The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-11
pLAY-HOUSES AND ACTORS
NOTES or INTEREST TO Amost'
WENT LOVERS.

for The tomiog Wsek-hsH"P"h
,,,m. About stage People and Their
Manager.
Henry L. Dixey was thirty-two years OH
lat Tuesday.
Kiralf,'s Eighty Days Around Tue
World has "busted."
Fanny Rice will leave the Casino may
and star IN farce comedy
Gossip has it that Den Thompson VIII re-
tire from the stage at the end OF TINS se"son
stuart Robson gave his daughter SlO;VVO
a a Christmas present. He could ahoru It,
Minnie Palmer's season in "A Mlser
WHIP will begin January 70 AT Newark
y. j.
"Niobe,' a new play by Harry ~, wal
will be produced at the Phiiadeipnl" ""-
nut street Theatre, May ii.
Among the many gifts that santa eau.
droppcd into sadie MartinOts stochlns was
a handsome pair Of horses.
new Juliet. and one that the word Is
likely TO hear more Of hereafter i "'7'
Gale. Of Lawrence Barretts company
The GHsey estate began rebuilding inc
New York Fifth Avenue Theatre on TUE,
day. Harry Miner is TO have ten !e"'9
lease Of it when finished.
The new Fifth Avenue Theatre ~ New
York is to be fire-prOof, and VIII emD l,'l .
mari Of the OLD Gilsey homestead on l"eh-
ty.eighth street.
Bernhard will arrive during the hIs'
week of February. She was 10 nave ai'-
npared at the New York Fifth Avenue Dul
viii probably 20 10 Palmer's. After ner
American tour she goes 10 Australia
a lr..rl ut l.
ire last week, is proving a BIZ draNluE
Gard and will be "A big money-winner Tor
AIR. Downing. The latter has engaged Miss
Helen Tracy for Agnes sorel IN the piece
Octave Feullet. the French dramatist ana
novelist, is dead. Two OF MS pays n
Romance Of a Poor Young Man. ana "A
partisan Romance" were we'll known IN
This countr.. The latter was played III
Richmond by Richard Mansfield,
II :. Tavlor and Harry Williams are hav-
in, entirely new and handsome scenery
nainted for "a Miser's WILL IN when
Minnie Palmer is 10 begin her staring touI
under their direction on January -5li'
opening i'm Miners Theatre. IN Ne"aIh' sd.
Robert L: Graham. who was seen at
Richmcnd Theatre this season, mas COM
pleiely captiyalcd Chicago by ms cle'ei
tyorL in ..The sea King" The critics all
sneak Of him in a most cOmmendatorl
manner. and refer 10 him as the equal OIL
Wilson and Hooper.
Estelle Clayton, who came 10 Richmond
some time ago with the "Quick or the
Dead has left one Of the numerous re
meuceau Case" companies. Inc reason
given is that she declined 10 disroos TO a
startling extent in compliance win the su7-
gesti0n Of the management.
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A story is running through the inner err
clas of theatrical crlticdom 10 the elec-
that Manager Conreld wrote letter 10 MI
lanes Gordon Bennett bitterly complaint
i'm. Of Dramatic Editor METERS criticism
Of "POOr Jonathan Mr.. Bennett an
| s,yered the letter by cabling the order to
lraise Mr.. Meltzer's salary $50 per week.
Next season Mr.. Robert l.. Downing will
send "Tally llo' on the road under the
management OF josh l.. ogden. Inc play
was written by Joaquin Miller, and Is con-
sidered hi, best. II viii Bee done Ia first
class style. Mr. Ogden was Tor several
seasons connected with the Richmond
! Theatre.
The Hoyt and Thomas attractions VIII
not be PLAYED hereafter al the New York 81
| ION Opera House. an important deal having
! lust been cOnsummatcd between the nrln
and j. Vi. Hill. a Trip % Chinatown
will 20 into the Union square Theatre early
next season for run. aud "a Texas
steer" and the other llOyt SUCCESSOR viii De-
seen for suitable periods 90 the standard
| Theatre.
Nine. Modieskah had recently complets tel ar
rangements tor an engagement at the lui-
uerial Theatre ln Warsaw, but rs the Rus
! sian Ambassador refused % sign her pass
port she was compelled 10 rclinquish IL. u
was supposed her appearance before ~
own people in Warsaw, whore she Is Ia
yorite, would create too much patriotic en-
/ thusidsm.
Clara Morris has made so much Of sue
cess i'm "Odettc' that Manager Edwin II.
/ Price has decided % continue il during the
remainder OF the season. Miss Morris is
the only actress, with the exception oi
Sarah Bernhardt. that ha, graspCi >lfdou b
idea Of tine title part in This play. She is
presenting it in every city Visited and o.
phenomenal business every where.
The friends II Harrison Grey Fiske will
! learn with regret that his weekly theatrical
Iptp,r. tHc New ! .rh Mirror. Is about 20
! suspend puhiicafol some seasons ago me
! Mirror WAS looked upon SIS ile Dr gam 1i Old.
dramatic profession. but OF recent years 90.
pltrnnlg. of this calling has been directed
! Ia other channels, and for eleven months
| the losses have increased so rapidly tndi
Mr. Fiskc can no longer resist the pres
sure.
Sol Smith Russel's p' ay. "a Poor Rcla-
| ton" has been several times announce
and commended from The pulpit. The last
instance of this kind was in Memphis, Tenn,
where the Rev. DR.. Buriord, weli-knowu
: EpscOpalidn clergy man. who welcomes
every aid to culture whose influence be- be-
| ieyes % be for the good, spoke OF the play
| from the desk as one which DE cOud com
mend o. his hearers a- pure in tone aud
teaching a valuable "a raj lesson.
The following attractions are announced
! fl this week in New York Lawrence
Barrett in "GanelOn" at the Broadway
Poor Jonathan" at the & sinO; Texas
steer at the Bjou; T.. :. Willard in Jul
Idah" nj Palmer's: Blue Jeans az the
| Fourteenth street; W II. Crane in The
senator at the star: ROsnn NOkes at the
Madison square: Barry and Fay ut the
| Windsor; Vaudeville at Tony Pastor d;
| Neil Burgess in The Country FAIR at the
| Union square; Richard Mansfield at the
| Garden; Deuman T0mpson IN "Joshua
! Whitc0mb" at thu Academy; The Adler
at the Lyceum: 1.-The liliputians' al The
| Twenty.thim street; ">hip Alloy at the
standard: German plays aud opera az Am
berg'.; "rhe Last Word at Days; BABES
int Woods" at NiNl0s; AN lrishman's
| Love" no Jacobs Third Avenue; Money
Madr at the Grand Opera House.
siberia" BARLEY Campbelfs best
W itten PLAY, will commence tire nights
engagement at the Academy Thursday
evening next. The play Is = popular one,
and has PLAYED t0 profitable business in the
lar.er cities for the past nine years. 10 is
re dist.c story OF Il s,ian lie, aud tells OF
the trials and hardships Of serls under a
despotc rule. The general treatment OF
the story il spirited. il being well connected
and the situations strongly marked. When
Campbell wrote the play nihilism was a
question that command. The attention Of
all think linz people. aud De saw in the sub
iect ii abundance u glowing Ora.
mai; mat rial, ready az one Virlle
touch 10 fuse into picturesque shapes.
embOdyiug most attractive attributes
Of both pathOs and humOr. Ahluent in
color. large in proportion, and thrilling IN
detail ~ he made he story he avoided ex-
aggeration with c0mmendable care. There
are many possibilities in the way Of scenic
display in the drama, aud all are taken adj
Vanfarp If Each act and there are six