Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-04
TIE DRAMA.

| The RECORD UNIONS notes of late dra,
matte news shows up as follows
| The "Grim Goblin at Wallack's, n.
Y, has proven great success.
Barry Sullivan has postponed his visit
TO this country.
The negotiations between Miss Fanny
Davenport and Miss Anna Dickinson for a
new play have been broken off, and ''The
american Girl viii not see the light this
season.
Bernbardt says she enjoyed her late visit
to London much better than she did her
| first and that she has no wish to return to
the Coincide Franchise, as she is now her
own mistress with no one to tease her.
In the celebration of the second CEN
tenary of La Coincide Franchise, NJ. Perrin
| proposes giving a representation of Moliers
. Bourgeois Gentilhomme, with the
dances and music as performed on its pro.
duction at Chambord October IA, 1910
| John Mccullough has secured the best
theater in England for tragedy by his en-
| gagement at Drury Lane pext April. We
can hardly credit the telegram that Edwin
Booth has arranged to reopen the Princess,
| says the SPIRIT Of the Tines
| Kate Ciaxton's new play, Snowflake, :"
| which she will produce either at the Bijou
or Standard, New York, this season, is a
new version of 'Pauvrette, or Under
| the Snow, !" familiar to all frequenters OF
Bsrnum's old Museum.
Manager Stetson, Of Boston, falling to
| secure Bernhardt, has engaged Salvini to
play against her with an English company,
headed by L. r. Sheseil. Morris Sim
nlonds is making the arrangements, and
the duoglot combination viii open at the
Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Colonel Haverly has a fancy for painting
the outside of his theaters pure white, in
order to typify the innocence and cleanli-
ness of the entertainments he provides for
the public. Niblo's, being built of brown
stone. bothered him, since it was impossi-
bic to paint that exterior.
In Australia the Williamsons have been
doing splendid business at Adelaide, a
city of 10000 inhabitants. Mr. William.
son formed a partnership with manager
Lewis OF the Bijou Theater, Melbourne, in
juvenile "Pinafore," which ran ten
weeks to crowded houses. Mrs. Lewis,
who trained the children. is sister OF
Willie Edouin
Miss Nelson was born in 1850, at Sara
gossa, Spain made her London debut in
1865, as Juliet, and first came to this coun-
try in 1872. As woman she was a perfect
type of Spanish beauty as an actress she
was Incompatible in Shakespearean roles
upon the English stage.
The regular season at Days, New York,
begins September Doth, when 1.-The Big
Bonanza F" will be revived. a smoking
room and new cloak-room have been added.
Mr.. DAILY has accepted new plays by
Messrs. Edgar Fawcett, J. B. Runnion of
Chicago and Woolson Morse of Boston,
and Shakespearean comedy will be pre-
scented.
The dramatic fend of the Chronicle has
discovered, or some one has discovered it
for him, that Deception Sam. Piercy's
play-has no originality whatever, butwas
bodily translated by DIR. Callahan from
play entitled 'L'Honneur de la Maison,
drama of five acts by Leon Battu and
Maurice Desvignes, which was first pre-
sented at the Parte Saint Martin Theater,
Paris, July 6, 1868. Well, what OF it +?
The translation is certainly most clever
one, and what it may lack in originality is
made up in the strength copied from the
original. It takes genius to translate
genius. The Percy combination is re-
ported to have netted 500 at Sacramento
This news must be CALLING to the Chronicles
amusement censor. 1t won't pay to pre-
tend to be too moral. Pacific Life
The following verses, adapted to George
F. Bristow's melody, THE Day is Done,
were written and sung by Arthur Matthi-
son, at the Savage Club breakfast to Ameri-
can actors in London. They are dedicated
to "Our Guests !"
" drink the Vine, the glorious Vine
Its clusters of glowing fruit
In lis praise III sing, crown the bowl with its
Comet with me, the rich Vine salute
On the ripening grapes the great sun beams
And the south wind softly blows;
The Lord OF the Vine, its burden fine,
Grand gift on mortals bestows.
:. sing to Wine Is glorious Wine
Be il purple, white, red or gold;
A libation let's pour to Coluubia's sons
For them is my feast-song tFolld
Then ill, I'll up each friendly cup,
Chnk your brims in chime With mine;
With heartiest welcome, let's drink Our Guests |
What nobler use fo- Wine?"
The London critics on Colonel Sellers
have been warm in their praise of MIR. |
and it is generally admitted |
that so far as he is concerned the perform |
ance is success. Mark Twain's dramatic |
sketch is, however, sew srely and even CON
temptuouslY treated, and the weakness of
the characters, the "hyfalutin language,
and the poverty of invention in the serious
scenes, have the finger of scorn pointed at
them without mercy by the caustic
writers of the London press But there
can be no doubt of Mr.. Raymond's tri-
umph he is Endorsed by both press and
public. 1t needs no ghost from the grave
to tell Americans that the comedians in.
lmitable creation of Colonel Sellers is set
in queer play. We have known that fact
for years; but with us Mr.. Raymond's
acfino hos axorSaJ +bo ,o,I,raes Of tho |