The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-06
AT THE LONDON THEATERS


Having Good Success
Copyrighted 1894 by the Associated Press-l
LONDON, Oct. 6-Three theatrical noy-
elites of the first interest have signalized
the past week here in addition to others
OF secondary dramatic value, and excel
lent business has been done at the thea
tiers that have real attractions. The lat
ter. however, do not include the Princess,
where Nine. Anna Rupert has been pre-
senting Clement SCOTS version Of
'Odette." or Toole's theater, where Trip
Edgar has been giving Hoyt's "A Trip 10
Chinatown
On Monday last the Aminites company
Of natives from Cochin, China, who have
just finished an engagement At the Ant
werp exposition produced at the Aquar-
ium a bizarre and gorgeous piece in which
are scenes supposed to represent events
which happened during the war between
China and Japan over Corea-
The Criterion theatre opened on
Wednesday last with Arthur Jones new
play "The Case of Rebellious Susan" IN
which Charles Wyndham and Mary
Moore made their temperatures The
audience and critics present at the
premier rendered an unanimous YER
dict that the play is a brilliant one, but
one of action and not of character. 1t
is a distinct example of the present ten
dency Of British dramatic art. The new
woman is Incidentally discussed and
wholly scorned. The honors were with
Wyndham who was the backbone of
every scene of interest
As already cabled the rebelliOus young
lady of the plot is without aspirations to
Independence, but she finds herself out
of harmony with her surroundings.
At the Royalty theater on Tuesday last
there was another wretched premier
James Ortimer and Charles Klein's poor
farce, Truthful James," was preceded
by Norimer's curtain raiser, "a Pious
Fraud"
The blood and thunder drama re-
ceived a highful successful accession at
the Surrey theater on Thursday last in
"Sicilian and Conquests."
At the Princess theater Manchester
last Thursday, Carl Rosa's produced
Toscas' two act opera SANTA Lucia" a
strong compact work modelled on "Cav-
alleria Rusticana," etc.
Lillian Russell. in "The Queen Of Bril-
liants," il to finish her season at the
Lyceum theater on Thursday next
Emil lola has contracted to write
four act. five-scene libretto for the man
agement of the Grand opera, Paris.
German newspapers state that the fu-
ture viii probably not see another opera
from Reubenstein's pen. The failure of
Dresden, in which the German critics
failed to discover any merit, and which
the audience regarded with aversion,
reduced to Kisses, following upon the ex-
Demon at the Royal Italian opera
even though Madame Albani appeared
as the heroine-has 80 Disguised the Rus
sian iii his present mood, is responsible
for his reason to write no more opera for
the ungrateful world"
Certainly his less ambitious compost
tons have always been more popular
and more comprehended by the people,
and his own Interpretation of the compo-
sitions of others have been more popular
still just at present he has several
minor subjects in hand, one of which is a
ballet music for an opera, though for the
opera RubensteIn does not intend to
compose more than incidental moroccan.
Paris Is all agOg over the coming le-
gal battle between the Comedie Fran
caise and Coquelin, the elder. which
has long been determined Oh. should
Coquelin actually accept engagement at
any other Paris play house than that of
Moliere The positive announcement of
last week that Coquelin had agreed to
appear with Sarah Bernhard at the Rem
naissance futtered "tout Paris" and since
then the air has been full of reported
com n legal motions
The great comedian has had disputes
with the comedie before now which have
been adjusted without the Intervention of
COURTS but this time, says NJ. Jules
Claretje, there can be no such adjust
ment. Eight years ago N. Coquelin left
the Iduc6lSO by Win the
that he was not to appear on
any stage in p aris or France
Three years later he was received in
the fold, but he had lost his position as
~Societaire'' and could only become an
honorable "Pensionaire." But he was
not content, and in 1872 he left the com
edie for good OF course against his /
leaving NJ Claretie could do nothing ef-
fectual, but that gentleman has an
that SO long as it becomes GER
tain NJ. Coquelin is about to appear at
another Parlsian theater and an iniunc- /
ton will be asked for from the courts
Doubtless Coquelin has thought of all
this in agreeing to support the only +
Sarah. 1t may seem a little harsh to at
tempt to stop NJ. Coquelin but it should T
not be forgotten that he has benefited by I
the privileges and advantages OF the +
National theater all his life and it is a I
little unfair that he should now place his /
talents at the disposal Of the rival
W. s. Gilbert some years ago accepted I
4 commission from Mr.. Plymton for a
ibretto to the order of Charles Morton. I
have delayed Mr.. Gilbert
going on with it, but it is expected he
will find the necessary time during the
now approaching winter.
Longfellow's "Hiawatha'' has been Sc
ected by Divorak the theme for his +
next opera