The evening world., 1893-10-20
GOSSIP FROM THE THEATRES.
" Beau Brummel" Given by
Hard Working Students
Mng'c!an Herrmann's Vito to BIS a
%Scrpentinc Dancer.

a number Of nice. pleasant young peo-
pie appeared at the Fifth Avenue The
atre yesterday afternoon. Each Of them
possessed the following Qualifications
A good character, a common-school cdu-
cation. n good address, n healthy physi-
cal constitution, an ambitious AMI en-
,rgctiC temperament. n fairly good
sp aking voice, IAN indcmitable will, ca
pable OF surrounding the many obsta-
clcs and difficulties that the actor ia
bound to contend with. and a detcrmi-
nation to work, work, work'-with par
ticuldr emphasis on the last three
words. Another qualification that was
net mcntionci-fo 1t is rude 20 consider
the merceuary side Of things-was n
pockctbook, with bills in it. These
nice, pleasant young people. wallowing
in all these qualifications, were pupils
Of tn Fifth Avenue Theatre school OF
Acting. that has for its director Charles
Leonard Fletcher, who IL also nice and
leaSant and qualified, A performance
VAS given of blanchard Jerr6ld's original
play. 'Scau Rrummcl.' that. Richard
Mansfield. by some strange coincidence.
tidn't write, ana which was first pro-
duced In London, at the Royal Lyceum
Theatre, April II, 1879. Charles Leonard
Fletcher played the leading role, and the
other parts were intrustcd to the arorc-
said young people with the
school education. and the determination
, %or Eofk' w %T q T iSiriy w ThGy o TGGrSSa;
the energetic tcmpera mcnts seemed to
hc, absent at times, MIR. Fletcher, him
self. gave a crcditable i~mpcrsonation of
Of Richard Mansfield. Mr.. MansAc,i
was not present. and will not advertise
re sIfort Of the young people with the
dt termination u work, work.. work. by
ohccting in any way to the performance.
A number OF theatrical people were pres
est. and with an indomitable will. equal
they remained until the end of the en-
tertainment.
Robert cutting may be seen at Niblo's
each day, He accompanies his wife to
the rehearsals Of olaf" in which she
PLAYS the leading feminine role. He
does not appear to ycarn for any more
to his wife. Mrs. Cutting is to play n
very strong, part in olaf" She says
that, 1t Is the most dramatic role that
she has ever yet attempted.
And now It is said tina Iohn ste,son,
Of Boston, is to manage NJ. 7. Curtis.
That, actor comes East in November.
and begins preparations for a starring
4" '2' hin in G z rsylsed g Hp q, Totr y%trsion
tbs Is at present at his California ranch.
Another infant phenomenon has Just
bohbcd up in Amsterdam. Holland, where
Il is TO be hoped that he will remain.
His name ~ Bronislaw Hubermann, and
he is the child Of Russian refugees. he
Is said to be n most remarkable violin
list. and has attracted attention of
Joachim. He mas not yet been head Of in
this country: positively no efrrot has been
made by r. Y. Rice to secure him for a
turn in "li92."
Mrs. Hermann. the wife of tho
necromancer, begins her career az a
l.oic Fuller No. 2 in Washington this
week. She has been working very hard
at the alleged dance, with the serpentine
Accomplishments. and expects to add to
the value of Herrmann's entertainment.
James Thornton. of "My
Swcetheart's the Ma in the Moon,' has
left The city Directory mpany and
Is back in the city. His place Is filled
by ian DAILY: who got enough of 'The
Golden Wedding" Mr.. Thornton says
that he is still on the best of terms
with Manager John II. Russell.
The Gilbert and Sullivan opera "Uto-
pia. Limited" Is warmly laudcd by the
English newspapers. The most conserva-
tive critic in England. says that "it Is
me Of the best of the set. Since The
Mikado' II IL hard to remember any
work that Is worthy to stand before the
new production for pointed dialogue and
easily assimilated music" sim New
York doesn't seem to be yearning for 1t.