Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-02
DRAMATIC GOSSIP.
POPULAR PAVORITES AS THEY APPEAR BE
FORE THE P0OTLIGHTS.
Gossip About Pliys and Playsrs-SOns New fads
Introduced This Ysar-A Season Of Enjoy
m:n! Promised Thsatrs-GotS.

Miss Nellie McHenry is this week in st
Louis, where she is delighting lsge audi
encss at Pope's Theatre in "Thlee Of q
kind"
A brand new opera periodically namtd
america" is to be p!oiuce1 at the Phils
delphia Academy of Music in D.c,meer
Pretty Kate Cas!leton will problbly ap'
pear in her popular play, "Crszy Patch, y
during the rest of the present seattn.
John A. Mackay's new play will he csilet
1.-THE PIoiigal," but it will probably 10
be produced until the new year.
The "Yeoman Of the Guard" has after
all pleased San Francisco, who paid 81 300
to hear Emma Abbott Company sing it last
Monday.
After two weeks CT very good business
Mr.. Dixey hss again taken "AdoIis" en-
tour, opening at Rochester on Monday to
the capacity of the house.
Julia Marlowe's engagement at the
Grand Opera House in Brooklyn last week
was a great suctes,, both financially and
| artistical'y. This week she has teel play
ing at Willismsburgh to very large audi
! en- .es.
/ The success of B~onson Towards new
play, Shenandoah, st the Boston Mu-
scum, is said to depend almost altogether
on the reali.tic representation of sheri
dams ride at the end Of the play. The
piece is not distinguished by brillian2y o.
dialogue.or originality of treatment.
Harry Sargent has again come TO grie
with the Jodrell Theatre in London, which
was closed few wetk since. Mrs. Church
ill-Jcdrell and Mr.. Srgant are very fau
! illust atoms of tho?e nuisanCe3 who brin[
the name of dramatic art and entrlr.s
into contuuely and contsnps.
Miss Viola Allen has made another sue
cess st the Boston MUSEUM, where she i
playing the hertine in Shenandoah, }
Bronson Ho wards new war drama The
Local critics spe1k in the highest terms Of
her impersonation, AID say that it is the
best work that Miss Allen has ever before
done in that city.
Monday night in Philadelphia ROber
Msntell appeared for the frs time e.
Louis and Fabian del Franchi in "Hh,
Ctrsican Brothers." and made the success
expected. The famous old play was givet
spectacular production with new an
magnificent scenery and accessories, ant
an auxiliary force Of over 100 men sEt
women.
Mis- Fanny Davenport has evidently
scored the hit of her dramatic career il
Ga Tosca" 1t is gratifying to note this
because her pluck, energy and money hav
enabled the American theatre-goirg publi
to witre3s the masterpiece Of S.rdCu. Fo
La Tosca" the ra'd the unprecedented
sum OF SIS, 900, AMI spsnt similar sum il
equippipg the piece for PRODUCTION.
HELEN Barry made her frat appearance
in Hartford, Conn, on Monday, Unier tn
management of Mr.. J NJ. Hill, WHO hat
provided palace ca. and inNitsd all tn
New York dramatic editors. The few tia
accepted wee sumpt1' usly bArqueted
Some Yeas ago HELEN Barry visited thi
country and Was a dire failure. She ia
giautess ard very bad actress. Bat thi
time she is being doomed very wildly.
Mr.. VIM. J. Comley, one of the we'll
know operate firm of Comley aud Barton
who has duricg the past years accumr
lated fortune in commercialpursuits will
on January 10Th, begin season of comic
opera in Philadelphia. Mr.. Comley ha
for some time teen gathering together
vor- strung company, which he will pre-
ssnt in four new operas during the pTeseu
season. Tne company will contain amor
many well-kuown fayOrites two new com
ers, one of them being Miss Blanche La
mar, who is by lopg odds the oleverest G
she new generation Of operaic actresses
and Mr.. Donald lie V. Graham, societ
swell, with a magnificent voics.