Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-07
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Flashes from the Footlights of Many
Theaters

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Burr McIatosh has resigned from Mr..
Daly's company
Sidney Drew is now with Russelps
comedians in Miss McGInty."
Lillian Russell appeared in concert on
recent Sunday evening at the Boston Music
Hail.
Robert Graham continues to be a potent
factor in the success achieved by "The Sea
King"
| Minnie Seligman has been engaged to
play the leading role ia "0nly Farmers
Daughter" at the Windsor Theater.
Laura Burt may go to England at an
early date. She has had an advantageous
offer from the manager of the Alhambra.
"The Nominee" in which Nat Goodwin
has made such hit, is the handiwork of
Leander Richardson and William Yardley.
Charles E. Callahan's new war play is
named Maryland, My Maryland" Itais
to be produced by Lizzie Evans in Chicago
next May.
Nanette Comstock and Frank Burbeck,
both of the Shenandoah" company, were
married in New York last Wednesday, at
the Little Church Around the Corner.
Lena Merville, Marion Elmore, Charles
Maubury and William See have been en-
gagged to create parts in Jacob Lifts new
Swedish dialect comedy, "Yon Yonson"
"Yon Yonson" is not, as many suppose,
Swedish play, but an American comedy
with Swedish dialect character as the
central figure. Gus Heege has the dialect
and the title role.
Augustin Daily has issued acard request
ing managers of theaters not to permit any
version of "The Prodigal Son" to be pre-
sented upon their stages, as he has bought
! the American rights in the pantomimic
| play.
Francis Wilson has arranged to play an
engagement of eight months at the Broad
way Theatre, beginning in October next.
1t is Mr.. Wilson's purpose to produce one
opera, or as many as he may find necessary
to fill the time proftably.
Henry Pettitt and Edward Solomon are
busily engaged upon comic opera of pas
toral tendencies, having for its subject
The Bailifi's Daughter of Islington." In
it we may expect old country dances,
glees, and songs built on those of past
age.
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| E. j. Henley will open starring tour for
Ruin" "Afoths" and "The School of Scan
dal" "Drink," however, will remain the
! principal feature, the other plays being
done only at matinees.
Lawrence Barrett has commenced re-
hearsing Lord Tennyson's play, A'Becket."
1t is possible Mr.. Barrett may produce it
at the Broadway Theater, New York, this
season. He has been in correspondence
with the poet, who has given him the
right to produce the play.
w. r. Hayden, the efficient manager of
Stuart Robson, declares that this is the
most successful season his star has ever
had. The new play by A. D. Goldon, 'Is
Marriage Failure ?' has been well re-
ceived everywhere, and will be perma-
nent feature of Mr.. Robson's repertoire.
The new play, "Thermidor," written by
Sardou, for the company of the Theatre
Francaise, and which has been secured for
America by Charles Frohman, is finished.
Sardou read the play recently to the as
sembled company, but after the third act
he broke down. Coquelin then finished
the reading. The play is in four acts.
The story starts at six in the morning and
ends the same night at seven.
Charles H. Hoyt is making determined
and successful effort to break away from
the line of farce comedies he has been
writing. His latest effort, ga
Texas Steer," is almost
legitimate comedy, and deals with slightly
that may be seen at any time in the vicin-
ity of the capital. It has achieved an
artistic success at the Bijou Theater
Manager Hall has provided well for the
entertainment of Sacramento people this
month. We are to have the following:
Clara Morris, 10th, 11th and 18th Gus
Williams and John T. Kelly, in az and
~ 10Th and 10th; Pachmann Concert,
18th; Frank Daniels, in Little Puck"
18th and Goth; Gordon's New Orleans
Minstrels, 22d and 23d "a Straight Tip"
oath and 25th !; Emma Abbott Opera Com
pany, 26th and 9th.
Gus Williams and John Kelly, with
their clever musical satire, ~ and l."
drew one of the largest audiences that ever
. assembled within the walls of Heuck's
Opera House, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
"The show throughout proved clever one
and drew out as many hearty laughs as
any performance seen here in long time
The play has plot enough to hold it
together. The dialogue is quite bright
! and witty, while chestnuts are few. The
funny situations are many. Both of the
| stars are old-time favorites here, and their
| reception was enthusiastic. In this play
they have strong comic roles, and they
handle them in better shape than could be
Il I,-a L Al
of. They are immensely funny, and the
parts are Just suited to their style of work,
which is peculiarly their own. The sup
porting company is good one, Miss Flor
ence West being soubrette of more than
usual ability, and she sings and dances ex-
cellently well. She made hit. Harry
Kelly was more than clever as the police
man lyon must have cop in all this
style of plays. There was an abundance
of good singing and dancing, which won
encores so numerous that the performance
was one of three hours, but it did not tire.
1t is to be hoped Messrs. Williams and
! Kelly will give US week of e and Z be-
| fore the season is over"
Clara Morris has been styled by San
| Francisco critic as the great "expositor of
| the emotions" Her appearance in this
city promises to be the greatest society
event of the season. Apropos of her
coming we give very pretty bit of writ
ing by Nym Crinkle, one of the most
brilliant writers of the New York press,
| also one of the most caustic, who in a long
article reviewing the magnificent acting of
Clara Morris, among other things says: at
is, perhaps, the strangest part of this
strange woman's equipment that her un-
conscious nerve centers do not be-
come ossifed or atrofed under the
constant demand made upon them
Here she is once more at the Union
Square Theater, where in the past so
many dewy tributes swelled the river of
her praise. Once more she came down to
the fool-lights, and like the Dodona priest
ess, walks past her audience with wet eyes
into the misery and mystery of life
In twinkling, as of old, the artificial de-
mands of the story are forgotten, the
claims Of empiricism and the rights of the
artifce sink out Of sight and all we know
or feel is the speechless misery of that
pallid face, knocking with mystic fingers
at the door of our sympathies.n Miss