Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-06
DRAMATIC NEWS.

Nine. Etelka Gerster sailed on Saturday
for Europe.
Manager Augustus Pitou has gone South
for his health, which has not been of the
beat since the death of his wife.
''Siberia" will be revived by Thomas B.
McDonough, next sea'on Wilton Mack
aye has been engaged as leading man.
Business is reported to have been bad in
the West, but then Booth and Barrett have
been through and have taken the earth.
In the new play which he will produce
next season Edward Harrigan will appear
in the dual role of an Italian and an Irish
man.
Charles H. Hoyt's "a Brass Monkey"
will be tried at New Bedford, May 14th,
with his wife Miss Flora Walsh in the
cast.
CLAY Green is writing plays for Mckee
Rankin aud Fred Bryton. The latter will
be managed by Mr.. Nate Salisbury next
season.
w. J. Scnnlan is playing o successful
engagement in BaHalo. The young come
dian closes his present tour May 26, in
Michigan.
The Hanlons' Gle Voyage en- Suisse"
was great success at the Globe Theatre
in Boston, where they crowded houses at
performance.
Mrs. George Drew Barrymore will join
the company which is to play old come
dies at McVicksr's Chicago Theatre dur
ing the summer season.
Imre Kiralfy's new spectacle of "Nero,
or the Fall of Rome" promises to be the
largest and most magnificent show ever
presented to the public.
Rose Coghlan will shortly begin a star
ring tour of four cities, playing for one
week in. each, and closing at the Grand
Opera House, New York.
Bee Stern has been specially engaged to
manage Patti Rosa during her approaching
tour OF the Pacific coast He leaves New
York for San Francisco May 10th.
Arthur B. Chase, director of the Booth
Barrett Company, is one OF the owners ola
new explosive that will probably make q
colossal fortune for all concerned.
The much discussed question as to who
would manage Julia Marlowe next season
has been settled. Ariel n. Barney, who is
managing Tom Keene, is the man.
The Carleton Opera Company have
opened an eight weeks engagement at the
Academy of Music in Baltimore. Mr..
Carleton goes to Europe shortly for the
summer.
Clara Morris has disappointed her au-
dience but once this season. She is get
ting stouter, and is in good health. Her
season, which closes at Niblo's next week,
has been profitable.
Mr.. Nick Roberts, ii is said, has served
notice on Mr.. Carl Hertz that he will not
be considered in his management next
season. This will leave the field as usual
to Herman, who is closing just now his
most profitable season.
The lady whom Americans have heard
sing as Blanche Roosevelt, is now known
in Paris as Nine Machstta D'Allegri, the
author OF "The Copper Queen" and she
is being patronizsd by the Countess Of
LyttOn, wife to the son Of the great Bull
wer.
Mr.. George Backu1, who was last season
q leading membsr of the Ozark Secret"
Company, will on next Monday appear in
a new comedy, called "0ar Baby g Nurse"
by Miss Louise PAullin. The new domes-
tic company will be tried at the WALNUT
Street Theatre for two weeks.
Maurice Bsrnhardt's wife, the little
Princess Terka, is ssid TO have entirely
recovered from her infstustion for the very
fresh son Of his distinguished mother.
The Princess mother, Princess Jablonow-
ski, who died last week in Paris, hsd
very queer career, the two extremes being
q rope dancer and the mistress of Victor
Emanuel. father of the present King of
Italy. Princess Terks, who is q decided
brunette, and beautiful and estimsble
woman, was taken from hand of wander
ing gypsies. Jablouowski was a perfect
blonde, and in her youth rsdiantly beau
tiful woman.
Manager E. E. Rice has left New York
for short visit to the "Adonisn CON-
pauy which Mr.. Henry E. Dixey has made
more profitable this season than il has
ever been before. THE Corssir," too, is
banning out" o very profitable road
piece. These two plays, with the success
ful "Pearl Of Pekin" and the beautiful
''Evangeline," make the firm of Rice &
Dixey about as great winners" this
season as any theatrical firm in the
country.