonic season
does not rival the more fashionable Italian
season, but it has proved in London more
popular and remunerative. The company
from the Carlsruhe Opera House, under the
conductorship of Herr Mottl, will be i'm
ported in a body in June. 1895. On Monday
next Sir Augustus starts his tour of grand
opera throughout Great Britain and Ireland
Signor Amanda Sapelli and Herr Field will
conduct the Covent Garden orchestra. The
company will visit twelve of the principal
cities.
HENRY IRVING AS MEPHIsTo.
1t is not impossible that Henry Irving may
this year, produce "Faust" on the stage of the
Comedie Franchise, Paris. NJ. Samary is very
anxious to arrange it. believing that Irving's
success would be extraordinary.
detachment of the Comedie Franchise
has just given performance of "0edipe Roi''
and of "Antigone'' in the ruin of the Roman
theater at Orange, near Avignon, in which
Mounet-Sully achieved a vertiable triumph.
The Grande Place of Cattolica, near Cir
genti, Italy, an entire market place with
church complete. has just been used as the
stane setting for performance OF "Caval-
leria, }" with thousands for an audience and
''all in despite of My Lord Cardinal" The
church and its organ were actively included
in the properties.
Occasionally in England they outriyal even
the hustling press agents in booming a play
Mr.. Charles Rider Noble, manager OF the
Northampton Opera House, states in the
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