Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-05-26
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
Gossip About Plays and Those VINO
Present Them.

Manager Wyatt's Opera Company. is
rehearsing for it's summer season, "nlch
will commence shortly.
A statistician remarks that 1.-THE popu-
lation of Europe is greatly added 10 ny
the invasion OF American girls, VINO are
determined to be prime donne.
Gounod has been officially entrusted
with the composition OF the csntata py
M. Vicaire, Quatreuingt-neu, LOT the
celebration of the centenary OF the
Revolution.
Lawrence Barrett will pass the most OF
his vacation on board of his new steam
Yacht. with Edwin Booth as his guest.
The tragedians will cruise between New
port and Bar Harbor.
Mrs. Langtry will sell all the scenery,
nropertv. furniture and mechanical effects
nsed in her plays, at auction, at one of
the New York city theaters the latter
part of this month, prior to her departure
for Australia.
In is said that Ada Rehan was born in
Limerick in-in-1860, and emigrated to
Brooklyn at the age OF 5. She was a
variety actress for while and made her
debut at IA, with her brother-in-law,
Oliver Doud Byron.
Pinafore was revived in Boston last
week, Digby Bell, Laura Joyce Bell, and
a number OF prominent singers took part
in it. The revival was made at the Bos-
ton Theater under the management Of
Manager Eugene Tompkins. Now the
chances are the old craft will make
another cruise all over the country.
Ctquelin's opinion of American actors
is this America has some of the best,
the very best actors OF the day. Booth,
Lawrence Barrett, magnificent. And
among the women, Mary Anderson and
the leading lady of Days troupe, Miss
Ada Rehan, consider one of the most
remarkable condolences of the day."
Robson and Crane probably never did
any better acting than the "partipg
scene" after their last joint appearance
at the Star Theatre, New, York, last
week. Each made speech, after first
shaking hands, and then they clasped
hands again and as the curtain slowly
fell looked unutterable things" at each
other.
According to the New York Evening
Sun, Sat some of the theaters now, where
there is certainty of crowd at mat
inee performance, they refuse to sell any
seats to man unaccompanied by lady.
The theory is that the matinees are for
the ladies especially, and that the man
who wants to go alone deserves to stand.
He can go alone at night and the woman
can't"
Theater-goers will regret to learn that
Booth and Barrett will not appear in Los
Angeles this season. The engagement
was looked forward to with keen interest
by hundreds of people. John Mcguire,
however, has effected arrangements with
Modjeska for her to fill Booth and Bar
rett's engagements outside of San Fran
cisco. The latter's company will support
Modjeska. This extra engagement of
six weeks will include Denver, Colorado.
Modjeska still expects to open the regular
season with Booth in New York early in
September.
In 1866 Henry Irving stood on the stage
of theater at Liverpool wondering what
he should do in the summer months,
when the theater would be closed and he
would be left without an engagement or
shilling. A letter was brought to him
from Dion Boucicault, Offering him a
part in new play and asking his terms.
"Six pounds a week." he wrote, and
added that he hoped the part was good
one. The answer was characteristic
"Dear sir, the part IS good one. The
salary is more than | intended giving,
but l never bargain with an artist.
Yours, Dion Boucicault."
New renderings of popular plays are
always interesting, as showing The influ-
ence of fleeting contemporary life upon
dramatic art, which is long. Don Caesar
de Bazan was given few evenings ago
in Albany, by company of amateurs Of
color. In its review of the performance
one of t local papers stated that novel.
ties were the order Of the evening as, for
instance, Don Cae .ar' and his soldier ex-
ecutioners singing, 'Hers's to good old
whisky, drink her down. and drinking
her down from the depths of shaving-cups
or what looked suspiciously like that
particular form of crockery." There is
nothing in the history or antecedents Of
Don Caesar to create the impression
that he went in for the prohibition
amendment. But unless the popular es
innate of bis tone is strangely at fault, he
would not have consented to drink hel
down out of shaving-mug He might
have condoned tin cup, but he would
have drawn the line at the shaving-mug
New York Tribune.
Bluebeard Junior, the third annual
spectacular extravaganza of the Chicago
Opera House, will be produced at that
theatre on or about June 18th. The
preparations are on a very extensive
scale, and it is expected that the piece
will far surpass, in brilliancy, anything
before done at that house. Messrs.
Voagtlin, Albert, Ford, Young, and q
corps of assistants have been for months
engaged on the scenery, and Faucet
Robinson and brother have manufac.
tured the properties, which are said to
be of the most unique character. Dazian,
of New York, will make the costumes
from sketches furnished by Cheseman &
Palotel, of London. The armors have
been manufactured in Birmingham
England. Among the people engaged
are Lilly Post, Ada Deaves, Topsy Vann
Jennie Reeves. Edith Murill, Kate TART,
Henry O. Peakes, Eddie Foy, Ignacio
Martinette and VIM. Collier, most Of
whom are we'll known here. The produc.
ton will be staged by Richard Baker.
VIM. Daily will be the stage manager.
Richard Madden and Fred J. Eustis
will compose and arrange the music oil
the piece. The libretto is by Clay M.
Greene. Mons. Mamert Bibeyran will
arrange the ballots, Over 300 people
will be engaged in the production.
The Minstrels.
Tomorrow night Johnson & Slavin q
Minstrels will commence weeks en-