Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
accompany her on her yachting voyage
is subject OF some curiosity.


is subject OF some curiosity.
Marie Jansen and George Wilson will
next season appear in comic opera. un-
der the management of X. M. Field OF
the Boston Museum.
Charles Shackford was llorsewhipped
in New York on Monday by Mrs.
Sheppard, and gallantly retorted by
backing one of her eyes with his UNI
brella.
Lila Vane, one OF Charles Frohman'e g
leading ladies', has been left $50 000 in
cash, besides all the books, jewels and
personal effects OF the late Samuel
Pratt, king OF Buffalo
Thos. w. Keene has made very big
hit in st. Paul with his magnificent rep
resentation OF Richard III. In fact the
tour oil this sterling actor has been tri-
umph from The start. He is, moreover,
the only acknowledged great tragedian
on the road this season.
For next Sunday Mr.. George w. Floyd
has the following artists for his popular
Sunday concert at the Broadway thea
ter: Eben Plympton, Eugene Cowles,
r. J. Rose, Raymon Moore, John Cole
man, Barney Reynolds, Flora Finlayson,
Queenie Vassar, Jessie Villars, Kate
Quinn and the Tuxedo quartette. Mr..
Percy Gaunt of the Hoyt Madison
Square theater is the musical director.
T. W. Keene was visiting friend in
Boston not long ago, and another man,
whose head about so years had passed,
was introduced. "Keene," said he,
"why, saw You act 80 years ago in
I LJn 10 G.,
Keene had turned around to ac-
knowledge the introduction. Instead of
the aged man he expected to see, he be-
held handsome, stalwart person, in
the prime of life. 'I-meant-Kean," !"
he said, "K-ea-n," but when he wit.
messed the acting OF the younger man,
he declared that there was only one
Keene, and his name wasn't K-e-a.n.
Henry Irving has made distinct fail.
ure as Lear, and the London theater-
goers are awaking to the fact that he is
after all pretty bad actor. One of them
says in London newspaper: do NOT
let us lose our sense. undertaks to say
that there was not single fairly edu-
Gated person in the Lyceum theater on
the night of the production of King
Lear who was not panied and distressed
by Mr.. Irving's unaccountable tricks OF
enunciation and his restless repetition
of certain violently extravagant move
ments and gestures without signifi.
cance." Mr.. Irving being a good actor
is something like that other absurd error
somewhere in the archives of British
history that Britannia rules the wave"
1t is not often that tyro's first play
makes genuine metropolitan success,
and is afterward taken on a tour of the
country. Neither does it frequently
happen that young mans first attempt
at acting an important part is accepted
at par with professional players work.
Rarely, indeed, may the amateur gain
such distinction in both branches OF
stage craft. Yet Edwin Milton Royle,
author OF Friends, mast ba credited
with that dual plishment. This
is simply relation of facts borne out
by the records; and it happened in this
way Mr.. Royle, after much trouble,
finally succeeded in having his play pre-
sented at the Standard theater, New
York. Itwas most kindly received by the
critics, and accounts of the opening per-
formance referred to peculiar incident
of it. At the eleventh hour it had been
discovered that Mr.. T.. J. Henley, cast
for the poet in the play, was sick and
would or could not appear. Mr.. Royle,
undaunted, himself took the part, but
before the curtain was rung up he ex-
planned to the audience the reason for
his undertaking, and asked their for
besrance. As it turned out the request
was unnecessary. Mr.. Royle's acting OF
the role was pronounced adequate, and
go he became successful player and
playwright in one night. He remained
in the cast, and is today acting his orig
inal part.