The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-16

Nearly all the really valuable leading n

Nearly all the really valuable Leading men"
are placed for next season. Maurice Barry
more whose services have been on the mar
ket long time awaiting their price. has at
last hired out. lie will get $3.50 week as
Mrs. Bernard-Beers's chief support on her
coming tour OF this country. and besides. he
will DO what is called "fcaturcd"-that is. his
name will appear in the advertisements and in
letters only little smaller than those in which
tho star herself is named This seems small
matter to tho layman. but to an actor It m cans
!hnef; iBarTymors could rrooghy figure that
ira to him in the long rum. for he still
means 20 Star once more. OTIS skinner WILDE
eaured but he viii have far s more %s'
sSs sissGa sh sn tsa% Matter
lack OF harmony between this actress and her
hs Is nGd eHry in the
remains at tho Lyceam. we'll paid. pros.
VILLAIN Norris is reSnsased for the Charles
croft will he employed Nv the same manage.
me ht,, ralmers lca,lin. man will be EDWARD
a. ne W %nS is rnhdy GhnT i'gnaS by n
yet realize the IDEAL. Henley and Koi.rj. the
English actors who have become quito, like
dropped by Charles .Frohman. and both will
doubtless dc a great deal OF .iobhinE",that
iH' wVIh uiutl SEcclul Bell-
from $50 to 'ss week s for jSSs of this Hy 81.
try NEW psSs ambe over e am ohers bses
IN MID rs st * S Ensy hsfa for
but Henfy Is wildly eccentric and net trust
Is said that he was behind the scenes Just be-
fore the play began. but that for various dis.
agreeable reasons he could not net IL no Ind |
wanted to. The Boston Museum will lose Its its
old leading man. Charles barron. who has
fury. and who save when lie was at walIacks |
few Sr.d;asy and has 5sa It tho
tragedy: farce. a comedy. and even in light |
opern. Barron has been useful and ad miraOle |
capital figure in heroic and romantic dramas
He can play the piano with uncommon skill;
ne Isl snG song With nS sest sni alto
l he was never gr?teS;Gue, like Henley: never
eenunciation made him n bettcr declaimer than
BARRYMORE. with his bad elocution. has ever
youth than is young Morris. WHO was a boyish
novice III the Same company with Barron
seho"i Of leading I'm men Which had Charles IL
Thorne. Jr;, George Hignold. Harry J. Mon
t,sgue. and Harry Crisp, as its best exempars.
The school is now nearly extinct. and that is
pity. Daily has not yet announced an actor to
succeed John brow, but he denies that George
nicAhhhcl viii W. tllc LudL.
Actors who use the telegraph to effect hasty
engagements are numerous. and it is impor-
tant to them that their messages shall he
promptly and correctly transmitted. John
Lindsay. who was performing in Salt Lake.
sent telegram to a manager in Helena. offer
ing to Play six weeks for $500. The telegram
was made to rend $500. and Lindsay got Il YER
dict for tho difference Boston's permanent
cirpua oppDpd last Uppk with n hurrnh II |
is in dcnsrly populated part of tho
city and has q :, mammoth ~ waterproof
trio lights. The .pnblic crowded tho place MT
prices IRON 10 to 30 cents. and tho chances are
as s viii not cSsa their tour
Por the three t!nal weeks they VII play in
% at pan h hsr ts
in Portland harbor. Maine. There is lively
colony OF actors in that place. Ellen Terry has
most beautiful place. in England. Perhaps.
Terry''s taste for uuaintness and beauty had
already made her Il householder in a pictur-
Sa .0T s Smn %s tttlds nste
speakins-a lanilady: for She
I'd fashiened h , The Five As elected
Edmund Price thsi President
man generally, Consequently nobody takes
10 Ills elrCtlDn NSNertneltSS. |
there have been many complaints from tho
400 members OF the Five AS. only thirty OF
whom were present at the meeting which
elected Price. 1t is asserted that no notice by
mai was given. and that the only warning OF
m election was IN a notice posted on the club
house bulletin n few days before the meeting. |
The constitution requires that the correspond |
ing secretary-who gets $50 week for his |
give to all members ton dnys'
notice OF an election. John Chatterton. whom
ho operate world knows, better as Signor
Perugini. is home from England after two
years absence. His health is better. His best
TEN OF news is that Mrs. John Wood thinks Of
visiting America next year. Hoyt Il Thomas
nave made an important engagement in that
y lydia Pierce. the opera singer She was in
Emma Abbotts company. and often sang the |
RoFina Nokes. Cecil Clay. and Felix Morris
he latter for heavy damages and for assault
md persecution. and the comedienno and
Ter husband for breach Of contract. This is
he expected outcome OF the personal war in
he NokeS company between Morris and Miss |
Siliins. Jenny HILL tho English scrio comic
md coster singer. is dangerously i'll with |
pneumonia. The Academy OF Music closed its |
iours again after last nights variety show. |
md will not reopen them. except for occa-
ona use. unit the new season. when there
will be n very elaborate revival Of The Black |
rock" The Amberg also is dark. and thus
here are this week nine city theatree in dis
Use. with two to lengthen the list next week.