National Republican., 1888-02-19

AMI DhAMAllt NoI
Dockstadcr's Ministries will go on the road
February y.
Mr.. Henry Irving celebrated his iiftieth
birthday last Monday.
Nine. ModieSka is reported as contemplate
ing another farewell
Josef Holman, the child pianist will
play in Boston, February %
Sara ,Jcwctt is still i'll at Clifton Springs.
She may never again be seen on the stage.
THE IIummng Bird" continues to be
spohcn of with great praise by the Western
press.
The. Mciningen Company will not visit
America, and negotiations with Mcssrs. Alb
hey, SchOcilcl, and trau are "oil"
Natural Gas " is to appear in Brooklyn
in the early part of March, and after that nj
the Fifth Avenue Thcatcr New York.
! Miss Fanny Davenport will open at Bald
wins Thcatcr, san Francisco, May II. Her
repertoire will consist of La Tosca" and
Fedora"
Maurice Barrymore will no longer play
leading roles in Mrs. Langtrys COMPANY
| His place has been filled by the acquisition
of Charles coghlan.
! Mr.. Anson Pond. author of Her Atone
mcnt." is busily at work on a new comedy
drama Her Atoncmcnt" will probably be
seen in England soon.
Nine. Etclka GcrStcr after long rest, has
recovered from her nervous affection, and
will appear in this city on the 18th inst. with
the Campanini concert company
Die Gmttcrdamcrung has been the
greatest artistic and financial success of the
Wagncrian works produced ut the Metro
politan Opera House, New York, this season.
Mark Klau and \. l.. Eranger are to open
n booking agency in New York, backed by
| Uncle David Bidwcll, of New Orleans. The
deal will be mostly with Western and
Southern thcaters.
/ Madame Noriica was the principal soloiSt
at the Royal Albert Hall SOciety'S perform
February I, Madame Nordca is well
known in this city.
As Wallacks will not be u stock thcatcr
next season, Mr.. John Gilbert and Nine.
| PoniSi 90 To the Boston Museum and New
York loses the best "Old man v and "OlCl
woman in America.
Beethoven, "Eroica" symphony was pcr-
formed by the New York philharmonic
Society in Il series of concerts last week. The
society ably interpreted the intellectual and
.uusical qualities ot this grand work.
Great preparations are being made at the
Princess Theatre, London, for the produc-
ton of "ThcodOra," in which Miss Grace
llawthorne will appear aS the Empress. Mr.
W. w. Kelly tclegraphS that il will be put on
as soon as possible,
II said that Henry Irving has rendered the
London Lyccum Thcater To Richard Mans.
field for II three months season this fall. Mr.
Mansfield will thus have an opportunity
long cherished of playing "Dr. Jekyll and
4 Mr.. Hyde and "A Partisan Romance" t,
London audiences.
Manager \. NJ Palmer is on the warpnt
for pirates who have been stealing his plays
and has gone To work Systematically Ia STOP
them. lie has Just compelled the manage
mcnt of the Peoples Theatcr, in Mnncnp
oils, To pay royalty ON Hazel Kirkc,
which they We're playing to tremendous
houses,
The remarkable ninc-ycar-old bugclist
Clarence WOrpll who appears at the Bijou
Opera House between the acts of the cor
sar," is having trouble with Mayor Hewitt
about his license. II is proposed to have Tia,
boys lung powers tested by trying 10 max,
him Outtalk an advance agent who has been
in use kindling CRATE fires.
Mr.. 4. 5. PhillipS'S Faust" racket hn,
burst and three Philadelphia hackers ur,
muurniully CanCcllng all dates and notifying
the company that they have nOthSng to Il,
with Mr.. Phillips, As Il rule, thcatrica
hackers back ont before the boOdlc Is banked
but these hackers banked about $1,000 bciOr,
their bubble burst, and now they are singnl
Il pretty trio called Observation-Disclosures
+ The Agnes ITcrndon Comedy Company ar,
having II hard time of it in st, Louis. Nh
mcrOus creditors of the organization swOOpct
down with writS of attachment, but whcl
they looked for the costumes and other val
, uablcS they could find nothing. Miss IIcrn
t don had caused them to disappear mystc
rously, and during the remainder of he
/ engagement appeared ON the stage in stree
attire. When the Constablcs tried to lev,
upon the thcatGr receipts they could find u,
money, rs the thcatcr proprictOrs had wake,
, oil with the cash To satisfy their own claims
ON Saturday night the actors refused to pla!
f., until the payment Of their board bills la,
/, been guaranteed and before the trouble la,
o. been settled the orchestra had played abou
all the music ii knew.
, The SO 900 house il Mt l4lS 18th st.