Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-28
MUSIC AND DRAMA.


Flashes From the Fcotlights of Many
Theaters.
THE Millionaire" has made a great hit
in Chicago.
Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr, is sgain con-
fined to her bed.
John r. Rogers may take Hermann to.
Australia next summer.
Mrs. Leslie Carter has made very favor
able impression in Boston.
Miss Linda Die,z has, retired from the
stage, and will settle in Chicago.
Later On" has the distinction of being
called the worst play in existence.
Hugh Fay is the first of the dramatic
profession to try DR.. Koch's lymph.
Tommy Russell has left tae stage and
has been sent to school by lis mother.
Rudolph Aronson has secured Marie
Tempest for one year from next October.
w. A. Brady, the young napoleonic
manager. will put The Inspector on the
road.
Minnie Seligman has been engaged as
leading lady for the new stock company
that Gus Pitou is organizing.
Jos. Brooks has made arrangements for
W. II. Cranes appearance as The Sem
ator" in London next summer.
Russell's comedians in general, and
Fay Templeton in particular, seem to have
o very great success in Miss McGinty"
Julia Msrlowe is getting better. She is
said to have been engaged to appear with
the Booth Barrett Company next season.
Marie Wainwright has been resting and
devoting her time to preparation for the
production of Amy Robsart' next season.
Men and Women will reach its 10Oth
birthday January 18th, and Manager
Charles Frohman will hand around souve-
Mrs.
Charles Coghlan has been declared a
bankrupt. AT one time he drew the largest
salary ever paid stock company leading
man-$7o0 week.
Miss Nellie McHenry and her new play,
Chain Lightning" was seen in Boston
| last week. Miss McHenry has, as usual,
bad very profitable season.
"Noah's Ark is the name of new spec
| tacular play promised at Niblo's Garden
Immediately after New Year. josh Hart
SO far is the only visible hacker.
"Falstaff" is the title of new comic
opera upon the composition of which
| Verdi is busily engaged. The great must
clan is in his eighty-seventh year.
| Mrs. John Drew has been robbed OF
81 900 worth of jswelry. AS her reputa.
ton is established. the press agent has
probably not been doing the Pauline Hall
rszzle. dazzle act, and the robbery is nc
doubt true.
Miss Minnie Seligman. by her refusal to
appear ss LA in The Clemenceau Case, "
has forfeited her engagement with Man.
ager J. NJ. Hill. The piucky and talented
lady says, however, that she would rather
lose ten engagements than appear moi
alone as liza, but in any other part of the
play.
The following plays have been licensed
| in London, and are to be brought TO Amer.
| lea mex. season: "L'Autogrsphe," comedy
| by Henry Meilhac; la Basoche.n comic
opera BY Augustus Harris; "L'Ami des
| Femmes," comedy by Alexander Dumas
and May and December" comedy By
Sydney Grundy.
Nadage Doree, the irrepressib!e young
woman who has gained glory, both as ar
operate singer and as an actress, blooms
ont this week ss an author. with q move
called Media" Miss Doree has chosen s
very delicate subject, which she handle.
| without gloves, and in manner tina
would strike terror even to the author O
the "Kreuizer Sonata"
The separation of Robson and Gran,
proved decidedly beneficial to both partie.
concerned, but particularly to the former
In all the years of his association with w
81. Crane, Mr.. ROBSON has never had suct
a successful season. He has found &
worthy successor to the Henrietta in II.
Marriage Failure" and will give it ar
elaborate production in New York befor,
the end Of this season.
Carmen" as done BY the Kimball Ope-s
Comique and Burlesgue Company, is NJ
way similar to the production of GARNER
Up TO Date" now being presented by the
London Gaiety Company at their theatel
on the other side. Il is an entirely origi
nal construction conceived by Mrs. Jenni,
Kimball, who, feeling that Corinne hat
never had good opportunity 10 display
her ability, and recognizing in her tenn
permanent and appearance the advantage
of which she would be possessed in assum
ing the role of Carmen, determined II
deliberately produce burlesque of III,
opera. The production was so successful
that it became quite the craze in New
York. Corinne's Spanish dances are sal,
to have been the talk of the town. Th
company now embraces sixty, and anon
them are some of the most prominen
artists of the burlesque line in Americs
The famous "Toreador song is rendere,
by the popular baritone, Bernard Dyllyn
Corinne in Carmen is booked for tn
Metropolitan Theater in February.
Hamburg drives what may be called
roaring trade in wild beasts. Lions an
tigers can be ordered at ], 800 francs apiec,
A good rhinoceros, however, will fetc
from ON franca IN o. 0nO francs