The record-union., 1892-05-14

When Mr.. Mansfield, not so very many
seasons ago, gave his first performance.
at the Union Square Theater, of the char
acter Of Baron Chevrial in "A Partisan
Romance his talent was comparatively
an unknown quantity.
When the curtain fell upon his final
scene-in which, amid the reveling of his
last banquet, holding the wine glass in
his shivering hand, with that CHASTITY
death-stricken face, confronting the bon
vlvantS, and the women at table, he falls
back in his mortal agony-there was the
revelation. The revelation that great
and hitherto unrecognized artist was
brought into the light of fame.
No such example Of character acting
had ever been seen upon the American
stage in years. Who is this Mansfield?
was the query
He had interpreted the part in his own
way, and as he, not the stage director,
at rehearsal, had decided it should be
presented.
lnally offered to T. III. Stoddart, then a
member of the Union Square Company.
The veteran comedian read the part and
returned 1t with the remark, There's
nothing in it for me-"
And SO Mr.. Mansfield was specially en-
gagged to play it, and that performance
made his name famous throughout not
1t the central figure of the play. Without
his wonderful portraiture of the old roue,
"A Partisan Romance would have been
signal failure.
STAGE NOTES.
Mrs. Stuart Robson has entirely recoy-
cred from her illness.
Rice's McCarthy's Mishaps Company
is on the way to the Pacific Coast.
Poor Jennie Reiffarth has again been
robbed of her diamonds, this time $500
worth.
Fanny Rice says she has "salted"
5000 this season out of ga Jolly Sur
prise"
Manager Allen J. Sheldon has new
play tor Joseph Haworth to star in next
season.
The Ta-ra-ra- boom-de-day craze has
reached Ireland in this shape:
The harp that once IN Tara
ra- boom-de-ray.
Donnelly IL Girard's Natural Gas'' is
on the way to the Golden State. This
week they appear in Chicago where they
are deservedly popular.
Manager David Henderson is in Chi
cago rehearsing his new summer extrav-
aganza, Ali Baba," which is soon to be
done at the Chicago Opera-house.
ModJeska opened to a 500 house in
Plttsburg as Rosalind, and John l.. Sui
Ivan at another playhouse in the same
CITY and on the same evening scooped in
81 200.
The Duke of Edinburgh is writing the
music of grand opera, the libretto of
winch is the work of Carmen Sylva''-
Queen Elizabeth Of Roumania. The on
era is to be produced at Coburg.
One of the novel features at the Actors,
Fund Fair, which, by the way, will pro-
duce more than $780, is a dainty col
Lection OF dolls, the artistic handiwork of
Mrs. William K. Hayden and Mrs. Nc
Kean.
Lizzie DAILY, the jig dancer, has secured
divorce from her husband, Michael !
Delehanty, the minstrel and Minnie
Price Dow has filed suitin Denver against
Slarence DOW, son OF the President of the
Commercial National Bank.
Albert Bruning is at present playing in
Philadelphia with Robert Mantells Com
pany. His performances in ssMonbars. -
The Corsican Brothers and The Mar
BILE Hearts" have won the unstinted
praise of the Philadelphia critics.
A new social order of theatrical men
has been formed in New York to be
known as The Vampires Their sprees
viii be called ''feasts of the ghouls,'' and
their President will be cheerfully adj
dIooSeu DIS CuIel Onoul." Pretty, isn't 1t?
Frank Blair has returned to New York
from Boston, where he has been putting
on an opera for the Hasty Pudding Club
and the Dickie Club, Harvard Cniver-
slty. Mr.. Blair will next season pro-
duce his new opera, Knit Ma CHAR" in
Boston.
Sir Augustin Harris is said to have dis
covered new songStress at Carlsbad.
Germany, where he has been looking at
the water for the benefit of his health.
Her name is Springborg Guiding. She
Is Dane who has studied under Nine.
Artot de PadiIl.
On account of the success with which J.
X. Enlmet met last year in "Fritz in Ire
land" he has determined to run it q year
longer, although many improvements
will be made in the songs and dialogue.
and better company employed. Season
after next he will produce new Ameri-
can play Of more ambitious character.
The first two theaters in England were
aalled respectively 1.-The Theater'' and
The Curtain" and were built outside of
London IN 1876. shakespeare was II
years old them Before that time it is
interesting to know that plays were pre-
sented chiefly on Sundays and saints
days, and from then until now this has
been one OF the principal grounds of con-
test between the Precisians or Puritans
and their opponents.
j. w. Jennings calls his new play
Hosea Greenleaf of Jerico, Vermont a
mono como drama. 1t is comedy drama
in which Mr.. Jennings plays twelve parts
all by himself Mr.. Jennings says also
that his play is the evolution of our old
respectable friend, the monologue, and
that no play like 1t has ever been tried.
Each of the twelve parts has a distinct
individuality and the pretty story is filled
with pathos and humor.