The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-03
LANGTRY AND NILSSON.
The Actress and the Singer Whom MI
Abbey is to Bring Across the Atlantic.

The Actress and the Singer Whom Mr..
Abbey is to Bring Across the Atlantic.
Mr.. Henry Z. Abbey, the theatrical man.
ager, arrived from England yesterday. He
has engaged Mrs. Langtry, the London pro-
fessional beauty, and Nine. Christine Nil
sson, the prima dona, for American tours
next season, and Mr.. Henry Irving for the
season after that, besides leasing M.
Irving's Lyceum theatre for the period OF
the actors absence from London.
.'Wbat is your own opinion OF Mrs.
LapgLry as an actress?" Mr.. Abbey was
'She is not great one, he replied. ''and
could not stand criticism as such; but she
is perfectly at ease on the STAGE. notably
ladyllke and so unassumlng that she gets
the good will of an audience right away.
AZ least that has been the case in England,
and she has drawn tremendously during
her provincial tour in that country.
OF course there's no ioTetelllnG
the result of her venture here. She will
sail for New York September 30, and prob
ably open October %, but at what theatre
has not been decided. After her season in
this CITY she will make q round of the large
cities, playing in She Stops TO Conquer.
.The Unequal Match 'Rosalind' and The
HONEYMOON" The supporting company
will come over with her. ] should have
preferred an American organization, but,
aside from the difficulty in getting one to-
gether at this late day it will be better for
Mrs. Lang.ry to be surrounded by actors
with whom she is familiar. She is little
more than an amateur, you know, and
must be given every possible help In the
ordeal of facing strange people"
"What is your opinion oil Mrs. Langtry
as beauty2n :,
sonable expectations, though some of her
charms are OF no practleal value on lne
stage. Her wonderfully clear complexion
for instance, has to be painted over, ana
her beautiful hair might as well be wig
III she is greatly admired by American au'
diences-as / hope and eXpect-it viii not
be because she is the most beautiful wo'
man ever seen on our stage, for she is not
but because she is both beautiful and win
some. She all The while has q manner o
wishing you to like her, and of doing bel
best TO please. think she is The most un
affectedly ladylike woman l ever saw, or
or off the stage"
pany her?n
mo. Her travelling companion will be
a lady distinguished in London polite so
ciety, but | am not at liberty to diyuige hei
name"
s'Possibly Mrs. Labouchere, wife Of the
editor of the TRUTH
INV Inns are sealed, positively. But III
tell you the name OF a celebrity VINO Is I,
come along. Kate Patterson, the juvenile
actress of the company. is protege o
Emily Faithful, who will make the toul
with her."
"How much do you really pay Mrs Lang
IA high price. 1t is easy to believe that
much, when it is considered that she is 9
great financial success in England, and has
bv no means exhausted her popularity
there. But people would have no reason &c
credit the figures n / gave them, and
would have TO multiply them by two In an
ticipation Of your readers dividing them b'
..sbe sails October 14lh, and is to sing
fifty times through the country in concerts
and oratories. The company Is not com
pletcd. A young Swedish nobleman, who
has sung with Nilsson IN Paris wlII pi9,o'
ably be the tenor, and Del Puenie the
baritone, and the Boston Quintette club
will be the instrumentalists."
ssHow is Nelson's voiceY"
mot As girlish as Il was ten YEAR, ago, Of
course. but rounder and fuller. be ard
her IN London. She appeared in deep
mourning, on account Of the recent death
of her husband, and viii do the same here.
The black was exceedingly becoming,
along with her light hair and delicate
face.n
"ADd Irving2r
s.He DOESN'T come until the fall Of 1883.
He has given mp his contemplated pleasure
TIN 10 New York this sumner. Il have
tafen tie Iyceum theatre, London, %
manage while be is here, and during his
subsequent tour in the Enrlish provinces.
NJ Liar j. 20 introduces American STAR
AM frdnuaniss to London. That D. about
The rissiesi Of my proposed yeniures- Don
Won think 90.