The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-03

present some of the oddities of speech and
manner which made his Private Secre-
tary'' p strong role.
The Bostonians will produce their new
opera "Prince Ananiss, at the Broad
way theater, New York, on Tuesday EVEN
inS, Nov. %, A novel character win be
the king that never smiled.
In Buffalo n reformer is getting sigma
lures 10 petition for law forbidding
women TO wear hats In public halls and
other places where the sexes congregate
But the reform never can be worked in
that way.
The only new production in view by
MT. aid Mrs. Taber Julia Marlowel Is
one-act version OF Browning's Col
ombe's Birthday" which will probably
be brought out during the Chicago ell
gagement.
Charles Wyndham is playing the prlnci-
| pal character In The Case OF Rebellious
susan, new play by Henry Arthur
! Jones, now at the Criterion theater, Lon
don. The play will be produced in Amer
lea by Daniel Frohman.
/ Playwright Charles H. Hoyt is so far
amenable TO public opinion as voiced
/ though the press that he has cut out j
number of lines in "A Milk White Flag.
which, although he himself did not deem
offensive, nevertheless grated on the ears
/ of others.
! this time she will bring not only IL stock
of plays and company, but four men
! servants and two maids, and she Will
travel in her own car. This car will bring
| her to Scranton next week, when she will
open her tour in the rockingham.
NJ. Antoine's company from the theater
Libre has just met with hearty recep-
| tion at Berlin, where 1t appeared at the
ResidenZ theater in BrieuX's "Blanch-
| ette" and Theodore de Banvilles LIE
| Baiser" 1t was the first time a play
has been given in French in Berlin since
! the war.
. Francis Wilson will make his first Lon
| don appearance at the Lyceum theater
! April 29 I'm u new comic oDera by Bran
don Thomas and Jakobowskl Henry r.
Abbey will be the manager James
| O'Neill, 1t is said, will also play In Lon
don next season and in the English PROV
inces this spring.
OF the few genuine relics of Shakes
pedre preserved In his native town, the
most interesting are his signet ring, with
the initials "W. s." on IL, and the desk
at which he sat in the grammar school
of Stratford. The average number of VS..
| itors to the poets home and church Is g,
| ono Il year. of whom about 600 are Amer
| leans.
Among those who will form Lillian Rus
sells principal support this season are
I iluDcIl w IKE, ONtu W eSlIOfu, j. Ii. lay
lor, Sidney Howard George Honey Susie
Leonard and Annie Myers. The prlma
donna Will open her season at Abbey
New York, on Nov. T. in the Queen OF
Brilliants,' the opera which she has been
appearing in London.
Rejane has decided to make an Ameri.
can tour this season, which will begin
here early in February. She will appear
only In Sans Gene" and will bring The
entire production ana company Of the
Paris Vaudeville theater with her. She
is now playing in Paris again, where she
will run Sans Gene" for 100 performances
before strating for America.
Although "A Black Sheep" has been OF
the road but Il few weeks Charles Hoyt
has n new play under way. II is to be
called "A Civilized Community" and viii
probably be presented to the public before
the present season Is finished. Harry
Conor will have the principal comedy
character and Mrs. Hoyt Caroline Mis-
keD will also be seen ip the cast,
Samuel Kemble, u grandson of Johr
Philip kemble, recently addressed Henry
Irving and Beerbohm Tree as follows
"Really, this is Il degenerate age. No on,
talks the mother tongue on the boards
Actors mouth where once they spoke
EnglishI You know, Mr.. Irving, per
fectly well what | mean. So do you. Mr.
Tree so do you, sir. Then. just fancy
the aneularity OF your attitudes. My
sainted grandfather--"