The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-08
DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL
PARAGRAPHS OF INTEREST TO QUE
AMUSEMENT LOVERS.
Mozart Musicale Tomorrow Night-"The
Brass Monkey" Later In the wcek-AItera-
lions in the New York Manifestations

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a safe deposit vault in New York.
Thou Shalt Not" promises to sheolize the
! already sulphurOus atmosphere of the stage,
and will. no doubt get blue blazes when pro-
| duced.
II is said that Sol Smith Russell will pre-
sent dramatic version of Mark Twain's
Yankee at the Court of King Arthur" next
season.
"Sport McAlister" is the title Of Bobby
| Gavlor's new farce comedy. which IL 10 be
produced next season under the direction OF
| William A. Brady.
"Thornidor" is 10 be undertaken in Paris
again. When recently interrupted there was as
! @ cash advance sale OF nearly slOO,OOO, all OF
| which had to he refunded.
II. s. Taylor has engaged Miss Fanny Rice,
and will star her in musical fnrcical comedy
entitled Everything Goes" The company,
| which is 10 be gilt-edged one, Will be ready
to take the road September lst.
Edith Murilla's singing Of the song Pm a
Dashing. Gay Soubrette." is one Of the most
! pleasing features of Ship Alloy" Miss MI
rla also has the reputation of being one OF
! the cleyerest dancers on the stage.
Bronson Howard has arranged with Stuart
! Robson for production of The Henrietta"
ut the Avenue Theatre in London on March
%. A well-known English comedian will take
the part played here by Mr.. Robson.
In The Struggle Of Life" in which Fred
! erick Pauding is 10 star next season, the
| handsome young actor will play the part Of
! light comedy hero. He will be supported by
an excellent company OF actors and actresses.
! Mrs. Iangtry is about due for an American
/ tonr. She has lost large sum on her pro
/ ducOon of Antony and Cleopatra,n aud her
production q Charles Coghlan's pay o.
| LADY Barter" last week was Kissed. Amer
/ lea i the only refLgc Tor bad actors and
| actresses.
Henri Cazman. who is really the star of the
/ HYDE Specially Company. is decidedly man
If varied accomplishments. He is a CON
| jurer, shadowist, singer and musician ct no
mean ability, playing the piano and guitar
with remarkable skill. The Shah OF Persia,
who witnessed his performance IN London,
was 90 pleased with him that he Immediately
attached him 70 his suite
The Grab Bag" with W. A. Mesteyer and
| Teresa Vaughn rs the bright particular stars
/ will soon 90 out under the direction OF Mana
ger james II. Meade. who has made a barrel
of money this season with "Bluobeard Jr."
| THE Grab Bag jumps direct 10 California.
| and after a season on the coast Of fruit and
flowers. play their way back to the rock-bound
| coast Of the Atlantic. The Grab Bag IL one
IF the clcyercst iarce-cOmedies and IS sure 20
succeed.
Rehearsals Of "The Power Of the Press" are
| in active progress at the Star Theatre. where
the new plav will be made known March 10th.
with fine cast Of well-known actors and ac-
| tresses The play promises to be the most
notable production Of the season IN New York.
and is already attracting much attention from
| theatre Oers. The presentation VIII be so
elaborate that Manager Piton has been
obliged to remove all the stock scenery from
| the theatre and engage twenty-fOur expert
stage hands 10 handle the scenic and me-
chanical effects.
Clara Morris says: IF an actress does not
feel her role she certainly cannot expect her
| audience TO feel IT, do not, on the other
hand. believe in pure nature. Nature undi-
uted would be failure because IN emotional
parts the actress would be likely to become
| historical. Mature must be tempered by art
on the stage. Stimulation and naught but
stimulation will not do, because an intelli-
gent audience knows how 10 distinguish the
real from the false They may say that GER
tain lines are cleverly spoken, that certain sit
nations are artistic, that touches OF art here
and there are nicely done. But the tears do
not rise to the eye and the heart beats no
faster That is because nature IN art IS sup
pressed too much. This emotional sensitive
ness on the part Of the audience il one Of the
truest tests OF success in dramatic art"
On Monday evening at the Mozart musicale
fayOrite organization. whose annual visits
are ever welcome. will appear in an attractive
programme This is the Schubert Quartette,
of Chicago-Mr. $. T. Battle, tenor; Mr.. II.
T. Stone, tenor; Mr.. j. X. Tyler, baritone;
Mr.. g. H. lott, basso; Miss Eugenia A. Bald
Wild soprano: Miss Georgiella Lay, pianist.
The programme Is As follows
Quartette- "Comrades in Arms" (Adam),
Schubert Quartette; piano solo arentella."
lMoszowskD Miss Lay; quartette - "Iwi-
light" (Buck). Schubert Quartette aria
Air and Variations" (PToch). Miss Baldwin;
song Ssncta Maria" (Faure), Nr. Tyley;
trio-"The Mariners" (Ranndegger). Miss
Baldwin. Messrs. Stone and lott;
quartette-"The House that Jack Built"
(Caldicott), Schubert Quartette; song-"Swiss
Echo Song" (EckerD. Miss Baldwin: song
"Murmuring Breeze" (Jensenl Mr.. Battle;
quartette- Remember Now Thy CREATOR
(Rhodes), Schubert Quartette; piano solo
La Fileuse' (Raf), Miss Lay quartette-
HE the Shallop" (Kucken) Miss Baldwin
and Schubert Quartette.
Miss Baldwin is a new member Of the CON-
pany but her reputation has been made in
concert and she il a great favOrate in the
West. The concert will be a very attractive
one.
"A Brass Monkey" will be the play at the
Mozart Academy next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday March II, -, and 14th, including a
matinee on Saturday. The plae has made
decided hit and has been very well received in
other cities. IL IS a somewhat de~ultOTy re-
ference to q variety Of subjects having no
particular relation to whatever plot there may
be in the play. and then proceeds TO
string together q series Of absurd in
cidents which keep the audience in
one continuous roar. While there is
plenty of action throughout, and some of il is
exceedingly lively, still there Is a wide differ
ence from the ordinary knockabout perform
ance Its musical features. which are very
numerous, elicit the most heaty applause
Jonah. victim of superstition and about
everything else, IN the hands Of George
Marion, is quite a contrast 10 many attempts
in that line While the character is essen
TALLY a ludicrous one there are one or two
mock pathetic incidents. which might
be really so. were II not for
the breaks which Immediately follow
them. The singing of the various members Of
the company is particularly attractive. and
the human actors have a valuable accessory
in (the Mascott) a canine of a vigorous and
determined species who looks savage enough
10 make IL disastrous. especially for the
Royal Bengal Tiger" vivid reality.
There will be more comic opera than usual
in New York during the coming summer. The
Casino. which stands in the front of comic
opera houses in America. will put better foot
forward than it did last season. for Lillian
Russell il going TO sing there, and she is a
tower of strength in herself She will have q
prominent part in the new German opera
called The Oracle, 4" and the fact that she has
consented to sing the part speaks well for the
opera De Wolf Hopper and his company will
play another engagement at the Broadway,