Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-13
THE STAGE.
WHAT THE THEATRICAL PEOPLE
ARE DOING.
Stray Notes About New Plays, and
the People Who Will
Present Them.

y5O nights at the CaSlnO, III NEW Iork.
Nat Goodwin is still working "a Gold
Nine at the Fifth Avenue Theater in
New York, and it is panning out well.
Neil Burgess comedy, "a Country
Fair" is having good run at Proctors
Twenty third street Theater, New York.
Nine. Materna has made her first APP
pearance at the Theater de la Monnaie,
Brussels, as Brunhilde in the "Walkure."
Fred de Belleville and his wife intend to
star next season in Glands Across the
Sea-" under the management of Gustave
Kahn.
"Mr. Barnes of New York" has been
produced at the Globe Theater, Amster-
dam, The Dutch opinion of it is not re-
ported.
Rosina Vokes has made hit at Hooley's,
Chicago, in CHASTITY Manor" an amusing
burlesque upon the conventional society
melodrama.
Henry Irving, whose purse is always
open to relieve distress, has headed the
subscription for the benefit of the once
famous Cleopatra, Isabel Glyn.
Forbes Robertson will play the part Of
the husband, whose character suggested
the title of The Prohigate" for Pinero's
new comedy, at the new Garrick Theater
in London.
DIR. Mackenzie has written an overture
and incidental music for dramatic YER
sion of Sir Walter SCOTS "Marmion,"
which is now in preparation at one of the
Glasgow theaters.
C. Haddon Chambers, the author of
"Captain Swift" is at work upon new
piece for A. NJ. Palmer, which is intended
for production in the Madison Square The
a.er next autumn.
Tuesday, March 18th, marked the thir-
tieth anniversary of the production of
Gounod's Faust" LIE Guide Musical
states that the composer has Melted nearly
100000 by this opera.
Henry Neville, the well-known English
actor, has helped Mrs. Henry Wyld to
make play out of her novel "Severed
Ties" and the piece has had one perform
ance for copyright purposes.
The latest example of theatrical i'm
providence is furnished by Tom Mead, for
merly with Henry Irving, who leaves a
large family, three of whom are under ten
years of age, totally unproyided for.
NJ. Saint Saens has started for tour OF
two months in Algeria. His "Henry
VIII" is shortly to be gwen at the Paris
Opera with such cuts as will allow it to be
played before Thomas "Tempete" ballet
music.
Mr.. Irvings son has written to the Lon
don newspapers to say that his name is
really Irving, and not Brodribb, his father
having formally adopted the name by
which he is generally known by virtue Of
royal letters patent
Intending visitors to Bayreuth will re-
greet to hear that Herr Scheidemantel has
been obliged to withdraw his promises to
perform this year. Herr Betz, from Ber-
lin, will now alternate the part of Hans
Sachs with Herr Reichman.
A new theater is to be built at st. Peters
burg, on the Field of Mars, which is to be
so large and sumptuously decorated and
fted up that the estimate for its compile
ton, which has been approved by the
Gar, amounts to 81 100000.
Mr.. Calhaem, who was the original i'm
personator of Jacky, the black man in
Charles Reade's Never Too Late tc
Mend" has been engaged to play some
Times" at the London Princess's.
The Prince of Wales comfort is well
looked after by the London theatrical
managers. At the Court Theater he ha.
a Persian pavilion to smoke in, at the Gar
rick Chinese pagoda, and at the Lyric al
apartment not a whit less luxurious.
One of the latest theatrical boons il
England is "an entirely new version" o.
EAST Lynne" The heroine will be played
by Laura Villiers, who is reported to have
made hit in "As in a Looking Glass
Miss Villiers' repertory is apparently Sc
lect
Miss Adelaide Moore, who is now il
England will make tour of the countr,
next season in play by Pierre Leclerq
called "The Love Story" The piece i
now on the stage at the Vaudeville, il
London, and has achieved considerable,
success.
As proof of the growing popularity o
Wagner's "Ring" in Germany, we ma,
mention that the Massachusetts, JVochenbidt
for March l4th describes the production
of "Das Rheingold" (the least interesting
OF the four parts, in three small German
towns, Schwerin, Halle and Darmstadt.
Miss Eames, a young American soprano
made very successful debut at the Pari
Opera fortnight since in the part of Ju
liette, that of Gounod's hero being played
by NJ. Jean de Reszke Miss Eames is no
only possessed of an extremely fine voic,
and good looks, but is also graceful anC
intelligent actress.
One of the advertising ex .,edients of tn,
fertile Tody Hamilton, of Barnum's, is t,
send the Arabs and Bedouins to tn,
churches on Sundays. 1t is needless to sa,
their appearance at worship, in their pic
turesque costumes, attracts much atten
ton. Some of the Arabs speak English
and can follow the services.