San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-18
MUSIC AND DRAMA.


ferent pairs of tights in "Hendril
Hudson"
: London advices say Mrs. Langtr,
hopes to make Mr.. Charles Coghlal
her Antony if she plays Cleopatra.
May Brooklyn, who is we'll known
to New Orleans theatre-goeIs will b,
a member of one of A. NJ. Palmer!
companies this season.
There is a corner in chorus girl.
this season, and several managers are
finding it difficult to secure young anC
pretty, women who can sing.
Miss Manola will be the prima don.
ma of Mr.. Duff's "big" comic opera
troupe. now almost complete, and in
tended mainly for the Chicago Audi.
toiium.
Signor Ferrari's operate specula.
ton this season in Buenos Ayres has
turned out badly. He is said to have
lost in thirty-two performances $780,
600.
Miss Flora Wax, daughter of Ros-
| ton florist, has obtained the first
prize and medal at the Vienna Con-
servatory, and has gone upon the
operate stage.
Marcus Mayer has secured the
rights of "Rhoda," a comic opera,
which has made a hit in London
Mr.. Mayer has purchased the opera
for Miss Pauline Hall.
The discovery of another Wagner
tenor is reported from abroad. His
name is Heinrich Zellner, and his
occupation was until lately that of a
school teacher in Silesia.
Marion Manola left the DeWolf
Hopper Opera Company because she
was unwilling to play second fiddle
to Della Fox, the young and clever
soubrette of that organization.
Miss Clementina de We're, soprano
in DR.. Paxton's church in New York,
receives 81 500 year for her services.
This is said to be the highest salary
paid to choir singer either in Anne
RIGA or Europe.
Fraulein Kausen, pretty girl of
sixteen, appeared recently at an
amateur concert in Berlin, but in the
excitement caused by stage fright
she burst blood vessel near the
heart and will probably die.
Mrs. Henry f. Dixey, who is suing
her "Adonis" tor legal separation,
alleges in her complaint that the
actor has not supported her for some
time. Her lawyer said that she made
no other allegation.
Mr.. j. H. McVicker does not pro-
pose to rebuild his Chicago theatre
entirely with his own capital, but
will form company for that purpose
with capital of 500, 900, which may
be increased to $500, 900
Mr.. Sothern has been the recipient
of many messages of congratulatiOn,
notably from Mr. and Mrs. Kendall
and Mr.. Jerome, over his success
with The Master of Wood barrow
at the Lyceum Theatre, New York.
Sara Bernhardt has really agreed
to play Romeo to Miss Mather's
Juliet after the expiration of her con-
tract with Abbey and Grau, and they
will appear together in America
during the season of the Worlds
Fair.
Lysander Thompson, the actor and
artist; has just finished a fine por-
trait in oil OF John w. Norton, the
manager of the st. Louis, Chicago
and Pittsburg, and has placed the
picture on view for few days at his
studio.
A London dispatch says: Mr.. A.
NJ. Palmer Is taking to America all
the hest plays now current in Lon
don. and has bought "a Pair of
Spectacles, J." Judah" and "The Viii
lage Priest" besides Wealth"
"The Deacon" and other works.
An expert report has been made on
the lighting of the London theatres
by electricity, which goes to show
that temporary electric lighting on
small scale can be produced there
more cheaply by batteries than by
gas engines and dynamos.
Liens for material furnished and
work done on Hermann's new theatre
in Fulton street, Brooklyn, were
filed few days ago. They aggregate
S27 900, and are against Nancy b.
Wheeler, and Prof. Hermann, as
owners of the building.
The repertoire of the Frederick
Warde and Mrs. D. P Bowers COM
pany this season is "Henry VIII"
"Galba, the Gladiator" Macbeth"
"Othell," Damon and Pythias,"
"Virginius," and Julius Cesar"
Mrs. Bowers does not appear in the
last two plays.
Henry G. Miner, the theatrical man.
ager, went to the Yorkville police
court few days ago to make a COM
plant against Patrick Lyons, alias
William Henry Miner, young man
who has been annoying him for
months by going about claiming him