Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-21
DRAMA AND MUSIC.
Gossip About Plays and the
Players.
NOTES GATHERED IN THE WINGS.
Joseph GrisMer and Phoebe Davies
at the Grandfather Local
Amusements.

The Carleton Opera Company will b.
here before long. 1t has been playing t
large houses at San Francisco.
The Boston Quintette Club will appear
at the Los Angeles Theater towards the
last part of the month for the benefit o
the Y. M. g. A.
1t is said that Rubinstein wishes to
resign the direction OF the st. Petersburg
Conservatory, and that either Tschaikow.
sky or Solovief will probably succeed
him.
A concert will be given on February
A new building has recently been erected
pected that the tickets will be sold in
large numbers.
Mr.. Charles Coghlan adapts MAC
BETH" Mr.. Kyrle Bellew adapts "An-
tony and Cleopatra" Mrs. Langtry en-
acts LADY Macbeth" Mrs. Potter en-
acts cleopatra" Poor Shakespeare
What was Donnelly to this?
Lotta has definitely decided to retire
from the stage for at least two years after
the finish of the present season. She
has recovered the 100000 she deposited
in St. Paul as part payment on her pur-
chase Of the Grand Opera House of that
city.
Miss Clara Morris is recovering the
strength she lost two years ago and is
enjoying the best of health, now appear
ing regularly at every performance and
finishing it without the tedious stage
waits which at one time nearly destroyed
her popularity.
1t is said that when New York man
ager urged Mrs. Langtry to give up the
idea of appearing as "Lady Macbeth, Z"
and argued that she would not be attrac-
tive in that style of dress, she replied !:
"Perhaps, dear boy, the part bas never
been correctly dressed"
The itch for writing continues to trouble
the theatrical profession. Miss Ander-
son has an ingenious article in the
North American Review" Mr.. Edwin
Booth is preparing an account of his
career for the Century" Nine. Hading
is writing enthusiastically about herself
in the Cosmopolitan" and Mrs. Gym
thia Leonard-Lillian Russell's mother
has published book entitled open
Pictures"
The Philharmonic Society, which has
now a widespread reputation, an
nounces that for its next concert pro-
gramme has been drawn which will de-
light every one. It has decided to admit
lady instrumentalists into its orchestra
division, and those who desire to join
should make application Immediately to
Prof. A. Witthartitz, as the next concert
will take place toward the end of
February.
Judith Gautier, the well-known French
novelist, a daughter of the celebrated
Theophile Gautier and a personal friend
of Richard Wagner, has written the lib
retto for one act comic opera, the hero
of which is no less parsonage than
Beethoven. The music to this libretto
has been written by the Parisian COM
poser, M. Benedictus, and the work will
be produced under the title of The Noon
light Sonata.
The dramatic event of the season will
be the appearance of Madame Modjeska,
assisted by competent company, under
the direction of Mr.. AL. Hayman in a
grand revival of that most beautiful and
poetic work of Shakespeare's Cymbelinc.
1t is rare good fortune to have such an
exponent of "Imogen," as Modjeska.
Her Interpretation of the character has
met with the greatest success everywhere
and critics have pronounced her the
realization of Shakespeare's ideal hero
inc. She is now at the Baldwin Theater,
San Francisco, and will appear here
later.
A New York physician says that if the
automatic opera-glaas boxes are to be-
come an established thing the most rig
orous precautions should be taken by
the managers of theatres using them to
prevent them from spreading eye dis
orders among their patrons. The glasses
should be framed in some material which
will not be injured by bath, and after
each performance in the theatre every
glass should be thoroughly washed in
warm water containing some antisepti(
fluid. The automatic glasses will shortly
be in use in q Chicago theatre. Yor
drop quarter in the slot and get youl
lorgnet,e.