The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-22
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pears at the Opera House, September 0
and 10.
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Everybody has heard ''Ta-ra.ra-B
decay" sung This is bow Lottie Col
Inns, now in London, who made the
song famous, renders it. She appears
on the stage the embodiment Of de.
mureness, and chants the first verse OF
the cong in the most staid and decorous
manner, like school girl on her first
appearance in public. But!-and here
Ia where Manager John H. Russell's de-
Bcriptive powers are brought into ac-
tion-the moment the verse Is con-
Guided, bang! goes the drum, the or.
chestra fiddle and toot like set of
madmen. and-"WhooshW the air is
full Of Collins skirts and her feet go fly
ing far above her head like the snapper
OF q whip, as she whirls, and gyrates,
and swings and sways. and bends, and
kicks, and bounds, and bounces-the
very embodiment OF mad Bacchante.
She stops as suddenly as she began,
and, what is wonderful, she doesn't
seem to have turned hair, so to
speak, or even quickened pulse. In
place Of crazy whirlwind OF femin-
unity appears the demure miss who
first came on the stage, and she chants
the second verse with all the quaint
effect Of the first.
Frederick Warde and Louis James
will begin their starring tour at Wash
ington, D. O., on September IL. A
strong supporting company has been
engaged, and the repertoire embraces
Shakspeare's "0thetio" and "Juiius
Cesar" the late George II. Boxers ro-
mantle play, francesca da Rimini," in
which Mr.. James resumes his original
role OF the Jester, and the new classical
play, "The Lions Mouth" by Henry
Guy Carleton. In Francesca do Rim
inip Mr.. Warde will appear in the char
acter created by the late Lawrence Bar
rett. Elaborate settings are promised
for each play, on which artists and car
penters have been working since the
middle Of July under the supervision OF
Seymour Parker, who will travel with
the organization and give his personal
attention to the dressing OF the stage.
Charles Frohman has contracted with
7. Henry French for the production at
the Broadway theatre on January 2 Of
William Gillette's spectacle, entitled
"Ninety Days from Date" With the
exception OF Settled out OF Court, this
is the only work Gillette has done in
two years, and it is the first original
play written by him since Held by the
Enemy" Ninety Days from Date"
will require a large ballet, and its char
acters are all American. II is said that
a large sum will be spent upon it's pro-
duction, in the hope Of achieving run.
The Calhoun Opera Company. book
ed for week at the opera house this
fall, is said to be one OF the finest comic
opera companies on the road. The
company will present the following re-
pertoire: BocCaccio, Said Pasha, Amo-
rita, Chimes of Normandy, Beggar
Student Mascot, Three Black Cloaks,
Princess OF Trebizonde, Prince Methu-
salem, La Perichole aud Fatinitza.
Signs Of life are noticeable in theatre
cal circles now, and the coming season
| is casting its shadow before. During
the summer the local managers have
been hustling for attractions. They
have done their work quietly, but
glance over the list of productions to
be given during the season OF '02 and
'93 elbows that they have done 1t effect
lively.
Virginia Earle, who went to Austria
liza about year ago with z. Z. Rice, as
leading soubrette Of the Evangeline
company, returned home on Thursday.
Miss Earle says that the antipodean re-
gion is poor place for good shows,
and that people there have as much re-
gard for clever performance as they
have for the "heathen Chinee."
A feature of the production of Lewis
Morrison'a Faust this season will be q
quartette OF well-trained voices for use
in the church scene, which will include
Miss Agnes Acres, a graduate Of the
Berlin Musical Academy. The regular
fall season will open at Haverhill, Mass,
on Saturday, September 8.
1t ia said that Henry Guy CarIeton's
Eye Earle Trouble" will be produced
in New York theatre in September or
October. The play ran for several
weeks at the Boston Museum last year.
It Is described as a war play without
war; that is to say, it uses the Revolu-
ton as background.
Messrs. Sanger and Bothner will sur.
round Thomas E. Murray with an ex-
cellent company in the new musical
comedy, "The Yoodoo, or Lucky
Charm"
John Drew is preparing for his sea.
son under Charles Frohman, in "The
Masked Ball. which will be presented
at Palmer's Theatre in October.
The Edwin Terry company will open
the Martins Ferry opera house with
"virginius" on August 80, and also
play on September l.
George Fortescue is still in the colo
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