The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-04
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

DAVE WAMBoLD, the old time minstrel is
dead.
HENRY IRVING is contemplating trip
to Australia
A. C. GUNTER is preparing his novel, 'Mr.
Potter of Texas" for the stage.
PATTI, it is said is not creating the same
sensation as at her last visit in London, there
being unoccupied spaces in the hall at her
last two performances.
W. S. GILBERT is enraged over decision
Of two English Judges which permits the
manager of music hall to introduce in his
place verses from his "Les Brigands."
1.-THE PRINCE AND PAUPER," the new play
which has been written for little Elsie Les
lie, is to be produced at the Park Theatre in
Philadelphia during Christmas week.
The Cambridge Theatre, in London, now
production of Sir Arthur Sullivan's long
talked-of grand opera, for which Julian
Sturgis has agreed to supply the libretto.
'THE CANDIDATE" which Justin McCar-
thy wrote, and which was played in New
York city for the first time by Mr.. Wyndham
and his Criterion Theatre Company the other
night, is very witty and amusing perform
ance.
W. H. CRANE is said to have achieved an
emphatic success in his new play, 'The Sena-
tor" by the late D. D. Lloyd and Sydney Ro-
senfcld, which recently received it's American
christening at the Olympic Theatre, st.
Louis.
VIcToRIEN SARDoU and Jules Massenet are
engaged on a new opera for the Grand Opera,
Paris. Sar3pu, who is recognized as the
leading dramatist of France, is writing the
ibretto, while Massenet is setting the words
to music.
MADAME ARNoLDsoN RossIGNoL signed
q contract with NJ. Strakosch at Montreu1,
Switzerland, for fifty presentations in Amer.
lea. She will receive $50. 900, and N. Stra-
kosch will pay all the travelling expenses OF
suite of eight persons
AN American amateur recently offered
$12 900 to the municipality of Geneva for the
violin of Paganini, which is religiously pre-.
served in the city museum as memento or
the gifted musician. The instrument was
made in Cremona in 11O9.
MRS. KENDAL always appropriates to her
self the first twenty dollars taken in at any
theatre where she plays. She changes the
money into gold, and this, with her share OF
the receipts-also changed into glittering coin
lis sent over to England for safe keeping.
BRONSON HOWARD thinks that ''Shenan-
doah" is to be his most profitable play. 1t is
being played simultaneously IN Inree cltles-
New York, Chicago and San Francisco. Mr.
Bronson has an interest in the productions,
which may bring him greater profit than
the royalties which he has usually received
for the use Of his plays
THE Turkish ambassador in Paris has pro-
tested to the French Government against the
production of De Bornier's play Of "Maho-
met" founded upon the life and adventures
of the founder Of Islam, which has been ac-
cepted by the Theatre Francaise. He has
only succeeded in obtaining the assurance
that no disrespect shall be shown to Maho'
NETS memory.
A PARAGRAPH printed on the programme
of the Union Square Theatre, New York,
SAYS that the third act of ''Helene" enables
Clara Morris 'to bring into play her magnlfi.
cent powers of portraying intense suffering.
This is the whole motive of the piece, whlc1
can only be gratifying to the most morbid
imagination 1t is literally case OF trying
to exact pleasure from pain
THERE is considerable literary talent in the
theatrical profession. No sooner has Fanny
Rice announced the publication of her book
"People l Have Met on the Stage" than
Blanche Marsden follows suit by heralding
the near completion of folio of letters to bt
called miss Mirmans Cloak" Other
actresses are about to follow suit, and before
long there may be .. wholesome desertlon
from the stage to the ranks OF literature.