Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-06
Notes and Incidents of the
Mimic World.
NEWS FROM EVERY QUARTER
What the Acters are Doing and Spicy
Gossip About the Plays
They Present.

Mary Anderson begins her American
season at Wallack's, New York, Novem-
Der 18th.
Al. Hayman's prospects are that he
will clear $l5, 900 on the lyceum Com
pany's tour.
Jessie Bartlett-Davis has gone to Eng
land under two years engagement for
. concert tour.
Mrs. Langtry has sent her former man
ager Mr.. George Keogh, to England to
find her new play.
1.-THE Quick and the Dead" has been
dramatized and will be produced at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre, in September, by
Mr.. G. w. Durant.
The Demon, a grand opera by Anton
Rubinstein. was heard for the first time
in England, July 2, at the Comedy
Theatre, Manchester.
A marble tablet, commemorative of
PATHS benefit, was placed in the theater
at Buenos Ayres-a monument, as it
were, to their departed dollars.
Carl Martens, late wita the Pyke
Opera Company, has replaced Oscar
Herold as musical director of the Roch-
ester Musical Comedy Company.
Erlinger and Klaw will manage Fanny
Davenport next season. Three years
ago Erlinger was ticket-seller in Cleve-
land, and two years ago he shot an actor
in Philadelphia.
Unique and tasteful were the souvenirs
Iapples and bananas) given to the chill
dren attending the tiftieth performance
of Little Lord Fauntlerou, which recently
took place in London.
Tony Denier last week purchased eight
lots of Chicago real estate, and will erect
thereon block Of six handsome resid-
ences. He is already the owner Of num-
erous other buildings in Chicago.
= Minnie Dupree, Gillette's famous "Su-
san" of the Held By the Enemy company,
is going to create Ga important comedy
part in one Of Gillette't new plays next
winter. Minnie is San Francisco girl.
Massenet, the French musician, has
composed an opera especially for Sybil
Sanderson, of San Francisco, who, he
Gays, "will startle us some day." The
opera is entitled Esclarmonde Qight of
the world)
Les Cheudliers der Bronilldrd, an adap-
tation of Jack Sheppard, was recently re-
vived at the Porte st. Martin Theatre,
Paris. 1t was first seen in Paris in 1857,
at that house. Marie Laurent plays the
title role in the revival.
Maude Banks has offered E. J. Buck
ley the magnificent salary of $3.50 per
week to play the leads with her next
season. and it is probable that he will
accept the engagement and dispose of
Foryiren to ]. R. Grismer.
Georgia Cayvan is one of the few
wealthy leading-women. Georgia made
considerable money six years ago, when
she gave seventy-fve readings through
the East, and as an actress she has al
ways received a large salary.
Miss Kate Castleton of Castle Castle
ton, Oakland, California. writes that her
new play, A Paper Doll, will be one
OF the most amusing plays on the road
the coming season, and that she has
part in it that "suits her exactly"
Patti has evidently been gathering in
the ducats in South America. Her first
night in Montevideo, so Marcus R.
Mayer says, brought in $4,000 in gold.
Five performances were given there. At
Buenos Ayres, for her benefit, the take
was $22, 900.
Mckee Rankin and Mabel Bert can
not be classed among those who are
guilty of dismissing an audience on ac-
count of small receipts, as it is related
OF them, while playing in the Northwest,
that the actual receipts on two occasions
were Sc and 81.
Mrs. Langtry visited John Hoey's
Long Branch retreat (Hollywood) July
10 and xrou nrforto,nod 1,ppor bx,
Col. Michael O'Brien. During the fes-
and Mrs. Langtry and Fred Gebhard gave
dramatic recitations.
Ben Stern has been engaged by w. T.
Carleton as business manager of the
Carleton Opera Co., which opens its
season at the Chestnut Street Theatre,
Philadelphia, September II, with an en-
tirely new opera, of which great things
are expected. The repertory will also in
clude revival Of The Queen's Lace Hand |
kerchief.
Mrs. J. B. Potter is studying and re-
hearsing Cleopatra in London, under |
the supervision of Herman Vein and
Mrs. Sterling. Mr.. Abby has engaged
Kyle Bellew as the leading man Of her
support, and Harry Edwards, so long at
tached to Wallack's, as stage manager.
Charles H. Matthews will represent Mr..
Abby as acting manager.
DR.. Charles s. Scott's melodrama,
Ny Sister, will not begin its tour
Of the country until after the presidential
election. The Doctor will meanwhile
train an immense st. Bernard dog, who
is to jump into tank of water represent
ing the Ohio river, and rescue a child
inst as natural gas pipe bursts. Mr..
M. NJ. Ogden is still at work on the glass
cloth.
Manager H. ]. Myers has of late been
spending part of his time at Narragan-
sett Pier in consultation with Edwin
Booth, respecting the coming tour of the
latter's rising young nephew, Creston
Clarke. A bright and prosperous future
seems surely to be in store for this care
fully and learnedly reared young aspir-
ant for tragic honors, whose keen, ener-
getic manager, as we'll as his able and
experienced uncle, are most sanguine of
his intimate popularity and success.
ssThe Wife,,
Next week The Wife will occupy the
stage at the Grand Opera House. OF this
piece and the company San
Francisco exchange says: At no
time since the Inauguration of the
combination system has an organi-