The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-25
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DRAMATIC AND oPIRATIC

The actors fund has 5000 in cash.
Jeffreys Lewis is playing La Belle Russo
l Boston.
Charles Reades Dora has been failure
in Lonuon.
John Mccullough has a play called the
Wife of Miletus,
The Vienna papers call the "vorspisl"
TO Pursiial stupid.
Bella Pateman is playing Odette in the
English provinces
Ben Maginley has been absorbed into the
Majison-square theater.
Gus I.evick did not arrive in Phjladelpbia
IN time TO open in Siberia.
Irving proposes to produce next The
Tanning of the Shrew in London.
Faure received $500 for singing three
numbers at wedding in Paris.
J. s. Clarke has produced an improved
version OF The Comedy of Errors.
Boito's opera, Nero, which has been so
long talked Of Is to be produced at Brus-
sells at Easter,
There is rumor in Fondon that Clara
Morris Is TO 20 over there and play Fedora
at the Haymrket.
Days latest adoption, Serge Panine, has
been the worst failure OF all. 1t was at
once replaced by The Squire.
Mr.. Bancroft, of the Haymarket theater
is giving final series OF performances of
kobertson's plays, as his rights ia them
expire very soon.
Fitty-seven representations IN Enrone
given BY the Uoquein- Deudonne ,roupe
yielded 2l,3Jl francs, of which Coquelin
received 10000 francs.
When Sarony, the New York photog.
rapher, told ModjesRa that his picture OF
her as "RoSalindn was "a fine pose the
lady replied "Certaine, it ees one expose. /"
La ella, new French play, in prepare.
ton at the Ambigu, In Paris, is said moi ia
have received the approval OF the Commits.
sion de Cepsure. What kind OF a play must
it be?
Paris seems to be given up to reyiyals.
lie Petit Due at the Renaissance. Les
Cloches de Bonneville at the Foies Dramat-
lque, Les Noies de Figaro at the Opera
Comique, are all doing we'll. Barbe.Bieue
is in rehearsal at the tirst-named. There is
also tax about reproducing Les Deux Or
phelines and Maitre Guerin.
How often it happens that dramists
whose WORKS are brimtul of merriment. oc.
cupy positions in the world differing vastly
from the peculiar style of their wit. For in.
stance, there is NJ. De Courceles, to whom
we are indebted for an immense variety OF
the most amusing Of French plays. This
gentleman is inspector of the cemeteries
OF Paris, and as ii is an occupation not con.
ductive TO much hilarity, he must seek his
inspiration elsewhere.
Sara Bernhardt's destiny is like Sancho
Panza's feast III the island Of Barataria, re.
q. marks London Truth. In appearing to ia.
yor her, fortune only tantalizes. After her
triumphant tour in America, she has only
debts and increased liabilities. Her invest.
ments have been unluCky, and the worst OF
all her speculations has been the matrimo
nial one. She counted on union o.
feminine grace and masculine beauty ex
citing universal enthusiasm. But she soou
found that, If she was to keep leading pc
sition on the Partisan stage, she would have
TO act without Damala. She accordingly
accepted an engagement at the Vaudeville
and he entered the company which her sor
Maurice recruited TO play Les Meres En
nemies. That youthful manager soon fount
out that his steptather would be best EN-
ployed at the porte.chale of his mother
discovery which was resented BY
Damala. Sara is an excellent mother al
took her sons part As her nerves WEI
racked by her theatrical iabors, financi;
losses and wardrobe difficulties, she did NJ
put up patienuy with hearing Maurl,
found IA at with, 1t unfortunately hap
pens that her villa in the Rue Fortuny i
very small, so that when she is out of hu
NOR aud the husband out OF sorts they can
not get out OF each others way so long a
they remain under the same roof. AS tn,
-oasoh is rainy it Is for him TO 20, Fin
conclusions which kind friends draw from
his frequent absence from home are far
fetched