Telegram-herald., 1888-04-21
GOSSIP or rAE STAGE.

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ns-kstzaer's Msnstrels VIZ b seen a.
fhe ChAzSe operz Ho1ss Nay q ta2s a-i
Be tie rrst engagement DoskstadeF's Ma
streis haze ever p.zfea l1 the Nezt
4 : rsportea thzt Ar. Arlel Berney.
rs4lzzsr cf Ton keeae, wfl alse ccatFol
MssS tghS N4rlosse's t9eF aext season NJ
keeac VII hsve a. ineeTest Ia the venture
NJ. George 5. KHight h4s been eagsged
u pay the prlneEp~l eoan-s pari - h-~e
-.Corsasfs' Tor he se&sen a. h9o-ey s, "a
Chicago. next sumner
NJ A. Vi Palmer h2s received b. cable
the Anerscaa rigats 10 tlaero's latest pay.
sSwees Lavender wklch = nov running
successfully IN Loatoo-
NJ. George !. Knight, Il 4 sad. val Be
PAD "a en3rnoUs salary 70 play tie CHEF
comedy ' part ia Rice's = Corsair during ne
sumner season Al Hoolsy' =
Mr Dl0a Boucicault viii follow "A Run
Of Luckr at Mcyxssr's, opening vita
.Arrai "a Poglen His second play VIII DO
the neW one. ~CUshla M&chree.
Oa Sunday. April 2, that sterling actor,
Mr. Mckee Rankin, supported By Mss Ma
te Bert aud q carefully selected company
VIII present joaquin Miiier's idylllc play,
.lae DzAitss,7 al the HayInarzet in Chr
eaga
Tie date Of the Robson & Crane engage
naent with The Henrletta' IL May - az
tae Chicago Opera-House. Mr. Joseph
Brooks VIII not manage Robson & Crane
next season. lie VIII be with Mr. Fred
Warde.
Mrs. j NJ. Hin has assumed the manage
ment OF Mrs. Mary Ii. Fiske's new play
-Philip Herne,n IN which Mr. Joseph
Haworth VIII star. Time has been secured
at the Fourteenth Street Theater, New
York. beginning Nav :. Misses sydney
Armstrong and Kate Gilbert have been al
really engaged.
Jennie Calcf. supported by a strong COM
pany recently played a very successful en-
caeeInent at the STANDARD Thester IN
Chicago, in the play An American Prin-
cess" The author OF this dlstinctvely
American comedy-drama IS Mrs Eva Best,
of Dayton. O., lady whose work in the
Detroit Free Press and other journals have
won for her place among the Nremost of
the popular writers OF the day.
The contract between Manager Palmer, of
tho Madison Square Theater. aud Salvina
has been concluded, and the Italian TRACE
dian viii begin his season here ia October
next Tho engagement is for twenty
weeks. and but two pieces, "Othello' and
'sThe Gladiator" will be presented. Young
Selvini, OF tho Madison Square Company,
viii support his father, but the other men,
bcrs Of the company have not yet been Sc
lected.
The New York World has the following:
"There is no trath in the statement that
Mrs. Mary X. Fisk's new play, Philip
Herne.' viii be produced at the Fourteenth
Street Theater May with Joseph Haworth
in the leading part. AS before announced
in these columns. The Still Alarm viii be
continued indefinitely according 10 present
ARRANGEMENTS" In another part OF this
column will be found the exactly contrary
statement taken from another New York
paper. New Workers. "pay their money"
some Of them-and may take their choice,
but as for Chicagoans. they needn't care a
-ben.hction which of these papers lies.
The mystery which surrounds the fate of
NJ. John ]. King and his wife, known to
the musical public as Nile. Isadora Mar
tinez. is as far from solution as ever The
couple sailed for Valparaiso, Chill. in the
spring OF 1851, intending 10 give concerts
in the South American States, and Mr.. Al
bert Weber had interested himself in tho
undertaking. With the exception of two
letters received last fall nothing has been
heard from them. A number of letters and
kilograms have been sent by anxious
friends, and inquiries made through the Pa
| cific Mail Steamship Company have as yet
resulted in nothing
The TonlaA's Journals authority for the
statement that Worcester woman is said
| 70 have induced Henry Irving 10 modify his
conception Of DR.. Primrose. The lady, al
though pleased with his rendering of the
J nart. took il upon herself TO write Mr..
Irving, criticising his curt treatment Of
i Mrs. Primrose. II was noticed that when
next Mr. Irving as the vicar, came upon
the stage, he did not address his wife in his
usual short manner, but threw his arms
about her neck when he uttered the words
"And you, too, good wife" AS Mr.. Irving
| perceived this pleased his audience, he has
| continued the action at each succeedin z
| performance.
1t is reported that Marguerite Fish's hus-
band recently undertook to play false with
/ the managers Of the Town Lots COM
/ r.nv. and "got left" He insisted upon
/ having her salary, though one of her cred
Itors had seized il ia the managers hands
I by legal process, and thought TO 'force the
I fghtingn by refusing to allow her to play
without H. He was lsept in suspense till
/ the curtain rose, when Mss Polly McDOn-
/ aid. who, by the managers arrangement
had quietly understudied the part, stepped
out and played il to the great satisfaction
/ of the audience So beth Fishes were
.larded high and dry and the people said
"seryed EN- right"
In letter TO the New York Herald Man
azer J. NJ Hill. referring 70 the success Of
sTne Henrietta and, now, that Of A Pos
sible Case announces 81 need no further
proof that the hour IS ripe for &C fostering
/ and promoting Of all that IS good in native
/ dramatic authorship. I have therefore de
I ferrnined TO devote the Union Square
+ Theater when IS is rebuilt 70 the production
+ of American plays by American authors
and interpreted BY an American stock com.
many whicb I am now forming. and which
hope - make in every way worthy Of its
/ purpose Mr. Hin evidently believes in
! {" America for Americans" and IL is 10 be
fopod that art-lovers IA general VIII fau in
/ with the view. 1; j. time musician. FOR
/ example should merit with hearing with
( out having made a fetch Of TeutoniC
ancestry.