The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-07

al Hay man may o 10 I0aG0n n rtly TO
see the performan If THE English Rose.
which is cont INFLATED for production this
summer in Chicago, and next autumn IN
New York City.
The Private Secretary due at the
Baldwin forChristmas and New Years, has
had remarkably successful season so far,
and will remain on tnur forty weeks.
George Osbourne will probably be one OF
the members OF the company that will play
in Frank Curtis production to take place
shortly. Next season Mr.. Os5ourne will re-
turn to this State. where his interests chiefly
lie.
Miss Marie WithrOw, teacher of some
note, indorses Master Able. Armand Solo
mon, lad OF Is. whose concert takes place
at Irving Hall tomorrow evening. as lone
OF the lew promising young. aslIrants Tor
the name 'yir'uoso of the VIOLIN, term
! very often miSused, by The way. The lad is
| pupil of Professor T. d. St;elinger.
The Booth Dramatic Company will at
tempt " Virgnius at Irving Hall on Sun
| day evening, December 14th.
A grand concert, under the direction Of
MIR. George II. Little, will be given at Metro
| politan Temple, Fifth street, December 11th.
The participants will be Carrie Ml.zner
Hamilton. soprano; Miss May Thorne, alto
| Alfred Wlikie, tenor; s. j. Sandy, basso
violinist: George Ii. Little, organist; Signor
| Martinez accompanies.
Mr.. Charles II. Goodwin has arrived in ad-
| vance of vladimir de Pachmann, the Rus
| sian pianist, who beginS series of three
concerts at Odd Fellows Hall December
| 18th.
| holidays
"Pique" has made such success at the
Alcazar that it will lie continued another
week, and will be followed by LED Astray."
The Bush-street will close for next week
owing to nOn-arriyaI of dated attractions.
| The receipts at Mrs. Agnes Robertson
Boucicaults benefit recently given in New
York were S25C0. all of which were turned
| over to the lady. She was greeted with a
! royal reception when she appeared on the
| stage.
Lawrence Barrett has commenced rehears-
ing Lord Tennyson'S play "a Beckett" 1t
| is possb ie Mr.. Barrett may produce it at
the Broadway Iheater, New York. this
1 season.
| The Kendals have had drop in their
| business, i'll New York, which necessitated
change of bill.
| Seats have been sold for every one of the
| sixteen performances at the Baldwin adyer-
tbs ed by the Abbott management.
Gillette has introduced an entirely new
character into "All the Comforts of a
| Home" 1t is man who is often heard
asking the same question, but who Is not
seen once during the entire play. He is I'M
| like the lone fisherman in "Evangeline,
who is always seen. but never heard.
All joking apart. it is fact that Italo
CampanlnTs voice is improving and getting
back to lis original meter.
On Probation piece written by
| Brander Matthews and George II. Jessop
for w. II. Crane, to take the place of 1.-The
| Senator" has been tested and TO und want
ing. John Z. Freund says in the American
Musician that it is bad failure.
Mr.. Duncan b. Harrison was trying to
sober up John l.. Sullivan so that he could
| go on the stage and parrot his lines when
the brutal pugilist fell ON and mauled him
terribly. His injuries are said to be quite
serious. Among them is a warped spine,
| likely to last Harrison through lie should
he recover from the others. This brutal
Bostonian buffer ought to be shut up for the
| common good.
II appears that Mrs. James Brown Pot.
ter, now playing somewhere in Austral OF
Oriental lands, was once suddenly frightened
into desire 10 get yaccinated, and so called
on physician. Where shall l vaceinate
| you, Mrs. Potter ?" said he. Cora bushed
as she replied, "Ah! GEAR doctor. in ouI
profession, you know, it must be done some
| where where 1T will not show" The doe
tor who had seen her as Cleopatra the night
before, said, with quiet smile, MADAM
you will have to swallow the vaccine"
1t is not unlikely that the present will be
MIR. Mansfeld's last starring tour for a num-
Der Of years at least. His new theater in
New York Is now an assured fact. and he
has finally attained his great ambition oil
| having permanent home for his art.
Managers are making the most q The
nasty notoriety achieved by THE Clemen-
| ceau Case" and companies are being organ
lied to play pirated versions and hasty
| dram atiZations.
Henry Arthur Jones, author of "rbe
MiddlemaD, 1.-The Silver King" Saints
and Sinners" ETC., was q drummer for a
| wholesale dry-goods house IN London. His
first effort at dramatic authorship was "A
Clerical Error, which was accepted and
produced by Wilson Barrett
Realism comes high, but the public mus,
have II, and The managers must give it to
them, no matter what the cost. The lions
in Nero" at present the acme Of realism
on the New York stage, perform at a salary
| OF $500 Week-and they get it.
The manuscript OF Wagners essay ION
Conducting" was fished out of mass OF
| stun that was to be SEM to a paper-mill in
Leipsc few days ago. Such is fame
| 1t is said of the shag-baired Bavarian
Naver Reter, who is a French-horn virtu.
oso in New York orchestra, thai "he looks
like briRand and plays like an angel"
| That is, we presume, when angels take a
turn at the French horn instead of the
| golden harp"
| Nine. de Zarembska needs different ad,
vertlsing agent. She is pianist. 1t is an
nounced that she has only one lung and that
| like his.
Clara Morris is probably the most modest
actress on the stage. When she first read
| upon the street bills of the appearance OF
the great Clara Morris" she protested to
| her manager: " Why did you use that word
create l am SO afraid that PEOPLE will be
| disappointed in me-" She has always, it APP
| pears, moderated her own abilities, and dis
likes all of the adjectives of which theatri-
cal people are usually so lavish.
MIR. Daily has issued card requesting
managers of theaters not to permit any yer.
sion Of T" The Prodieal Son" to be presented
upon their stages, as he has bought the
American rights in the pantomimic play.
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