The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-04
The LONDON STAGE.
Lady Henry Somerset Denounces
The Living Pictures.
Florence s.. Iohn Replaces Ma,
Yohe at the Lyric.
Hope Booth Fails to Get Theatre
Irving's Surprising Present.
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Copyrighted 1894 by the Associated Presa)
LONDON. Aug. 4.-Royalty liz decided
ly increasing it's devotion to the thea
tire. Last Saturday was the Duchess Of
Works first appearance in public since
her recovery, and she went to see
Rejnnc In mime. Sans-Gene." on Mon
day the Duke and Duchess Of York and
the Prince and Princess OF Wales were
present at Covent Garden.
Miss Hope Booths negotiations for
the lease OF the Garrick Theatre are of.
Miss Booth and Mr.. Hare were unable
to agree as to the terms OF the lease.
and so T.. S. willard will take the house
for short season and produce Hat
toms John Needham's Double"
Lady Henry Somerset, who. by the
way. leaves Southampton for New York
by the steamship Paris to-day. visited
the Palace Theatre recently. Since then
Lady Henry has written n letter To
the newspapers declaring that In the liv-
Ing pictures at that esta blishment pet
ticoats, bodices land all are frankly
dispensed with for the first time in II
Christian country, and yet all are bid
den to assist at this exhibition OF UNI
This letting women make public mer-
chandise of the beauty OF their bodies
is the gravest insult and dishonor put
upon women in our time. l appeal to
the English public as accomplices In the
ruin and degradation of these girls.
and demand to know why the County
Council does not interfere"
Whether the letter will have any
effect, beyond being a splendid advertise
ment for the Palace Theatre Is more
than doubtful.
Florence ST. John has taken May
Eohe's place in Little Christopher Co
lumbus" at the Lyric Theatre. Geraldine
Timer has also joined the cast.
Trebeli is to undertake a series OF
concerts In the United States next
Spring singing in Cincinnati. Springfield,
indianapolis and Columbus at the musl-
cal festivals to be held In those cities.
American tours have also been ar
ranged for Ben Davies, Lloyd. Watkin
Mills. Paderewski. DE Pachmann. Ysaze,
Cesarc Thompson, K1cza.skl and Holl-
man.
In addition Nine. Nevada Is arranging
n tour and will sing In Wagner's early
opera, "rhe Fairies"
So many OF the theatres are now
closed that theatrical gossip OF The past
week has been rather of what is to
be than of what Is. With the exception
OF THE Professors Love Story" at the
Comedy, which has still u week longer
to run, burlesque. farce and melodrama
will have It all to themselves during the
dog days.
1t Is a pity that Miss Booth was no
able to obtain a lease Of the Garrick
as a powerful cast had been engaged 70
her American play, Little Miss Cute.
including Bob HARDWOOD, Albert Sims
Allan Aynesworth, Mrs. Herbert War
ing Fannie Ward and Alexis Slighton.
Little Miss Cute was to be pre-
ceded by new farce, by Fred Horner
entitled ION Toast" Miss Booth will
probably be more successful in the Fall
"The Gentleman Whip" now being
played in front OF 1.-The New Boy" nj
the Vaudeville, will be replaced next
Thursday by Loyal" one-act play
by II. Johnson, the editor of Fun.
Loyal treats OF an episode in the life
of Charles H., and the heroine, kind
of modern Imogene. will be played by
Esme Beringer. who acts SO amuslngly
as the servant girl In THE New Boy"
II circumstances prove propitious
Fanny Brough. who is at once a clever
actress and first rate business wo'
man. will shortly undertake the man.
agement OF a London theatre. II hei
managerial scheme falls through she
will probably go to America and Aus
! tralia next year.
Olga Brandon has formed a company
for the purpose of taking Sardou's LA
Tosca" on tour from the middle OF
September. Miss Brandon will visit
the towns at which Sarah Bernhard
recently appeared In the same charac-
ter.
Henry Irving has received many
anonymous presents during his long ten.
ancy Of the Lyceum. but none surprised
him more than IA gift lately sent him
from the village OF Haslemere. In Sur