The herald., 1893-02-12

west. 1t is likely that these negotia-
tions may come to successful issue.
Henry E. Dixey's engagement with
Augustin Daily will begin next fall.
Edgar L. Davenport, the brother Of
Fanny Davenport, is to star next sea-
son.
John Stetson has retired from the
manasement of the Potter-Bellew COM
pany.
The Lillian Russell company is re.
hearsing Girofe Girofa for speedy pro-
duction.
Charles Frohman has secured the
American rights of r. O. Cartons play,
Liberty Hall.
Charles Frohman has placed the per-
sonal management of John Drew in the
hands of Gustave Frohman.
Col. William E. Sim entered last
Wednesday upon his nineteenth year as
manager OF the Park theater in Brook
lyn.
The new opera written for De Wolf
Hopper by j. Cheever Goodwin and
Wilson Morse is to be called Panjan-
drum.
Sedley Brown will join Marie Hubert
Frohman at Holyoke, Mass, tomorrow,
to assist in the management of The
Witch.
Opie Read, the author of A Kentucky
Colonel, has written a new book called
The Colossal, which Mckee Rankin is
to dramatize.
Jerome Eddy says that be is writing
farce comedy to be called The Honest
Press Agent. He will play the title role
himself.
j. Wesley Rosenquest is in London.
1t is said that his object in going abroad
at this time of the year was to secure
Brandon Thomas new and succensful
comedy, Charley's Aunt, now running
at the Royalty.
Selena Fetter's fall in Friends is be-
coming as famous as her fall in The
Henrietta. Last week coterie of we'll
known society girls in Denver enamored
of her fall in Milton Royles' play, got
together with view of trying to dis
cover whether it was as easy as it looked.
1t is only fair to say that the drug stroes
in the vicinity did thriving business
in Ponds Extract for several days.
A novel suit has been entered
between j. Bernard Dyllyn, as
plaintiff, and Manager H. r. Jacobs, as
defendant. Mr.. Dyllyn claims $4,000
damages on the ground that Manager
Jacobs has injured his standing by re-
fusing to play companies of which Mr..
Dyllyn may be member. The plaintiff
asserts that for this reason contracts
with him were cancelled by Weber &
Fields, G. F. Mccarthy, w. A. Brady, j.
d. Hopkins and other managers. Mr..
Jacobs WAS served with the papers JAN
uarY 23d. He has 20 days in which to
file an answer. He will make general
denial, and will stoutly contest the case.
Fred. W. Bert has been engaged to
travel with The New South as business
manager. Lawrence Hsnley, late of the
Capt. Herne, U. s. A. company, has
gone to White Plains, N. Y, for medi-
cal treatment. Marie Petravsky, once
an actress of excellent talent. and now
q conspicuous figure in New York's lit
erary world, has just published her moet
important novel, On the Altar of Nam
mon. When Lady Windermere's Fan
is produced at Palmer's theater shortly,
no less than three stock theaters in New
York will be playing pieces which are
the property of Charles Frohman-the
Empire, Lyceum and Palmer's. In ad-
dition to supplying the material for
these three establishments, Mr.. Froh-
man fills all the time at Paliner's and he
also controls the time at the Standard
until next January. Next week five or
six of his companies will be playing
simultaneously in New York.