The evening world., 1893-10-16
TALK AMONG PLAYER FOLK.
A Small Hurricane in Miss Tenn
pests Company.
Annie Russell Invit d to Play Rosa
lind In 'As You Like It,"

There Is more than n little breeze uf
annoyance In the company headed h}
Miss Marie Tempest, and presenting
The Algerian The leading tenor.
julius Steger, has been deposed, Mark
smith has taken his place. and thereby
hangs "A tale. Miss Tempest thought MIR
Stcgcr was everything that the part dc.
mandod. AMI he, It IL said, was much
battered by her appreciation. Mr.. I'M,
however, determined TO make the
change. and Miss Tempest became fu-
riously Indignant and declared that II
MIR. Steger went she would go too. There
was "a very cyclunic time. Mr.. Hill Pnid
very little, but was perfectly resuiutc.
MIR. Stcger should go, and-if managerial
arrangements were carried Mark
Smith played the part Saturday after
noon in Buffalo. Miss Tempest dashed
herself into a fury, Of which her friends
would scarcely have deemed her capable.
about tho whole affair. Her contract
with Mr.. Hill is. OF course. a binding
one. but prima donnas don't. as n rule,
mind that. She has frequently expressed
her ardent appreciation of Mr.. Hill's
managerial talent. but this Steger cpl
sode has apparently caused IA revolution.
The little lady received more han $1,000
last season for her work in The Fen
cling Master I'M has certainly made
her, as a star. Gossips say that New
York may not see her this season.
Miss Annie Russell. who's intention
to return to the stage has been heard
with much pleasure by the friends who
deplored her serious illness, has been
asked to play the part or Rosalind in
he feminine production Of LAS You
Like It, to be given by the Profes;
has not accepted the offer. She says
that when she makes her r%e-entree she
would like 1t to be for the benefit of the
Actors Fund.
Francis Wilson has received a cop
Of that good old song, Listen TO My
Tale Of Woe from Paris, where It was
the French. metropolis l. Petit
Cochon,'' and Is sung by the coquettish
Mile. Ivette Guilbert. An American
happend to hear i, bought II copy, and
forwarded 1t to Wilson. with the legend,
with the compliments of the rescuer.'
Mckee Rankin and his wife. Kitty
blanchard Rankin; are once more re-
kin has just started in as the manager
of the Alcazar in San francisco, and
Mrs. Rankin is the leading lady,, They
Nancy" Mrs. Rankin played the name
part and Mr.. Rankin appeared, as Bil
felicity OF the cast, little Miss Phylli.
Rankin was cast for the peculiar par
OF the Artful Dodger.
Two tiny little mites passed the Stand
lard Theatre Saturday afternoon. Man
uunr 1 NJ Hi WAS landing outside
Wearing his usual philosophic smile, The
youngsters stared at the bills. ana api
preached s I Mr.; j I'm ASKED "May th we e I'd IN s Mr.
Inn. Immensely amused, took the young
er child In his arms and kissed It, ~
haven't seen you for a long t,me;, II,
called an usher. intrusted 20 nun IN
kidlets. and sent them into the theatre
They frequently come around, n
can't refuse children anything" Ate
that. who shall talk Of managerial stern
ness?
Manager Jacob Lit says that tner r
will be but three changes in the cast o
ACADEMY OF Music. My contract witt
Messrs. Gilmore 4 Tompkina, however.
h. went on. "obliges me to provide
complete new outft of scenery" MI
Lit also says that the people left on
Of the New York production Will not b
put INTO a NO. : company
Did the matinee girl 20 to see 9TH
Second Mrs. Tanqueray" Saturday after
noon? The question as to whether Sh
would go was rather anYi9usiy dns
nrmative. She did go. she went con
siderably. She may have told ,poppe
and IN that she was visiting IN
Liliputians, or she may have tod IN
less, saw THE Second Mrs. Tanqueray.
Before the matinee. there was a ltt
; gloom among the Kendall management
, Next week we may revive 'Th" iron
master" was the statement at the sta
In the evening it was all changed; Talk
off 'Th Second Mrs, Tanqueray" Why
! never. We shall probably keep 1t on fo
three weeks-perhaps for the rest of tn
! engagement" That naughty little mat
nee girl!
Augustus Pitou wishes 1t to be under
stood that In the Dunraven-Shannon cor
who has been in his employ for seve
, years. was absolutely blameless.
Nat Goodwin when he goes South wi
probably return to his old comedy wor
In The Nominee" as that territory W
not be covered by Messrs. billiard an
Q Arthur, to whom he has leased the pla.
Of I'm Mizzoura," will probably bring.
funny play to New York next time /
=, visits this city. lie believes that Peep
i want ia laugh when they go to the the;
tire. This seems to be true.
s 1.-The Lost Chord" Is the odd name
the comic opera that Francis Wilson /
d tended to produce had "Erminie" fail,
to recapture the New York public. {
a course 1t Is put away In lavender. f
"I!rminic' will run during the ten wee
that Wilson remains at the Broadwa
When the new comic opera Is produc,
/, II will probably be renamed, althoul
a 'Thc Lost Chord" in connection wi
Francis Wilson has a wonderfully h
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