Telegram-herald., 1891-08-16
THU CURTAIN RUNG UP


10 The sorsican Brothers" and
| sionbars.
Fred warde will open his season In
| Detroit a week from tomorrow. His
| Grand Rapids date Is September g.
That really great minstrel, Billy
| Emersoa, viii head company al his
own this season and viii open In st.
Louis the latter part OF the month.
| Wonderful has been the record OF
'-sinbad" at the Chicago Opera House.
IL is now IN It's ninth week aud later
| eomers are greeted with the ). r. o.
| sign
| Louis James states that he viii re
/ turn To starring after a year with
The Soadan" he hopes 10 purchase
| 'sFraneisca da Rimini.' and also has
a proposition TO Join forces with Fred
Warde
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis +. Boos. well
known in this city, viii be members
| OF Hanion's FaRtasma Company next
season. Mrs. Boos viii play lead
| ing role in the production and her
| husband will act as musical direc-
tor
Jack Royal OF the Ninety second
h the title OF a plaf which Nyrn
| Crinkle. the well-known dramatic
critic. has written. and in which Harry
| Lacy Will star. Ii is a military melo.
drama. and the scenes are laid In New
| York In the year 1868.
Donneily & Girard open their fifth
| season in Natural Gas" at the Grand
| Opera House. Chicago. this evening
| They have eniivened the piece with
much new business and introduced new
| medleys. songs. etc. They will appear
at Powers August 81.
The announcement that Lily Lang
| try's sporting" man sluged her in
London q Few weeks since and that so
hard that her fair cheek may be dis
figured for life. Is now going the rounds
of the country in boiler plate" The
date OF her next American tour has
not. however. been announced yet.
During the fali the Austrian juvenile
band wfll visit Grand Rapids under
the direction of ID. Biakeley, who also
manages Pat Gilmore's organization.
10 10 said that the repertoire of these
juvenile musicians embraces hundreds
OF pieces OF every description and COM
passing every range OF difficulty.
The Country Circus" by c. b.
Jefferson and Charles Barnard. will
be one OF the important productions
| Of the coming season. Ii is said that
IL will be the largest indoor enter
tainment ever placed on an American
stage. and will be presented only in
the larger cities. Grand Rapids Is on
| its route list.
The New York papers contradict the
| reports which some interested per-
sonage telegraphed, stating that "A
High Roller" was success. 1t is
evidently a flat failure. being replete
with dismal gags and mouldy "chest-
| nuts" The 'avant courier viii prob
| ably start out with fakes OF its success
as surplus baggage
| Manager Strong. OF the Wonderland
| has been very busy during the week
uIpacking boxes containing curiosities,
| relics and in fact innumerable objects
| which serve to make a musee inter-
| esting and instructive. This coy lit
| tie place OF amusement will be thrown
| open to the public one week from to-
| morrow and bids fair to become popu-
lar as a family resort.
| Milton Rainford, comedian OF the
| old school. died last Sunday in New
| York City. There was hardly n promi-
nent actor OF his day whom Rain
| ford did not support. He came from
England when a young man TO join
| the company OF his uncle, the great
/ Burton. One of his last engagements
| was j. b. Polk in MIXED Pickles" He
| was 81 years OF age and leaves wife
and one child.
Il int a..
| in the coming production of Amy
| Robsart" at Palmer's theater. New
| York, early in September. A great
| amount OF scenery l. now b Ing paint d
| by j. III. Young and Richard Mars
| ton. Young was born in Grand Rap
| ids. and but n few years ago left the
| employ OF Putnam & Brooks TO eng g.
| in painting, for which he has Il uc-
| cidcd talent He now ranks among
| the hest scenic artists in New York City
| and with his growing fame he is reap
| ing fortune
| One night the company OF the Odeon.
| at Paris. found themselves confronted
| BY one man. This was too much. or
| rather too little for their patience,
and they insisted on his taking back
\ his money He stood upon his right,
! and insisted upon the play being
| PLAYED. The law was on his side, and
| the motors were obliged 10 act: but
| they did their worst until the audience
| Kissed his hardest: then the manager
handed him over TO the police for dis
turbinG the performance. and closed
the doors.
IL il said that NJ. yictorien Sardou
| ia di<Custel with the French people
| annd that the great dramatist will
henceforth write for Americans only:
and ID is known that Sardeu has long
sickened OF the depreciation which
has clogged his best efforts. He has
never written a play but somebody
else claimed it. lie has fought for his
rights in ''Leo Pommes du volsin"
aginst the society OF Dramatic Au-
/ thors. in "odette" against " Mario
| Cchard IN Fedora" against " Belot:
in la Tosca" against Maurice Bar
rymore. He will doubtless be treated
more Handsomely in America. He can
| not at the start hope to riavl the au-
thors of a Tin soldier and
Aunt Bridget's Baby" but the Amer
/ lean critics will not snesr at his halt
| ing efforts Ia this direction. lie will
l profit bv studying such dramas OF rual
| life IA The old Homestead" and the
County Fair" He will Judge from
Reilly ard e , gIn t-a l. how
| deftIy the piaywrights ~ New York
rub in their local color. One thing
is certain they need a playwright like
/ Sardou over .fare n IDLY
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