The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-23
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

Miss Pearl Eytinge well-known as a good
actress, has recently married and retired
from the stage.
The spectacle Of the Black Crook was
lately announced for production in Londol
at The Alhambra.
Hazel IKE will shortly be perform.
ed for the l,OCJth time. The ceremony
VII occur at Mr.. AbbeyS theatre in Boss.
ton.
Haverly was the first manager to give
sunday evening performances, and he is
now the llrst of the lot to abandon the prac-
, tiCC
Emma Abbott says she would kiss the
stage car qeuter II her pan required it.. The
stage carpenters are now in mortal terror
lest some such necessity should he intro
duced into one of the new operas.-[proyi.
dence Sunday Star.
Colonel Maplcson has concluded con-
tract with the directors of the Leipsic State
theatre for the production in NAV, at Her
Malesty's theatre in London, of Wagner's
"Nlebelungen." Engagements have been
concluded with well-known opponents of
Wagnerian music, and Wagner will per
sonally superintend the final rehearsals
The popularity of Miss Clara Louise Kel-
loGg and her concert company at the west
can be easily inferred from the statement re
celved from o. w. Pond, advance agent.
who writes that he has sold the conf any
Tor all dates in the months of November
and December. Miss Kellogg has al
ready consented to sing many extra nights
beyond the number provided for by her
contract,
Another new theatre is to be built in St,
Louis, Mo-, and Washington avenue and
ham ynln tNI ~.
me architects plans have not been per.
iected yet, but the money has been sub.
scribed and the new house will be finished
tor the fall season of 1882. Frank ]. Bow.
man, lawyer, is the president of the com.
pany, and Barnett 4 Taylor will be the
architects. They promise q magnificent
house.
a Boston theatre is to have stage made
in sections on rollers, so that while The
scene is before the audience another i
being arranged out of sight, thus doing
away with tedious intermissions between
acts, and making ii possible to show a
greater amount of elaborate scenery than
can be done by the ordinary method. The
elevator stage at the Madison Square New
Iork) accomplishes the same result, but
deep excavation and tall tower are required
to operate il.
WIZ tlNHt vi tit tWu nuuuTputn
performance Of The World at Niblo's Gar.
den New York, strange scene occurred.
Some. fifteen hundred people had assem-.
hled before the doors were thrown open.
They formed long double line across tho
track of the railroad, and actually forced
the cars to hold up while they purchased
tickets. We have often heard Of grasshon.
pcrS stopping a train OF cars, but thisis the
first instance of human beings stopping n
public conveyance for their own accomnio.
dnNon .
Marie Gcistnger has been charming New
York ,heatre-goers in ola Grand Ouch.
cSse', anc "BoccOcoio' This week She has
th illed Them in "Adrenne locouy.eur.T
ih9 extraordinary range of this artist Is
no,h'ng short of phenomenal. She is n
comedienne of the lightest and brightest
mood and all who have seen her AdrIcnne
accord her "ank rs tragedienne of the
noblost power and dignity. And vet such
capriciouS and artificial thing is fame that
this marvellous artist Is all but unknown 70
the. great body of the American public,
while. o dozen women who cannot nm.
proach her at either extreme of her achieve.
monts.