Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-26
THE DRAMA.
Notes Of the Stage From
Far and Near.
WHAT THE ACTORS ARE DOING.
Driftings- from the Wings.
Sparks from the Flys. Items
Of Interest.

Mrs. Langtry has shelved As in a
Looksns-gIass.
Marie Van Zandt is to sing fifteen
nights in st. Petersburg and ten in
Moscow.
Hasnlet is to be revived at the Paris
Opera, with Fides Devries as
ssOphelia.
If rumor be correct, Edgar Bruce
has taken the Royalty Theatre, Lon
don, Eng.
Sir Arthur Sullivan is ill in Lon
don, England, as the result of over
exertion.
Patti will sail for South America
March Sth. She is now touring Spain
with great success.
Justin Mccarthy has written new
play, called The Red Rag, for J. L.
Toole. who is still to i'll to act.
A letter of Richard Wagner's dated
April 2, 1861, was sold recently in
Paris, for ninety-nine francs.
Love and Hagpence, comedietta,
by William Poel, was produced
January 81, at st. Georges Hall, Lon
don, Eng.
Czibulka, the composer of Amorita,
which had successful run at the
Casino tVo years ago, has written
new opera, which is called A Wight
Of Fortune.
Marie Geistinger says she will re-
tire to private life at the close OF her
present successful engagement in
Berlin, Germany.
Gounod recently led Faust for the
first time in Augers, France. Palms
and laurels, woven into crown, were
offered to the composer.
Babete closed February 1lth an un-
successful run at the Strand Theatre,
London, Eng. Willie Edouin has
taken the lease of this house.
Daniel Sully will have two new
plays in his repertory next season
one by Dion Boucicault, and the
other adapted from Swedish source.
Decore, a three-act comedy by H.
Meilhac, was performed January 81
for the first time at the Varieties
Theatre, Paris. The play is highly
spoken of.
Vel Played, or the Majors Dilemma,
farcical effort in one act, by A. +.
Knight, received a favorable premier
Jan. 2S, at the Assembly Rooms, Tx
bridge, Eng.
Edwin Booths collection of histori-
cal theatrical portraits has recently
been enriched by the addition of a
score Of valuable pictures, the gift OF
]. s. Clarke.
Marie Gordon, the divorced wife of
the late John 7. Raymond, is reported
to be seriously i'll at Maidenhead,
Eng, and grave hopes are entertained
for her recovery.
lie Process Fsrna,.d, a three act COM
edy by Busnach and Canbar, received
ITS premier January 18th ,at the Moliene
Theatre, Brussels. A pleasing recep-
tion was accorded the play.
Nine. Celine Montaland and NM.
Traffier and Boucher have recently
been elected societaries at the Theatre
Francais, Paris. They each re-
ceived one-quarter Of share.
Latest reports from Paris, of the
proposed rebuilding of the Opera Com
ique convey the idea that the arrange
ments are not completed, and are not
likely to be for some time to come.
Parted on Their Bridal Tour, the
new play recently done at Sadler's
Wells Theatre, London, Eng, was
written by Laura Jean Libbey, an
American lady. 1t was performed for
copyright purposes.
Charles Coghlan is to rejoin Mrs.
Langtry February 18th in Chicago,
ILL.,, having been released by Manager
A. M. Palmer. He has made up his
differences with Mrs. Langtry, and
takes M. H. Barrymore's place.
Helen Barry appeared in Ark
sorsght's Wife afternoon of February
IA, at the Prince of Wales Theatre,
London, Eng. The Postscript, a new
drama by y. Hamilton Knight, was
included in the performance.
La Dame du Mousereau at the Paris
Opera, has been failure, in conse-
quence OF which Ambrose Thomas
has agreed to give the management
his three-act ballet of The Tempest,
from Shakespeare, some time during
April.
Robert Buchanan has completed a
dramatization of Fielding's novel,
Joseph AndreiDs. The piece is now be-
ing rehearsed at the Vaudeville
Theatre, London, Eng, and is to fol-
low Fascination, which has attracted
disappointing patronage.
Negotiations for the production of
Held By hc Enemy in German, have
been concluded between w. Fl. Gill
lette and Hartman & Haas, the Ber-
lin managers. In the German trans
lation the incidents will hinge upon
the events of the Franco-Prossian
war, instead of the American civil
war.
Nine. Coquelin, mother of the
French actor. is now well on toward
her seventeen year, and lives with
her son in Paris. While their own
apartments are furnished with every
luxury demanded by modern taste,
the old lady has her rooms fitted up
with the simplicity which character
lied her peasant days in Boulogne.
Barry Sullivan, who has been at
Carlsbad for his health, is soon
expected in England, having entirely
recovered. He will rest until Sep
tember, then start on protracted
tour through England, after which he
contemplates a FIVE months trip
through America, and then tour to
Australia.
The injunction suit of Rudolph
Aronson to restrain Manager Geo. A.
Baker Of Bennett and Moulton's
Opera Co. from playing Robert
1GcGire or The 1wo Thieves, on
the ground that they were "Erminie"
rechristened, was decided in the