The Irish standard., 1890-03-29
MUSIC AND DRAM A.
THINGS THEATRICAL.

. MUOll AND l)klA.lM ~.
THINGS THEATRICAL. Sill
! Marguerite saxton has joined Ben
nett Matlack,s Company
| Ella Granville has gone with the
Bennett attack Company.
/! The Patti Opera Company played to
], $3.50, 900 in the City Of Mexico.
Annie Louise Ames, who married and
| retired a year ago, will return to the
/ stage next season.
ssAn Arrant Knave,'' Stuart Robson's
J new play, has caught the popular fancy
/ in Philadelphia.
n. G. Goodwin has greatly improved
| in Silas Woolcott since he first essayed
/ the role.
! The English inportations this season
| have, with few exceptions, struck very
cold wave.
ssMcCarthy's Mishaps," under the
management of Charles E. Reel, has had
a very successful season.
Robert Downing will devote the re-
mainder OF his highly successful season
exclusively to ''rhe Gladiator
Katie Emmett has notified managers
| that she is the exclusive owner of the
play, "The Waits of New York. and
warns against infringements.
Punch Wheeler is at present manag-
ing an American Opera Company that is
touring Mexico. He is parted forever
from s'Enoch Arden.
| Henry w. johnson has seeded from
the Mestayer Vaughn Companyan and once
more Joined issues with Mckee Rankin.
| A. B. Bennett has just closed twenty
| five weeks season with "A Soap p Bub-
ble," and will rusticate few weeks at
hillside Farm Anderson, Ind
Gustave Frohman is booking Miss
Louise Litta s tour for next season. She
will be under the management Of Will
| lam Sweet.
Louis Aldrich's new play called 1.-THE
Editor of which every body speaks in
conspicuously high terms, will be pro-
duced early in April.
Dan Kelly, recently of ''Three Only
Daughters has Joined Edward Seldom
''Will O. the Wisp" Company. He tries
| to suppress the fact that he was one Of
the originals in ''Three Onlys."
| Charles Marriott is playing the
'sSpider'' in 'sThe Silver KING" through
the South His work as the polished
| villain stands out very prominently and
the press gives him unstinted praise.
Nh. R. E. Johnston has been engaged
by Mr.. j. M Hill to pilot Nelly Bly,
through the country Mr.. Johnston has
been for a number Of years the manager
Of the Levy Concert Company
The play ssImpulse" that Mr.. and Mrs.
Kendall appear in at the Fifth Avenue
Theater belongs to Arthur Wallack.
Several prominent managers have Of
fered Mr.. Wallack handsome royalty
for it, but he prefers to keep the play
and produce it himself during the COM
ing season.
F. w. Stevens, the successful guess
err in the Nelly BLY, trip around the
world, is a brother Of Lottie Winnett
| MRS. r. Fl. Winnett). Mr.. and Mrs.
Winnett will accom- pany the guesser on
the free European jpnket that is the
outcome of his accurate timing of the
tour.
B. B. Valentine is prepared to negoti-
ate for the revival of ''The Crystal
Slipper" He says he owns all rights in
the show-piece. David Henderson ap-
pears to regard this as an hallucination
on Mr.. Valentines part, and will sue
any body who produces the piece with
out consulting John w. Norton & Co.
Little Olive Berkeley, who is playing
! s'Little Lord Fauntleroy'' in Australia,
has taken the press and public by storm.
So overwhelming were the floral gifts to
the little one ON the fiftieth night that
the orchestra leader became exhausted in
passing them over the footlights She
also received three diamond rings, some
valuable books, and souvenirs in Ameri-
can, British and Australian flags.
Marguerite Fish has instituted suit
against John w. Norton & Co., by reason
of her dismissal from the 'sCity Direc-
tory'' company. Miss Fish was engaged
by Norton & Co., who having no irnme-
date use for her services in the 'Crystal
Slipper" transferred her to the "City
Directory" Upon Mr.. Russelfs dis
charge she fell back upon her previous
| contract.
Nina Hayward is to create Southern
girl in H. Grattan Donnelly's farce-com-
edy "a Pair of Jacks Miss Hayward
! is from one Of the best families of the
South, and possesses a most delicious
Southern dialect. She was at one time
a member of the Casino Opera Company,
| this city, and for short time this
season was with "a Brass Monkey ::
She is bright and promising young
| actress.
Booth and Modjeska.
The most interesting dramatic event
of the season will be the engagement at
the Chicago Opera-H OF the famous
| tragedian, Edwin Booth, and the equal
! " noted actress, Nine. Modjeska. This
| notable engagement will begin on Mon,
| day, March 10, with the production Of
s.The Merchant of Venice" with Mr..
Booth as shylock and Nine. Modjeska
as Portia. This company is said to be
the finest ever seen in this country in
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