The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-11
Theatrical Gossip.

MIR. Thomas w. Keene announces that
next season he viii revive Macbeth on
an elaborate scale.
Ernest CharleR (Warde), son of Fred
erlck Warde. who made his debut IN the
Warde- James company the past season,
will enact light comedy roles the coming
season.
Robert Taber, late leading man OF Julia
Nariowe's company. is in New York,
quite uncertain about his plans for next
season but with several admirable OPP
portunities before him.
Charles Frohman, who is still abroad,
has bought a play called "Corrlgan VS..
CorriganH It is said to have been
played with success at the Cluny theatre,
Paris.
Olea Bull, daughter OF Ole Bull. the
great violinist, contemplates going on the
operate stage She lives IN splendid
old house with her mother in Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
The performances of Tuxedo at the
California theatre last week were the last
appearance on any stage OF the organ
ization so long and popularity known as
George Thatcher's MINISTRIES.
Richard Mansfield, during his recent
tour of Southern California, purchased
fine piece of property in the vicinity OF
San Bernardino, including an orange
orchard, for which he paid S13, 5O0-
It is understood that Mrs. ". ]. Flor
ence will not repeat her experiment OF
acting II the plays in which she used to
appear with her late husband, the VEN
tore having turned out badly in money
way.
That pleasant and amiabe gentleman,
DR.. Hans Won Bulow, divides all operate
composers into two classes-1, those who
add to the Tepertory of the barrel-organ;
and 2 those who borrow from the roper
tory of the arrel-organ.
Twenty years ago it was the exception
to find more than one or two theatres
open during the summer in New York.
This year fifteen important theatres will
be open all summer, not to mention half
4 score of minor places and music halls.
Rosina Vokes will begin her next sea-
son in Montana on September Is. She
will play over the Northern Pacific route
to Spokane Falls, Seattle. Tacoma and
Portland and thence TO San Francisco.
NJ. Marius and Ffolliott Paget will re-
{ main in her company.
Sheridan's s'The Rivals has been in
revival in New York with a cast inciud-
ing the aged Mrs. John Drew, Mckee
Rankin, Maurice Barrymore and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney Drew. The players mem
toned are sort of family party, all being
related by birth or marriage.
5-anity Far, summing up Oscar Wilde's
new play, "a Woman of No Import
ance,'' saws it Consists of one old
fashioned French situation, three acts of
cumbrously-redun artificial chatter,
aud one act of painfully protracted and
rather sloppy sentiment.
Mr.. Stuart Robson will spend the sum-
nler at Cchasset. Mass. His only pay
next season win be tine Comedy of Err
rors, in which Mr.. Giles Shine, who
bears a striking resem blance to Mr.. RoD-
son, viii play the part OF the Dromio of
EpheSus. 1t is seven years since MIR.
Robson was seen as the Dromlo OF SYRIA
cnse.
Josephine Plows-D Day populated her
self in Boston, while playing with
ing to a hospital the flowers sent to her
at the theatre. That sets a good exam
pie to other actresses, and almost con-
dones the offence of the flower display
across the footlights.
Hon. Charles II. Hoyt, the noted play
wright and member of the New Hamp-
shire legislature, has made clause in his
viii providing thai. IN the event OF his
death, the HOyt homestead at Charles
town, n. H.. shall be converted into a
home Tor INDECENT actresses and be known
as the Flora Walsh Home.
Sarah Bernhardt has invaded Greece.
and the reports state that her reception in
Athens, where she played Camille be-
fore an audience that included the king
and all the notabilities of the court.
amounted to an ovation. While in Athens
she visited the grave of NJ. Damala, her
late husband.
John Stapleton, the well known stage
manager and dramatic writer, has left
Chicago TO join Richard Mansfield at
Tacoma. Mr.. Stapleton is to collaborate
with Mansfield in the writing of
some Lew plays. These are to be his
torical probably, and may be based on
the lives OF Napoleon, Frederick the
Great, and Henry VIII.
A few weeks before Harry Kernell died
TWO friends. who were visiting the I'M
fortunate actor, got into dispute about
the population OF the United States.
ssDon't you know how many people
there are in the United States?'' asked
Harry Kernell. "No.D ssWell. ask So
and So.'' naming famous comedian.
ssHow does he know?'' s'He's touched
ali of them, - replied Kernel.
Edvthe Chapman, who has been re-en-
gagged as leading support for Frederick
Warde and Louis James next season. and
who has made a pleasant impression with
that combination this season. is a native
of Rochester. She was educated for the
stage at the American Academy of the
Dramatic Arts. She made her first ap-
pearance in 1.-THE Charity Ball'' com
pany.
J. NJ. Hill has announced his retire
ment from the theatrical business. He
has severed his connection with the Marie
Tempest company and will retire to pri-
vate lie. Mr.. Hill YVES a member OF
Willoughby, Hill q Co., the clo.hiers.
He first came into prominence about ten
wears ago, when he introduced Margaret
hfather TO the public. He was the dis
-soverer of Denman Thompson, and has
brought out several other celebrities.
The marriage of Jessie Porter Bardues
snd Willard Newell by Justice Weed at
ais house in Jersey City, which has Just
been made public. was the termination
OF a romantic love affair. which began
with the young girls wild infatuation
for an actor she saw on the stage and her
own appearance behind the footlights in
spite OF paternal opposition. Miss Bard
res, whose stage name is Jessie WYATT.
is not over eighteen years of age, and
three years ago was a romping girl living
with her mother on q Mexican ranch
She visited friends in San Antonio, Texas,
IL 1890, and while attending z perform
nnce Of the HClemenceau Case'' fell