Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-15

uie nothing, ottiiiiiiiig" and then the business
of the day commences.
By a way of change from old English
comedy, the Jefferson-Florence com
pany propose to make one evening OF
each week during their coming season
a Dickens Night. Mr.. Jefferson will
open the performance with The Cricket
on the Hearth, and Mr.. Florence will
finish it with Captain Cutie, brief
dramatization of those events in the
novel of Dombey and Son, which bear
directly upon the ancient mariner. For
the following season Mr.. Jefferson is
contemplating revival Of Old Heads
and Young Hearts.
The separation between Marie Vain
wright and Louis James is now COM
plete. 1t is stated that all prospect of a
reconciliation has vanished, and that
Mr. James is particularly bitter against
his wife and former co-star.
Edwin Booths health during the sum-
mer was not of the best. While not af-
fected by any specific disorder, he was
extremely feeble, and very frequently
was unable to get about without the as
sistance of cane.
Those New York theater-goers who are
fond of the intensely thrilling in their
dramatic entertainments, will have an
excellent opportunity to crafty that
when Nero is produced, at Niblo's, next
October. While Manager George Lederer
was in London, this summer,
he visited the Wild East ex-
hibition and witnessed the per-
formance OF Trainer Darling's four edu-
Gated lions. He Immediately made a
two-years' contract with their owner and
they will form prominent feature in
the performance OF "Nero" when Messrs.
Locke and Davis produce that spectacle.
While Mr.. Darling is putting his danger
Gus pets through their PAGES, the bars OF
an iron cage, 35 feet square, will cut off
all possibility of an onslaught upon the
audience. The cage will be drawn up to
the flies when not in use. Only three
of the lions will appear at time, the
fourth being kept in reserve as an un-
derstudy should one of his brother per-
formers meet with an accident. gi-
gantic Siberian bloodhound and little
pony assist the lions in their act They
are mortally afraid of the hound, who
aids the trainer in keeping them upon
their good behavior. while the largest lion
rides upon the pony's back in imitation
of the conventional circus rider. The
animals created great sensation in
London, and they will be brought to
this country at an expense of 81, 900 a
week. They will make their American
debut on October 18th.
A coming event in Boston theatricals
which is being looked forward to with
considerable interest, is the contem-
plated production at the Boston theatre
by Mr.. Eugene Tompkins, of "The
Soudan," new picturesque English
melodrama from the pens of Henry
Petit and Augustus Harris, the noted
firm of English playwrights. The pro-
duction comes to America with the
stamp of British approval, having en-
joyed phenomenal run at the famous
Drury Lane theatre, in London. Among
the scenes introduced in the five acts OF
the new melodrama are Lincoln's Inn
Fields, in exact duplication of this quar-
ter of old London the Zareba at night,
the great desert of the Sahara, the Des-
ert City and Trafalgar square. In the
latter scene 500 people will be engaged !;
included among them will be regiments
of cavalry, artillery, infantry, military
bands, drum and fife corps and Scottish
pipers. A herd of camels and II
dozen war horses will also be
employed in the representation,
which it is promised will be the most
extensive ever given at even the Boston
theatre, the scene of the initial presen-
tations of such notable successes as
"Youth,' ''The World" 'The Silver
King" and "Michael Strogof." Henry
Neville, one of the foremost of LOndOn's
leading actors, has been engaged to sus-
tain the leading role. Among the more
prominent of the other members of the
cast, which will include over 30 COM
petent players, are S. E. Springer, Frank
Losee, Dan Collyer, Harry Hawk, Louise
Bale, Eleanor Moretti, Kate Oesterle,
Mrs. w. G. Jones, Master Walter Lewis
and little Wallie Eddinger. Not the
least interesting of the costumes will be
those worn by the impersonators of the
English and Scottish regiments, the ac
coutrements having been purchased di-
rect from the Bureau of Equipment of
the British army, after having seen SER
vice in the Soudan campaigns. After
the termination of its season at the Bos
ton theatre, Mr.. Tompkins, under whose
especial direction the presentation will
be given, will bring "The Soudan" to
the Star theatre, New York, and later
OH will send it en- tour throughout the
country.
The managers OF the Bostonians have
completed the membership of this home
operate organization for the season OF
1S9091, and will begin the company's
fourth transcontinental tour at Music
Hall, on Monday evening, September %,
opening with the first production here
of the new comic opera of Robin Hood,
book by Harry Smith, music by Reginald
De Koven. The company has been ma
terially strengthened in its principal ar
lists for the coming season, the engage
ments including the following artists !:
Sopranos, Marie Stone, Juliette Corden,
Grace Reals contraltos, Jessie Bartlett
Davis, Flora Finlayson, Josephine Bart
lett; tenors, Tom Karl, Edwin w. Hoff,
F. Schultz; baritones and bassos, w. H.
Macdonald. H. G. Barnabee, E. Cowles,
F. Dixon, G. rockingham. There will be a
chorus of thirty and an orchestra OF
twenty, with Samuel L. Studley as
musical director and Fred Dixon as
stage manager, the business manager
being Fred E. Pond. The engagement
of Grace Reals as one of the leading
artists, adds singer to the company's
membership who has gained the high
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