Omaha daily bee., 1892-01-10
Chat of PLAYS and Players

.Tennyson's altered play has just been re-
celved by Augustin DAILY.
William II. Crane and his manager are said
to have cleared $4,000 IN two years from
The Sonator."
Vernona Jarbeau has gotten a Judgment of
81, 900 against Buffalo managers who let her
date at their house to Mrs. Potter.
"Sigurd,'' a new French opera, was re-
| Gently sung for the first time In America by
the French company OF New Orleans.
The best Cincinnati managers have ADAM
doned Sunday night performances, on the
ground that they did not swell the wesk's re-
ceipts.
The first performance of Hoyt's new play,
"a Temperance Town. has been changed
from March 10 at Columbus to March IA at
Buffalo.
Nine. de la Grange, the we'll known music
teacher of Paris, says that American opera
singers are rapidly becoming the first in the
world.
A new piece by Oscar Wilde had been set
tied on for the Paris Vaudeville when Jane
Hading threw up her part and the production
was abandoned.
The lawyers defending M. B.. Curtis
(Sam'l OF Posen) for killing a San Francisco
policeman say they will be able to prove
that another man is the murderer.
1t is now asserted that young j. X. En-
met often played his fathers part without
tho knowledge of the audience. This was
WHICH NV ciuo ILiiui Wao lhiu up Wy uTluh
The Christmas generosity of actors was
indicated by one OF the theatrical papers,
which used five columns in noting the pres
ents exchanged between MEMBERS OF the pro-
fession.
Frances Hodgson Burnett recently had a
play, 9Th Showman's Daughter" per-
formed for trial in an English town, and now
she has leased the London Theater Royal
for it.
Oracle Emmett and 1.-THE Pulse OF New
York; may not be trying to steal the thun-
der of Katie Emmett and The Waits of New
York. but the similarity OF names is sug-
gestive.
Thomas Q. Seabrook, the hit of "The
Cadi,' will appear in u new opera, Tho Isle
OF Champagne which will be put on at a
Buffalo theater in May. He is now laid up
with a lame knee.
Mayor Washburne of Chicago will be
called on tomorrow to marry two members of
Stuart Rooson's company. They ara Aubrey
Boucicault, son of the famous playwright,
and Miss Amy Busby.
Many Omaha people who knew Miss
Geneiv lngersoll when attached To the Union
Pacific service will DC glad to learn that she
is to be in the city soon with the Stuart Rob-
son company. Her husband is George w.
Nash, a member of Roland Reeds company.
The Gilbert Collier opera, ''rhe Mounte-
banks" had it's first production in London
last week. Mr.. Gilbert mas conceived an odd
1SShS " e" cS'Sh
which tue people of his opera drink, ana
which has the extraordinary power OF maxi
ing every one think that he or she Is exactlp
what they desire to be. Gilbert has also
treated the ''penny-in-the-slot'' idea OK
haustiyely, and one OF his characters is a girl
who is In love with herself.
Scanlan's wife, who has been tenderly So
licitous of his well beng, was the wife of the
notorious William j. Sharkey. Her irst
husband was awaiting execution ia the New
York Tombs, and MS wife was permit
tod TO visit him. Once: in the cell she
dressed him in her clothes and no coolly
walked out OF the prison aud went TO Spain,
where he Is now sand to be a lieutenant. She
has since enjoyed the respect of all, and but
for her influence and watchful care Seaman
would have ended his career long ago.
Francis Wilson is credited with an Income
of $ 1000. He saves $50, 900, has a home in
New York and wants TO build a theater for
his own use. Wilson acquired a knowledge
of German in a year by studying constantly
on the cars and practicing on a chorus man
in the company that he CHANGED TO oe IN.
The chorus man was a German of excellent
education, who was reduced IN means, and
ne acted as tutor 10 the comedian. The rndi-