The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04


Six thousand Americans visited Shake
s, cares Dirt hplace, StratfOrd- on yon in
1892 Ignatius Donneliy's name does not
appear in the list. A good sentimental
sale of real properly is poried IN the
same CITY Anne Hatheway's cottage
brought $500, or $4,000, and the furniture
G500-S2500. intrinsic worth of both house
and furuItur", say, 500.
Frederic Febvre, an actor of the Coincide
Franchise, Paris, much admired by the
public, and still in full possession of all his
faculties. has determined to I"tirp. He
was born in Paris February 81. 1885, and
has been on the stage forty. three years
Fehvre is societaire.
Now that Marie Wainwright and Minna
Gale-Haynes have retired from theatrical
life, regreiS an exchange. Julia Marlowe,
Mines Modjeska and Janau -chek are about
the Only actresses left on the American
stage who are playing Shakespearean
pieces. The joke in this paragraph is in
ranging such feeble eXpon nts of Shake
speare's women as Gale and Wainwright
(American) with complete actresses ike
Janausch aud ModjeSka. Minna Gale
aud Marie Wainwright, even when they
were on the stage, knew but little of the
true nature OF Shakespeare's herones as
compared with the knowledge oil the Hun
garlan and the Polish actress. Both for
-igners! This fact adds sting to the
statement
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what advance agents call rotten" There
are only one or two exceptions.
l. luise Natal, whose maiden name was
Barnes, who was born in Ind ana and who.
played at the Tivoi in this city as Louise
Lester. is a great success as the prima
donna of the Hinrichs Opera Troupe,
singing at the Grand in New York. There
is a rivalry between herself and Marie
Tavany, but the American girl has been
conceded the palm.
The production of Verdi's new opera.
"Falstaff," at the IMPERIAL Opera, Vienna.
May %, was fiat failure. 1t aroused no
enthusiasm and the newspaper criticisms
were unfavOrable.
An American dramatist has but little
chance of getting as rich as hi French
colleagues. Even ii his abilit eS were as
striking as Sardou's, he would not prove
more successful, for he is not as wei! pro-
teeted The French dramatists belong
nearly ali to the Societe des Auteurs ct
Com pusteurS DramatiQues Ounded by
Scribe in 1920, a powerful organization
which collects Their royalties; be- Ides,
their percentage is fixed by law at per
cent in the Opera, 10 and u per cent in the
other theaters, and 10 per cent at the
Coincide Franchise.
The Chicago Stuck Company that lately
died in San Diego has given an idea to an
Eastern paper. Somehow, the writer saws
the combination of Chicago and stock in
the name carries suggestion OF stock
yards with ii.
"A Duel of Harts"- not "J4wel of
Hearts"-is The name of the play which
Mrs. General Jean Davenport Lander
has written Tor Fred Paulton and Mazda
Craigen. The mistake mnSt have arisen
in the first place from an Irishman's Pc
culiar pronunciation of the word duel"
There is lie on,, Cheever Guodwi
says he outlined The Seven Age" the
burlesque in which Henry E. Dizzy failed,
and " lliam Gill, the reputed author OF
the work, declares Goodwln's assertion
entirely false.
Actors" who force their way to the
stage by main strength are increasing in
number ard now Nj Ike Kelly, VINO mas
hitherto recited ana sung doggerel about
baseball on the variety stage, is to act
part in farce next season.
Cora UrQuhaTt Potter and Kyrle Bellew
will be off tn India shortly for three
months tour. They take no company
with them. preferrng tn give dialogue en-
terranments in remote places.
Reports from Oconomowoc have it that
Comedian Felix Morris is enjoying a brief
rest preparatory TO the opening of his star
ring tour at The schiller in October. His
company and his repertory are about
complete, but he is not yet ready to an
nuunce either.
Joseph Jrfferson's alarming illness"
has finally been diagnosed by the trmid
and tentative yslclans. IL is an old Ease
OF gastritiS and anew case of abscess. Now
that the medicos have found out tie actors
trouble thew have set about removing it,
and with every prospect of success.
The courts have decided that Stu RI
Robson must pay James r. Smith Sl5I0,
that A. lph Herman must pay Daniel
Collyer S4515, and that a. Y. Pearson
must pay Nina H. bearing $50, each case
being one OF Illegal dismissal of yer
former.
Mr.. James O'NeiIl has purchased Dor
Carlos de Seville" romantic play in five
acis, from Mr.. Eugene Fellner of New
York. 1t is founded on The rise of the
Moors in Spain during the reign OF Philip
l. Mr. Lawrence Barrett came to grief in
a new play Of thr same character and MIR.
O'Nrill may profit by his example. II was
thought short time ago that O'Neili
would produce the irish historical dramatic
work called The O'Npale" written by
William Greer Harrison of this city,
but from some cause the negotiations fell
through.
Sir William Cusns has resigned his post
as Mate of the Musck" aud conductor
of the Queens band in England and re-
tires on ii pension. He is 90 years old and
has held this post for twenty-five years.
He first appeared as ianist in the
Hanuver-sQaare rooms at the age of II and
soon after this became organist Of the
Queens private chapel. He rose rapidly,
succeeding Sierndale Bennett at conductor
of the Philharmonic in 1860 and following
Sir julius Benedict as professor OF the
pianoforte at the Gulldhall in 1855.