Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-08-25
Theatrical Cram Es.

next season
Gilbert and Sullivan have already re-
ceived SCI, 900 royalty for "'The Pirates
of Penz,ncp."
Miss Alice Cook, formerly with the
Sol,lene troupe, is singing in Nevad,
concert saloon.
Bret Harte is at work OH dram,
funded on his story, "The Luck of
Roaring Camp"
Thomas Keene will play at the Fifth
A venue Theater in january. 1t will be
his first appearance in the metropolis.
Four new theaterS, all first class, and
two huge substantial places for piano.
r. ma are now being built in New York.
Everything tends upwards.
! a letter from Cannes states that
Ccline Muntalan'l, once the artistic
beauty of the Grand Uper, House under
jim Fi-k's management, IL now in re-
duced circnnlSt ince-, and travels in the
service of IL wealthy family.
Thee gets 100000 francs for sixty
perform ancss during two months in
f;r,r cities in the United States. In
addition she gets expenses fbr herself
appearance at the Casino in New York
Oh September | 18th.
Johann Strauss personal profits on
"The Merry War" have already
reached tn enormous sum of n quarter
million dollars. He receives ten per
&c 1T of the gross recei pts at all repre-
srntations Of thu. opera in Europe and
five per cent Of those in this country.
RoI,eSon and Crane have filed all
their time for next season an | many
weeks of 1881. They open in Archie
Gunter'+ new comedy d. A. NJ, at
Springfield, on September 18th. They
have "A new play by J"soph Bradford,
entitled "The Two Cherubs," In which
they may be seen before the close of the
season.
Among the ladies whose perform
ance recently at Bayreuth in W"gner's
new opera has been highly praised is
Miss Schneppe of New York. Miss
Srhneppe is described as beautiful
girl, with light hair and blue eyes,
twenty-f,ur years old and about as tall
as Mis- Kellogg.
The rt"rg ,niz ttion of the National
Russian Opera is at present engaging
attention at st. Petersburg. The chorus
is to he mere ,spd to 800, and the
orchestra to 100 members. For
costumes, scenery, etc, a credit of H.
000, 900 r"uhles has been granted. The
season to b" opened with Glinka's opera
s.Lfe FIR the Cur"
An ingenious device in case of fire is
to ne introduced at the new Casino
building, broadway and Eighty-ninth
street. The ceiling over the stage is to
he covered with system of automatic
Sprinklers. which are "capped" with
lead. When heat rises to l0S degrees
the lead caps melt away, and i'm
metli,tely occasions steady flow of
water.
Charles Frohman has made arrange
ments for bringing the London Prince
of Wales Company, with Charles F.
Cog hlan ut the head Of it to this country
in the season of 1854. He says that
Mr.. COghl,n has improved wonderfully |
in his arting-tt least, Mr.. Frohman's |
idea of his present style is that it will |
and please the American audi |
ences.
Sol Smith Russell tells the following:
AT a sll Ill Ohio town where he had given |
!, performance some years ago, he met
at the depot the following morning an
elderly granger, who, while he peace
fully munched a large quid of tobacco,
inttnlly eyed re comedian and finally
said "oay, mister, bent you the fell
Ter wot gen the show up at Shoots
Hall last night ?" eyes," replied Rus
sell, II did give an entertainment at
:, ~ III last p;rEt - avail |