The evening world., 1889-08-15
NEWS AND NOTES DRAMATIC.
J.. II. RYLEY JUSTIPIES HIS ENTRANCE INTO
THE COMEDY FIELD.
Little Miss Foley BACK from Enchanting
the Ohio VeterhnS-Two Little TiNrri-
Gnns Appear with Father I'D In "Thc
LorEairc "-DiHSertRtIon on the Value Of
n Brother to a Theatrical star.

the Ohio VeteTanS-Two Little Hnrri-
Hnns Appear with Father I'D In "Thc
LorERirc "-DIsSertRtion on the Value Of
n Brother to n Theatrical star.
The course of J. II. Ryley, the Gilbert and
Sullivan cd man" singer, in accepting an
engagement in a comedy company. has been
severely criticised. Mr.. Ryley arose yestcr.
day, and explained himself. " It IL an error
TO suppose l am making a new depar ure this
season. " he said. In entering the field of
legitimate comedy l am but returning to my
early love. 1t Is not more than a dozen years
since i played tile grave-ulgger with Henry
Irving the apothecary with Adelaide Nelson,
the dwarf with Jefferson and Wyndham's rart
III The SNOWFALL Then ] PLAYED all the
character parts IN j. l.. Toole's best known
pays. and Pm good for Fagin in oliver
Twist anywhere in Lancashire to-day. |
have played with the kendHls, and | suppose
] am the only comic opera comedian who has
had the honor of PLAYING with the elder
Fhelps-dcar Old man ~ SO, under tho cir.
cunlstances. Rylcy certainly isn't making n
new departure.
Query-ls a star with a brother more inter
estinE than Il star with a husbandi Il she is,
this will account for Miss Adelaide MOUre's
coyuess. Mr.. Moore, her manager, has
a WAYS been in reduced as her brother, and
people have played u whole season with her
and never known otherwise. II now turns
out that Mis- Moore is Mrs. Mo re. Her
hu ,band and manager is a ricl man, owning
property in Catskill, n. Y. The theatrical
value vt a husband has often been discussed.
But surely he Is moro Interesting than a
brother.
Frank Mckee is a very busy man. Next
Monday. Mankind" which he manages,
opens at the Fourteenth Street Theatre; the
following Monday, "A Tin Soldier which
he also controls opens at Detroit. while OH
Aug. 81. The ExIles,' in winch he rs inter
ested will be introduced TO the public III
Philadelphia.
"A Wayward Woman the play written
bv the late Newton Gotthold and presented
by him TO Miss Madge Butler. Is being read
by Mrs. Car er and her management. per.
haps 4 Won d be As well to mention the man
agement bctore Mrs. Carter The play was
in pected and liked by Mrs. LAngtry. 1t is
said to be very strong.
It is whispered that W.. W. Randall who
sailed for Europe yesterday, has gone to see
burgh. 1t is also whispered that Mr.. Ran.
dali may manage Miss Palmer next season.
Miss Mai Estelle will make her debut in
this city Monday night at the Peoples
Theatre in Myrtle, Ferns" q new play.
Arthur Sp-ague. Ed MAYNARD. George Far.
ron, George Caron. LIZZIE Caron. w. 4.
Russell N Mollie Thompson.
Two little Harrigans have been appearing
with the elder and only Harrigan in San
Dempsey in The Lorgaire." Harrigsn'i
season in the far West has been very pros
porous.
Thomas @. Seabrooke, who seems rather
like a fish out of water since he left his dea.
conship in "A Midnight Bell" is now in
Chicago, appearing US King Cole IN an oper
of that name. The opera does not appear &c
have set anything on fire. Mr.. Seahrooke
role for a few weeks. but the part evidently
doesn't fit him, as did Deacon Iidd.
Little Miss Kate Foley is now back in the
city from the Soldiers Home, Dayton. O:
&" have returned without a single veteran. "
she said. though ] old you when !
started out that | thought might capture a
nice matrimonial prize: But the wooden
arms and legs! 1t sounds cruel to say such
a thing, doesn't II but they really did
away with all my matrimonial aspirat ons.
We all had q very nice time and enjoyed it
immensely"
1.-The Burglar" opened at the Bush Street
Theatre. San Francisco, on Monday night.
with Joseph 4. Grismer and Phebe DAVIS in
the cast.
There was no Yank-Hoc performance at the
Union Square Theatre last night. 1t was
postponed until this evening.
The Tourists in O Pullman Car" headed
by Mestayer and Theresa Vaughan. open
their season next Monday at Long Branch,
under the direction of John P. Slocum. In
the company are Joseph OFT. Charles Wayne.
James Iierney. Fred Queen. L. A. Eggieton,
~. A. OFT. Emily Soldene. Dot Parkhurst,
! Lillian Tyson and Miss Lascelles.