| Show MUSIC AND DRAMA Il Bolascos Heart of Maryland at tho Theater Next WoolfThe Black Flag at the Now Grard Stage Jottings 3tz = K from the reception given the < I Veroscope exhibition of the Coibett FUulmmuni Tight at Carson whlct has been the attraction at the Theater for Ale nights of the trent week Mr Dan Stuart will experience a good many sleepiest nights wondering how It Is I that the big money which he aav In hfs dreams docs not materiiHze Into tangible shape There Is an explanator for this however In the fact thai the Interest in the great contest has died away and the People are no longer susceptible sus-ceptible to the secondary Interest It ii I probable that had this same cxhiljl lion been given Immediately after the fight the fondest hopes of the projectors projec-tors might have been realized but al the present time It Is I hard to see when the Imlneeee amount of money spent In getting it ready will be returned to the coffers of the Investors In the enterprise en-terprise From u Bclcntltlc etandpolnl It demonstrates the wonderful ad anevmpnt In Photography and although al-though this production Is I somewhat nude Itdoo not detract from the ties nil Illtics of the art after further ex pct Iment The presentation tit A Social High v > hmM during the present week al the New Grand has placed the new company there In u much more favorable favor-able Milit and the general opinion lea been that tills play Is I one of the beet In Its lino that this popular house Imo ever presented and the company Is I dcserMni < of much praise for Its et Ihr Iciest ok i A Social Highwayman la I not a play that would set the Rullerlei wild as the blooelanel thunder scenci are conspicuous by their absence hut It Is I Intensely Interesting to those win enjoy strong society dramas David Murray surprised those who saw him the week before In Across I the 1otnmac and though he is I not entirely easy this week he made many friends among Ihoe In attendance on the Iteeke prtormanc Mil 1l ran Ion clearly sholl that her forte Is I tn ouch role as the one portrayed by her this week The particular hit oC the week however wa that of Mr Dunn as Jenkins llanby the Impersonation wa so genuine as to call for repeated encores core during his scenes Th other members oC the company acquitted themselves i In n manner calculated to increase their popularity as the season sea-son advances A Social High ayman Is I ueerrving of much better Patronage than has been accorded It and II Mew of the fact that no counter attract at-tract ono of Importance have eharac tirlzed the week at the other house this and iron In I unaccounted for dlr David Helco much dlacued and now ramos IIIY Th heart oC Maryland which acme to have aroused fie equally an Intense inherent among the thcatcrgo of San rran clsro and other cities of the coast an It In claimed Jo have created In New York nil eto It had It s original pro riiutlon will haw Us primal repre fnlaUon her on Monday night nut 01 the Salt Ink Theater under the personal direction of the author A piny wrllln as thin wa hy a Call forma dlamaUt a work American In 10eaUon theme and dramall per fonn and jnterrrttd Ly a company of Amollcan players mot of honl airs Camlllar to our playgoers for the ecrll ire of their efforts In sensors past certainly dgeerve mr than or nary eonlderRllon which hits attended at-tended Its prrformnnces I elsewhere it la I admitted by the critical nice have seen It In Le Car superior In con I flrucUon In the dramatic Inlnolty oC Its Incidents and strung and dlaUnct ho 1onaIlIY oC Its characters 10 The Charity hall Women and women The1Ife or nny other vC Mr Dells 0 long HI 1 oC successful plays hlch have 1 preceded It E It theme is I In plain phrase n hll I and ft rcefuj Illustration of the heroism oC reemans love In its noblest Com The story has nothing of the Improbable In its event or the relations rela-tions oC rte various characters ono to another It is I elmplo and direct H notion has place 111 an old colonial mansion known as Th Lilac lIooneohoro Maryland during the riled of the late I Civil War Mary land obn r Calvert a young southern girl la r deeply In love with Allan Kendrick a colonel In the Union army who Is I the I Pon of a Confederate general The wor hos epaioteil the lover Through the desire oC en omer In the secret