Omaha daily bee., 1881-07-23
MUSICAL AND DRAM ATTIC.

Maria Litta have fine concert compa-
NY on the road.
There will be five "Hazel Kirke" com
panies on the road.
The Kiralfys will send out one "Michael
Strogoff' combination and Samuel Col.
vile" will have charge of another.
Fanny Davenport will make an ambi.
tious effort and will make Lady Macbeth
her strong part of the coming season.
Maria Rose and Henrietta Beebe were
among the vocalists at concert lately Civ
EN- in London by John Thomas, the harp
ist
Charlotte Thompson will make "a
Planters Daughter" her strong piece the
coming season. For portion of the cam.
paign she will be supported by Wm. +.
Sheridan.
The Boston Ideal company will embrace
Adelaide Philips, Barnody, Myron w.
Whitney, Marie Stone, etc, and will pres.
ent ''Olivette," "Pinafore," "Pirates of
Penzance," etc.
Emma Abbott's company will embrace
Pauline Maurel, Mrs Seguin, Wallace
(probably), Brignoli, Castle, etc. Several
new operas will be produced and Nicolai's
"Merry Wives of Windsor" revived.
The musical rage will be Adelina PATHS
concert tour. She and her tenor Nicolini
will draw enormous audiences, unless the
prices are ridiculously large, which she de.
MES. 1t is possible that she will appear in
opera.
Mr. and Mrs. Mckee Rankin will of
course make ''The Danites" the chief at.
traction, but the novelty of their season
will be modernized version of Douglas
Jerrold's drama of "Black-Eyed Susan"
by Willis, entitled "William."
Joe Jefferson will have a superb organi-
zation, probably including Mrs. John
Drew, Frederick Robinson and Mark
Pendleton. In addition to the perennial
Grip" "The Rivals" and 'The Heir at
Law" will form his repertoire.
John Z. Owens will be under John T.
Ford's management and will devote most
of his season to "a Man from CATER
angus" his new Yankee character, al
though "Solon Shingle," ''Caleb Plum
mer, " "Perkyns Middlewick" and his 9TH
er comedy roles will be presented.
Milton Mobiles, will manage his own sea-
son, and in addition to "Ph9nix" and ga
Man of the People" will present "Inter-
views" comedy in which he assumes the
role of a newspaper man, a line by the way
in which he has had practical experience
His company will be about the same.
Edwin Booth will return to his circuit
with all the honors of his English season
fresh upon him. He will star under Henry
+. Abbey's management and will appear
in his old standard roles with perhaps the
addition of ''Sir Edward Mortimer" and
''Sir Giles Overreach." He will devote
his time to the principal cities, playing at
the theater in New York which bears his
name. His company is not as yet made
up. but will be very strong one.
An eastern paper says that Miss Emily
Soldene is of the opinion that Mr.. Ballen-
berg, one of her late disastrous managers,
does not like her, because, in Leadville,:
Col, she called him ''a petty hute-player,"
knew would Garry the news" The up
shot is that Miss Soldene is in Cincinnati,
languishing for back salary, and other
members of her troupe are as impecunious
as she.
f. Nicholas Crouch, the author and COM
poser of kathleen Mavourneen." is en-
gagged as varnisher in n factory in Balti
more. His career is marked by numerous
failures and successes. During the war of
the rebellion he served in the Confederate
army and sustained severe juries in the
losing cause. He was born in England in
1908 and came to this country in 1S49, with
Max Maretzek.
Mr.. Chizzola sends ord from Florence
that contract was signed and delivered,
on the 1lth inst, between SIgnor Rossi
and himself, for the American tour of the
eminent italian actor An American
company will be engaged to travel and act
with Signor Rossi, and thus our public
will witness repetition of the experiment
which was made last season with Salvini.
Signor Rossi will make his first appear
ance in New York on October IL, at
Booths Theatre-presumably in the char.
atter of Hamlet.