The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-11
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
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HERMANN, the magician, will go to Eng
land in May.
WILLIE EDoUIN, the American comedian,
is running the Strand Theater in London.
JOSEF HoFMAN, the child pianist, will
shortly 60 back with his father to Germany
MISS EMMA THURsBY, the song actress, has
been the guest of Mrs Ole Bull at Cambridge.
Mass.
THE Journalists Club of Philadelphia re-
Gently gave q grand reception to Nine.
Modjeska, the actress.
LITTLE LAUSANNE, on Lake Geneva, has one
of the largest schools of music in Europe. 1t
has 313 pupils this term.
NINA VAN ZANDT- SPIES, the executed an
archist's proxy-widow, is studying for the
stage and the lecture-platform.
W. J. ScANLAN, the Irish character actor,
will make staring tour of the large cities
in Ireland in the spring of 1889.
A QUARTERLY magazine is to be published
in London that will be devoted entirely to
the upholding of Wagner's smusic.
In the fall, Louis Aldrich, the actor, will
bring out his play, The Kaftir Diamond" at
the Broadway Theatre, New York.
The actress Lotta attributes her youthfuI
spirits in great part to her invariable habit
of taking nap between 3 and g in the after
noon.
MARY ANDERsoN's friends are alarmed
about her health, and the American actress
has again been compelled to close her theatre
in London.
NINE. EMMA NEVADA, the American ope-
ratio artist, is singing at Florence, Italy. She
soon goes to Russia, returning to England
next summer.
ANTON SEIDL, who will conduct the Brigh-
ton Beach (N. " concerts during the sum-
mer. will 20 to Europe to secure novelties for
his performances.
In Texas the complaints are loud and long
that the Booth Barrett combination went
through its performances in careless, per-
functorY manner.
THERE are six theaters in London devoted
to comic opera, operettas and musical pieces
generally. This summer in New York they
expect to have four.
CHRISTINE NILSSON, though yet in the
prime of her powers, is to leave the operate
stage. After this season she will sing only
for charity's sake. She has rich husband.
AN actress of the Peoples Theatre, Lincoln,
Nebraska. lately attended church in that city
in a new bonnet, the crown OF which was
adorned with beautifully worked advertise
ment of the company.
The "Mikado" has been brought out at
Vienna with German text and by Ger
man company. A correspondent intlmates
that the result of the venture was not wholly
satisfactory art!shcally.
RICHARD MANSFIELD, the actor, though
not legally bound to pay royalty to Robert
Iouis Stevenson for the use of dramatized
version of cdr Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" new
erthe.ess sends large check every month to
the famous author.
JULIUS EIcHBERG, the well-known violin
teacher OF Boston, says that he finds that
girls make as good viollnlsts as young men,
and that were there not so many young men
yiolinists, there would be a demand for
Young women in opera house and theatre Or
chestraS.
JAPANESE theatrical audiences are said to
show their appreciation Of the actors by
throwing pieces of their clothing, hats, coats,
and sashes, ETC., on the stage. AT the CLOSE
of tho play they re ieem these articles at
fixed prices, the proceeds going to the fortu-
nate actor
ALEXANDER DUMAS, the French drama
tist sat down one night not long ago and
wrote n single act play before he quit the
evening till half past in the morning. He
drank eight cups of black coffee while he
wrote, and converted twenty y-nine cigarettes
into ashes.
LUDWIG RARNAY, the eminent German
tracedian, now in this country, was in his
younger days apprentced to bricklayer
Like the gifted actor, John Mccullough. who
in his boyhood labored in Philadelphia gas
house, he studied and read dramatic works at
every opportunity. even taking advantage
of the moments between his tasks.
THE Ewing triplets, OF Lawrenceville,
Ind, are said to be the Oldest, largest and
handsomest triplets in the county They are
Joshua, 243, and Putnam, 248.