Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

JEFF d'Angolis has been engaged for three
years by Colonel McCaul[
j. X. Emmett has purch ased some Sl2,C0o
worth of furniture to decorate his Albany
castle.
Mrs. Langtry has been offered SIS, 900 profit
on her ranch which she purchased a few
months ago. III,
Lloyd, the English tenor, was paid S5,5oo
for his services at the recent Cincinnati u-
steal festival. ....r5
Mrs. Bernard Beere, a favorite English
actress, will be seen in this country shortly
after the presidential election.
Anew comic opera, "Castles in the AR"
by Byrne and Kerker, will be among Ed
ward +. Rice'S coming seasons novelties.
A theatrical manager is said to be prepar-
ing to place on the boards "a Bar of Soap"
1t will doubtless DO played by a scrub com
pany.
Louise Rial will star next season in a new
play now being written by her brother,
Leonard Grover, who will also manage the
tour.
Edwin Booth is reported to have recently
aided the veteran Edmund S. Coonor by pay
ing off a 81 900 mortgage on the latter's nome
at Paterson, NJ. j.
Mrs. Mckee Rankin is to appear next sea
son in a new comedy drama dealing with life
in New England, which Clay M. Greene Is
now writing for her.
EaAnita Fallon, a California Mary Anderson,
is to invade New York next season with
'Desdemona," a role she is said to act with
surprising sweetness.
Anumber of the company which has been
| supporting Jarbeau have been engaged by
Miss Jennie Kimball for either the
Corinne company or the Kimball MERRY
| Makers.'
Hoyt's plays are to be produced in London
| and Willie Edouin will be a partner in all the
| ventures. "The Rag Baby will be tried
| first, then "A Hole in the Ground" then the
Tin Soldier"
In the representation of the inflow of the
| Hudson, in Lights aud Shadows a huge
tank of 1000 gallons capacity is used. Water
is poured on the stage at the rate of 800 gal
Ions per minute.
Blondin, the famous rope-walker who
crossed Niagara Fall nearly thirty years
ago, has arrived from Europe to begin a
series of 'aerial'' matinees under lmrc
Kira!fy's management at st. George, Staten
Island.
Lately, during a ballet rehearsal at the
Paris opera house, a young dancer became
mutinousa and appeased her anger. by STAB
He was not seriously hurt, but the pretty Of
fender is minus a good position.
ssNero, is to be the Kiraify outdoor spec
tacle, at st. George, this summer, ana VIII
excel the "Fall of Babylon" in g~orgeousness.
A %menagerie of live animals will be among
the properties. The Staten islanders are
putting iron bars to their windows in case
the lions aud tigers get loose.
There have been over sixty pirates on the
road this year. "Erminie'' suffered the most,
there being seven companies. Jim, the Pen
man" had two bad troupes playing it with
out authority; Hazel Kirken and ''Esmer,
AIDA one each; the "Still Alarm" one, and
three "Evangelinen companies.
Mike Kelly, of the R)stoh base ball club,
has signed a contract with Charles Hoyt to
play the plrt of the go,d injured m IN in his
new farce "a Brass Monkey" He is to Join
Mr.. Hoyts company at the!close of each ball
season and play with it until the opening OF
the next one at a salary, tits said, OF slo)a
week. gag
Mlrgaret Mather, whose contract with
NJ lnager Hill does not expl'e until 1898, has
changed her mind and per manager, and
signed a contract with Messrs. Tompklns
and Gilmore. There will be litigation, OF
course. Miss Mather has married the con-
ductor of her orchestra since making the
contract with Manager Hall.
Mllzotti ani An Ills new ballet, "R5lla,'
has IN lde a hit at the Eden theatre, Paris
L. reveals the adventures Of a poor sculptor
who l)yes and Is beloved by the daughter OF
a Flo ,entine noble. He has a rival in an in
t~riguing count, who m lkes the sculptor's life
a terror until Michael Angelo interyenes
and thea the yoan5 couple are made happy.