Service oC the Northern cause who In I 1I10101 to film flag Jaryland broth r r Lloyd Culvert Is shot as a spy HerL hh eal for lover In the a e line Fine teCully evaded the walcMulne eC the Confederate outposts passed the line and hid Lien himself In the mansion unknown to her but IA discovered and put under guard nt headquarters Malland In the ngony oC her Le rcavcimnt when she Is I Informed ot tho truth of her brother denounces ltoyel when the Identity I of the the Yt ruptured mats as nn accomplice I of prisoner Is I mad known to her site in I uverwhtlaed A drumhead court mar 1101 has condemned Allan Kendrick to u spys doom and the Confederate general life father signs the death warrant An the last resort 10 save he lover life she makes her wY during dur-ing an hour 01 the close oC the battle 10 the Union < Army headquarters headquart-ers and securro a letter from the gen Oral commanding to the Confederate omclal asking for the pardon oC the ondemnd coupled with the assertion that he 10 Innocent of the charge This letter the presents to the Confederate officer In command Maryland plea Is rejected nice In t brutally repulsed and entraps her Into an admlslon or being cancer Pit hi nn act oC disloyalty disloyal-ty ta the Confederate cause which Mould Incriminate her as a spy Its arrest ar-rest her In the pc esenco of her lover who in I hellle to aM her The omCet threaten her wllh an outrage attempts at-tempts to hips I her and In the struggle vhlch cneuc she met sea a hayeinetand stab him In the confusion she To IcaBe he lover and enables hIm to escape The alarm Is I made and the order Is given to ring the church tower bell on n signs that a condemned prisoner has escaped Maryland with he courage that Is born of despera I 11pe tlon rushes up Into I the belfry and clutches the gsefro In I lhed hands and ewlogs to and fro e the deaf aii sexton far below Is I vainly pulling at the bellrope 10 the loot act the alarm and turf laQIl Of war have ceased peace Is restored re-stored Dial ylands heroic struggle meets Ito reward and the light ot hap Pintos crowns the united lovers l < A > Maryland Calvert Mrs Leslie Carter It In old IB I In evidence us one of the most forceful nnd brlllllnt or the few great emotional actresses now i Upon tho American stage She relive an re-live perHonallty her features or noble and expressive and nho Pose Pos-e a temperament at once nervous and alert and acompanhd by u n In tllectual strength and decision which makes magnetically effective her every movement Next week bmt the New Grand will Le a typical one for conference Week not that It Is I upon the trashy order decidedly to the contrary but because the average tllter goer pre tern Inelodrama 10 the iclety or Iro blem plays The Black Flag 10 the name of the play and In It will ben be-n practically for the first time here 111ss Mary llasll Truly one of the IIIlented members of the company who unlll now has appeared + hut once doing a little hit In this nreka bill 6x Dorn I a Fate In the Black Flag she 11 Ief of al hog n pretrntinus role and much is ex peeled uf her The play tells the tory of nor y llynlon the honest vagabond vaga-bond el the family and his brothel Jack the aimed ton and the hue oC both fur Norton Hlandford tho MI lalnouu plottlnR of Jack to secure the hand of Naomi and the IIlIlmale true tratlon of his designs through the medium of Blm Lazarus the Jewish note ehaver who III suite of hill somewhat some-what rascally methods finally demonstrates demon-strates that he Is truly n noble rogue The scene of the play are laid In Dorntuhltc England A View of the tone qunn leg at Portland prison and u mrhnlea change oC corn to the open sea will be one of the features ol the attraction The bill for the follow Init week will be Claire and the Forge master Mr Oeo C Dent write the News to say that Madam Rcnlchl and com pan will + pen their 18U78 season on October 18th nt Norfolk Vn lend thai i the evenings of January 66 have been engaged for their appearance here al the Theater when concert followed bj the thin act from Oemnod s Faust will he given the first night and a similar bill with the fourth act from II I Travelers for the second night attraction Mr Dent was here tin early part ot the leer In advance ol Nordlca Monday night the Tabernacle choir will give one of Its splendid