Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-27
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John A. Stevens has causht on with
PASSIONS Slave"
Lawvence Barrett played to over-87, 600
week before last In Cleveland.
Mary Anderson continues three weeks
longer at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New
York.
Louis ! James and Marie wainwright &C.
company Lawrence Barrett to Europe
next summer.
Man Strakosch says that Patti hiss heen
performing thirty.two yeaps and In opera
twenty-five years.
Pauline Markham isnow Mrs. Randolph
Murray. The Wyndham comedy ,oon.
pany are in Baltimore.
John Mccullough enters upon the
second week OF his engagement at the
Boston Theatre Monday night.
Mr.. Edwin Booth has been compelled by
the sickness Of his daughter to cancel many
OF his professional engagements In Ger
many.
Nilsson denies emphatically that shs has
any encouragement with Mr.. Gye. The
latter says the contract with him was
signed May 10. 1882.
Planquette has refused IN offer Of eco. 600
vi. oNVho MP van Viukl0, De-
cause he hopes to make double that sum
out OF his operstta.
Emma Abbott sang In Rochester last
Wednesday night. and two days before her
appearance every available ssat In the
opera house was sold.
Out Of elghty.seven manuscript plays
received at the Madison Square Theatre
for consideration within the lAst six months
only two were retained fJr serious consid.
GRAFTON.
The "Mascotte," just withdrawn at the
Boutfss Parasienner, has just been wit.
ness ed by 600 600 persons, and has yielded
receipts of 1926, 900 from $50 performances.
Said the veteran playwright, Charles
Gaylor, to q representative Of the Buff lie
Courier yesterday: II have seen all the
great Juliets since the days of Fam,
kemble. and I regard Margaret Mather a.
the best Juliet l have seen."
Mrs. W. j. Florence says that the char
acter OF Mrs. General Gilhory," the louc
and vulgar American women abroad, IL
the play of "Tne Mighty Dollar" is copiec
from a living model q tourist whom tn,
actress met in Paris. Her husband wit
messed the fret performance and instantly
recognized the likeness,
Miss Mary Anderson has accepted Mr.
Abbey's proposition to exchange he
American engagement for Mr.. I~rving's il
Europe, next autumn. In accordance witt
the agreement Miss a nderson will open u
the Lyctum theatre, London, next Sep
TENDER, and Mr., Irving will make his ap
pesrance in New York at the same time
Horny 4. Abbey is making arrange
ments To give German grand opera mex
season ut the rev opera house in Ne,
|, York. lie proposes nothing less than /,
bring over here Nine. Materns, Her
Winkelmann and Herr Scaris. of last tum
mer's "Parsifal' cast. He will also engap
MIR. Theodore Thomas, with the full Phi
harmonic Orchestra. for this series Of Gen
man operas, that will bring out many c
. Wsgner's works.
The New York World says Of John 7
= kaymond's new plsv, "In Paradis o." Nj,
= RAYMOND has found the best and mo,
> J suitable character in his experience
. Though not quite so funny as Colon,
Seller" It Ia tar less extravagant; In fac,
1t Ia almost absolutely true to an smusin
: and admirable type of the south that
! rapidly passing away. Besides this Il
d me most important figure Of a clearl
defined n rather interesting plot.
! The theaters Of Europe are now LAZY
. number, and Italy heAds the list Of n.
I, tions in point Of tho largest share. 81
has 3iS as %srainst 3S7 in France, 1874
y Germany, lGO in Spain 100 in Great Bri
ain. "a in Austria and Hungary, "A
Russia, "a in Belgium, % in Holland,
h in Switzerland, rs Ia Sweden and NorwO
l6 In Portugal, 10 ia Denmark, 4
n Turkey, and 4 in Greece.
n
this season on the American stage tbs
ten men. 1t is impossible to get at ii
Q precise figures, as the pay Of performers
30 exaggerated. but it is asserted that Pat
n receives g. 1900 a night. As she is TO sir
g thirty times during Ler tour through Il