The record-union., 1898-03-06

hall to meet his fate. And, as the BAN
queters learn that the sentence has
been carried out, the shouts of the
populace in front of the bale-ny pro-
claim the presence of Christ and the
advent of the new gospel"
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! This week. some time PROFESSOR p.
II. Grigg Of Stanford University viii
lecture before the Sacramento Lecture
Association. his subject being along the
line of thought that culture may pfo.,
ceed while following amy Nocatfoils s.
*s*.* Nss4 Il.
John F. Runciman complains that
whenever piece of fine art work be-
comes a religious institutiofisdt is mani
gled and distorted until its beauties and
its real meaning are altogether forgot
ten" He cites THE Messiah as a
notable example, and tells how people
who never dream of going to a good
concert go with thrilling regularity to
wretched performance of THE Mes
siah.' and come away hugely edited
His ideal is TO do away with the large
chorus. with the Mozart orchestra tor.
with the organ, except for occasional
passages, and with a company of some
fifty-six trained artists, to try TO give
the oratorio as Handel conceived It.
we have forgotten" he says that
The Messiah is a work of art, a most
gigantic and often lovely work OF art
and not like roast beef. a concomitant
of Christmas
My Wife's Step Husband. the COM
edy of Fl. A. Du Souchet,. which was
presented on the road for a short time
early in the season, has been rewritten
by Mr.. Du Souchet, who has rechris-
tened it Whom Did He Marry?''
=
Elsie Leslie, ten years ago famous as
the stage representative of Mrs Bur-
netts Little Lord Fauntleroy," viii
return to the stage next fall after d
long absence. and will play Lydia
Languish in Joseph Jefferson's revival
of THE Rivals"
Clyde Fitch's new play, an amplifei
version Of The Harvest produced by
the Theater of Arts and Letters five
seasons ago, is to be called "Reapirg
the Whirlwind." 1t will be played by
Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon.
Sir Arthur Sullivan has parted with
his riverside residence at Walton, and
he will henceforward divide his time
chiefly between London and the con-
tinent. The popular composer has
plenty of work on hand, for besides
the alterations to fit 1.-The Martyr Of
Antioch" for the stage, and the short
nf PJ1 Yi,0I; ap
sional," he has before him Mr.. Pineros
new comic opera, and also a new cantata
for the Leeds triennial festival next
October.
Margaret Mather announces that
next season she will make an elaborate
scenic production of "A Winters
Tale"
There is afioat some gossip connect
ing Fanny Davenport with a possible
American revival Of Madame Sans
Gene"
1t is said that Beerbohm Tree is med
itating an elaborate revival of Shake
speare's King john
Charles Wyndham intends to put
three-storied hydraulic stage into his
new London theater.
The Oxford University Dramatic So
ciety has just produced Shakespeareie
Romeo and Juliet Sir Henry Irving
lent good many OF the Lyceum cos I
tunes.
My Lady Virtue" by H. V. Esmnnd.
will, according to present arrangements,
succeed Julius Caesar when its run
at Her Majesry's Theater London, shall
have come TO an end. q
Mam'selle Quat' Sous" by NM. An
tony Mars and Maurice DesvalIieras,
produced last November at the Gate
in Paris, will. it is understood, be
given soon at the London Shaftesbury.
The Council of the English Shake
speare Memorial Association have ar
ranged with F. r. Benson for a revi-
val of Antony and Cleopatra" in April,
during the annual Shakespeare festival
at Stratford-upon-Av
About the only new piece seen in Lon
don recently is Robert Ganthonys far
cical comedy, "A Brace of Partridges."
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