The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-06
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.
Things That Are New About Plays
and Players.

'Indigo'' at the Casino until October
10. when the present company with Paul
Inc L'Allemand will 60 to Boston. On
Saturday. September IL, there will be
donkey matinee for the children On
Monday. October 70. the Highlander, an
opera that has been successful in Ger
many and Austria will be produced.
Marie Tempest VIII sing the prima donna
role, Annie Myers the soubrette role,
Richie Ling Gate with the Carl Rosa
Company, ths tenor role, and the balance
of the cast will INCLUDE many new faces
to the Casino. The opera will be staged
by Heinrich Conried.
Roland Reed, in Sydney Rosenfeld's
play, "a Club Friend, has achieved a
success The play is faulty in that it
lacks dramRtic situations and depends
entirely on the brightness Of the dialogue
TO make it 60. It's Tine Senator doue
over, to all intents aud purposes, with the
strong central theme and character stud
les of that bright play lacking Mr. Reed
is very popular with his audiences, and
on the opening night was called before
the curtain several times. The piece is
exceedingly well put on the stage.
The spectacular metodrama. sThe Sou
dan,D was presented at the Academy of
Music. New York, on Thursday night
The play itself Is of the cut aud dried
WILLIAM still pursued her. style, but the
| stage mounting is superb. A scene rep
| resenting the storming OF an Arab town
! by English troopsis one OF the best things
ever done on the stage. As q sDectacle 1t
| ought to draw crowds.
Frederick PauldIug IS very confident OF
| the success of his new play, "Ihe Strug
| gle OF Life" which is to be produced at
the Standard Theatre tomorrow night.
It was written by bis cousin William Iry-
ing Paulding thirty years ago.
Martha MortOn's three-act comedy
drama, Godfrey Middleton, Gentleman.
Will be produced az ST. Paul September
I II. Godfrey comes of a Southern family.
! His father Is supposedly wealthy, but mas
! falsified accounts IN order TO educate
Geoffrey. On the threshold of life the
young man narries for money in order To
| hero and heroine separate, and tnen--but
| we mustn't tell the whole plct.
Here is the way In which the English
| aristocracy is utilized 20 boom buriesQue
performance The press agent sends our
! tue following notice: 1.-THE Hon. Lady
/ Duncofn De, the famous London stage
beauty, has been engaged for the principal
part for his new spectacular production,
/ Spider and fly The following distin-
/ guished personages are related to the
Hon. Lady Duncombe: Duchess Leices-
ter. Duchess OF M0ntrose, Earl and Coun-
There is a rumor that Agnes Hunting
/ ton has made other arrangements than
| those which contemplated her lesSeeship
of the new Shaftesbury Theatre. The
rumors are that she will continue star
| ring in America and in Europe, but in
tends TO give London a wide berth for
the immediate future. The Baroness
Coutts must have soured on Agnes.
The latest of the Swedish plays, which
seem to be springing into life in every
western township. is called Pete Peter
1 son. We shall probably have ANDY
of other striking titles now that the game
is fairly under way
Miss Florida Kingsley is called an lin
/ genuette," which is described as a COM
| promise between q soubrette and an
| ingenue. Mary Anderson, Agnes Booth
and Mrs. Kendall are satisfied to be called
| players
May Hampton. who acted so pleasingly
/ In 1.-THE Merchant and tine LOUISIANA.
am at the Madison Square Theatre last
| season. has been engaged TO act in Harry
| Lacy's support.
Augustin Days company will open its
| London engagement at the Lyceum The
atre, London. September Q. with "A
Night OF. The advance sale for the
| DAILY engagement is immense.
Herman Hauser, the treasurer of
| Hooley's. Chicago. says that he has hon
| mer aud refused $50 others.
Henry Z. Dixey has been Autographed
for 1.-THE Solicitor" A red background.
| blue tie, yellow rose, carmine com-
| plexiou, and a lavender coat are the pre-
| dominating co!ors.
! In the lobby of the Broadway Theatre
is a miniature of the elephant introduced
! in Wang. 1t head and tail are IN con-
tinuai movement, and clock is III its
side.
| 1t is now evident that James G. Blaine,
| Jr, proposes to fight the divorce suit
brought by his wife. The case will come
| up at Deadwood in October.
| Mary Anderson Navarro is living at
/ Tunbridge Wells. Kent England
Henry Guy Carleton's American play,
/ aye Earle Trouble was produced at
| the Boston Museum on Monday There
are some excellent Revolutionary scenes
In the play. which was warmly received.
Lillian Russell is catching bass and
pickerel ia Alexandria Bay.
Among the new farees that are sup
posed to be nalatable are "a Soft Boiiet,
Egg and "a Piece of Pie. -
Henry e. Dixey made has first appear
ance at Brockton, Mass, In 1.-The Solici-
tor'' on Monday.
And now cruel rumor says that Jack
Mason and Marion Manola have quar-
relied and separated. On, how soonl