Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-03

which has been the foundation OF Hoyts
success IN piaywriting II teens with
clever satire on social and congressional
lie at the capital, and shows a CON-
plete knowledge CT mankind. The story
deals with the career Of blum. honest
cattle King, who Is elected against Ills
VIII from q d.ssric' IN Texas, ana goes
to Washington with his wife and daugh.
ter, who are equally a. artlcss as he.
Their trials and trabulations while they
are becoming accustomed to the ways or
the capital make the fun and pathos OF
the play. and give an opportunity for
some OF the best characters that have
been drawn by this clever playwright.
The Court Theatre, London, will reopen
March LIST, when Mrs. John Woods Will
make her temperance.
Manager Harry G. Miner and ].
Charles Davis are both at Old Point Com
fort recovering their health.
Thomas Q. Seabrook has been invited
by the editor OF a French magazine 10
write en- article about comic opera IN
America.
A chorus OF 400 took part In the per-
Torrance OF Haydn's Oratorio. THE
Creation" at Carnegie Music Hall. New
York. on Sunday. January 9th. under the
direction OF Walter Damrosch.
Marie Wainwright will make brief
tour OF the principal Canadian cities In
March. Her new play, Daughter OF
Eve" ought 20 be very attractive there.
as all the scenes are laid in England,
and all the characters, with the exception
of an American boy, are English.
Mr.. Daniel s. Hart, of Wilkesbarre.
Pa. the author OF several successful
plays. has been commissioned TO write
piece for Stuart Robson. which the
comedian will produce next season.
Wilson Barrett put In rehearsal last
week his new drama on the early Chris
tian days. "The Sign Of the Cross" 1t Is
powerful story, and will require great
skill IN staging. Its picture OF the great
spiritual and moral struggles Of, those
days is said 10 be thrilling.
Mrs Potter and Kyle Bellew win sail
for England in May. But they are not
will henceforth tour only In America,
and that they are going abroad "for rest
and clothes
Marion Lea, the Kendals leading wo-
man, says she will not return TO Eng
land with those stars in the spring, but
will remain In this country to act. Miss
Lea is an American girl, but has never
acted before this season In her own coun-
try. whereas she has been prominent on
the London stage for eight years.
The Whitney Opera Company, In De
Koven & Smiths Rob Roy" has en-
tered upon the fourteenth week Of It's
New York run. On Wednesday. Janu-
airy 3oth. II celebrated Scottish Night"
The Scottish societies attended the per-
Torrance and the auditorium was hand
somely decorated In plaids Fred c.
Whitney is now negotiating for the pro-
duction of the opera in London, and when
II takes place II will be with a new COM
pany. as the organization now presenting
1t at the Herald-Square Theatre In New
York is booked for many months to come
in the United States.
Irene Perry has Joined Hoyt's "a
Black Sheep Company. undertaking the
role OF the Queen Of Burlesque. She Is
said to be a very decided acquisition to
the cast. Otis Harlan-"Hot Stuff"-is
winning resh laurels wherever he APP
pears. The Boston Herald says that his
performance would delight deaf spec
tator or a sightless auditor.
The librettist OF John Philip Sousa' s
new opera, which will be produced by
De Wolfe Hopper early this spring. is
Charles Il. Cline, who elaborated with
Harrison Grey Fisk on '"rhe District
Attorney" which was produced recently
in New York with such great success.
Walden Ramsay has retired from the
stage. He was for number OF years a
member OF A. NJ. Palmer's stock COM
pany. and was In the cast of THE Bank
ers Daughter He made his last ap-
pearance in Richard Mansfed's support
in the fall. He has left his stage-name
behind him. and the fact is now made
public that his real name is Walden Pell
Roser. He has turned lecturer, and Is
appearing in drawing-rooms in New York.
II any doubt ever existed in the minds
Of anybody as TO the right OF Jessie
Bartlett Davis to have her name en-
scroled on the pale Of everlasting fame.
the doubt is now removed. A brand OF
cigars has been named after her. The
nicotine-inhaler can choose either the
Lillian Russell. the Agnes Booth. the
Langtry, or the Jessie Bartlett Davis
cigar.
John W. Norton, who was killed in q
railroad wreck in Indiana on Monday,
January 18th, was the most beloved man
in the theatrical profession His tempera-
ment was remarkably even, and he was
always the same TO his friends. He was
the last of the old school of theatrical
men, with the exception OF J. II. Nc
Wicker, of Chicago. Norton brought out
Mary Anderson. He was an excellent
leading man and had played in many of
the principal companies. He was the
only recent prototype OF Lester Wal
lack. 1t is singular that after forty years
of touring he was killed on railroad.
on pleasure-trip to New York. He was
the manager of the Grand Opera House.
st. Louis. and partner OF David Hem
derson.
Beerbohm Trees American debut at
Abbey's Theatre. New York. on January
18th. was an emphatic success. He played
a double bill, the Red Lamp" and "The
Ballad Monger." and demonstrated his
versatility and power. With such plays
as 1.-THE Ballad Monger," 1.-THE Red
Lamp" PERIL Captain Swift" "a
Bunch Of Violets." ".John O'Dreams,"
IAN Enemy OF the People" 1.-THE Merry
Wives OF Windsor" and Hamlet" pre-
scented in rapid succession by man who
has in all of them won the heartiest en-
dorsement OF the London critics and play
goers. the American theatre-goers may
anticipate few weeks OF pleasurable
theatrical and intellectual excitement.
Mr.. Trees tour is limited to four weeks
in New York. two weeks in Chicago, a
few days in Washington. and one week
each in Philadelphia and Boston. He Will
play few scenes from Hamlet at the
Press Club benefit in Washington soon.