ART, LITERARY, AND DRAMATIC GOSSIP.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1836, 10 January 1880, Page 4

ART, LITERARY, AND DRAMATIC GOSSIP.

[From English Files.]

Blanche’s extravaganzas and burlesques, most of them works of considerable artistic value, are about to he issued in London in a “testimonial” edition.

M. Zola, who is of Italian origin, has at length seen some of his writing dramatised and put on the Roman stage. His “ Therese Baquin,” however, has proved a complete fiasco, while the piece with which his name is beat known, and which the Italian adapter, in rendering it into his native tongue, has called the “Assomuar,” is spoken off as a great success. His new novel, “Nana,” in •which he relates the history of the unhappy daughter of Coupeau and Gervaise, is now published iu Paris. The book is said to be among the most “realistic” of his works, detailing with ghastly sang froid the heroine’s miserable career, until she dies of small pox in a garret, while the people in the street below are shouting “ a Berlin,” on the breaking out of the war of 18'0. The book is of a nature to preclude all possibility of translation.

Mr Stephen Mnssett is about leaving for South Africa, where at Cape Town ho commences his monologue entertainment of song and chit-chat of travel, which he gave in Steinway Hall so successfully. Religious books have almost as large a sale as the yellow covered literature. K. P. Dutton and Co. cannot print Canon Farrar’s “Lifeof St. Paul’s” fast enough to supply the demand. The first edition was sold before it left tho press.

Mr Wybert Reeve, the well-known actor, has been appointed successor to Mr George Coppin (who has resigned) as representative in Australia and New Zealand of the Dramatic Author’s Society. The first french ballet in New York was civen in the Brewery' about 182”. Mmc. Hutton, the principal dancer, appearing in her brief and gauzy costume, was er.cted with a storm of hisses, which ended in an uproar and the departure of many' fr m the theatre. The curtain was rung down, and no further performance was given that night. There was a general attack upon the troupe in the papers of the next day, and the exhibition was characterised as the most shameful and indecent ever presented in the city. The consequence was that standing room could not be found the following night on the rising of the curtain. —“Art ,1 urnal.” A novel theatrical idea comes to us from Germany. The management of the Royal Theatres of Munich has issued invitations to •all leading German actors and actresses to take part in a series of twelve model performances in July' next. The pieces to he selected had to offer the opportunity of as many great parts as possible. They will comprise, therefore, Shakespeare s “ Julius C.csar,” “Macbeth,” and “ The Tale;” Lessing’s “Emilia Galotii,” “Nathan,” and “Minna von Barnhelm Goethe’s “ Clavjgo ” and “ Epmont,” and Schiller’s “William Tell,” “Wallenstein’s Death,” “ Pioeolomini,” and “Kabale and Liebe. ” Every performer is guaranteed at least two great parts, and is expected, in turn to play subordinate characters in other pieces. A. new work by Mr Samuel Clemens (“'Mark Twain”) is announced.