Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20

them with the remarkable stage technique
insight and invention which these ideas en-
tail. He does not care for travel; he would
rather stay in New York at his home the
year round with his home idols than
travel
Arrangements are now in course of max
ing whereby the entire Bostonians Opera
Company may sail for Australia in four
weeks. The renewed success this justly
famed organization has made this season,
which has continued since the revival Of
Robin Hood at the New York Academy
of Music, has interested managers consider
ably, and negotiations have been started
that Will mean tour of the English speak
ing world If it is possible to cancel all
dates of the present season after Vancou-
yer, where the Bostonians appear January
., the complete company will sail on the
following day for Brisbane, Queensland.
The Australian tour will include the cities
OF Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Bris-
bane: then will come a New Zealand tour,
covering Auckland, Wellington, Christ
Church and Dunedin. A Tasmanian tour
which will take in Hobart and Launce
Ston. Then the company will sail for
the Philippines, Hong Kong and India.
A South African tour is also being
negotiated: with London and the British
provinces to follow. The company. chorus
and orchestra will be carried complete.
numbering at least seventy people, and it is
intended to produce Robin Hood" Maid
Marian and possibly THE Serenade." The
new opera, The Queen of the Adriatic"
which was intended for next seasons tour,
may receive its first production in Austria
LA, and will be presented by the Bostonians
during the London engagement. This world
tour. 1t is estima ted, will take two wears at
She least. and it will be the first time THE
Bostonlans will have appeared outside of
the United States and Canada.
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An opening to Indifferent business Is not
an exclusively American experience for
Martin Harvey. Some years ago, when
with Sir Henry Irvings company, Mr..
Harvey used to take out the younger mem
bers OF the troupe in the summer vacation
Tor provincial tour, in which he was as
sisted In management by William Haviland
(now a leading member of his own com
pany), under the title of 1.-THE Lyceum
Long Vacation Company They scored
great successes on the road, but even sue
cess has its ups and downs. On one occa-
sion, at small town, the total audience
show?' said Harvey. Yes" replied
Havland, and they did-with the result that
fer the first play "a one-act piece they had
eight calls from the seven enthusiasts
The next night the house was packed. The
seven people must have talked a bit
Manager Rapley has succeeded during the
present week in arranging with Messrs
klaw and Erlanger for a two weeks sea-
son in January Of the big Drury Lane bal
let and musical extravaganza, THE Sleep
Ing Beauty and the Beast which for
seven months last season attracted the at
tention os the New York theatergoing pub
lie and visitors to the American metropolis
Four hundred persons pressed into SER
vice to properly interpret the haIlat of
seasons, which is the principal feature of
the spectacle, and over 100 persons are re-
CURED to manipulate the stage surprises
furnished from a scenic standpoint