The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
49, count 1,heatre in Fehruarv.

at the Court ineatre IN eDfualy.
Lilli Lehman is to sing Donna Anna
at Monte Carlo this winter in a perform
ance of Don Giovanni organized by
Victor Maurel.
Eddie Foy, Albert Hart and Henry
Bergman will be seen in Daughters De-
lichtful,' a new opera by George Y. Ho-
bart and A Baldwin Sloane
Henrietta Crosman was cc-star with
Charles Dickson in MISTAKES Will Hap
PEN during the season OF 1889
The King of the Huguenots has been
produced in London. It's theme is the
massacre of St. Bartholomew, which IS
also 70 be the basis OF a play to De acted
by Irving.
Beerbohn Trees version Of Twelfth
Night for his London theatre, the name
nf which may now be changed to His
NJaiestv,s. is divided into three acts and
twelve scenes.
Dan DAILY is to join Edna. Mays COM
nnny. 1.-The Girl From Up There taking
the places OF Otis Harlan and Harry hel-
", whose two roles have now been COM
bined in one.
Alice Nielsen, according TO latest re-
port, may not go TO London t!lis sear
after all. A new opera is being written
for her by Victor Herbert Harry -
Smith and Leo Ditrichssein.
The "fome" for old and poor musicians
which was founded in Milan by the late
Ciuseppe Verdi was fortunately COM
pleted a few weeks before the great COM
poser's death.
The CLAYTON White-Marie Stla,t Com
pany will probably produce tDiclleJ IN
London. It has been played in New 1o' k
twelve weeks this season. MI h1te
has been asked, it is said, to star next
season.
Nd hoo ,t1nr ri
Royal Opera. at Berlin for years, recent
lv shot himself through the eve While
cleaning a, revolver. He will be COM
PEELED to wear a glass eye on the stage
in the future
French opera has supplanted The ltal
ian at the INhedival Theatre in Cairo "l2d
the Artistic Society of Egypt las Just
got the lease for three years on the con-
dition that the opera shall be sung there
in the French language. The Govern
ment gives an annual subsidy Of $4,000
The dve-hundredth performance OF
Monius2ko's ''Halka' was recently Civ
on under festal circumstances at the OPP
era House in Warsaw. This is the most
popular of all Polish operas and its COM
poser is the most liked of ali Polish COM
posers. The event was made a national
celebration and the receipts went to the
family of the MoniusZko, which is in
poverty.
Richard Wagner was represented thir-
ty-nne times in 1900 on the programmes
of the Opera in Paris. His works were
popular in this ORDER 'Tannhauser.'
with sixteen representations; .Lohen-
grim, with ten; Die Walkure," with
seven: and Die Meistersinger" with
six. Other popular operas during the
year were Gounod's Faust" with TWEEN
ty-eight representations: Les Hugue-
nots.' with nine; LIE Prophetic" with
twenty-five; and Samson ct Dalila,''
with eighteen
Four plays by Clyde Fitch are being
acted now in New York. Fitch's adapta-
ton of ''Sapho'' is still luridly extant
while his "Nathan Hale" has lately been
acted in small cities with Howard Kyle
as the Spy. His Moth and The Flame
is in the general repertory of the cheap
stock companies, and Mr.. Mansfield has
by no means shelved Beau Brummell, y
which was written by Fitch upon a
scenario devised by Mansfield. and at
least served to Introduce Fitch spectac-
ularly to the public as a budding drama
fist. Sadie Martinez has threatened to
produce an adaptation of 'Le Marriage
dOlympe" by Mr.. Fitch He has a dram
+! atization of 'Pere Goriot," and one Of
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