New-York tribune., 1884-02-02
rATRIcAL INCIDENTS AND GOSSIP.

THEATRICAL INCIDENTS AND GOSSIP.
suMEr's NEW PLAY-TuE CASINOS REvrvAL-NRs'
IANGTRY's TouR--A THEATRE IN FouRrH-AVE
Samuel Colville, who is now directing the
sones of the Fourteenth Theatre Is one OF the
frapkest men IN tho theatrical business De speaks
~ his own business and those interested
with bIm with the utmost freedom, and tais gives
him warrant discourse about the business OF s nVas
which however. he with coulmendaole discretoh
..you cant fool your uncle Is his usual remark aud the
etatenant Is never contrsdcted. "No, Enmet is not
ooi, as well as should do he observed last evening
He not popular he And that is the fact
th,t Mr. EmnCt has meet this play is delusion
and snare tits slightly different from its predecessors
and IL has another name but it is not new play, and
ueple viii not pay 81 so to something which they
have seen before for fifty cents and may again for
the same amount of money. The Frohmans have been
negotiating with me for the production of"May Blossoms
nv theatre hut they have not secured date yet It's
VERY pretty play quito suitable for the Madison Square
ns IN sntso o IL nSt bsTe no no aoub yery nice young aS
but he IS q foreigner and he does not know how
May Blossoms is described by Mr. Belasco do
ynesiio and emotional drama OF Southern life the action
passing aJ Hampton Va, about the oeginnihg oi
nv number of little children INTRODUCED presumably
suggested By welknown picture.
THE PROFITS AT THE CASINO.
"Our business OF late" said Edward ArOnsoD at the
Casino has been excellent This talk about our crowded
houses cOcng from the fact that stockholders have
free access absurd story. Thcsokhoders, OF whom
there are about five hundred entitled to two admis-
sons two seats all statements to the contrary
Notwithstanding And they use these privileges very
sparngy Our books show that the stockholders adms
tons amount 10 eight at each performance The profits
the Casino snce Its opening have been devoted to pay
ing OF such floating debt had been incurred, and IN
paying the completion OF the building according 10
the original design. The paidn stock amounts TO be-
tween $4,000 and $15ooo0 and there Is bonded IN
proved fortunate investment male great deal of
money last summer, and we shall make more TINS. A
fountain viii put in position the ROOF and varlonSy
coiOred lights will be thrown over tho scene, after the
manner adopted the Grand Union Hotel grounds at
failure history of the house We expect that the
revival Of thc Merry War OH Monday evening viii ex-
thing heretofore done so lar as
'ne and beautiful scenery co.
MRS. LANGTRYs COSTLY COMPANY.
"our receipts the Fifth Avenue Theatre said Charles
Mendum managerfOr Mrs. Langtry, mcdltativey stroa
ing ths f,u inside his overcoat, d" were $29,007 And
therei Maze EdwaTdswho will stand by what say The
extra wednesday matinee brought in $1,000. We do
better this of because psy to larger
recefp don't but share Of the receipts
larger Here Mr. stescn takes half of these big receipts
Al another place the theatre not take in so much
money, but our share Is thIeequarers or forhfs And
$500 week. We carry an expensive company ana
Mrs Langtry has five servants with her in the special
palace in which she travels"
TIE KIRALFYs' NEW THEATRE.
Notwithstanding repeated contradictions the prepara
tions for the building of theatre in Fourthaye between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth sts by the Kralfy Brothers,
go constantly forward The architectural drawings have
been completed by the firm OF ST. Louis architects who
designed the Bou Opera House. and various contractors
aking estimates for the work The theatre is TO lie
devoted spectacle and will 5e opened septen
Der as possible with, "seba," the companion piece Of
Excelsior The Kiralfys making efforts to get the
land on the corner Of Nineteenth and FOurthaye TO
some ehangr in the plans may be made The stage wl
be seventve feet deep and II is expected that the
city viii grant permission TOR the erection OF poruco
with pillars extending the street TO the curostOnc
"oRrHEUs" AND TIE PRINCESS IDA"
shave 10 difficulty with Miles and Barton" said Mr..
Rice, the manager OF the company now presenting
"Onheus ard Eurydce at the Bliou Opera House II
have made no continue my company there
next season, but 1t understood when
started in that we should be together for time
There is no discussion as vet a to what viii succeed
'OrIheus and Eurydce. me iehesLsais OF & ne RIM %
make IL Is high class Of exrlva-anzl. but
i more 81 spectacle than any previous ono OF Gilbert
and sulyau's operas had TO get few girls nve
eight inches tail for the warriors. and never had hard
them nus so sii as usual thing Carn3bel had What Is
usually called soft snap when he advertised for babies
Cora Tanner plays Princess Id. could have found
who would sing well She, nut she looks nj she Is
actress. And this last Is necessary; She has one
speech OF forty-eight lines i'll blank verse"
THE FAREWELL ENGAGEMENT OF MODJEsKA
II Is understood that the approaching engagement OF
Madame Moicska at the Star Theatre viii be in tie
ture OF a farewell TO the New York stage She viii a-
pear in play written by Maurice Barrymore,
English actor, who was at one time attached
to Mr. Days company, and VINO married Miss
George Drew, tho sister Of John Drew.
The popularity Of it will he that Madame Modleska
enaets mother in the prologue and the daughter in the
succeeding three acts This actress irs appeared here
under the management Of Fiske HaTkiEs After her
departure from America in May she will make pIoies-
siona trip over the European Confident and England
playing III three languages