The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES.
Items Of Interest to Play Goers
from Everywhere.

/ ISh GsCA hOA o.
Billy Birch will Be one of the features
OF Haverly's Ministries next year.
Mary Anderson will pl y "Rosalind'
at Str tford-On-Avon on August IS.
Frederick Warde closed his season in
Leadville, Colo, Saturday the 25th
Mate Salisbury his ben made dit
tie white chief" OF the "Uncsppss" by Sit
ting Bull.
| 1t is said Adelina Patti may make a
short professional visit to Americs the COM
il g winter.
-Chas. Sturge<s has been engaged t.
play his old part, The Conductor" 10 the
Tourists this season.
| The Elder Booths (Junises brothers.
first appearance was in Norfolk, Va, July
Is, 1921, in "Richard I'LL"
| The English dram +tization of Ozark
Days" is In five acts, and will be seen in
New York about November lst
| IT B. Dixon, the tenor, his Joined the
Barlow Wilson minstrels, ard it is proba
bic that Frank Howard will follow suit.
| Mrs. Frances Hodgson-Burnett OF
"EsmeraldS" fame, has Just finished a
novel entitled "Pretty Polly Pemberton."
Viciori-n Sardon, the great French drA-
u ats, Is expected to visit this country
reaching here the latter part of this mon h.
Toe Madison Square theatre is now
closed for the first time since 1882, il having
been open continuously summer as we'll as
winter.
Anderson, composer of "Olivette," "The
Mascott-" ct" Is announced to have com
| pleted a Dew opera entitled "La Belle Pre-.
miere."
| Manager Col ins has r-turned to De-
| ,roij sfIer a months stay in New York.
On next Tuesday or "wednesday he will ar.
rive In this ci ~ and make il his home.
D.. Palmer has writ.n to his friends
that his marrisge with Miss Nevada will
take place in Paris, In October and tina,
they will return TO America shortly after.
Henry Abbey has secured Mime. Gers
| ter for a series of concerts in this country
this fall. This sets at rest the rumor tina
she was to be one of Mspleson's prima
dOnnas.
Christine Nilsson ia AZ years old. She
was tine daughter OF a wood chopper in the
forest of Wexio, and is going to make
trip to Sweden for the first time In nearly
thirty years.
1.-THE Paris SGnlois announces that
Nicotine has ObtsiDed his wife's consent to
divorce by the payment to her of 250, 900
francs. When he becomes free he will i'm
medistely marry Mime. Patti.
General Grant was 10 his youth fast
friend and great admirer of Sol Smith, the
famous humorist, actor, su,hor and mana
ger of the west, and father of that other
famous humorist and actor, Mark Smith.
Louis James, Lawrence Barrett's lead
ing support, has created sensation in
Caicsgo in the NJ ,rble He4rt. One of the
daily papers advises him to star next sea
son in the parts played by John McCul
Tough.
M. B. Curtis, under the management
of his brother Frank, opens in Chicago
September II. During the season 'SamI"
will be played in the week and "Spot
C'sh" in the one night stand. Curtis will
be one of the attractions at Woods opera
house this season.
The first Legitimate production in this
country of Gilbert and Sullivan's Japanese
opera, "The Mikado," took place at Uhrig's
cave, st. ouis,-Charles +. Ford's COM
pany producing il. The critics vigorously
scored the company fos being generally in
competent but praised the music aud
libretto. Deubtless with more rehear sing
the company will improve.
r. L. DOwning's season will begin
August "a, at Washington. ID. c., and then
play south to Texas, and through New
Mexico on To San Francisco. The COM
pany viii play forty weeks in "Tally Ho,n
"David Gsrrick," and "Lend Me Five
Shillings." he is booked to appear at
Woods opers house early in the season.
John t. Raymond thinks technical
knowledge of the stage not necessary to
write plays. With a good story and dra.
matte ability the play will be all right.
The fitting of il to the stage afterwards is
OF minor Importance. He thinks that it is
only question of time when plays written
in this country will be equal to those of
any Other land.
George G. Min has selected Sing Sing
as the place of his opening, August 18th.
Some of the more prominent inhabitants
will De unable to attend. But the tragedi-
an will be recompensed ut the next town
Yonkers, where he will be the guest of Mrs.
E. ID. E n. land the rest of the slphabet)
Southworth- Mr.. Min slso announces
thst Clara Morrie and Jay Gould will lend
eclst to the Yonkers night by their distin-
guished presence,
"A telegram from Manager Chss. III.
Collins was received last week, announcing