Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
TALK ABOUT PLAYS AND PLAYERS,
Attractions Which Are Booked
For This Week.
News and Personal Notes About PeO-
pie of the Stage.
Irving "a Failure as Lear in Loudon.
Mrs. Langtry to Go Yacht
ing-Littie Matters of
Gossip.

A. G. Gunter's dramatization OF NV
Official Wife will have its frat produc-
tion here at the Grand opera house for
three nights, beginning December Sth.
Like Archibald O. Gunter, who bounded
into popularity as writer of fiction
through the cleverly told story OF Mr..
Barnes of New York; Colonel Savage
reached prominence through his first
novel, My Official Wife. The story was
30 widely read that Mr.. Gunter, who
published it, concluded to follow the
same course with NV Official Wife that
he had go successfully employed with
his own novels; that is, to reduce them
to dramatic form. Mr.. Frank w.
Sanger was given the task of present
ing the play. Minnie Seligman was ee'
lected for the leading role, Helene. After
signing with Manager Sanger, Miss
Seligman went to the summer resorts to
recruit for long seasons work with
Pitou's stock company. An entertain
ment was arranged and Miss Seligman
was cast to play Mrs. Honeyton to
Robert Cuttings Mr.. Honeyton in
the charming comedietta, A Happy
Pair. 1t proved to be a love at first
sight, and Miss Seligman, before the
week was over, was made the happy
bride OF one of New York's upper ten
dom. The usual agitation followed, fill
ing columns in the papers, and giving
the loungers at Long Branch and Sara
toga something to talk about. Mr.. Gut
ting, who has never had to confine him
self to the drudgeries of this life, had
graduated from Columbia college, and,
being possessed of handsome figure and
marked histrionic ability, he amused
himself and his friends by appearing at
times on the stage. After his marriage
with Miss Seligman, Mr.. Cutting con-
tracted with Mr.. Sanger to travel with
the company and play the'opposite role
to Helene. The cast, therefore, con-
tains Robert L. Cutting and his bride OF
few months. Mr.. William F. Owen
plays the principal male role. Col.
Arthur Lenox and q company of selected
actors will support Miss Seligman. Each
scene will be specially illustrated.
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Prof. Tyndall is beyond question the
most accomplished psychological stu
dent the world has ever seen, not bar
ring the late celebrated Bishop. Mr..
Tyndall is we'll known in this city, and
on all his appearances he has delighted
and given satisfaction to theater -gOers.
He has been induced to play two
nights engagement at the Turnverein
hall on Monday and Tuesday, December
9th and 9TH.
NOTES FROM DUNLoP's NEWS.
Reginald De Koven has become dra-
matte editor OF Harper's Weekly.
Sam Thall of San Francisco is advance
representative for James j. Corbett.
julius Calm was elected to the Cali
fornia assembly during the late political
landslide.
A 100000 mortgage on the New York
Metropolitan opera house has been fore
closed.
The realistic border play, The Scout,
has been purchased by Manager A. T.
Pearson.
Nellie McHenry in Night at the
Circus is doing big business this week
in Chicago.
Edward A. McArdle has gone to Nc
Keesport to take charge OF the new Alt
meyer thester.
Paix du Foyer, dramatization of
Guy de Maupassant's novel, is soon TO
be produced in Paris.
James Munro Melville, a famous cir
Gus rider 20 years ago, died last Thu urs-
day at his home in New York.
Next week Mulligan Guards Ball,
one of Edward Harrigsn's greatest sue.
cesses, will be revived at Harrigan's
theater.
Mascagni's new opera will oe called
Festitia, and not Radcliffe. The opera
is in three acts, and contains the now
indispensable intermezzo. 1t will be
produced in Italy early in March.
While the tariff on works of art may
stand as a symbol of our national igno-
rance and conceit, not one cent
should be taken from the duties i'm
posed on the so-called artistic stuff
brought over by foreign theatrical COM
panies.
Robert Dunlap, the well-known hat
ter, has obtained judgment against the
News Letter company for $3.50, 900. This
is the dramatic paper which fourished
in Chicago some FIVE or six years since
under the well-known Mr.. DAWSON
Dalzel.
Last Saturday Duke Ernest Ludwig of
bavaria was married m0rganatlcally to
Fraulein Antoine Barth at Munich. 1t
being an impossible thing for real
duke to marry an actress, che was fur
nished the name of Frauleiu Won Bar
holt. She was for some time dancer
at the Court theater in Munich.
Baritone Charles Hayden Coffin of the
Lillian Russell opera company was mar
ried to Adelaide Deux at Cincinnati last
week. The lady was divorced some time
since in London, when Mr.. Coffin played
the part of correspondent. He is the
son Of an American dentist in Loudon,
and she was the wife of Alberto Rand
egger, the English composer.
Manager H. G. Miner says he is in no
hurry to 60 to congress, and those who
know say that his election is certainty
in few years, as he can have the nom.
ination. and the district, aside from be.
ing Democratic, possesses many Repub.
licans who personally know and admire
him. No manager is more popular than
he, and theatrical people thing that
with, Hoyt and Miner in real politics
many theatrical evils that the ordinary
business man won't look into theatri-
cal man will. The capital invested in
theaters ought to have more guardian
ship in legislative halls.