The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-20

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The entrance to the Stockwell Theater
will be entirely changed. The Lobby Will
be thirty feet In deDth and sixteen feet
wide, the decoration of which will be In
Keeping with the auditorium, which viii be
finished In ivory and gold. the gallery
Will have its own entrance to the right OF
tie building. Aft Ellinghouse. manager
of this theater, has Just received word from
Dir. Stockwell that he has closed contracts
for the latest and handSomest opera-chair
for the new auditorium now in vogue.
The Grove-street Theater is the name Of
| new place of amusement about to be
| opened in the Western Addition with the
| following company: Darrell Vinton. lead
ing man; w. }. EIierford and Cyril Young.
| formerly of the AlcBZsr. comedians; L. j.
Duggan, from the Princess Theater, Mel
| bourne, Miss Anita Fallon. leading lady;
| Miss Jessie Norton. Soubrette, aud Miss
| Eleanor Leah Of New York. Mr Z. j.
| Holden, "heavy."
SIX concerts will be given at tie Grand
| Orera-houSe, in this city, commencing April
| prox., by the United States Marine band
| It's trip htherward yesterday. Mile. Marie
Decca is the vocalist.
4 grand sacred concert will be given by
! Blr. Louis Heine on Friday evening, April g.
| at Irving Hail. Mr.. Louis Heine will be
assisted by Mrs. Carmichael Carr. Mr.. Sig
| mund Bee Mrs Birmingham and Others.
Mrs Fletcher IIIton. wife of the popular
| orsanist, viii be heard this morning at 81.
| JOun y OnuICH, corner Oh California anu
| Octaya streets, when the motel alpha
| and Omega" will be sure to have an eff
cient rendering. Mrs. Tilton is said to have
one of the best cultivated soprano voices in
| the city.
Max O'Reu M Paul Bl ueh delivers his
first lecture in this city on March n. under
| the patronage of the Ladies Protective
| and Relief Society"
Mr. alfred Wilkie. Miss c. Roma, Miss
| L. Y. McCl0Skv and Mr. Gordon Mills gave
/ a uPllUtttUl FQnepTt af EarnarS' ITuinn
| Iheater, LiyermOre. on Friday evening.
| March II.
Divide Musin has received higher prices in
large cities than any other vigtuOsO. and his
| playing on "One" string is well worth the
| price of admission. He was recently paid
| $500 for twU solos. and often receives $500.
lie Will be supported by an excellent COM
! iany OF solo artists during his brief season
! at the Baldwin Theater
Nelson Wheatcroft and his wife, AIDE
| laide Stanhope, will leave the Pitou Stock
| C0mrany at the close of this season. This
talented pair are tired of rOading. and are
| determined 10 stay in New \ DIRK. MIR.
| Nheatcroit has an offer 10 play the leading
| part In Bronson HOward'S new play
III. GYM Scott Is spoken of as the person
| Likely TO be chosen TO take John Drew's
| place in Mr.. Augustin Days company.
In tie gTeenrOOm-FirSt Chorus Girl
| Gracious ne! Here's a message from Max
| Freeman saying that the Skirt-daucer is in
| The SulkS aud wont appear. He wants me
/ 10 do her dance, but L have absolutely moth
| lDg 10 wear.
Second Chorus Girl-Well, that seems to
he the most approved costume i'll skirt
! dancing
Auguslin DAILY has written "The Life Of
! Peg Noffington."
French version of Sheridan's The
! Rivals" made by George Duval. is to be
| produced shortly at the Paris Odeon.
Nine. Louise, once one of the famous
dancers Of Europe, is dead in London at the
- "a Ca. IFr fls.. -
assoluta IN notable productions of Italian
| opera at Convent Garden and Her MajeSty's.
OF late wears she had taught dancing.
Emily Miller, the English actress, is her
| daughter.
Manager-But is ner acting easy and
| natural?
Agricultural! Wei, | should say so.
The most wildly realistic thing you ever
saw why, 90 You know. she played
| Camille one night last winter and repre-
| scented consumption in such a frghtful!y
accurate manner that the man who wrote
| policy on her life rushed out Of the theater
before the curtain was down to place half
the risk with rival insurance company.
Betielheim, editor Of the Dramatic Times.
New urk, intends to establish a Chicago
weekly edition Of tho same paper.
William II. Crane has put IN rehearsal
! new play, written expressly for him by Paul
Potter, formerly dramatic critic of the Her
aid. Ii is called The American Minister"
MI. Crane IS t. play the part Of an Ameri-
can Minister in Rome
James Conner Roche commences Il star
ring tour about the middle OF March in his
! new lyish play. Rory o the HIS"
'Biue Jeans, the play which was given
! lis hTst production last season and held the
stage # the Four,eenth-s Theatcr in
New ork for longer period and TO bigger
| receipts than any theatrical success of 1891,
l. the tenth week Of its second season IN
the metropolis without the slightest sign Of
the least abatement Of its great popularity.
| already afra han,
times on the one stage In New \ ork, where
theateTS are AS thick almost as corner
| groceries. This speaks volumes.
hstaLding all said 10 the contrary,
il seems TO be pretty generally understood
| that MeSsrs. Abbey and Grau will have the
management Of the Metropolitan Opera
House. New York. next season Ii is said
that the directors will allow Messrs Abbey
and Grau $1,000 performance, aud that the
latter guarantee tlat their company shall
c0mprise Miss Eames, II. Jean de Reszke
N. Edonard de ksszke, NJ. Lassalle and
Nine Sem0rich.
Il is said that Augustin Daily and Ada
Reuan are business partners in Daly's
Iheater. Preparations are going on for
the production OF Lord Tennyson's new
play at that house. but the exact date is
not announced.
D As yet Lent makes no perceptble differ
ence in the theatrical patronage in any part
OF the country, says an exchange, but per-
haps when il gets down 10 real business
|
Frederick Bryton is resting in New York
this week, but VIII continue his season of
| Forgiven" next week
theatrical company which was billed at
Black River Falls. Wis, recently had out a
| number Of bills containing pictures of a
! highly sens ational nature. Leading men,
| bers Of the local Womens Christian Tenn
peTance Union demanded Of the opera-bO louise
manager that the bills be torn down, and
threatened to take the matter into their own
| hands. lie manager mt imnR .tlafply
plying with their request. the women, who
arc the wives OF prominent business men in
the city, hired boys 10 destroy the bills from
the boards. and the union has declared
boycott on the opera-house.
George w. LedereI's farce 'Incog," has
not been. says the Stage News. great sue
cess in New FORK in spite of the biggest
bluffs made during theseasOn.
| Signor Farhi is training a company of
| American citizens of African descent for
grand opera And why not? The negroes
are peculiarly gifted with a soft sweet me-
iodious voice, says an exchange. But. all
the same, this is not n fact with the true
negro. as experience has proved
Chicago papers predict that Theodore
Ihomas will resign MS position as director
OF the Worlds Fair music. Can Thomas be
satisfied with any position?
That unhappy season when the annual
benefit hend" gives his TESTIMONIAL has
arrived. says an Eastern exchange All
such events, Grammatical aud musical are
evils that should he abolished A general
boycott OF these affairs will soon abate the
nuisance. Man was made to work, not To
| beg.
May Yohe is reported to have been mar
ried in Rochester, n. Y. recently. Her
prize in the matrimonial lottery is Mr..
Walker Massachusetts Senator.
Nine Amalie Joachim made her Amer
lean debut in Steinway Hall. Boston, March
D. a telegram 10 the New York Herald
| SAYS: IL is not surprising that the ynice of a