The herald., 1893-11-05
Music and Drama Notes.

Mrs. Mckee Rankin will make her
temperance at the Alcazar at an early
date and will play Billy Piper in The
Danites.
Edna Wallace Hooper is in the cast Of
The Younger Son, which was presented
for the first time at the Empire in New
York on October 29d.
Minnie Tittell goes back to New York
with the first of Charles Frohman's g
stock companies to go home Tor the win
ter season at the Empire.
Bessie Samson has new song which
is making hit in Frank Daniels new
edition OF Little Puck. 1t is entitled
Marguerite of Monte Carlo.
The New York Journal says that Mrs.
Kendall has signed with Edward Harr:-
gan to play the Tough Girl in q revival
OF Reilly and the 400 next season.
Howard P. Taylor is writing a new
comedy, the title of which is to bs Happy
He'll, and the incidents in which are 30
amusing that the author expects to 'get
there" this time sure.
Frederick Warde will produce Henry
". during his tour of the country. and
In spite OF the statement that he has
refused to appear in New York again he
will give the play grand production
there next season.
Chaales E. Evans, the clever comedian
OF the firm OF Evans & Hoey, is COM
PEELED to quit the stage by sciatica, and
will go to Germany for cure. The
statement that tEere is trouble between
the partners is denied by both.
An effort is being made in Chicago to
have the elder Salvini, who is visiting
the worlds fair, appear jointly with
Henry Irving in Othello. 1t would be
a magnificent combination all aronnd,
but it is exceedingly improbable that
the project will succeed.
Real lightning is used for the frat
time on the dramatic stage in the thun-
der storm in Sinbad. The apparatus for
making it consists OF an old file, piece
of brass rod and dead short circuit,
and is the contrivance OF Martin Krue-
ger, the electrician OF the company.
There is some dissatisfaction expressed
in New York at Manager A. NJ. Palmer's
decision to send his company of players
to the Baldwin Tor stock season; but
Mr.. Palmer is not In the theatrical bus
mess for bis own amueement, whatever
he may do in that line for the public.
Florence st. John. who said "Ameri-
cans don't know voice from turnip,"
is coming to this country with wagon
load OF turnips, presumably to sing in
opera. Possibly the Americans mistook
the virtuous Flossy's voice for turnip,
as they did some of her associates for
beets several years ago.
The costumes worn by Fanny Daven-
port in Cleopatra are truly magnificent
and muet have cost a small fortune
in themselves. 1t is a noticeable feature
of the production that the entire COM
pany is arrayed in gorgeous dresses
com bining historical accuracy with bar
baric pomp and splendor.
David Belasco's new play. The Young.
er Son, is not entirely original, but is
taken from the German play. Schlimme
Saat, the theme and story being retained
but localized so that it Is essentially an
American play. Mr.. Belasco obtained
permission from the author, o. Vischer,
to do this, and shares royalties with
him.
Thomas W. Keene, the tragedian, ia
deeply interested in a scheme for the es-
tablishment OF national theater in thie
country to be endowed by the govern
ment and placed under the directory of
representative actors and managers. 1t
is feared that Mr.. Keene's idea, COM
mendable as it is, is many years ahead
of the times.
Melbourne Macdowell is, in figure,
face and graceful bearing, the noblest Of
Romans es Mark Anthony" in Cleo
patra. Neture has kindly furnished Mr..