The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22

person who was able to give O connected
story OF the alleged plot am inclined to
tnink that there is very little risk in cred
lung Mr. Arthur with his first failure.
which cannot be lodged on tho score of a
poor cast, for the leading parts were as
sumed by William Ingersoll, at one time
the leading man with Marie Wainwright,
and Miss Judith Berolde, a particularly
competent actress, who was up to the time
OF her marriage Alexander Salvini's Lead
ing lady. There were also several other
good people in the cast
The charming and thoroughly wholesome
comedy, Liberty Hall" has run its course
at the Empire theater and will be succeed
ell next Tuesday evening by David Belas-
co.'s latest play, 1.-THE Younger Son. Horny
Miller will play the title role, and the prin-
cipal female character will be enacted by
Miss Viola Allen. The production of THE
Younger Son" will be notable event. rs
IL Will mark the return Of the regular stock
company for its second season, and besides
the play will be the first one written ex-
clusively by Mr.. Belasco produced in sew
eral years. For some reason the impression
has gone abroad that Mr.. Belasco cannot
write successful play except in collabora-
ton, but as he did when he was much
younger and possessed not nearly his pres
ent experience it is difficult to understand
the cause of this manifestly mistaken no
tion. However, we shall soon see.
The new Augustin DAILY theater will not
be built. 1t WAS a bubble and a very small
one, and it has burst, as almost everybody
expected it would do Some one offered to
lend Mr.. DAILY the necessary sum of money
at low rate of interest, and he declined
with thanks. That is exactly how near the
theater was to being built. Mr. Daly's
London theater, which, according to the
accounts cabled to this side, is not doing as
we'll rs might be hoped, together with his
New York house and large stock COM
pany, are likely to prove just about as
much as that gentleman will care to handle
for some time to come.
Richard Mansfield is not, however. so
shrinking as Mr.. DAILY He says openly
that it is the ambition of his life to have
New York theater Of his own, and he an
peals to the public to aid him to accomplish
his desire. think that if there were any
assurance that Mr.. Mansfield would per
NIT himself to be guided by the counsel of
his directors, without flying Off into tan
trum, there would be little or no trouble in
raising the required amount in this city,
where his wonderful abilityas an actor and
his conscientiousncss in the matter of pro-
auctions are we'll understood and fully an
preciated.
What Il wonderfully fine season Of grand
opera we arc to have ut the Metropolitan
1t will open on Nov. 81 with Gounod's
Romeo ct Juliette." jean de Reszke will
of course sing his old part of Romeo, and
If the reports which have reached this city
as to the present condition of his voice be
true he will sing it better than ever be-
fore. ~ double bill, consisting of "Philc-
mon ct Baucis'' and "Cavaleria Rusti-
cana" will be tho Offering for the second
evening.
In the former Nine. Emma Calve, the
Frenchwoman with the phenomenally high
soprano voice, who is to receive more dol
lars per month than she was getting francs
in Paris couple of years ago when she was
discovered by Sir Augustus Harris, will
make her American debut. Hamlet"
Ambrose Thomas masterpiece, will be the
Dill for the third performance, when the
great Australian soprano, Mime. Melba,
who is said to receive $1,000 night, will
make her first bow to an audience on this
side OF the water.
The female member of the company,
however, in whom Americans take the
greatest interest is Mrs. Julian Story, 9TH
erwise Miss Emma Games. Miss Eames is
already in this city and is busy rehearsing
the seven operas in which she will be heard
during the coming season. These are
Faust" Romeo ct Juliette," "Lohen-
grim" "Othello," "Die Meistersinger, ""Le
Marriage de Figaro" and Carmen"
Miss Eames is not so thin rs she was
when she was last heard here two wears
en-