San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-01
STAGE NOTES.

role with his talented wife, Nellie
McHenry, will hereafter devote
his time to the management Of the
business end of "a Night at the
Circus"
Albert Drumming is winning
laurels as usual in the leading
part of the "Clemenceau Case"
The threatened coming of hoop
skirts has already been antici-
pated by the skirt dancers in what
they call the ''crinoline dance"
Trewey, the shadowgraphist,
lost $4,000 in Panama bonds.
Miss Kate Emmett closes her
season in April, after which she will
take a trip to Europe and spend
some time at the Lakes Of killar-
ney, where the scenes of her play
are laid.
James b. Mackie, ("Grimesy Me
Boy") has made arrangements
with Geo. c. jerks, the play
wright, to finish and put together
his new play, "Circus Tricks, or
Wait for the Wagon"
Miss Florence French will next
star in a new comedy, called "A
Barrel of Flour"
David Belasco has purchased the
American rights of "Clarette," a
comic opera, now running at the
London Opera COmique.
"His Majesty" comic opera,
was put on for the first time at San
Francisco, Feb
Mr.. and Mrs. Drews' company
stranded at Lancanster, Pa, Feb.
II.
Elmer f. Nance's "Limited Maip
company is playing to large bust
ness. The IS. r.. o. sign was used
twenty-five consecutive nights.
The item of powders of no small
Importance in the expense account
of "The StOwaway." Over 5000
has been expended for that elusive
article in the last four years.
Dynamite is much cheaper than
powder, but Hennessey and Mccoy
are afraid to use the latter eXplO-
SiVe in their safe-blOWing act.
They say that the force Of dYna-
mite can never be accurately esti-
mated.
II. +. Graham has been engaged
by the Mullaly Bros. for new
farce comedy, which goes out next
year, entitled "Thc Stock Brokers'
There is a strong flavor of pea
nuts, popcorn, red lemonade and
sawdust all mixed up in the three
acts of "A Night at the Circus" in
which Nellie MclIenry is making
her name even more famous every
where than it is already. The play
is out of the run Of farce-cOmedies,
from the fact that it treats OF an
entirely different subject from any
yet touched upon by the writer's of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and 50 prolific
has the subject proved that scarce
~ any of the laughter-prOducing
plays of its kind can equal the
amount Of uprOarOuS hilaritY con-
tanned in its three acts. The en-
tire play deals with circus life, the
last act shows the circus tent it
self, and is a series of absurd COM
plicatiOns that are cOnVulsing in
their conception. OF course, the
central figure of interest is Nellie
McHenry, but she is ably assisted
by most capable company, and
the entire production is of the
highest order of face comedy work.
The handsome couple, when they
are seen together, off the stage, or
on, for that matter, are the stars OF
"The New South" Joseph r. Girls
mer and Phoebe Davies. The for
mer has spent much of his time
the past half-dOZen years upon the
Pacific coast, but before he went
west he won recognition as an actor
of great promise, having a thorough
training in the legitimate drama
under the direction of some of the
most eminent of American and for
eign stars, and during his sOiOurn
away from the east the best re-
ports came through the press con-
corning his artistic progress.
Phoebe Davies (whO in private life
is Mrs. Grismer), in addition to re-
| markable beauty, possesses rare
merits as an actress, and has played
with unvarying success wide
range of characters. The two I'M
der the management of w. A. Bra
dy, came to New York not long ago
to appear in the principal roles of a
nlaN hN Mr GriSnnr and ClaN Al