musical en Xrtnn nt in the great building The follow Inc program speaks for Itself and should draw thousand to hear If The Prize Pioneer Ode > Stephens Tabernacle choir and organ Quartette The Spinning Lesson and flood Night florn the opera of Martha Mrs I Llzile T rdwaid lilies Edna Dwyer Mr Thomai Ashworth and Wlllard Chrlstophcr Organ solo Mradella 1atau Joseph J Daynes l on great organ Anthem lnb > Ions RaneGounod Tabernacle Choir Tenor solo Ye Lorry Mountains B Btephcna specious written for Mr Kaston 11 C Easton Piano solo Metamorphasen op S2rtaft Mr Arthur shepherd Itecent graduate of New Ungland con nervatory lImattVjoel of Israel Htrphcns Tabernacle choir organ und Quartette Solo The DIy Ardlttl Mrs Ulzlo Thomas Edwnid Ladies chorus The Danube Waltzes I I Straus Suit Inlie LldliHi Chorus Madam SueiiK conductor Dal hone solo Vengeance Donezctta From Iucrerla Ilorgla Mr Jol n Robinson Duet Hy the llnviklet Stephens Ilzzle T rlwards and II C Kaston Dramatic chorus The Lard Now Victorious Vic-torious Maseagnn Choir dlt Wed Into four choir and organ or-gan This is the famous church scene from the opera Cavelerla JluUcann Stage falling The Kendals ore starring In the nng llsh provinces Margaret Mother will add Camillo and East Lynne to her repertoire I lus Thomas latest play IH 1 called Dont Tell Her Ilusliund Now Is I this fall to her1 Hoheit Downing has made nn emphatic em-phatic hit tn his new romantic play David Laroque It Is I rumored that DOyley Cart will put Lilian Duelll In London na The Grand Duchess Madeline Lucette Hyley has mode n comic olemllbreUo from John Tobin To-bin comedy The Honeymoon On Land and Sea an English spccta color melodrama ulll receive u hearIng hear-Ing In New York In December Notice has been served on the oculists ocul-ists of the Berlin o > era prohibiting their coming to the theater on bicycles At Genoa Italy recently Gounod Mors Pt Vita was performed for tin shot 1 time and met with Immdlate muccees Fanny Davenport has decided not 10 nnnounr the title of hr nw piece until tho close or the opening Performance anc at hosioh bet 18 The Sporting Duchess ties In 11 this season J II Stoddart Hose Coghlan JelfrejB Ix wls Ifolllott Paget Louis Maen nnd Horn Lacy Sara nernhnrdt has commissioned Catull Menses 10 write n 1lay for her In blank verse Coundod upon the tied n of Euripides She vIII not produce It tills season hudermannfl play on John tho Dap list culled Johannls will probably be produced In New York The public censor cen-sor of llerlln has prohibited It on rev IIglou ground Charles Majllton an motor playing In the British provinces Is said to hold I the record for number of appearances In one part Ho has acted M0 times 1n Around the Clock The Bostonians are meeting with overwhelming success In New England Eng-land They will not produce Rob Ray for some time to come as Th Serenade is I In general demand A London manager has gone Shakespeare one better by producing In a rIval oC Iaeth four weird islets Indeed of three It this keeps on coo hall soon be seeing It llled as MclJeth A Cull length photograph of Maud Adam ua Lady Rabble In Tito Little lInlotr represents her In the wood 111 picturesque gypsy attire curl hanging hang-Ing over her ehoaldera and with bare feet As they are Cry pretty graceful grace-ful white mile feet the public may forgive for-give her If well regulated and well hOed g psles wont Nat Ooodwln Is I going to follow Henry IrMngs footsteps ana play Shylock Ho may do It and do It well but why he should give up his portion as the premlor farceur of the American stage for a imposition as a Shakespearean Shakes-pearean actor surpasses the understanding under-standing or his friend and admirers There was a splendid eccentric comedian come-dian lost when Irving look to Sliakes Peace Maud Adams has read Richard larding DaIs t Intent novel Soldiers of 1lIun which Mr Davis puposrs dramatizing and la Imbued < with the Idea of Impersonating file beroln As Bliss Atlanta and Mr Davis have been for years very good CrlendsIn foot every felt month a rumor of their en anlemnt clrculateand lIS Mr Italia I to I anxious te be known as a playwright the new dens ambition to appear tn Boldler oC Fortune maybe may-be reanled lJy the way It would be Interesting to knoww which char notes hiss Adam reGard as the heroine j I |
