Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-12
MUSIC AND DRAMA
BITS FROM THE BOARDS.

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 Katie Putnam will open her season at San Francisco in November.
 Berrie Jarrett has been engaged as busi- ness manager of Herrmann's personal tour.
 The management of the Chicago Opera House have already begun upon next sum- mer's spectacular production.
 Jay Hunt, the comedian, commenced his season August 26, in Amesbury, Mass. He has new company, new printing and plays repertoire.
 MT. William Voegtlin, scenic artist at tho Columbia. Chicago, has finished ten beautiful full stage settings for Mir. Keene's Shakesl pearean performances.
 MT. Lawrence Barrett will open at the Chicago Opera-Rouse in October. His pro- duction will be ono of the events of the sea- son. Tho play is ''Ganelon."
 Lord Chumley and E. H. Sothern will play in London next spring. The play opened again at the Lyceum recently, with record of having cleared S63, 900 last year.
 Hermann can not eewhy so many Little Lord Fauntleroys are permitted to act when children of the same age and older, Ill other entertainments, are stopped from performing.
 On Monday, September 16, Mir. W. H. Crane will produce for the first time his comedy, entitled 'On Probation" He will begin his season at the Chicago Opera House.
 MT. Frank Blair, who made such hit with Salisburys Troubadors last year, and who has lately been at the Casino, New York, has been engaged to play tho part of '.Bluebeard."
 E. D. Price, manager for Richard Mans field, has received from England a noble specimen of the pure bred Scotch colly, presented to him by Miss Kate Vaughn, the favorite London conAedienne. This will probably be our last peep at Louise Dillon as Lyceum player. She re- signs at the end of the present tour. Miss Dillon has been playing almost constantly for eight or nine years and is about ready for @ night of.
 While J. H. Mack and Robert Downing 2 were having 2 pen-and-ink warfare over their legal differences, Klaw and Erlanger completed MT. Downing's route, and tho other day handed him his contracts for a thirty weeks tour.
 Henry Guy Carleton seems to have set tied seriously down to play-writing at last He has almost entirely ceased contributing to the daily and weekly press, and Is put ting the finishing touches to 8 comedy
 
 Joseph Haworth's starring tour in 'sPaul Kauvar'' will open on September 16 at the Grand Opera-House, Chicago MT. Haworth has played the title role in this romantic historical drama of the "Reign of Terror'' for two seasons, and by his powerful per- | sonation of the ardent young republican, | has won additional histrionic distinction. During the coming season MT. Frohman 1 will present throughout the country, Mir. | and Mrs. Kendall, Mark Twain's 'Prlnce l and Pauper," with little Elsie Leslie, Mrs | James G. Blaine, Jr., in a new play; and al the Lyceum Theater, New York, the Ly l ceum stock company i'll new comedy by Belasco and DeMille, 'The Charity Ball.'' | Stuart Robson's company next season will consist of Messrs. James E. Wilson George s. Woodward, Frank Mordaunt Edward J. Radcliffe, Ernest Tarleton, Johr | s. Wooderson, Revel Germaine, Thomas Munden, Herbert Blanchard, and Misses Eugenie Lindeman, May Waldron, Heller Mar, Katharine Florence, Jennie R. Busby Maria Murchison and Mrs. Agatha Hallam 1 MT. William K. Hayden, manager. | Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll and Joseph l Haworth have for several years been inti | mate friends. and .Mr. Hawcrth has ofter been a welcome visitor to the Colonel: l house. The other day the Colonel, hearing 1 that Mr. Haworth was going to star il "Paul Kauvar," wrote him one of his char acteristic letters, saying, among othel things: ''No one can or ever will play tht character better than you do. You get ou of 1t all that is in 1t, and in it all that it vii hold"
 Wilson Barrett having brought s'Ben-My Chree'' to as near state of perfection Q: he is capable for his American tour, ha! now directed his attention to ''The Lort Harry" which he has substituted in hi: repertoire for 'The Good Old Times, which be sold to Colonel W. E. Sim O. Brooklyn. ''The Lord Harry" was write, by Wilson Barrett and Henry Arthu Jones, and ran three months at the Prin cess Theater two years ago. MT. Barret is now carefully revising the piece, and i making several alterations for Its Ameri can production. Scenery, costumes and ef fleets will be identical with that of the Lon don production, There are those who be ieve ''rhe Lord Harry'' may prove sec ond "Lights O London"