Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-03
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
"Mignon" Tonight at the
Opera House.
NOTES OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS
IA Night OFF, at the Los Angeles
Theater-0ther Attractions in
the Future.

A Mexican editor has been sent to
prison for speaking disrespectfully Of
Nine. Patti.
William s. Gilbert, the librettiet, says
that he never reads criticisms Of his own
works. Bosh
The eldest son of Junius Brutus Booth,
it is said, is shortly to marry member
of the Boston Museum Company.
j. l.. Tocle, the well-known English
actor, will come to this country about
the end of this season by the way Of
San Francisco.
Mrs. J. B. Potter, Kyrle Bellew and
their company sailed from London for
Au stralia, January 10th, and expect to
open at Melbourne late in February.
Lawrence Barrett sailed for Europe
FEBRUARY 1st for an extended vacation.
Next season he hopes to appear with MIR.
Booth, and a spectacular production OF
King Henry z. is being talked about.
The great panorama of the Surrender
of Yorktown" which was exhibited a
few years ago, was sold at auction In
New York Thursday for $40 and five
years. storage dues. The canvas cost
$15 900, and the equi pment, building,
etc., $275 900.
Maggie Mitchell denies the report that
she will retire from the stage next sea-
son. She said to friend in Columbus
the other day: 81 believe it would kill
me to quit the stage. i have known no
other life, and would not know how to
live one.
The New York Herald's Paris cores.
pondent has had a chat with Mrs. Lang
try. He reports that she is looking well
that she had the grippe at Sheffield with
out any of the English papers knowing
it, that she and Frederick Gebhard have
chad a QUARREL" and that they haven
seen each other since last July.
At the Los Angeles theater, last week
Mr.. Louis Harrison played in The Pear
of Pekin. He WAS we'll supported
throughout, particularly SC in Leach, ,wht
is the best Chinese impersonator on ths
stage. The finely costumed and ele
gsntly set opera drew big houses all th'
week, closing last night. Mr.. Harrison
success was phenomenal.
Tonight Augustin Daly's great coined.
sensation, A Night Off, will be put on a
the Los Angeles theater. The play il
| familiar to the play goers of this city ,wh'
on previous occasion voted it the fun
niest composition of it's kind on the stage
| 1t is in the hands of competent artist
this time, and will no doubt give mucl
| satisfaction to the habitues of this popu
lar house.
Tonight at the Grand opera house tn
Juch Opera Company will produce Am
broise Thomas's romantic opera o
Mignon, with Miss Juch in the title role
Chas. Turner as Wilhelm" Fran
Vetta as ''Lothario," Lizzie Macnicho
as Frederic" and Georgine Janus
choweky as: "Filina, an actress" Thi
will close the remarkably sucdessfu
season of this company in Los Angeles
| A Chicago paper says: "Sarasate an
| D'Albert kindly sent around yesterda.
the names of the compositions they ex
pect to play in response to encores to
night. Now, if that isn't sublime there
nothing in the show business that is
People prefer an appearance of surprise
in these things even if they believe it t.
be hypocritical, and this open and un
blushing arranging of encores in advanc
is degree of gall calculated to tr.
ones digestive powers"
Apropos dwell, of anything yo
please-the following is good: The lat
Robert Stoepel could be caustic whel
out of humor. "There are three kind
of violinists," he once said, "there are
those who have good instruments ant
don't know how to play; there are those
who know how to play and haven't gooC
/ sv,of ofr,,x k1
who have neither talent nor instruments
and who play all the same. The las
class, need hardly tell you, my friend
is the moet numerous.
The following is the correct cast TO
Mignon tonight: "Mignon," Emm,
Juch; Wilhelm" young student
Charles Hedmondt; "Lothario," fathe
of "Mignon," Franz Vetta; "La
ertes," an actor, E. N. Knight
"Giarno" Gypsey chief, 7. s. Guise
Frederick" a gallant, in love with
"Filina," Lizzie Macnichol "Filina, ,"a al
Actress, Georgine Won Januschowsky
Chorus: Citizens, peasants, aypsies
thespians, mobiles, etc. A special thea
ter train will run this evening from Pasa
dena.
Next Thursday will appear at tn
Grand Chas. Arnold in Clay M. Green
last production, Hans, the Boatman. Mr.
Arnold has played "Hans" with grea
success throughout all England
Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania
1t is a play that deals in the beautiful
feature of child life, and yet the romanti
side of the story is ofssome interest. Mr.
Arnold brings with him company espe
cially selected to support him in thi
production, including May Harmon an
Miss Dot Frederics, Miss May Gordon
Myron Calice, Charles Foster, Juliu
Kahn, Charles Tingay and "Nord," Mr.
Arnorld's great st. Bernard dog.
The New York Star maintains that tn
best foreign actors who have come to ou
shores may be matched by Americans il
their respective lines who are fully equa
if not superior to them, and publishe
the following as sample list:
/ FOREIGN. AMERICAN.
Henry Irving. Edwin Booth,
| Wilson Barrett, Louis James,
Charles Wyndham, w. H. Crane,
Coquelin, Joseph jefferson,
| Frederick Leslie. Henry Dixev
| Frederick Warde, Thomas W. Keene,
Kyrle Bellew, John Drew,
Herbert Keleey, Louis Mason,
Charles Coghlan, Charles Barron,
j. II. Ryley, Francis Wilson
The list is interesting, but not com
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