The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-05
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Mrs. Potter no longer advertises herself as
Mrs. James Brown Potter, but as Mrs. Cora
Urquhart Potter.
Patti has accepted au offer of Sl50,O00 for
twenty performances in Rio Janero, whittier
she will sail in June
Mrs. Leslie Carter is recuperatinp in Chicago
She will resume her stage career next season
still under e. d. Prices management.
Jerome X. Jerome says of the stage sailor:
HE does suffer with his trousers. One of
these days an accident will happen to those
trousers and he will be sorry that he didn't
get pair OF braces before 1t was everlnstingly
too late"
The Dramatic Mirror says it is almost set
tied that Edwin Booth will, after the present
season. retire permanently from the stage.
James c. Duf's suit against Lillian Russell
cost the prima donna $1,000. But then Lillian
is used to paying good price for her suits.
Miss Marie Van Zandt. notwithstanding the
attempts to bring her into unfavorable noto-
riety, is still singing with great success in Rus
s1a.
Massenet Is busy on a one-act opera comiQue
for Marguerite Naudin, a twelve-y year-old won
der, who is soon to make her debut at the Bout
fes Parisiennes.
Gillettes new farce, "Mr. Wilkinson's
Widows" which had It's first production in
Washington recently, was an mphatic success
in New York last week.
Mr.. Charles b. Hauford, of this city, who is
now member of Julia Marlowes com mpany,
received showers of compliments from the
papers for his work last week.
"Betrothed." the English adaptation of
Daudet's "LObstacle," was produced at the
New York Garden Theatre on Monday night
with fair success. 1t is not great play.
Joseph Haworth wants to go out as a tragic
star next season in new play called Ri
naldo." He is now looking around with
managerial hacker with experience and money.
Lavinia Shannon, who has been with Keene
for the past two seasons as leading lady, has
been secured by Manager Pitou for next sea-
son. Miss Shannon will play Julie Seymour in
1.-THE Power of the Press"
More farce companies than ever are going
on the road next year. They are popular in
zone. night stands" where the local managers
believe that nine people go to the theatre to
laugh where one person goes to cry.
Max Freeman's dramatzation of Albert
Ross's bad novel, "Thou Shalt Not" produced
at the Union Square Theatre, New York, Mon
day night, was not great success, and doesn't
deserve to be- The production of plays of this
kind should be discouraged.
Maco & Morris, proprietors of the Howard
Burlesoue Company, find their second venture
the City Club" successful beyond all expec-
tations, and attribute much of its success to
Matt Morgan's living works OF art. 1.-The
City Club" has the exclusive right to exhibit
these famous pictures.
Wilton Lackaye, who is now playing with
fair success part that is out of his usual line
in ''The Power of the Press'' in New York, ex-
poets to go to London about the middle of June.
He has received a tempting offer for summer
engagement in the British metropolis, but has
not yet decided to accept it, as he wishes to de-
vote his time to sightseeing and looking about
for new play in which he may eventually
star.
1t has always been claimed that Americans
were the biggest advertisers in the world, but
it seems that Londoners can go them one bet
ter. The proprietor of theatre over there has
engaged twelve bald-headed men to sit in the
third row of the orchestra. A letter is painted
on each OF their bare pates, which, when they
sit in a row, spells a word for all the audience
to read. twas as good as the show. and it
rather seems to carry of the palm for enter
prising advertising.
There is something In this that applies nicely
TO much of the indiscrimnate praise heaped ON
Bernhardt's performances. 1t Is from Bos-
ton paper: "The fashion now in vogue of
praisinR an actor or actress for 'exquisitely
suggesting an emotion he or she lacks histri-
onic skill to depict. reminds one of the enthu-
sast's defense OF an apparently blank canvas
catalogued as picture of the Children pass
ing the Red Sea, by explaining that you
couldn't see the Children of Israel, because
they had passed over; nor the hosts of Pharaoh.
because they were drowned; nor the Red Sea.
because it had parted on either hand"
Charles Frnhman, who has been spending
week In Washington. says that w. w. Rapley,
the manager of the National Theatre, is going
to have things well in hand next season. Mr.
Rapley has taken the Academy of Music in
Washington, for which he has secured five
years. lease. The theatre is to be thoroughly
reconstructed during the summer Consider
able money will be spent on the decorations.
which will be under the direction of w. H.
Day, of New York. Manager Rapley proposes
to make the Academy first class in every re-
spect. 1t will be managed in connection with
the National Theatre. Arrangements are now
in progress to have the new house opened by
Charles Frohman's stock company, in Men
and Women" Fifteen weeks have already
been filled with strong dramatic and musical
attractions. Mr.. Frohman speaks highly of the
location and believes that Mr.. Rapley will
prosper in the new theatre.-DrdmdttcM Mirror.
An Error.
The advertisement of Mr.. L. r. Brooks, APP