National Republican., 1888-05-20
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

Nat Goodwin wears tight trousers to show
of his broad shoulders.
Henry Pettitt Is writing, TO order, a play for
A. NJ. Palmer, paid for in advance.
Maud Granger goes to Europe this week,
and doesn't know If she will ever come back,
Herr Barnay, the German actor, sailed for
Europe Wednesday on the German steamship
W III s. Rising and wm. Hamilton will con.
quot summer season OF comic opera at At
lantic City.
The Trapper's Dream" Is the name of Capt.
JACK craw1ord's new drama. II is likely to
be nightmare.
just now to the square inch than there are
bones in North river shad.
..haen Menr i,o, M,eilhas, author Of "FronFrou,m
&C., is now one of the Forty Immortals,"
Alice Harrison is studying negro dialect for
the coming great production Of "Uncle Toms
CABIN, &" in which she will appear as Topsy.
The Queens Mate" is a 20 at the Broad.
way, where large houses have been the rnle
The music Is extremely pretty, the cast excel
lent, and the mounting superb.
William Eaton Brown, lately, connected
Wn 01a s H. mna m dea Of
1855. ''"' -''0" :"
It!b.reported that Rubenstein, the eminent
pLslclan; mas signed for an American tour,
during which he Is to give fifty concerts for
which he will receive 10000 and his OK.
penses.
"A Possible Case" is meeting Manager Hills
expectations at the Madison Square. The en-.
gagement has been profitable, and the piece,
ter and applause.
Miss Jane Haaing is no longer Nine. Victor
honing, her divorce from the manager Of the
Gymnase having been granted and signed the
uay before her departure for Brazil with the
Coquelin Company.
,.o The Lady or the Tiger, in spite of Its fail.
cessfpl in attracting the public. The houses
nave Deen larger than Wallack's Thcater has
known IN good while.
y, Rosina Vokes has done a singularly graceful
thing In determining to close Daly's on Monday
evening, in order that She and and her r" company %
may appear among the supernumeraries at the
Wallack testimonial.
Booth and Barrett did not do good bust.
ness at the Williamsburg Amphion Theater
last week, and Manager Fiske gave a guaran.
tee of $4,000 for the week. The receipts We're
pointed. '''"P
I; i. Rice talks Of consolidating ''The Cor.
sair and "Evangeline" next season, and
and scenic splcndor that will even distract the
public mind from the momentous question of
VINO VIII succeed Mr.. President Cleveland
Dramatic art and literature, like the modern
school OF painting Zola's novels and Eugene
Fields feuilletons Uhe latter OF which is chi.
ecagoese for paragraphs), seems to be rapidly
tending toward realism, At least that Is the
success of Natural Gas"
Fred Marsden, the well known PLAYWRIGHT
was found dead in his room on West one |
Hundred and Twenty'Sixth street yesterday |
morning, having committed suicide the night |
previous by closing the windows and turnIng |
on the gas. Marsden was one of the most sue. |
cessiul playwrights In America, and had an |
despondcnt for some time.
Mr.; William Ludwig, the English baritone,
VINO VINO mas made great success In this country |
during me past three seasons with the Amer.
can ana National Opera companies, will soon
return to England, Mr.. Ludwig has lost
good deal of money during his connection
WIN THESE organizations, and his friends have
decided to tender him farewell benefit CON
cert to be given in Chickering Hall on Tues.
day next, the 22d instant.