The record-union., 1894-09-29
music AND THE DRAMA.
Notes and News of People of the
Stage.
Actresses and Actors 49, Plays and
Authors - Personal Notes" She
nandoah" Revived-A New Thea
ter In New York.

Stage Neaos, under date of September
9th, has these four items in his notes.
New Blood Augustus Thomas, pIay
OF New York life, with which the season
at Palmsr's pheater opened, failed to
achieve the success that was expected for
1t. The plot is unoriginal, and even its
vigorous treatment of the labor problem
fails to give to the commonplace love
story that supplies the motive enough
vitality to insure long life for the work.
New Blood has q superb cast, in
Guiding q. w. Couldock, Maurice Barry
more, Wilton Lackaye, E. NJ. Holland,
Elita Proctor Otis, Katharine Gray and
Madeline Bouton, and if good acting
could save 1t, 1t would be a success.
The New Boy Arthur LAWS farci-
cal comedy, which has run something
like a year in London, was brought out
Dy Charles Frohman at the Standard
Theater Monday night, and promises to
have the vogue enjoyed by 'Charley's
Aunt It's famous predecessor at the
house. The idea of the plot is capital
one; it is worked out with great clever
ness by the author and developed by an
excellent company OF players.
'Old Glory produced at the Column
bus Theater, is an old English melo-
drama entitled British Born by Pettitt
and Merritt, rewritten, and the scene
changed to this country and Chile during
the recent trouble between the two
nations. 1t is poorly constructed play
at present, and depends chiefly upon a
vigorous waving of the stars and stripes,
and appeals to American patriotism.
The part of Princess Mirana in 'The
DEVILS Deputy at Abbey's Theater, New
York. is now played by Amanda Fabris,
VINO looks the character to perfection and
sings the music admirably. Francis
Wilson is TO be congratulated on making
the change" Now, how does Brother
Dunlop know that she looks the charac-
teri Has be ever seen the devil or gazed
upon his deputy?
a correspondent of the RECORD UNION
says: Charles Frohman had four big
successes running simultaneously in
e sAkeW York last season, and they ran
abreast for months, vying with each
other in fashionable patronage and size
of receipts. They were John Drew III
The Butterflies the phenomenal farce
'Charley's Aunt Sowing the Wind at
the Empire Vheater and the spectacular
The Girl 1 Lett Behind Me- at the Acad-
emy of Music. 1t was the first time
manager had been SO fortunately placed
with regard to the Metropolitan public.
Never before had any manager succeeded
IN having so many attractions making
triumphs at the same time in that city.
The receipts from each one of them
amounted to small fortune every
week." The first and third plays we
have seen in Sacramento, the second we
are to have week after next.
The new Shenandoah" has forty
horses and over three hundred soldiers
IN its war incidents. The Academy of
Music has q vast stage and every nook
and corner Of II is utilized in this big pro-
duction. Bronson Howard's charming
love story remains unchanged, but its
background of tumultuous scenes in the
beautiful Shenandoah Valley, culminat-
ing with the arrival of General Sheridan
from Winchester in time to rally his re-
treating army and lead them back to
victory has been clothed with the magni-
tude, ViYidness and thrilling realism of
the original historic events. The retreat
and rally are exciting pictures. Four
horse teams dash across the stage drag
ging cannon, troop OF cavalry gallop at
The heels of Sheridan, heavy guns belch
fire from the hills, all the troops mingle
IN furious assault, and the terrible
realities of war are so faithfully presented
that the audience is wrought up to the
widest nights of enthusiasm. It is
highly probable that this Sheridan's ride
scene represents all that it is possible to
do in the way of tremendous stage effects.
Certainly realism can go no further.
''Shenandoahn has created a positive
furor. Labor Days receipts for two
performances were almost $4,000. The
nightly receipts at the Academy reach
81, 800 to $1,000.
The Pyke Opera Company has been do
ing splendid work at the Clunie Opera
house in this city for four weeks, but the
business has been poor, and Pyke and
his gifted wife have had little more re-
ward than bread and butter, while Man
ager Todd has had to move lively to meet
bills. This is not due to lack of apprecia-
ton, nor TO the slight advance in prices
as compared with the rates of the Stanley
company. The strike left things in a
bad shape; the pay-car OF the railroad
employees was eliminated for a month by
the strike from local financial flow. The
season opened too early and the summer
was hot one. Now that cool weather is
on, the summer "outers" at home and
the working forces increased in the
''shops," it is only reasonable TO expect
better patronage at the 0bera-house. Ger
tainly the company is fully entitled to it;
its work has been clean-cut, artistic and
satisfying.
Says New York correspondent of the
RECORD UNION: "'The New Boy at the
Standard has caught the town. Laugh,
laugh, laugh and roar, roar. roar-there's
the whole story of it's reception by New
York theater-goers. Whether it is fun
nier than 'Charley's Aunt nobody cares
to say, but 1t is as funny, and this state
ment alone tells its value. 1t is a rafting
comedy in which woman who has taken
for her second husband man OF youth
1ul figure and face, finds out that former
admirer, q wealthy schoolmaster, had
tune provided she remained a widow. To
save the fortune she puts her husband
into knickerbCckers and passes him for
ner son. She enters him as a pupil in
her admirers school, where, because he
is the new boy he is handled pretty
roughly by the other scholars. He re-
bells against the treatment and shows his
awful disgust with every body and every
thing, and there's where the fun comes
in-ior the audience, He is bullied and
Quilted, made TO rob an orchard, has e
spoony Miss of IA making love to him,
see somebody else making love to his
wife, and is forced into dozens of ridicu-
ious situations. Everything comes out
ali right III the snd.o
Kittie Heyman, the Sacramento pianist,
is successfully concertizing in the East
ern States.
Rev. samuel F. Smith, D. D., the au-
thor of My Country, IT'S of Thee" was
married sixty years ago. The lapse OF
three score years has not dulled the recol-
lection of that happy day, and he and his
good wife passed september 10th, the an
niyersary, quietly at Newton Center,
Mass, preterring that no gathering or
special observance mark the event.
young actress. who is as well known
for her literary work as her histrionic
talent, had rather embarrassing expert
ence recently. She had promised an
article for the next issue of New York
dramatic paper, and was q little late in
writing ii. The editor, becoming some
WHIST alarmed lest it should not be ready,
as advertised, for his Christmas number,
wrote her q note asking if it would
surely come on time. She replied with a
telegram: II am thinking. / do not
want YOU to get worried" By the next
mail she received a special-delivery letter
from him. II can make neither head
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