Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-11
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Big Attractions Coming to
This City.
GOSSIP FROM EVERYWHERE.
Nellie MeHenry at the Los Angeles.
Stuart Robson at the Grand.
Gilm0res Band.
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
GOSSIP FROM EVERYWHERE.

Nine. Sole scalchi has signei this season to
ding in st. Petersburg.
Leceq is busy on two operas, called Don "a
phet Of Armenia and Cheuraer
Paris inventor has patented new theatre
sal snow which iutters as 1t falls and melts on
reaching the stage.
Henry Guy Carleton has about completed a
three. act society drama entitled The Australian,
that is to be produced under the management
of J. M. Hill
Mr.. AL. Rayman has secured control of the
Portland, Ore, theater Mr.. Hayman seems TO
be anxious t. get as many theaters as Haverly
had at one time.
Emma Nevada is about to make concert
tour in Holland. She will then sing at the
Royal Opera, Madrid, and next spring will be
heard In Buenos Ayres.
Fanny Davenport has arrived in New York
from California. The popular actress is in
splendid health and spirits, and laughs at re-
ports OF her connubial infelioities.
M. B. Curtis and Lewis Morrison a pair from
Posen, have formed combination and will
next season appear together in a new play
called SIdtchen, or the Match Maker.
The actresses in Lionel Brough,s company in
South Africa, having found husbands among
the diamond diggers, Mr.. Brough has tele-
graphed to London for fresh supply.
An entire change Of programme is given OF
being the den Of snakes, Car, the glass eater,
two-legged calf. and VIM. Baker, the change
artist.
A Bloomington exchange says: Emma Alb
DOtt opened the Grand Opera House at Evans
Vile the other evening to an overlooking audi.
enee. AS an opera house opener "Honest EN-
ma" is great success.
A New York paper says: Seventeen thou
sand dollars night are spent Tor amusements
In this city-a low estimate. 1t means, how
ever, about 100000 week, or $6, 5000
season of forty weeks.
In the beginning of the winter Miss Van
Zandt will resume her operate topr, which in
sludes Lisbon and st. Petersburg. She receives
$1,000 night-in the musical Journals This
paid
Shakespeare is now being done in Japan
under some hard titles. The Merchant Of Venice
Is Ntnniku Shtchtire Sarban; Romeo AND Juliet
Ktddn, and the great poet himself is
Sekisupiya.
The Black Cat gossirer states Emma Juch,
grown too portiy and with voice that has lost
much OF its freshness, still phrases beautifully
and eats late suppers. Lolita, you know, seldom
eats late at night and when she does touch any
thing it's nothing more substantial than crack
ers and milk.
The latest lad for actresses Is the La TOsca
cane, q long slender rod made of ivory wood
trimmed with carved gold or silver. They are
used in stepping from the carriage on Wet and
slippery pavements, or on dark nights. Ada
Rehan, Margaret Mather, Mrs. Langtry, and
Estelle Clayton use them
Lili lehman will no longer be debarred
from the German opera houses for having
broken her contract to accept an engagement
in America. She sent petition for pardon to
Emperor Wilhelm, who being the head of the
Wagner society, could not but grant it to so
eminent an Isolde and Brunhilde es Lehman
Is.
Marie wainwright and Georgia Cayvan. both
emotional actresses nowadays, made their first
stage bows as minor divinities of comic opera.
Old programmes tell strange tales Clara Morris
was one of the chorus in the Black Crook at
NiblO's, and Maud Granger IL said to have
started on her LIES career as a factory hand.
Fanny Rice has made a tremendous hit at
Chicago in The Brigdnds, where she has re-
eeived more social attention than any actress
Mat has yet visited the Intsroceanic City. Miss
Rice IL a very charming woman, but very quiet
when not on the stage. She IL brilliant con-
versationalist, however, and splendid must
elan, two things that tell to advantage in
drawing room.
French writer has come to the conclusion
that the pianist is the most wonderful crsature
In the world. His cerebral operattons-reading
two lines of music interpreting each by means
Of his fingers putting In appropriate express
peoe In ew
greater completely than Is demanded in any
other occupation.
Hamlet was first presented In the city OF New
1771, at 'The New Theater in Ohappell street.
now Beekman street, near Nassau-the
younger Lewis Hallam being the star. Mr.
In the autumn of 1859, at one of the Philadel-
phia theatsrs, where he played the title part of
Hsmlet. He was versatile actor, who was on
the stage in this country for over fifty years,
and always popular.
Commencing on Wednesday evening Stuart
Robson will occupy the Grand for four nights
and matinee, with Bronson Howsrds COM
very funny, and exactly suited to Nj Robson.
who was the cause of an immense amount of
laughter during his partnership with Crane
few years ago the announcement that Rob
son & Crane were to play filed the theaters on
this Coast to overaowing, and it isprobable
that Mr.. Robson alone will be equally attrac-
tive.
Los Angeles is now favored with all the lead
ing attractions, and probably the greatest is to
come, being the famous Gilmore's Musical
Pavilion, Monday and Tuesday, November
18th and 10Th: Among the noted singers are;
Sig. Campanini, Mile. Clementina Devers,
erson. Miss Clara Poole, Sig. Dnzensi, Slg.
Bologna and Mr.. Myron Whitney. The advance
sale opens tomorrow at 10 q. m. at Bartlett's
music store Fred. Hewitt has been engaged as
treasurer during Mr.. P. o. Gilmores engage
ment In this CITY,
Tonight Miss Nellie McHenry will open at
the Los Angeles Theater in For Sweet Charity.
This sparkling little actress has been here with
salisbury's Troubadours not very long ago
and made a very pleasing impression;
probably be greeted by large houses. The fol.
lowing is a brief idea of the plot: party of
society young people feel called upon to give
benefit of the little cannibals in the benighted
lands The mishaps and contretemps which
naturally occur during their endeavors to pro-
duce roaring melodrama entitled The Eagle Of
the lCrag, are ludicrous in the extreme,
especially as they are presumed to be in.
structed by competent stage manager, who is
q supposed popular trag edian. The first two
acts are taken up with the divers plans and
other preparations for the public appearance,
among which are various mistakes of a most
ludfcrous nature. The third act pictures the
night of the performance, giving views Of the
stage, and disclosing the frantic efforts Of the
stage manager to bring order out of amateur
chaos. The whole is said to be telling and
theatricals, full from first to last OF new and
effective situations, most roisterous merri-
the humor is brought out in such splendid re.
lief that even the amateur actor must DDS see
his reflection with all the added droilery oil
cultivated art.