Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-21
MUSICAL AND

Minnie Palmer goes to Europe July 90.
Neil Burgess will probably never act
again.
Rose Coghlan is spending her vacation in
Monterey, Cal.
William H. Crane Is passing the summer
at Cohasset on Boston Bay.
Roland Reed is in the Katskllls, where he
is hunting the festive trout.
Laura Joyce Bell proposes to star next
season in q comedy now being written.
Miss Georgia Dixon, one of the best old
women in the profession, goes with Glllette's
Legal Wreck next season.
Laura Burt is watching the ''sad sea
waves at Nantucket. This clever seubrette
is not yet engaged for next season.
Elsie Leslie is now practicing fencing, and
takes much delight in her lessons. 1t is said
she is becoming quite an adept with the foil.
1t is reported that Bernhard failed to
make a great impression in "As i'll a Look
ing Glass" in London, except III the death
scene.
John a. Harrington has written a play for
Tommy Russell entitled The Eari's Heir
in which this youthful actor will star peXt
season.
w. j. Scanlon closes his tour Of Great
Britain this week, and after visiting the
Paris exposition will return to this country
in time to begin his next starring tour, which
opens September 2 in Cleveland.
MIR. Nat Roth puts upon the road early
next season an opera company which will
produce ''Erminie'' and ''Nadjyi in the
principal cities. Miss Helen Lamont will be
the prima donna of the organization.
Miss Beverly Sitgreaves, the handsome
and clever young actress, who was formerly
a member Of the ltosina Vokcs company, has
been engaged by Kate Claxton to play the
leading juvenile part in Captain Swift
next season.
Lawrence Barrett Is in Germany. He
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Toying his visit, and will return TO this coun-
try Septem Der / to prepare for his costly
production of William Young's new tragedy
of ''Ganelon."
The famous company Of the Theater Fran
Gals Is falling to pieces very rapidly. Coque-
lin, Delaunay and Naubant have retired al
ready, Thirrou and Barre are invalids, and
M. F'ebvre will 60 next year, OF the lead
ers, NM. Worms and Mounet-Sully only Will
remain,
MIR. Richard Mansfield has engaged Mime.
Ponisi TO play the Duchess of York in his
production of Richard Ill" ut Palmer's
theater, New York, and Atkins Lawrence to
enact Richmond. The latter is not a very
promising SELECTION.
Miss Alice Chaplin, who left these shores
recently TO make a professional DEBUT in
London as Virginia, IN q play adapted from
the French of M. Latour Saint-y-Bars, is
credited with a pleasing presence, an agree
able voice, u clear Evolutionary method and
evident intelligence; but she does not seem,
according to the newspaper reports, to be
fitted at present for roles requiring the ex-
hibition OF strong feeling.
M. Coquelin recited a new monologue en-
titled l. Mouche,h at the actors beneSo-
lent fund benefit, arranged by Mr.. Irving, in
London. The smartly written little piece is
descriptive of the proceedings of a fly which
interrupted a wedding By settling on the
bridegroom's nose, aud thereby earned, first
his yengeful indignation and then his CRATE
full consideration. The comedy OF the mans
changes Of mood was indicated to perfection
A very beautiful little volume containing
the text of Miss Marie Wainwright's version
of Twelfth Night a. arranged for her by
Mr.. Ben Teal, win be published within a
few weeks. The play wlll have It's first pro-
duction in this version which is purely
| Shakespearean, at Chicago, during August.
Besides the text the book will contain an
Introduction TO the play By George Edgar
Montgomery - historical, descriptive and
critical-and an c~pilogue in blank verse by
the same author to be spoken by Miss Wsin-
wright.