The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-18
PLAYS ANIL


The number of new plays written every
year is on the increase and every success
full play brings about q deluge of imita-
tors of its particular class.
Lemon juice, mixed with ice water, is
o furnished to the f~requenters Of the
Madison Square theater, New York, be-
tween the acts of "Beau Brummell."
Miss Julia Nelson, an English girl, as
pires to be the successor to Mary Ander-
son. She has been on the stage two
years and is but a little more than q.
Daniel Frohman's "Prince and Pauper"
company, with Elsie Leslie, have ar
ranged for an extensive tour of the Pacific
coast, lasting until the latter part of July.
Manager Daniel Frohman has arranged
for the return of Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall
next season in a new repertoire. Their
profits this season will aggregate 100000.
Lawrence Barrett will indulge in a short
starring tour previous to The opening of
his mex season with Mr.. Booth. He will
produce his new play, ''Thomas A
Beckett"
The title of the play i'm which John l..
Sullivan will star next season will be "A
True Irishman." Duncan b. Harrison is
the author. Mr.. Harrison will also be the
manager.
The new Broadway theater programme
will contain live engravings of Colorado
scenery, with descriptive matter, making
each programme an excellent and inter-
esting souvenir.
Minna X. Gale will be the leading lady
of the Booth and Barrett combination
next season. She is a very competent
.of,.oss nu1 he's within tho INST fau- a 20
made great advances in her profession.
A man nearly created a panic in a New
York theater by shouting "Murder!"
Probably poor old Shakespeare or some
other dramatist was being murdered on
the stage, as usual, and the sensitive audi
tor could not stand it.
Ii is said that the new comedy for next
season at the New York Lyceum theater
will be from the pen of the veteran Dion
Boucicault. He has just completed one
for Sol Smith Russell which is to be played
by him at Days in September.
The use of the incandescent light has
now become pretty general in all the
leading theaters Of the country, n many
beautiful stage effects are thereby pro-
duced, and during the hot months the
temperature of the theaters is more easily
Kept at a lower degree.
To Suit the Occasion-"Well, my dear,
are you quite sure that the play we are
going to see tonight is quite proper"
ENTIRELY so, my darling; but why do you
ask ?" because IL l nave to blush much
I had better wear my scarlet corsage; it
would make a p~rettier effect."-Judge.
London paper was sentenced 10 pay
$1,000 damages, because it said a certain
English actors reception on the stage i'm
his country was ~'noticeably cool" If the
paper had said that the audience ''made il
warm for him" he would have wanted
damages all the same. Some actors are
hard to please.-Noriistoicn Herald.
Sothern has two new plays in considera-
ton for next season. One il called "All
for Her, n dramatization of Dickens
"Tale of Two Cities" by Herman Meri-
vale, author of "Forget-Me-Not," and the
other, ''The Junior Partner" by Madeline
Lucctte. Lord Chumley'' will still on
tinuc in his repertoire.
Cincinnati manager wanted to engage
an actor the other day to play Cassie in
"Othello." The actor asked a certain
salary. The manager said the part was
only worth so much, being SIS less than
the actor named. Said his jays: "No,
but as you don't think il worth the salary
| asked, I'll do a song and dance in II to
make mp the difference.
Fred Warde leaves for Europe shortly,
and while there will purchase his cos
tunes and scenery for his grand produc-
ton of "Henry WILL" He does this, not
because we do not have as good costumers
and artists i'm this country as they have
over there. but he wants them historically
correct. Mrs. ID. p. Powers will star
jointly with Mr.. Warde next season.
There is again a likelihood of Mrs.
James G. Blaine, ir., appearing as a sta
of the theatrical armament ext fall. Mr..
Frohman expects to decide BIN "A few days
whether Mrs. Blaine will he able to travel
next season, and IL the doctors give a fa-
vorable report he will TO ar
range for n short season. The play or
plays in which Mrs. Blaine will appear
have o been determined upon yet.
Lawrence Barrett saw Mime. Bernhard
play ''Jeanne dare" in Paris and spoke
highly of the performance, not only as a
fine piece of acting on the part of Mime.
Bernhardt herself, but as n spectacle. He
was also particularly impressed 10y the
music incidental to the piece. He was
especially impressed with the fourth and
fifth acts. which he thought were ex-
tremely strong dramatically and power
fully acted.