Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-25

timental song nowadays He replied that
he found buifonery paid better than senti-
ment, so he stuck to the former. "But,"
said Hopper, 81 can sing sentiment better
than most baSsos in the business. You
have heard me! And l like to sing senti-
ment better than comic nonsense. Still,
the public think that my comic singing is
better than my sentimental singing, and
as it backs its opinion with spot cash at
the box office, whence | draw my salary,
sing comic songs in public and reserve
my sentimentaliSm for the home circle.
lie did not say how the "home circle"
liked 1t.
FooTLIGHT FLASHES.
William Arnold, proprietor of the Lon
don Lyceum, is dead, at the age of so
years.
Roland Reeds new leading lady is a
gifted beauty, whose stage name is Miss
Rush.
Grace Hawthorne and W. w. Kelly are
"restins" in London, where they propose to
remain.
w. ]. Scanlan was guest at break
fast given in London by Wilson Barrett
recently.
Digby Bell and Laura Joyce Bell
have been engaged for the Duff Opera
Company.
William Spencer, the author of "The
Little Tycoon" is at work on a new Mex
lean opera.
Cora Van Tassell has purchased Howard
P. Taylor's new comedy drama, The Lit
tie Sinner"
Rhea's next tour will open September
I'd, at Buffalo, when she will test her new
historical play, Josephine.
Emma Abbott comes back from Europe
with the startling announcement that the
bang must so. BIZ, bang!
II. C. Hustled has been engaged by
Daniel Frohman as business manager for
the tour of Mr.. and Mrs Kendall.
]. w. Piggot will soon arrive from Lon
don to superintend the production of
THE Bookmaker" for n. c. Goodwin.
Robert McWade has gone to Australia
to produce rip Van Wrinkle" and new
play of his Own, called "Roscicrusian.n
Mrs. Kendall began acting when she
was four years old, and played Eva in
Uncle Toms Cabin" when she was seven.
Fred L. Power has been engaged by
Richard Mansfield for his Richard III.
company. Mr.. Power is very clever
young actor.
julien Maguus, the well-known journal
list, has accepted handsome offer to act
as the business manager for Marie VAIN
wright next season.
George Backus will next season play
Horace Bream in "Sweet Lavender" He
has passed the summer on his steam Yacht
on Rice lake, Canada.
Helen Blythe has secured an emotional
domestic drama entitled GA Mothers
Love-" and opens her season at Port Jer-
Wis, n. Y, September 9TH.
Robert Buchanan's dramatic adaptation
OF Walter Scott's Marmion will be pro-
duced in Edinburgh. Dr. A. C. Macken-
Ne has composed the music for it.
A. NJ. Palmer writes from London that
there Is at present a singular dearth of
strong plays. He will return or the new
steamer Teutonic early in September.
William r. Hayden, who will manage
Stuart Robson's tour next season, is at CO.
hasset with his star, making the final
arrangements for can Arrant Knave."
Agnes Herndon has engaged Leon John
Vincent, the veteran stage director, to
superintend the production of LA Belle
Marie" at the Windsor Theater, New
York.
james r. Adams has signed with NJ. B.
Leavitt to play the Spider in "The Spider
and the Fly" Mr. Adams will leave the
Newton Beers "Enoch Arden" Company
In few weeks.
Eben Plympton and Professor A. Cor
bett have written a play of the period
of the American Revolution, which Mr..
Plympton hopes to produce after the close
OF his engagement with Julia Marlowe
w. T. Carleton, who has beer summer
ing near Newport, r. l., has returned to
New York to push arrangements for his
coming operate tour. Mr.. Carleton is in
the best of health and as robust as ever.
October 14th will be an important the
atrical event in New York, as on that date
Booth and Modjeska will open at the
Broadway in Hamlet" and the Jefferson
Florence combination will be seen at the
Star.
Lawrence Barrett is still in Germany,
and writes that his health was never bet
ter. He expects to return to New York
about September 10th, when active re-
hearsals of the new play of "Ganelon" will
begin.
Fanny Davenport will remain in Cali
tornla until late in September, recuperat-
ing for the siege Of her next tour, which is
to begin at Rochester, n. Y, November
9TH. Klaw & Erlanger continue as her
There are many indications that the
singing of English ballads will be far more
popular the coming season than for many
years, and successful teachers of this class
of concert work will undoubtedly find
great favor.
The death is announced at Prague of
Edward Stolz, who was conductor at the
Ring Theater, Vienna, at the period of
the fire. He was the composer Of several
operas, one of which is entitled "The
Mock Patti"
Boil Serliner, who last season backed
John A. Mackey's "Noble Son." has be-
come the silent partner in two farce
comedy enterprises, soon to take the road |
The "Noble Son" has been bounced. Total |
loss, S9,473 10.
Another debutante as a star is booked for |
an appearance on the metropolitan stage |
early in the season. She is Marion Mar
shall, and she will be seen in new play |
written for her by John A. Harrington,
entitled "Mardale"
The Prescott-MeLean Company open
heir. season September 4th at Cumber-
and, Nd. The following is their repertory:
Virginius," A Winters Tale" "Othel-
10" y" Richard III" GAS You Like 1t" and
Pygmalion and Galatea"
Walter Mathews repertoire for next
eason includes Richard III" "Othello,"
Hamlet" Macbeth" 'ERichelieu,' ''Mer-
liant of Venice" Dukes Motto" "Ro-
neo and Juliet" "David Garrick," and
lis new play, "Aramis, the Master Mind"
Joe Hart, of "Later On" fame, has writ
en- song for Chapman & Sellers, which
viii be sung by Ed. Chapman, who plays
Did Sport in Hoyt's successful comedy, "a
Rag Baby" 1t is entitled "Let me grasp
he hand that shook the hand of Sullivan
Roland Reeds company for next season
includes Henry A. Smith, H. Ross Davis.
". c. Andrews, Julia Reed, Earnest Bert
am, Max Fehrman, James Douglass, Isl.