Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-04


E. A. Newcomb, both of Boston. Name
Of opera not yet decided upon.
The dickey bird says that A VOLTS
Wedding. A Jolly Surprise, The Volun-
teer, A Mile Minute and The Danger
Signal have not caught the popular
fancy.
Nellie McHenry is this week in the
south doing large business with A
Night at the Circus, which has proven
as great a hit down there as it is in the
north.
Jessie Williams is rehearsing the
chorus of La Cigale, that is, twenty-six
girls, sixteen males, twenty children,
eight dancers and an orchestra of twelve
women.
William Yardley's adaptation of La
Plantation Thomassin is soon to be done
at the Prince of Wales theater, in Lon
don, after which it will be brought to
America.
John j. McNally is fitting fat "Pete'
Daily with bran new farce-comedy.
DAILY, it will be remembered. is the pop
ular comedian who made the hit in A
Straight Tip.
A noticeable thing about ladies who
kindly take off their bonnets at the the
alter is the disappearance of the Psyche
knot and the substitution of the pyra-
mid coil. A lady's description of the
latter is: "Draw the braid up to the
crown, not the top, and tie it to stand
out.
Rhea is said to speak English worse
after every visit she makes to her pala-
tial mansion in Belgium. This year she
talks very much like the Chinese at
Hong Kong or Canton in CHINA jar
gon called "pidgeon" English, which
would be immensely popular in farce
comedy.
Edwin w. Hoff, the young American
tenor who created the title role in Robin
Hood in the opera by that name, will
not sing the part during the first nights
OF the production in New York. On the
Wednesday following the opening at the
Star, however, he will appear, when the
Bostonian is sure of very large audi
ence, as Mr.. Hoff is one of the most
popular tenors in the country.
Florence L. Foster, who is playing the
title role in Little Jack Sheppard
throughout the provinces in England,
and who, by the way, followed Miss
Nellie Farran in the part, receives praise
from the press for her performance,
singing and dancing. The young lady
is only IS years OF age, and the niece of
Fred Lotto, at present one of the man
ayers of The Runaway Wife company.
Clinton J. Edgerly. once husband to
Rose Coghlan, was married last week to
Lisbeth Belle Barker, profession
al, of Huntington, Long Island. Clint.
was divorced from Rose In 1890, and
both are at present about the bitterest
| enemies under the sun. Miss Coghlan
! and her manager, John l.. Sullivan, said
! at that time that Miss Coghlan had to
foot all the bills since she married, even
| including the marriage ring, and Edger-
! ly told some narrowing details about his
wife's temper, adding that she was less
| temperate than strict conventionality
required. Miss Coghlan, it is said, will
soon marry again.
That the constant cry Of degeneracy
against the theater of toby is unwar-
ranted, would appear plain if judged by
the reception accorded Stuart Robson's
fine production of Goldsmiths immor-
tai comedy, She Stops to Conquer, at
the Park theater, Brooklyn. The house
was crowded to its capacity, and when
the popular comedian as Tony Lumpkin
rode on the scene, mounted upon a
handsome horse fresh from his steeple-
chase, and covered with foam, the re-
ception accorded him fully showed the
high esteem in which he is held by all
lovers OF legitimate comedy. The play
was presented exactly as Goldsmith
wrote it, which included scene which
does not appear in any of the published
editions, but was in the original manu-
script and was acted in London in 1922.
The original epilogue was finely spoken
by Miss Waldron, Miss Busby and MIR.
Robson. The scenery is appropriate
and charming, and although no attempt
has been made to win success through
spectacular effect, each scene is realis-
tically beautiful, and the old English
flavor OF every feature of the fine pro
duction is apparent in every movement
of the play. Mr.. Robson's company
this year is we'll suited to the interpre-
tation of old comedy. Geo. S. Wood
ward played Old Hardcastle we'll Au-
brey Boucicault, son of the deceased
dramatist, was excellent as Young Mar.
lowe, and Miss May Waldron made the
best Kate Hardcastle our stage has seen
since Laura Keene. Mr.. Robson will
play She Stops to Conquer at the Ire
mont theater, Boston, next week.
**s
Julius Ascher, the German comedian
who opens tonight at the Los Angeles
theater, in Mein Leopold, is one of the
best known actors of Europe. Every
old-time play-goer of Berlin, for example,
know "Passepartout" Ascher, the orig
inal servant of Philias Fogg, in the Ger
man rendition of Around the World in
Eighty Days. Mr.. Ascher played that
part over 500successive nights, with the
most remarkable success ever achieved
by German comedian. In innumera
BILE other parts this actor has shown his
wonderful talent of mimicry, and like
most German disciples of ITALIA, he il
not only comedian, but is equally
great in portrayals of character. His
powers OF makeup are unequalled as ar
inspection OF the group of his favorite
characters displayed in the vestibule Of
! the theater will easily show.
Mr.. Ascher's stock company is com
posed partly of professionals and partly
Of local amateur talent. The cast OF to
nights performance, when Mein Leo
pold will be given, is presented below
The play is a three-act musical dram:
by Il Arronge, the music being by r
, Bal:
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