The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26
STAGE NOTES.

Rosina Vokes will have five new plays next
season.
A San Francisco man is at work on q play
OF which George Washington is to be the hero.
Sol Smith Russell will produce his new piece,
ga Peaceful Valley" at Minneapolis Aug
ust 8.
W. j. Ferguson, the clever character actor,
will soar season after next in s'Col. Carter of
Cartersville."
Wilton Lackaye, who has made a very favor
able impression in London, has returned to
New York for brief stay.
1t is reported from the Shining Orient that
Mrs. Potter and Kyrle Bellew have beeh mar
ried. Better late than never.
Alfred Ayres, the well-known teacher of and
writer on elocution, is organizing a company
to play the legitimate drama next season.
Sarah Bernhardt's real Christian name turns
out to be Rosine Next thing we shall hear
that Mansfield's first name is Patsy, or some
thing equally disappointing.
Marcus Mayer is hopeful of securing Patti
for another farewell concert tour in this coun-
try next season. Patti is one OF those people
we are all glad to have come back again to say
goodbye.
Barney Fagan's Electric March in GA High
Roller'' will be dazzling spectacle as wit
messed at the Academy of Music, in this city
September IA.
Sydney Rosenfeld has signed contract
with Jack Mason to write musical comedy
in which Mr. Mason is to star jointly with
Marion Manola
Asbury Park, once the almost exclusive
summer resort Of people with religious tenden-
cies, is now known among theatre people as
Soubretteville- by-the-Sea.
The Bostonians will appear in ''Robin Hood'
at the New York Standard Theatre on Septem-
ber %. They have q new prima donna named
Caroline Millsner who is highly spoken of.
Minnie Gale, who did very good work in
Lawrence Barrett's Company, goes out star
ring next season with repertory of eleven
plays. Miss Gale is evidently very ambitious
Barney Pagan, known as 'sThe Modern
Kiralfy," will introduce hundred song,
dance, and evolutionary novelties in ga High
Rollerh to be seen at the Academy of Music,
September ID.
The sisters Dewitt, of this city, have just
returned from a very successful trip. They
leave for New York in August, where they
have an engagement with the Mccarthy Com
edy Company.
The husband of Mrs. Langtry has been sued
against him. The Judge, however, wanted to
be easy with the poor man and allowed him
10 pay the judgment in installments.
AS the head OF the Lillian Russell Opera
Company next season, Lillian will receive
salary OF 5000 week and a percentage of
profits. Other members of the company will
be Harrison, Taglapetra and streitmann.
The new comedy-drama, "The Sleeping
City, will introduce a lunatic asylum, news
paper office, gambling house, wharf, and
| Sixth Avenue Elevated station. Theatre-goers
| are thankful that the author did not write
"The Waking City," II It's as lively as all this
asleep.
Louis James and Fred Warde are still con
siderng a scheme 20 double up season after
next in "Damon and Pythias," "Othello,"
"Virginlus,p and similar tragedies. An acrd
critic remarks that II they do coalesce, the
| American stage will have one more fairly first
class tragedlan.
Harry Askin, who now successfully man
| ages what was formerly the McCaull Opera
troupe, viii not send a second company on
| the road 10 play 'The Tar and the Tartar,n
which Is still doing big business In New York.
| The New York company will take 10 the road
as soon as It's season there closes.
Alexander salyini has gone 10 Europe for
the first time In five years. He win visit Italy
and spend couple OF weeks with his illustri-
Qua father at the beautiful villa Salyini,
near Florence. He expects 10 bring some new
| plays back with him when he returns.
Manager w. T. Carleton, Of the Carleton
Opera Company, sailed from New York for
Europe during the week. He goes with a
| view 20 obtaining the American rights to
/ ARsesgni's opera, ''Cayalleria Rusticana, -
which has created such furore in Italy and
| Germany. Before sailing Mr.. Carleton told a
newspaper man that comic opera OF to-day
seems to be nothing but buifoonery. "The
days OF Legitimate comic opera" he said,
"must return sOCn, should think. AT present
horseplay and Yulganty seem 10 be the rage.