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the business OF acting is concerned But
t.Dan'l' Druce'' is generally pronounced
good play, and It affords tine opportunities tc
Mr. Lawrence Barrett who assumes the tttula1
part He will probably add the play to his re-
pertory, and t'star II with it throughout che
country. II he can engage competent actress
to play Dorothea, and will convey to Dant<
Dreee some Of the exquisite senslbllity which Is
so apparent In MS personatlon OF s. The Man
o. A1rlie,'' he will doubtless meet With abund
ant appreciation. aDan'l Drucen Ia enjoying q
very extraordinary success in London. 1t Is q
dramatization Of ''Silas Manner"
GESEEAI AMERICAN NOTES.
Mr.. Couldock is one Of the stock company at
the Royal OperacHouse, Toronto.
Mr.. E. L. Davenport is to begin an engage
ment Ut the Walnut In Philadelphia, to-morrow
week.
Raymond's new play, " Sevcnoa]ss," is not a
success, and the St. Louis Globe says his "Col.
Seller" is played ont
Janauschek Is to be at Baltimore this week;
Mary Anderson ut Washington; Stuart Robson
in ''The Two Men OF Sandy Barr at Detroit.
Il. Eytinge, for several years stage-manager
OF the Grand Opera-House, Cincinnati, has re-
tired from the stage, aud will devote himself to
the instruction OF persons dcsirous OF entering
the dramatic profession.
5{r. Ben E. Wool, the author Of stThe Mighty
Dollar vas formerly the leader OF the orches-
tra at The Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadel-
phia- His wife is member Of the theatrical
profession. and he has consequently had many
opportunities to become familiar with the ma
chlnery Of the stage
4 new event in Philadelphia theatricals Will
be the revival Of 'sMasks and Faces'' at the
Chestnut Tomorrow night. Atr: F. F. Machay
will appear for the first tune this season, assum-
ing the character Of Triple. j. 8. Chanfrau WIS
at the Walnut last week. Lucille Western will
succeed him tomorrow night. So1dene has been
playing at Mrs. Drew's Theatre.
Mr.. Smythe Clark, well-knouu citizen Of
San Francisco, made bis debut as ShylocE ut the
California Theatre recently. The Florences be-
Dollar" last Monday night. Sothern and Nell
son follow them, .,naGins up season of ten
weeks. *t Ahmed " was produced in gorgeous
manner at the Grand opela-House Monday
night.
Maggie Mitchell was at Cincinnati last week;
]. T. Raymond at St. Louis; Sothern at De-
troit; Adelaide Nelson at Buffalo; the Salisbury
and Frank Aiken at Memphis; Kate Claxton, In
The Two Orpnans,'' at Washington; Z. ".
Barry at Baltimore; Boucicaplt's Company, in
Forbidden Fruit - at Cleveland; Rose Eytlnge
at Pttsburg-
The dramatizatlon OF ssT11e Scarlet Letter. II
which has been spoken OF for some time, is to
be presented at the Boston Theatre tomorrow
By Mrs. Lander: Last week the *'sardanapa-
lus:' cornpauy from New York was at this thea
tire. Lester Fallacs, ia his new play. 'sAl1 for
Her." was at the Globe. He departs this week,
and Boucicault's forbidden Fru1ts' will be
Jo' gave way to 9 J.. new translation from the
French entitled The Double Wedding,' and
the comcdietta called "a Little Change.''
Stuart Robson played Capt. Crosstrs at the
Howard Athennum.
Maggie Mitchell is to produce her new play of
s.Mignon II at Cincinnati tomorrow night. A
Pittsburg paper says OF 1t: "The dramatic re-
and would make heavy demand upon the pow
ers Of aug actress, and we know Of none more
thoroughly capable of satisfying them than
Maggie Mitchell. She made q lucky strike in
securing the piece. 1t reveals possibilities in
her acting that old theatrc~soers had not dream
ctl OF. She has long been recognized as the
leading juvenile actress Of America, but that
she was great emotional actress as well no one
had suspected. The play is very artisti:ally
constructed. It will In time become the princi-
pal play in Maggic:s repertory, If it is not so
FOREIGN NOTES.
Albery's new play, The Man in Possession"
has not been able to hold possession Of the Cal
ETY. Theatre.
I4eAs LIVING eo!4eApiates ewing Alc11aru
~ al .ue honuon hyeeam WIN the ORIGINAL
te1t, oehneatlng the nigh-comedy Side OF Itch
ards character.
TIE I,onfo, Time. s.rs +h,t n,++,r, f,oo1-o,.
.snaor ~ tha p,a~,,,s s,.a;-.,e saas uttn IooAes
*s..a u Iue l!as Is u.sappointng. ~ COSTS
III 4 Lhts country %, aoout sis' ano al that price
ought 70 be good.
Inc company at tae London vaudeville, after
pas4ns o9I :. po'S more laan oto times, was
rut u !. LOT one nsgaG 70 ASSIST IN ben
~ Luz eI'tics were LOOKING Wi.h some IN
~ uaest; ~ iust aeeounts, 10 see "nat would be
tne eaeet o1 elons run upon The actors
Plapche's "1nrlsible Prince" was tilte niece
selected for Miss Jenny Ice:s rennnearonce at
the Glo5e at Christmas. The Vokes family re-
appeared ~ DEufy Lane IN the p1ntomime Of
Ihe torty lhicSes." q new play By IN Amer
1can author is ID rehearsal at the Havmarket.
One of the most successful pieces of the dav
in Paris has been the .sTour fiu Monde on Sh
Jours:: The S,ricfv nf T1ranof;c nthors hae
1,h1;ehad - -enort shoa;nT 4,a+ ~ "oaa:.s nas
i~s = ~! nnn 49, Ias feee1pts
anus ~ uase peeu o,uooooo l4ancs. e ~ lhe
eutnoFs part 2one amounts 10 $luu,Uuu or
oO0,ss1 francs.
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WIN some small 1aVor- At Rome 1t was fas-
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