The evening world., 1888-05-16
THE DRIFT or THEATRICAL TALK

Capt Alfred Thompson, whose burlesque, ''Tne
Crystal Slipper" ia about to be produced in Chi
oago, Ia q little annoyed. "Somebody,n he SAID
yesterday. ~ don't know who, has credited me
with having written rather severe articles on Chi
cago, running down Its society, Its people and 40
on. This, coming At q time when I am about TO
visit that city aud produce ny play there, In rather
trying, especially as II Ia eminently untrue. l
don't know the very nrst thing about Chicago
society, 30 l could not have maligned It," Capt.
Thompson thinks that ''The Crystal slipper"
will DO a very good thing. 1t is
natural that he should, as no ia the
author. He says that he has Q pleasing
contract which In the event Of the burlesques suo-
cess will bring grst to his mill. ~ Jared badly
with THE Arabian Nights" he said, (which ran
for 100 nights In Chicago last summer. The re-
ceipts were ss4, 900 and I never got one cent.
The cast Of "The Crystal Slipper I" will be q good
one. Edwin Foy, lately Of Kate castleton's COM
pany, "Little Tick" Thomas Martin, MISS Elma
Delaro, Miss Ida Mune, Miss Jessie viliars, Mrs.
May Yohe, Of the Natural Gas" company, Miss
Ruth stetson, Miss Maud Waldemere, and Miss
Ella Book viii have paris. "The Crystal Slip
per" viii undoubtedly be seen In New York.
osmond Tearlc, Charles Groves, O.. Dodsworth,
Miss Enid Leslie and Miss Minnie Conway-Tearie
bahlcu iOE huHlhuu carly tnlb mOTninH On INC blOW
steamer Buffalo. Mr.. Tearies starring season
opens In Birmingham on Aug. Ia The only re-
naming Englisn member of Mr.. Abbey's company
is Kyrle Beilew, wholly special permission of Mr..
Abbey-is touring the wild West with Mrs. Potter.
On the steamship Buffalo was also Miss Clara
Ellison, Of Nine. ModjesSa's company. Miss Eli
son goes over every year on q slow steamer to en-
Joy 'the pure ozone" She says that this time she
will probably play In London for q short time be-
fore returning.
Democracy will not interfere with - The Streets
of New York" at the Academy OF Music tonight.
On Monday the curtain did not nnally descend un-
til midnight The strong hu man situations In the
play, however, kept the audience deeply interested.
< 4. Rice is talking Of taking "The Pearl Of
Pekin " to London. 1t will be Withdrawn from the
Bijou opera-House June z, and will then 60 to
Brooklyn for o week.
Messrs. @. r Gardner, r. M. Gardner and
Frank ". Holland are very anxious that ''Tho
Arabian Nights" company now playing at Poole's
Theatre should not be confounded with the orig
inal Standard Theatre organization, which they
now control.
Joseph wneeiock will play the leading part in
"Among the Fines" the new American play by
MIR. Wilson, Illustrating life in Maine, shortly to be
produced at the Peoples Theatre.
A. J. schlicht "Louisviile's basso, " 10 TO make
his nrst metropolitan appearance ut the Fifth Ave-
nue. Theatre tomorrow for the benent OF A. 8.
Phillips's widow.
The Theatre Comique, Harlem, will be closed
next Monday night on the occasion Of the testi-
monial benent to Lester Wallack at the Metropoii-
tan Opara-House in order that Frank Mayo may
appear in the cast. Mr.. Mayo thought at first that
the benent performance would take place in tho
afternoon and volunteered to appear. When 1t was
announced for the evening, however, Mr.. Mayo saw
that 1t would conflict with his engagement at the
Comique. Mr.. Hart personally came to the rescue
and offered to close the house, which will be done.
Messra. Booth and Barrett appeared in "Mac-
beth" at the Amphion Academy, Williamsburg,
last night before q large audience. Mr.. Booth was
Macbeth, Mr.. Barrett daoduf, John A. Lane
Banquo, Laurence Hanley Malcolm and Miss
Gertrude Kellogg Lady Macbeth. Tonight "Ham-
let " will be given.
Miss Kate Claxton's engagement at Niblos will
last two weeks "Tne World Against Her has
evidently made q hit at the Garden.
While Wilson Barrett, Miss Eastlake ana tho
members OF Mr. Barretts company are producing
''Ben-my-chree" at the Princess Theatre, Lon
don. Miss Grace Hawthorne, who has lately been
playing In - The Mystery of Q Hanson Cat" At
that house. viii tour the provinces with dorothy
Gray" Weakness r and other plays.
Miss Mamie Cahnl, who played in Nat Good
wins "Little Jack Sheppard" company with Miss
Loie Fuller, and more recently in the "Sam1 Of
Posen" company. has returned to her homo in
Brooklyn. A number OF offers Of engagements
have been made to her, but 1t Is more than proba-
able abe will remain at homo until the fall.
Mr.. Arthur Forrest Is about to leave for England
to produce in London OF the Novelty Theatre a play
written especially for him by Mr.. FRITZ Cunline-
owen, son Of Sir Philip Cunlife-owen. x. y. B.
The play Ia regarded as being an unusually strong
one.