Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-06-18
THE STAGE.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE THEATERs AND
THEATRICALS.
The People of the stage-Plays and Man
agers-Gossip About Actors and
Actres .es-Etc.


Fred Maeder is writing a new comedy
for Lotta.
Sylvia Gerrish has joined Willie Edou-
in's troupe.
A pet bear at Chicago has been named
John P. Raymond.
Tony Pastor will next season build new
theater in Brooklyn.
Rose Osborne leaves California soon to
go starring at the East.
Robert Buchanan has written play en-
titled "Exiles of Erin"
John Rogers and Minnie Palmers con-
tract to play together binds each not to
marry within five years.
Campanini, the famous italian tenor, pro-
poses to settle in America.
The Vokes Family will probably make
their home in Boston in future.
Janauschek's stage kisses are said to be
models of strength and propriety.
H. P. Taylor, late of San Francisco, has
written play for Jennie Yeamans.
R. NJ Eberle has resigned as stage man.
ager at the Baldwin, San Francisco.
The Bianch- Montadlo troupe is to give
Italian opera in San Francisco next week.
Irving has received 500, 600 offer for a
seven-months' engagement in the United
States.
Patti and Nicolini received $40, 900 for
their ten performances at Monte Carlo.
Pretty good pay.
Miss Leonora Clench, violiniste, has
made great success in London, Canada,
judging from local critics.
Hans Won Bulow has new wrinkle.
He intends to make his orchestra play
everything from memory.
/. Four shares in the stock of the Nsw
York Academy of Music were sold at
auction few days ago for $4,000.
Robert Fulford is to be manager for
Annie Pixley next year. Annie is his wife,
and G. III. Jessop is to write new play for
her for $1,000.
The japanese stage is circular, revolving
and fiat. While front scene is being en-
acted the next is being set behind, and then
Z" the thing turns"
Ella Wesner will have troupe of her
own next season, to be composed of Eng
lish and American variety stars and called
The Wesner Coterie.
1t is said that Lotta is sick from too
much kicking. We hope that her friends
will keep her at safe distance from the
bucket.-[ Turf, Field and Farm.
Felicia" which did not make success
at the Union Square, although it deserved
success, is being adapted for the st.
James, London, by G. W. Godfrey.
While in Brooklyn Barnum's Zulus al
ways bought the daily papers, and, strange
to say, the first thing they looked for was
please.
A professional musician is now claiming
notoriety by playing on sixteen drums all
at once. This is allowed in spite of the
fact that man with one drum can run an
audience out of theater.
Salvini has bought the Theater Dele
Loggie, Florence, and renamed it after
himself. He should have purchased the
Coliseum at Rome, and performed &c The
Gladiator there annually.
A French singer did not like criticism
made by Lyons journalist, and boxed his
ears. The other journalists decided not to
mention the name of the singer in their
papers. They "Boycotted the opera
house.
Bernhardt is reported by cable to have
married M. Angelo, the leading man of
her American company. 1t is a comfort
to know that NJ. Angelo can make love
acceptably off the stage-he never did on
Perhaps Bernhardt, with French fnesse,
married him because she could not expect
a husband to act like lover.
Manager De Beauplan, of the French
Opera Company, has, says the Mirror,
been sued by business firm in New Or
leans for the recovery of large amount of
money loaned him by them. Much sur
prise is expressed there that this gentle.
man should have been so behind time in
financial matters, as the season was sup
posed to have been very successful one.
Patti has again changed her mind about
her American tour. The latest idea is that
she will have farewell season at Covent
Garden next year, after the manner of
Signor Marios farewell at the same thir-
teen years ago. Her farewell of the prov
nces and the Continent will be taken next
winter, and farewell tour in the United
States in 1882 3 will close her career.
So curious reputation, made nobody
knows how, is about to be gauged by the
production of actual work accomplished.
In other words, Postlethwaite has written
4 tragedy. He has been for two seasons
The lion of London, on the strength of moth
ng more than his long locks which ape |
.he lions mane." Now we shall see. His |
subject is Nihilism.
True merit will always be recognized. A |
circus manager recently went fishing in a
certain brook, and found out that there |
heard poor young man declare that he |
1ad just caught 29l trout from that brook
n three hours. And the circus owner at
,nce saw the worth OF the lad and hired
lim at $40 week to write bills advertis-
ng the circus
A New Orleans paper evidently desires
publicity through libel. 1t says
9 Madame Zuila, with Forepaugh's show,
walks the high wire with her husband on
Ter shoulders. He is big loafer OF fel.
ow, and assisting in this act is about the
,nly work he attempts to do. II his wife
we're an actress he would stand at the door
# the theater and chew tobacco. He is
willing person."
H. J. Byron's new comedy for the Lon
lon Vaudeville is called Punch" Let
IS hope that it has some Mark Lemon in
t, and enough spirits to preserve it as long
s "Our Boys" The notion of naming
.ondon plays after London papers is odd.
We have the World and Punch the Referee
nd the Times are easy titles; but what
will write up plot to fit the
ReUie,o, which that journalistic
enius, Edward Legge, is making as popu-
ar as any of them Esprit of the Times.
Six extra performances of Booth and
rving's "Othello were given at the
.ondon Lyceum. Manager Abbey is on