The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-01

me lS worth inc Drlce D0lu.- ...~. 1870. -
,, SO; the AlnE rode away, against the
them out of Spain.--Washington Star.
LONDON STAGE GOSSIP.
Henry James Publicly 1nsulted ut tho
Production Of "Guy Dolnville."
London, Jan. 12.-London is still ,,liss
GUESSING the sensahonally hostile receD-
ton which Henry James play Guy
last ut st. James thcater: In much TINT
has been written on the subject, those
who should be best Informed seem to
agree that the hostility referred to was
something in the nature of an organized
cabal against Mr.. James, 1t is noted az
i curious fact that there were signs OF
disapproval at the end of the first and
Sc: second acts. but the storm broke out at
the end OF the play, which is in three
acts, and the persistence with which the
pit and gallery insisted that the author
should appear and the way III which they
insulted him when he did reluctantly an
pear before the curtain, certainly pointed
to something beyond dislike of the play
itself: The hooting, grooming, kissing
and insults which greeted Mr.. James
When nc was led before the fOOtlights by
Mr.. Alexander were most bitter and It
seems Impossible to believe that they
were not the outcome of some prear-
ranged plot. -
1t is some years since MIR. James con-
tributed anything to English dramatic
art and his absence from the London
boards has been matter for regret as
ne mas always been regarded as Il DRAMA
list OF hnc intellectual attainmcnts, a
homme Serlc, keen anal yst of the dwell
ers III that world wherein his life has
been passed. Mr. James work has hith.
erto somewhat lacked the rough theatre
cal fiber which may well be typifed by
the gas man and the stage carpenter
But the want of this, while shortening
the lite of his plays, has not detracted at
an from the enjoyment that his mirror
fng or mature has given to playgoers
weary of lbsen. uninterestcd in mclo-
drama OF the Drury Lane school and out
OF touch with the silk stockings, laces
and soulless ribbons of guicty girls.
The production of Guy Domvilie" was
therefore looked forward to by ., large
section of London playgoers with consid-
cradle zcst, not untingcd with curiosity
as to the fate the play would bestow on
George Alexander, whose work in Tile
aMiasqueraders and THE Second Mrs
Tanqueray' has been so brilliant. It
may at once be- confessed that the play.
is, i'll short, Mr.. Alexandcr's. 1t is really
a one part play, Notwithstanding the five
minutes permitted to the other char
acters. But the gallery and the pit would
not blame him for the failure. it was the
play itself that they pronounced to be
"rotten.' The piece belongs to the So
called romantic school. is comedy of
manners, with the airs and color of the
period, the middle of the last century be-
ing kept we'll in view. The three acts
are in three scenes, the first in the gar
den at Porches. the second at Mrs. Dom
yille,s residence at Richmond and the
third in IAN interior at Porches."
Porches is, Mr.. James informs us. IAN
out of the way corner of Somersetshire. ;
The play, as will be understood from the
date. is of the Hogarth period and the
costumes are therefore of the style of
that artists ''Marriage la Mode" $$
Rumors are circulating that the Bar
mum 4 Bailey show is negotiating for a
source of surprise that THE greatest
city on earth was not provided with
the greatest show In London-as I'M
derstood by the metropolitan police. name
" fifteen miles in any direction fr1m
Charing Cross G.OO0,OOO of people ic
permanently housed the year round. y lis
population and the influx of stran; rs
lis furnishes the 400 odd places of !en,er-
tainment nightly open audiences each
week which reach IL total of not less
than 1,WO,OOO. For these O.OOO,OOO
pleasure hunters during the year there
is practically nothing furnished in the
pie to whom horse flesh and. what ap-
pertains to it is first love. ~ .t%z
A grand concert will be given on Feb
ruary % at st. James hall as a memorial
to the late Eugene Oudin. the proceeds of
which will be held i'll trust for the benefit
of the three young children of the late
American singer.
Little Dick Wilmington by George
Il. Sims and Irwin Carlyll will be the
next attraction at the Avenue theater,
whom the LADY Slavey' will be with
drawn.
May Yohe will have the title part and
IN +, the S,!!pEort viii BE- found J. l.: sheri-
possession of the Avenue. Fred Harris
having withdrawn from the undertaking.
The reason for the separation may be
found III the historic French guide post to
al troubles: 'Chcrchez Ia Fem,nc'-and
the "fclnmc" viii probably prove to be
Miss fohc. She is reported to have had
y quarrel with Blanche Barnett. a mem.
ss 1 Of The r". ra" Mr. Ma Yh was s aH9
does. with tho threat to- Withdraw, 50
ietlst."
Lovers Of novelty have not been OYER
looked ny til" 1jre'tcrs Of tho phi1,ar-
9"y x. '.' ,, in "a {uw. , IT..
" ST''F :" +? ''":'"'n A,,r %ry 3: s,%1
Tr,~ross1,.' rDn,jn,sed by j'rDf. vjlciers
stanford. ,yl,c viii ,ru,Juct it's perform.
an4..., ~ overture. ''ttVnI the Scottish
'lig}tlands." ty Mr., Frrd.ri"k Mm0jid.
which ba* already n"n tcart IN srvera!
l~oaru," j, l,r, n'"rr. q; B"""ett IT." !"
nrtv I}a,!of0rte nonrrrtD ny %tnyrh Hagen
Who yin Way tho s11o tmr: Carsnr
Fmnk's: symphony ~ u for the first time
~ EDgtAHd; ItuttHstrjn's Inst suite, ~
6y' i'"vc'n"nts: twp new jfrcea for D.
rt"stm NY tn" t,ri"ty's ~,bd u"tOr. Sir
A. &, Atarkrtzi" Aiming til" artists
s"", V"jr|""k and i"tti: M ;I'i C 1
lnah". who viii Introduce q ne,y fantasja
Tor piano Htd OUjtesfrn from her own
pen, and Friday krottn.
tiorur", k"Jger " about 70 embark WITH
new jdeA-tO trent Paris ~ y No, !
tt2nr'a 4 towH for n',c.~x . Of. Of to Ion.
ti'err ii Hert"mi"r. Sir. keag"r be es
that 10000 resident pnrsiHU Engljsj,
viii support q tliehter where the show
" ~ the mOljtrr tongue.
Fred Ijnrrjs,, l0to Of tho Avenue. will
join Horace Se,lger and Mr., and Mr.,
Wyatt IN III" direction Of the 1'rnfnIghr
tInutnr,
Marie Rpmh, who IL 10 appear ~ the
German 0pcr;t sensOn ~ New York in Feb,
runry. " now, studying her parts with
FrMu Cosima, Wagner ut I,nyroutI. She
will pay n short whit to London before
lcaying for the United Stntes,
Sidney Grundy's "SInyrH Of the Ring"
disappears from the Gnrricls tl,rator On
W'.a!n ed next: iiis "lnir Of specta;;
the new piece Is ready to run.
"Dr. Bill" at the Court theatcr, ended
its run on Wednesday last.
The opera comiqur is again closed. Its
management was pure speculation and
the Financing was inadequate.
"A Trip to Chinatown" has also ended
it's London run ut til" Strand tlcatcr.
1t proved unable TO beMr transplanting.
On Monday next "rhe New Woman
reaches its 15Oth performance at tho
Comedy t'eat.r. and on the same day
Terry reopcns Tcrry's thcntcr with Stokes
and Cruven's "lnnocents Abroad" g..
The independent theaters production
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