The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-18
THE STAGE.

BARLEY Campbelfs play, Siberia" has
been purchased by Mr. T. b. McDonough,
who will place IL on the road the coming
season.
Billy Birch has left San Francisco for Chi
cago, where he is engaged with new min
strel organization
Lawrence Barrett's first stand a star was
in Buffalo, at the Metropolitan theatre, il
August, 1864, the play being "Rosedale."
Rosina Nokes will bring The Schoolmis-
tress" back to America with her, and it is not
improbable that Miss Victoria Vokes will
come over to play Mrs. John Woods part.
George C. Brotherton sends out the Little
Tycoon" the coming season with the follow
ing people i'll the cast: r. Z. Graham, Louise
Paulin, Will ). Rising and X N. Dunbar
The original scenery and costumes will he
carried.
Miss Margaret Mather has entered upon an
extremely prosperous engagement in San
Francisco where she has appeared III Romeo
and Juliet" and Won the unanimous appro-
baton of the local press.
Mrs. Langtry is expected in New York
very soon
Col McCaull is going to bring Soldene
back to us. Miss Soldene will carry her
smile in packing case. Gertrude Griswold,
waking London up lately, is another of the
colonel's engages News.
Thomas w. Keene, the tragedian, fills en-
gagements next season in Cleveland, Chicago,
St. Louis, Louisville, Nashville, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Boston and New
York.
Viola Allen, who will he remembered as
the leading lady at various times with Nc
Cullough, Salyni, Barrett and Sheridan, will
star the coming season in new comedy
drama written for her by w. c. Cowper and
called Talked About"
A young American woman, Miss Groll of
Cleveland, who is said to possess very beau
tiful and dramatic voice, will make her debut
next season at La Scala, Milan, in a new
opera by Samara, a Greek composer.
1t is said that the Prince of Wales went to
see Nancy q Co." and was greatly smitten
with Edith Kingdom. In fact he kept his
opera glass on a level with her lovely eyes all
the evening. At the close of the performance
he was presented to all the ladies of the COM
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Florence have a new
play b. ,i.Sls. Louis Melbourne and VIII
liam Gut Ii is called The Flirt," and will
have n trial performance in Toronto early in
the autumn
Henrietta Chanfrau viii present on Sept.
~ u HtW DlhN cHllticd uc
which will have been tried during the pre-
vious week in Philadelphia. The authorship
is the same as that of Jim, the Penman,h
which is to be used at the Madison Square
Minnie Maddern enters this year upon her
fifth season as a star, and will again be under
the management of Arthur Miller. Her sea-
son begins in October, ending on the first day
of Lent after which Miss Maddern closes and
goes to san Francisco. where she will pro-
duce different plays, supported by a Califor
mia company.
BARLEY Campbell's decay is uninterrupted
and becoming daily speedier in its progress.
Mrs Thurber says the plans for the Amer
lean Opera company's season have not yet
been completed, but il has been decided to be-
gin in the west and give spring season in
New York at the Metropolitan opera house.
Dixey is now declared to be a bigger man
in London than Henry Irving, and to be
coming money by steam
The splendid emoluments of the dramatic
artist in the west are limited at by the case Of
Miss Connolly, u character actress with c. r.
Gardeners 40 10" She received 81 a week
and kept herself. The manager wanted to cut
her down To So for fear wealth would spoi
her, and she acknowledgements News