The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-15
DRAMATIC GOSSIP.

Mrs. James A. Oates Comic Opera Combi-
nation will inaueurate the fall.and winter sea-
son at Albany, New York, on August 2sth. :
&C. B. Bishop, the popular comedian, Is
In New York, preparing to star IL on ms OWL. OWL
account the coming season. He was recently
quite successful OF Montreal, Canada.
William Cresswlck has been engaged Tor
Booths theatre during the engagement OF
Charlotte Cushman. john E. Owens Will
follow Miss Custman, and then Mr.. Booth
himself, supported probably by Edwin Adams.
Miss Lille Eldrld$e sayIns made na. ns SUCCESS cess
of '.Alma;;" has already been engaged for Mon
tresi, St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, Gal
weston, Richmond, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cin-
cinnati, Buffalo, Rochester and Albany,
The Memphis theatre will be opened about
the middle of September, when the folloWing
stars will appear In succession: MISS Lille
Eldridge, Mrs. D. P: Bowers, F. s; Cnaairau'
the Oates English Opera Troupe, the Trans
Atlantic Combination Troupe.
lydia THOMPSON and her new company
will open at Wallack's, New York, this week.
Miss Lydia Thompson has Invested s!00, oO0 Oh
her money In this country and sloO,0Oo IN
England, besides buyinga large house ~ Ss p.
Johns Wood, London. She also talks OF D9lld-
inc theatre in the upper part Of New York.
Concerning the prospective Nilsson troupe,
r. will be Interesting TO know that the season
is to open at New York October 23 With IRA.
yiata,a this to be followed by "Mign0n" anu
'sL'Ombre," by Flotow, a work entireiy new y,
to America Rumor speaks OF Nine. Aonbelli
as an addition to The company. Capoui, Inc Inc
new tenor, Is different in appearance from tne
usual stage heroes with their fierce Diack
moustaches and sparkling eyes. He Is q slen,
der .sblonde," has. light curly hair ana
Whlskers, and Is considered very handsome.
-Fechter has bought out the New YORK
Theatre Francals, and proposes TO rear II
down and erect 10 Its place one OF tne sl., hanu,
soonest structures OF the kind 10 Tue on.tsu t,.,
States. The front and portico are TO De Oh tne
Roman style of architecture, the 'front.' coiumns
resIinr on the curbstone. The usual dome
and other accessories OF this style OF archl-
lecture will be erected, and ihe "hoie nac az
ranoement of the interior Will De new: Inc Inc
par1uette will be nearly on leVei WIN e,ie
Street. and there will be but two tiers or cir-
oias ohove #. Some novel features Will be
introduced In the lighting OF the stage ana
the the disposition OF the scenes. Pne oreneslIa
,u, he entirely out OF view and covered over
with magnificent trellis work OF mowers, S nS
in an arbor, and on either side fountains WIN
play between the acts. Mr. FscnleI IS ue,ea u; ,ha
most complete sense of the word. me per-
fnrmances form, viii be English drama exclusively,
with nerrfaps, summer season Oh frencu
drama by the company from New Orleans.
~Tohn 4. Ford, the enterprislng manageri
will have more speculations under his contr0l
snd %,i direction at one time, during the early
a part Of the approaching season. than has hlth h
been undertaken Dy any one me a.
an,se ti,I now being built by him; the Holiday
strset tteatre, both In Baltimore; Pixies Opera
House Cincinnati, and at the same time dl.
rect nCt Tie movements of several travelling COM
nanies. r@TT playlng Miss Maggie Mitchell, Joseph
P HstTsrso1. ]. w. Wallack and G. B. Bishop:
All of these companies will be upon the road
o ot the same time. In addition to managing all
.Sese companies and theatres, he holds the
following civil offices in Baltimore. which
claim his attention. He Is the president OF
the second branch Of The City Council, presi-
dent of the Union Railroad, member OF the
hoard of directors OF the penltentiary, and
director of the Fountain Hotel Stock Com-
pany.