, 1880-07-04

cago, say the structure will be finished by III. ).
Of AUGUST Theodore Stone. OF this city, viii Il +
| tho lessee, place Of such 4 character nra
erly managed, is much needed In Chicago 'p
, GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP.
John Marble goes with Robson and Crane nav,
season.
:. The atastodons will carry to England z,,h
I them four sons OF printing.
Mr.. WynNaanl, the London manager, has ~
ranged with Bronson Howard for new piay
"IIazel Kirke" at the New York Mnd,ao,
Squire Theatre reached its l5Oth night l.a.
Wednesday.
! Tho prevailing dullness in the theatrical wor,d
is strikingly illustrated in Boston, where era,.
| theatre is closed.
Barry Sullivan commences an American Inn,
Adeliue Stauhope-
Anna Dickinson's new play is laid in Russia
ana the time is supposed to be fifty years am
Fanny Davenport plays the part OF Jewess,
Mary Anderson, they say, is getting thin, She
anxfOusly hopes that before the season opens
she will be Us wiliowy and ethereal as Bern
hardt~
T is said, on It,, the authority Of Mr. John ?.
I ST., ,000. Remembering the figures given by some
Of the managers when speaking Of last seasoos
receipts; this Is mot too steep, but just steep
enough
Clara Morris next appearance on the staee
will be at the Park Theutre, Boston. in Septemee
ber, in "camille." and '',iiss Mutton. sias she
has discarded THE Soul Of an Actress" NJ: IT.
Gunther's play which she recently unsuccass.
fully tried on the San Franciscans
John Raymond IS to open in London shortly.
An English writer calls attention to the fact
that '.col. Sellers Is not unknown in bis
| country. 4 version OF this play called Millions
in It" has been performed in the Provinces, the
character Of Sellers being known in the adapta.
ton as COL Digby Chteke''
said manager the other day: Incompetent
| starsl Or course there are! Lots OF 'em, But
how is anybody going to learn his trade when
| there are no stock compaufes?' .' How lu-
deed" says the New York Post. Here Is
| brief aud painfully suggestive commentary on
| Drama
An English actress, Miss Agnes Leonard, has
ton Of her own play, entitled woman 5 FAITH
rich: She bus engaged Frank Weston Us leadins
for the payment OF salaries. Let us trust thai
the title OF the piece will not indicate sum and
substance Of the venture.
The London Daily Ne.cs says the Lord Cham
berlain has declined TO license for representa-
D6butante,' by sili. Meiihsc and Hai6yy: Lea
Provnciates," by MM. Naiac and Moreau, and
LE5 0QEE1S5C3 AE dMuuEr Dy I'LL LNulOetL
Thiboust- They were to have been represented
by the Palafs Royal company during their forth
coming engagement at the London Gaiety.
Agnes Robertson's Ofrs: Boucicaulp season
deiphia, on Sept. is. The com pany already en-
gagged are: Florence May. Noble, leading lady:
Susie singer; ,,5 at'n sonbset; Henry Dalton leading
The repertoire viii embrace !. Arrah- ma Poeue,'
"Andy, Bake" Jessie Brown" "'Jenas
Deans" "Col1een Bawn,'' and two new plays.
In the Philadelphia Times an apparently honest
hardt act in London, that she "has beautiful
voice, is as graceful q creature as ever walked
the boards, and, so far as technical proficiency
goes, Is we'll equipped for no matter how e1act-
Ing task But he thinks it is absurd to COM
pure her with Ristori, and that to name her with
Clara Morris, 50 far as the sacred fire Is con-
cerned, would be equally removed from Justice.
The inconsistency Of the Lord Chamberlain Of
euriously Illustrated. A license for production
been refused, and yet such pieces as The Pink
Dominoes" have fiourished, and such places as
se Roes have ekis3ed tae the a.
tnbooed on the ground OF Its immortality, but an
English author has oethought himself to call the
play is now running with great success at the
Court Theatre.
The Germania Theatre Association IS the name
Of New York corporation just organized. the
editice, combining within its walls theatre,
concert-roo1n, sulnmer-garden. restaurant, bill
1aEd- rooms; and stores The tnsorporators are
zemer. Pbiillp Klein, Wilhelm H. stafrora fe.tGa ana
Max H. kautitschek. and these gentlemen have
building and their plans. The stock consists Of
1000 shares at 500 per share and up to the pres
ent time nearly, # not fully. half have been
to the terms agreed on. Tbe building viii 6e
erected on the northeast corner of Third avenue
a3d Z d, Fourteenth street: The theatre will sea:
Mr. a. Neuendorf1.
After her return to New York from the genial
climate of Texas, where she testified In the trial
of Currle, the murderer Of Porter, Miss Ellen
miraculous farce was never for an instant in
doubt She was treated with the scanttest Of
rs II she and not the bnr3y murderer, wera the
real criminal; the counsel for the prosecution
and defense fraternized anicahly, and smoked,
IS did everybody else. during the proceedtngs:
md outside the court room she was made to feel
lery Enthusiastically that she hnd not at ni Iu-
- heE hdR9 Sy adg a eat
'ue of its most prominent and hfgh-spirited cit
zens through the mediumshlp OF such stmpla /
md unronanuc accessories as cross~beam and 1
Dpc. 4
Dramatic affairs in New York, according to
he Post Of that city, are about rs lively. asa 1
ombstone. but the daily parade Of unemployed !
IMPOSING II, numbers ii in nothing else. Hsso !:
nay be seen every variety OF stage genius from ::
he lending gentleman In the sweetest OF suits y
nd nl,lstaches to the hu1ublest professor OF gcn-
raj inutility. There are elderly gentlemen, with 4
;ery blue cheeks and rather shiny coats, whose =
universal experience enables them to taeke (
nything from Macbeth to the second murderer; !;
it whose abilities are shamcfuy nnderrated /.
J responsible managers; tnnumerabie a. turen. 8
leg. /" with bounteous supply OF neck and shirt i
oiiar, patent leather boots, cgarets, and canes: 81
onic inen, with funereal ysages; walking gen. III
lemen, with uncertain arms md legs and agen- =;
raj suggestion OF ds1ointedhess; heavy fathers IL
0GtuOuS. r0tllnd. md ahfrt nj fjrtt
omedy sprigs. slightly callow and nufy, and 81
variety people," whose tendency fs to bls.a &
,rth in diamonds rivaling the Kohinoor In site. 80
pats tight in the waist and wide in the collar. ::
nd trousers OF the striped Sing Sing pattern. q
mid this tnntley group MAY be seen the dignl-
ed and portly form of an occasional manayer a
ne god nt every mans toatry, with comforta.
le cypanse OF vest, MonstruuS coli Of watcas "a
laIn. and provoking look Of monetary COM II
MY TREASURE. 81
nder the sea my treasure lies S#