Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-24
NEWS OF THE STAGE.
READABLE GOSSIP ABOUT THE STARS
AND THEIR PLANS.
Ons Rsspsct In which Civillsation Has the
wrong Tsndsuey-Living Pictures
An the 0o-Notes.

We hear perpetually now OF the de-
preston Of trade. but no one ever refers
to the depression of pleasure. which Is
an equally important matter. Where our
system of civilization II % erroneous Is
that II tends to increase labor. whereas
a correct civilization should diminish 1t
TO the irreducible limit The more we
get 10 know the more do we appear to
become the slaves Of our own contri-
yances. Science, machinery, and educa-
ton have only intensified composition,
and have made the struggle for existence
fiercer than It was before.
OF recent years We have become so
absorbed with work that we are appar-
entity losing even the instinct for amuse-
nent. Instead Of the former cheerful.
chatty. cultivated conversations In society
and at the clubs. men now gather TO-
gether In gloomy clusters, and with care
worn faces they discuss the fluctuations
OF stocks or the developments Of the
tariff question. A good joke 10 as scarce
as a dodo bone or as great auks egg.
There was time when every season
added some standard work-and often TWO
or three TO our library. Now solid groups
Of years elapse without one really ma
terial work In serious. frivolous. or even
comic literature being added TO our store.
So is it also with music.
And a significant symptom that has ap-
parently escaped notice is the increasing
inclination to obtain amusement through
the eye, without taxing the intelligence.
Illustrated newspapers, and the extraor'
binary importance attached to scenic ef-
fects in theatricals are instances In point
The infinitely analytical article, the
brilliant dialogue. and the ingenious plot
are no longer popular. Modern men and
women are too greatly exhausted by their
private labors to afford the cooperative
exertson which the appreciation OF these
require. They do not wish to think; they
wish to see.
This is altogether wrong.
Tragedian Thomas w. Keene sailed for
Europe yesterday.
Julia Marlowe's correct name Is Sarah
Frances Frost. No wonder she changed II.
When Wilson Barrett Is seen In New
York at the American Theatre next sea-
son II will be in a play written by him.
self called THE Sign Of the Cross"
Alexander Salvini and Mrs. Salvini
Maud Dixon) are in Paris. en- route to
Florence, Italy, where they are to Visit
Tomasso Salvini, the greatest living ira
gedian.
Manager A. NJ. Palmers projects are
still in embryo for next season. so iar
stock company--J. II. Stoddard and Ed.
Holland. He has resolved to remodel MS
organization very largely.
Nat C. Goodwin will produce Henry
Guy Cartoons new play. Ambition
next season; and in addition will present
"Mizzoura." "The Gilded Fool" ana
David Garrick." .,
Maurice Barrymore has abandoned an
thoughts OF starring. e. J. Henley. MS
erstwhlle partner in the contemplated
double stellar tour. sticks TO his guns
however. and will next season star In
revival of Deacon Brodie."
James O'Neil is going TO give up Monte
Christie" at last He has decided TO APP
pear next season In tragedy almost ex-
clusiyely. and "Othello' and Hamlet
are 10 be the leading features OF his re-
pertory.
Next season Roland Reed will produce
a new comedy by the late David ID. Lioyu
and Sidney Rosenfeld, the authors OF
"The Senator" The play has not yet
been named, but II is political SATIRE
Arrayed in raiment more striking than
was affected by the Prince OF wares,
and disguised in beard fashioned
after that OF the Prince, Comedian WIZ
liam +. Hoey drove through the fashioh-
able streets OF London few days ago.
and was followed by thousands OF enthu-
siastic Brtishers. who were easily de-
ceived by his n Irked resemblance to the
heir, apparent ihe joke was the result oil
n wager made I'm a London club thar
Hoey could successfully personate the
Prince. and his remarkable makeup won
the wager.
one of the girls in the living pictures
at the Gordon Theatre in New York
has been very much disturbed over
criticism In one OF the newspapers re-
garding her superabundance OF adipose
tissue. While the picture was on the
other night a spring holding one of the
curtains snapped with loud bang.
"Ueayens, Is that brick!' muttered the
Young woman. The thought spread like
madness in her brain with the result
that the picture did not long remain.
Manager II. C. Minor has engaged the
Imperial Mikado troup, consisting or
seven Japanese women. to appear In con-
nection with 1.-The Mikado" at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre In New York. The TWEEN
ty-eighth street lobby OF the house Will
be transformed into japanese pagoda,
and here the women will hold recep-
ton between the first and second acts Of
the opera. Later they will appear on the
stage in a series OF living pictures, repre-
senting works OF the best artists OF
Japan.
The success OF the Kilanyi pictures at
the Garden Theatre In 1872" has re-
suited in limitations all over the land,
and no variety theatre = now considered
complete without a set. Lillian Lewis
has altered her determination not TO
pose in the groupings which VIII form
an adjunct to her production OF Cleopatra.
This will prepare an astonished pubic
for Miss Lewis's further announcement
that she will have ballet and a chorus
in the production. There are some stage
effects that Shakespeare never dreamed
of. The serpentine dance may be ex-
pected In the near future as an addition
TO CLEOPATRA" II could be introduced
with marvellous effect just before the
asp scene.