Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-13
FoOtIight Flashes.

The "Glass of Fashion" has passed its
one bundredth night In London.
The sale Of seats for Joe Jeferson's en-
gagement will begin at Davis Bros to-
morrow morning.
1t is rumored that Sara Jewett has re-
signed her position in the Fifth Avenue
Company, New York.
Signor Salvini will begin his engage
ment at the COvent Garden Theatre, Lon
don, about the middle of February.
Henry E. Abbey has offered Rubenstein
$685. 900 for 100 concerts, to be given within
i've months next season in America.
A new tenor in Paris. Escailas by
name, is only D years of age, and is
able to sustain the tenor role in William
Tell"
Mr.. c. d. Hess will give new opera,
''The Missing Link" by Mr.. William See
book, librettO by Mr.. Willard Edwards, at
| New Orleans IN January,
The "Stranglers Of Paris" was written
| by BelOt, dramatized by BelascO, and is
! controlled by the FrOhmans. 1t is meet
ing with unprecedented su :cess.
| Celia Logan has disposed of her play,
San American Marriage" TO John A.
! Stevens, who will produce 1t as soon as
he finds lady strong enough for the lead
ing part.
! The following operas, it is said, will be
/ given during the Cincinnati festival
! ''Faust," "Le Prophete,' "GiOconda,"
| al Trovatore." lie NoZze di Figaro"
| ''Sonnambula," "Mignon," Robert lie
| Diable," "Martha" and ''Mefstolele."
The fashionable people of Louisville.
/ KY, habItually go to the theatre on Fri
day nights. So fixed has this usage be-
| come that on this one evening of every
week the house will not hold all who
come, and on others it is nearly empty.
| Mr.. Gilbert's new play, in which Miss
Mary Anderson will enact the chief part,
is entitled COMEDY and Tragedy" 1t will
| be produced at the London Lyceum
Theatre about fortnight after ''Pygmal-
lon and Galatea" is brought forward, and
| then the two pieces will be given together,
and it is expected that this bill will keep
the stage until next April.
/ The sale of seats for "Hazel Kirke''
/ began yesterday. There was a rush
| around the diagram as soon as the sale
/ opened, and tie desirable seats were soon
| taken. The play will be produced to-
morrow and Tuesday nights. The phe-
| nomenal success Of the play in every part
! of the country, proves incOntestably that
the public will patrOnize wholesome
amusements, and encourage honest
! artistic endeaVor. "HaZel kirke" has
never ceased to elicit applause, and to
moisten eyes not custOmarily humid, by
its humOr and pathos. There is a vein OF
/ truth and good moral motive running
/ through the drama that makes those who
20 to see it feel as though they had not
wasted time in the play house.
On Tuesday morning the sale for the
Hanlons' engagement, on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, will begin. The
entertainment consists in the happy APP
plication of an old idea to a new set OF
incidents. The Hanlons understand what
acting means, and possess the skill and
talent to invest their own peculiar powers
with dramatic setting. lie Voyage en-
Suisse" Is a farce, by Mr.. Pettitt, ex-
pressely devised for their use, and it is
full of opportunities for the display OF
their nimble dexterity. The piece is made
up of the incidents of journey through
Switzerland, undertaken by an elderly
individual and his young bride, The hus-
band IS made the object of humorous at
tacks and annoyance by certain assail-
ants-yOung fellows and serVants-persO-
mated by the HanlOns. Some of the incl
dents occur on board a sleeping car and
some at an inn. One of the prosecutors is
| enamored of the bride whose lord is thus
assailed. The Hanlons personate car
! hands, custom house inspectors, and, in
| deed, assume various misunderstanding
| with tie greatest vim and sincerity into
their irOlicsOme adventure, whereof the
serious purpose is to rescue lady from
bad marriage. All along the current of
| the proceedings thus indicated there are
comic occurrences-interr delays,
/ accidents, etc.; and amidst these the
! Hanlon performers are as Vigilant. in
| cessant, and restless as so many fire-hies.