The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-17

Boston company and oHenbach that makes II
impossible 10 consider them together. But
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TO q sinEularly NAL, droit adaptation Of tho
book, as well as TO the unsultableness of some
OF tho actors. The repertoire of tho company
u unfamiliar works seem to BIO available, and
that class includes a number that will be &c.
to Africa and MiloeeHe SH'""dei aspSrronos have
not been heard hero IN ycars, save for a few
ESo G% nro S.,i at ths Terrace Garden; Both Of Of
strange hore in English, and It's last perform.
anco In. that language must have been a decade
Xubcr operas they, too. would be highly Sppro.
ciatcd. Profitable use of some of the operas in
tho o 9ssc. C%Sm nSBo ErfFP ss 6ISv Ct Pe'Tbbs oM %isht
performance that the company win give us.
tain to do something that will please us.
Henrik Ibsen Is said to be writing a play called
THE Rat Children" that will DO completed in
the spring. Tho preliminary reports concerning
Ibsea's plays are usually incorrect, and this
may BIO like tho others. In a circus at Christin-
MIA there is TO be a clown who is disguised TO
look like Ibsen. The newspapers have protested
vigorously against this irrevcrence, but the pub
lie is said to enjoy It highly.
Mile. ReichemberR. who Is known In Paris as
ia petite dopcnne' of the Coincide FRANCHISE,
will appear at tho theatre for the last time on
Feb. 10. She Is q societaire of the theatre and
will receive $4,000. As an evidence of the i'm.
provement in the condition OF actors, It is 70.
called that Nine. Annals, q popular actress who
retired In 1s49, received only 81, 472.
Now that Sudormann's johannes" has been
acted in Germany and created little or no i'm.
preston on the first audience that witnessed II,
1t is easy to realize the occasional disadvantage
Of too much preliminary discussion. Gabriel
d'Annunzio's LA Vile Morte" will have to be
O great play to satisfy the expectations aroused
by the advance puffery. Sarah Bernhard will
act the play in Paris very soon, and Its italian
production will take place whenever Eleonora
Duse is ready to give the drama. Another play
which Mime. Bernhard is soon to give in Paris
has the Empress Josephine as its heroine. A
play on the same theme was recently acted In
Vienna. Tho French drama deals with the
divorce of Josephine from Napoleon.
the palace at Versailles into a theatre, and give
there special performances Of, the plays, of
Moliere, produced In the most elaborate fashion.
The plan Is to make the theatre, to a certain ex-
tent, the Bayreuth of Moliere's plays, and ono
e comedies 81 w fhaI the i eos Is ses and scenery copied &C
from the original. The theatre will also be used
for concerts.
When Forbes Robertson takes his company to
Germany he will play in Romeo and Juliet
as well as Hamlet" and take the dangerous
risk Of having Mrs. Patrick Campbell act in
"Magda-"
Paris Is looking forward with interest to Les
Transatlantiques." a new social comedy by
Abel Hermant. which will soon be acted there.
The last play by this author was Tho Park
which satirized prominent persons so, boldly
that tho Prince de Sagan. who figured in the
piece, fought a duel with NJ. Hermant. There
are Americans as well as Frencbmen in the new
play, and the leading character is tho daughter
of an American millionaire. She marries a
titled Frenchman. When tho play was pub
lishcd in book form all Of its characters were
readily recognizable, and there Is considerable
interest to see how the actors will impersonate
them on the stage.
l.. n. Parker has made a new adaptation OF
1.-THE Three Guardsmen." Last year he did q
similar service for "Legadere," known here as
"The Dukes Motto
Adelaide Ristori is to have control Of tho the.
atrical department of the exposition to be held
In Munich next year. She will lend to the ex
hibit the rare collection Of autographs which
she possesses in addition to her costumes and
jewels. Autograph articles written by tho elder
Dumas, Cavour, and other noted men are in the
collection.