The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-05-03
COULISSE CHAT.

Adele Belgrade has declined a very lattering offer
to Join Salvnis company next season.
Miss Violet Cameron ia keeping " The Mascotte"
on the stage Of the Comedy Theatre, London
Mr.. j. W. Morrisseys three.year contrac. with
Rhea Will include oneyear's tour In South America,
Mexico, and Cuba.
Wilson Barretts company sail for America in
October, for four months tour. They will perform
in Claudian and I" Hamlet"
Miss Maud Bankss failure in "Dakolar.n at the
Lyceum, New York, caused the author, Steele Mac
kaye to cut the part out entirely.
Mr.. wallack has engaged Mr.. Kyrle Below as the
leading man OF his theatre for next year at higher
salary tnan Mr.. TearleHnow receives.
The new spectacular piece, " Messaina," !" is great
at the Eden Theatre, Paris 1t Is put on the
stage with lavish prodigay In costume and with
seven hundred people in the ensemble scenes.
In a suit to recover $500 loaned to Lillian Russell
Alexander Henderson, of London, testified that he
had engaged her at a weekly salary of c45 1t will
be remembered that she was advertised as receiving
$1,000.
Belle Archer, Al. Fisher, Herbert Archer, Walter
Reynolds, Miss. Hathaway, and Maggie Holloway
have already engaged for Col. Sims Alone in Lon
don" company, with Cora Tanner, starring next
season.
A daughter of the popular comedian, Charles
| Wyndham made her debut successfully In an enter
ainment for the benefit of the National Aid Society,
| London. She made an excellent Impression by her
grace and yiyacy In Chlttenhams comedy, " Les
| son In Love-"
| A daughter Of Kate Fisher has been for some time
with the principal Bunch OF Keys" company. She
educated for the operate stage In Italy, and had
a La Scala debut. Comparatively few people know
| that In private life the one-tme Mazeppa" meteor
| Is Mrs. John q. Maglc
| The performance In which Edwin Booth and Nine.
Rstori to appear will take place at the Academy
| Of Music on Thursday evening, May T. The event
WI be notable one, being the only lo;nt appear
| torl's farewell TO America "Macbeth will be pre-
| Aenied on the occasion.
Enie Ellser, with her new play +" Old Kentucky
Home," opens In Philadelphia, May 4, at the Chest
nut, for one week, and goes thence to Cleveland
| Louisville, Chicago and Buffalo, under the manage
ment OF Mare Klaw. Mrs. NJ. A. Farren and Llzad,
lie Baron are the support.
A theatrical manager was asked the proper pro
nunclaton Of drama. "lt depends what part OF IN
country One Ii In" he replied. "I In Boston call
drawmah, IN New YORK drahma, In Fbiladelphi
drama, In Chicago draInmer, but In ST. Louis, II
order to make myself solid with the citizens, hay
10 talk about the draymy."
There have been some touches Of human naur
in W. Il. sheridan's company lately. AT Denye
Miss Clyde IIarron, popular member, was presente
with moral basket. Davenport, Sheridan's wifi
ordered that she decline the gilt and Harron, M
wishing TO be so tyrannized over, resigned ""fwa
ever thus"
Miss Fortescue, who barely escaped being III
, Countess Cairns at this moment, has been inte
Viewed. She says she "snall never play Juliet q
long as Miss Terry IL alive" but she does yearn
play Romeo, and declares that she snail do SO II oh
r ever gOeg 10 Glasgow agaln-whch will be rath'
a rongh on Glasgow
4 The Klralfys have organized in New York whi
. they term the Kiralfy Spectacular Company, an
y med its certificate OF incorporation in The Coun
Clerks office. The articles provide for the acquis
!, ton, by purchase or lease, Of buildings containing
u nail or halls for public entertainments, etc. m
capital stock s 100000, divided into 900 shares
n 500 each. The corb0rat0rs and managers for n
d hrst yearare;, mreKiraliy Bolossy Klrafy JOSEF
% II. simpson, Isaiah Paxon, and Benjamin II. Stel
- Aardt, who, together with Theodore ROthschil
. Gabriel BreDhauer, and Albert parleSi arc the ru
If tees fOI the llfst year.