Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-21

IaHouS 1alety pas De quatre, anu SO |
we went lower and lower down In the !
scale until the time came for the skirt 1
dance TO disappear and to be suppanted |
by the serpentine exercise. which II no |
dance at all.
During the engagement OF '1492' at the |
Academy the curtain will BE- run up each |
evening at s o'clock instead of $50, on |
account OF the unusually long programme. |
Manager I.eath has made arrangements !
with the Norfolk and Western Railroad |
Company 10 run "theatre-train' from !
Petersburg during the rest Of the season.
The train viii leave Richmond on the
return Journey shortly after II o'clock.
The Frederick Warde-Louis James or
ganlzation this season is said TO be SUI
perior TO any OF their past companies.
Their repertoire includes Henry w."
"Othello," "Richelieu." Julius Caesar"
'Franccsca da Rimlni" and Richard
III" The leading members OF the COM
pany are Guy Lindsey. Walter Walker.
Beverly w. Turner. Edwin Tanner, Harry
c. Barton. Ernest g. Warde. Miss Edythc
Chapman. Florence Everett, and Miss
Cloy Bouton. The tragedians are under
the management Of Arthur f. Warde.
Theodore Kremers drama. Church and
Stage" which was brought out at San
Francisco last Monday week. treats in
daring manner OF the social problems
Of the day. and. by all accounts. has
created a ver.tabie sensation.
a company from the Paris Theatre Libie
gave on Monday evening last at the
Residcns Theatre Berlin. the first French
performance in that city since the Franco
Prussian war. and was loudly applauded
by a large audience.
Annie Strathmore, who personates
nymph in n fountain IL one OF the living
pictures at Keith's Theatre in Boston.
was seriously scalded last Monday night,
a stage hand having turned on hot in
stead Of cold water.
The subscription for the coming grand
opera season at the Metropolitan. In
New York, VIII be about 40 per cent.
larger than ever before. and will reach
between $4,000 and $4,000.
On the occasion OF the Ji3d New York
performance. and the last at the Garden
Theatr'. Of "ll92'' last Saturday evening
the members Of the company presented
Manager T.. t. Rice with costly dla-
mond scarf-pin.
Mrs. Langtry proposes bringing out
new version Of Sardou's "Fatrie' during
her American tour.
Henry Herman the English playwright,
iilHt4 ia IbFFIt. anu AlHAlig ~ Alihl "N'i~N'
with whom he quarrelled bitterly over
division Of the royalties on THE Silver
King" in which they elaborated. has
come forward with great lDerality III
all Of Herman's penniless widow.
The nrst strike ever ordered by the
Actors Protective Union took place at
Brockton. Mass, last Tuesday night,
when fourteen performers engaged at the
Park Theatre refused to appear be
cause Manager Joyce. Directing To the
act Of two speciality artists. cancelled
| their contracts. The matter was settled
by the managers paying the two dis
charged people a fun weeks salary.
The report that Cora Van Tassel and
william Stuart are 10 wed is denied by
the lady's manager
Louise Thorndyke Bencicault Is said to
, be about to wed Baltimorean.
Among the women OF New York making
| anti-Tammsny speeches in the present
political campaign is Mrs. Cynthia Leon
ard. who. according TO bulletins furnished
| 10 the reporters. has achieved special
fame as the mother OF Lillian Russell
Major Charles Rice has given up
MANAGEMENT on his own account ana
gone into the employ of his brother r..
+. Rice. as manager OF the road company
playing "Iis2."
The London newspapers damn, with
very faint praise, a Trip To China
town" which was produced at Toole
| Theatre fortnight ago. and private
advices say that IT IS failure anu VIII
soon be taken or
The marriage Of Frank Lawton and
| Virginia Earle IL announced.
Grace Vaughn. formerly Of Seabrook's
I ~.
an insane-asylum in Cleveland, g.
Wilson Barrett sails Tor this country
| November 18th.
Kate Bateman, the original Leah il
'hls country. is coming to America &c
! give readings.
| John strauss's Jubilee has been cele-
! bratei IN Vienna this week with grra'
deal OF enthusiasm. On Monday, the
! nft.eth Anniversary OF his first appearance
~ an orchestral conductor, he was pre-
scented with a beautiful silver laurel
wreath from his American admirers, and
many other gifts were showered upon
! him.
The President % France attended the
! flst performance Of Verbs "Othello' al
| IN. Paris Opera last Friday evening, and
| decorated the veteran composer win th'
Grand Gordon OF the Legion OF Honor.
Charles II. Coote. Of Fanny Rice's com
! many. is I'm a peck Of marital trouble. Fut
ting faith in the assurance Of ChlcaKl
LAWYER that he was divorced from hi'
frst wife, he married, in 1888. second
Tho Chicago judge did not sign tn
decree. however ana now Cote hLd'
himself defendant in suits for Hnnuimen
VI marriage and Sl0.OoV damages oroush
| by wife No. 2.
] ptVra4ff Com.
| many is reported that may change tn
management OF the clever littio star.
|
William II. Cranes season In Ne'
work. IS said 10 be the best ne his ta
In years The Star Theatre AZ when Il
Is playing. Is one Of the largest in Go
tb1m. and since he has been giVin
..Th- Merry Wives Of Windsor cro"de
houses have been the rule. Before Gran
revived the play several OH ".sedeI"
raised the cry that Shakespeare, az IL
as the theatre was concerned, vas N''n
! feet under ground. and that the j
, brarv and raading-rOOm was the prop
! Mace for the works. and not tine pup.'
stage This same cry has been rd!s'
abroad. as well as in this country an
each time the public has given the Oh
fossils the lie direct by the nIinp'rs !
which IL supported the barn pays WV
they were presented Cranes success a
Sir John Fa'staff has certainly been Nei
pronounced and placed him on q hisAe
pinracle than he has hitherto grace,
When he takes the comedy Oh tne ron
he means to present It exactly as II
new beins presented IN New York. III
scenery and effects Will I'LL tho ears. al
some idea Of the size Of the prouuctIo
nay be gathered from the fact tnat
one scene over 100 feet OF lumber
used. and that over 1902 yards OF cahtH
is in the various drops and settings. NJ
Crane has been booked by Manager Leaf
10 appear Ut the Academy early he'
} January.
The cathedral scene IN the Narle-Jd nv
production Of Francesca Ia Eimihi
one Of the most imposing pictures eve
put upon the stage.
Louis James served in the ciV! VIZ
as sergeant Of the Sixteenth New Aoi
Artillery. lie made his first appearan'
on the stage in the stock company
Louisville.
Sol Smith Russell owns 100000 in re-
estate in Minneapolis. with the poss!p
exception Of Joseph Jefferson. he Is q
richest actor on the American stage.
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