The evening world., 1895-05-06
DRAMATICNEws ANDNOTEs
Palmer and kaowles Have . New
Play..Snash.uD Of the Eng.

| lish Opera Company.
A. NJ. Palmer and Edwin Knowles.
who are partners a. far as the Park
Theatre. Brooklyn. In concerned. have
Just secured q brand-new drama Of New
York City life. written by Col. Edward
M. Alfriend and Eym Crinkle. The
play. It 10 sad. deals mechanically
with pictures Of metropolitan daily life.
and the authors have been working upon
1t FOR many months Messrs. Palmer
and Knowles have already arranged to
produce the piece at the American Thea
tire during tho frst week in septembr.
1t will, In fact. open 7. Henry Frenchs
| season at that house. and 1t will fit in
| with his policy Of offering productions"
to his patrons This policy Of production
| will leave the field very clear for COM
| binations at Pitou's Grand Opera House.
There has been some sort OF competition
l between these two Eighth avenue thea
tres this season. and the rivalry will be
broken by Col. Alfriend and Nym Grim
kle's play.
The smash-up of the English opera
Mr.. RosenSach. at tie Star Theatre,
nG o Mr.
bachs organization at St. James Hall
Just before Alexander Comtock placed
his minstrel show there. ~ looked very
| much as though the organization could
have been made to pay. Some OF ne
performances last week were a trihe
crude. but worse shows have been
tremely Illogical metropolis. At the
house, and Faust" was not badly In
terpreted The collapse of the company
Tavary Grand Opera Company that
opens tonight at the Grand Opera
something more than Summer snap"
Maurice Barrymore who recently an
nounced that he was weary Of the stage,
ana was about to retire.,dear old Barry!
hss been ,r by CHARLES ET9hmsn ss
opposite to Miss Odette Tyler. The play
already being rehearsed by the tire
The rehearsals are held all day and are
only stopped in time to make way for
the cyclonic farce, "Too Much Johnson"
"Burmah" Is the title which Eugene
has te xsen Of to ss E"ssn which Inch
seasons ago. Mr.. Tompkins has changed
the name Of the play before there will
ure." "Burmah" will be produced at
the Boston Theatre in September, and
Academy ~ Of 'fs Musics This will be the he
first production that Mr.. Tompkins. has
made since he staged THE Soudan."
Master De Forest Guild Price. aged
six months. is not destined for dra-.
Msnsssr esfsr ID PriSs XII the "s sa@e 1oe S
has begun life with tempestuous and
his nurse took him out for an airing.
and acquired what is technically known
as jag Of formidable proportions.
rrcs was &c carried home hy ygts ms
speechless with Indignation. This exploit
naturally led to the nurses discharge
and landed her In the Yorkville Police
Court. where she was generously fined.
Her successor was a pretty and CO.
Quettish maiden highly recommended"
like the Spring nerve tonics She de-
the park policemen. Thus engaged one
day last week. she upset the perambu-
lator, and when Master Price was res
eued from contact with the cobblestones
ment OF bruises and broken left arm.
Now he has another nurse of the
trained species; All this may come un-
but Master Price and his pepper have
their doubts about It.
Francis Wilson sails for Europe May
lS; and his manager follows him May %
tain" that Wilson will produce next
season, Sir Arthur Sullivan is to write
brand-new song for Wilson, and make
one or two musical changes in the
opera. Wilson has re-engaged nearly
all the members of his company. Miss
Amanda Fabris. however. will not be
The chieftain's' soprano
Little Gladys Wallis is going to make
nsr !.s hrst appearance In comie opera IN
nounced yesterday afternoon. Next sea-
son she is to star in "Fanchon, the
Cricket and Nebraska, accom-
ported BY" for that is SO common.
Frederick Paulaing.
$500 for tha, gentleman's collection OF
sSjsS Mr. has Ss been anS ra.Ss
nnS he Sas aEsp Sr ns msss last of T
byana. He declined Mr.. Potter's offer.
There are undoubtedly one or two
wos pSssby stray manager or
'Trilby" notices. But then. there's no
accounting for taste. Some people are
50 mercenary.
Bernard Shaw. the author OF Arms
and the Man" and the dramatic critic OF
the Saturday Review, says that Della
Harding" tn, wretched Sardou AFFAIR
that New Workers saw at the Lyceum
| as "A Womans Silence" Is the worst
play he ever saw. " | felt ashamed and
| remorseful," said Mr. Shaw-poor fellow.
The time has now come for pity rather
| than for vengeance on the poor old well
| made play Fifteen years ago I was al
most alone In my contempt for these
| clumsy BOBBY traps. The whole business
was so stale, so obviously Fictitious, 20 bar
renly inept, that at last the gallery broke
| out Into open dersion. almost as II they
were listening to particularly touch
ing and delicate passage in a really good
play"
| Franklin Fyles and David Belasco arc
very much elatei Their play. The Girl
| | Left Behind Me-" has received splen-
didly glowing notices in London. The
| on.y grievance seems to be the lack cf
| Indians on the stage, One writer says:
we can imagine that they have had
enough Of Indians on the stage in
| America, and We must admit the In
genuity with which the authors have
/ sl,At, % ,frrkt