The evening world., 1894-01-08
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Strange Complications in Rose
Coghlan's Company.
Hubert Wilkc Strongly Objects TO
Being Transferred.

The Rialtoites are doing a good deal
OF chattering about The strange compli-
cations in Miss Rose Coghlan's company.
They have been wondering how Aubrey
Boucicault and Mrs. Louise Torndyke
Boucicault. his late fathers second wife,
have been getting along together. The
problem has been solved. Young Boucl-
cault and his stepmother had never
spoken before they met in this company.
They had met as strangers" They
would probably have continued as such
had It not been for Mrs. Boucicault
When Young Aubrey made his first APP
pearance with this organization Louise
T~horndyke came up to him. and said
This is II very embarrassing position
for me, Mr.. Boucicault. l did not expect
1t, but here We are, and It can be
helped. We had better speak to each
other and avoid exciting comment.
Don't you think this would be advisa-
ble?' Mr.. Boucicault agreed with her.
and the two now say good morning"
and good evening"" and smile afrably.
The other complication in the COM
pany has not been explained. 1t IL
the appearance at the theatre every
night of Mrs. Charles Coghlan and Miss
Gertrude Coghlan. and their APPARENT
friendly relations with Charles CoBhlan.
Some arrangement has evidently been
made, but nobody seems to know what
1t is, and the persons involved In the
affair are all silent as the proVerbiaI
~sphinNes.
The public Is beginning to get very
tired of the perpetual disagreemcnts In
The Algerian" and The Fencing. Mas
pears. is very indignant at being trans
ferred from the latter opera to the
former. he was anxious that The
Fencing Master peoEle should guaran1
there was quite IL set-to. In fact there
has been quite a set-to all the week in
The Fencing Master" company In Phil
%adelphia.
G. w. Purdy, Miss Fannie Rice's hus-
band, has taken possession Of Stockw"lrs
Theatre In San Francisco, and the bub-
biesome Miss Rice Is playing there for
nil remain manager. OF THIS theatre is
not known. He Is what is known as Il
hustler" and considering that he was "A
dental artist before he married Miss
for himself Of which many old-timers
might feel proud.
The members of the Forepaugh stock
company returned to the city Yesterday
season closed; actors Disguised. They
blame the leading lady for IL all. and de-
clare that II 1t had not been for the com
plications In which she | involved them
lhings would have ended very differently.
This is The lady who has been no eN-
tcnsively advertised az wearing a dagger
over her heart, as "A symbol OF wearing
Defpetually "A secret sorrow. She seemed
to have lent IL To the members Of the
company yesterday.
Lady Windermere's Fan" has been very
colily received i'm San Francisco, and II
through the labyrinths of Wilde cpigrams.
Either they do not understand them, or,
understanding them, they set them down
as feeble and unWitty. One or two Of the
critics have tried to point out the admir-
able pungency of these episrams, but II
was no good. Poor Oscar would have
had a fit. could he have contemplated the
silent crowds listening to wat he mod
estly considers the best play of the CEN
fury.
Al the romance of Nine. Calves name
Is ruined by one or two Out-Of-tONn
writer's, who persist in abiding 10 the
sensational songstress az Mrs. calve.
This is worse thar speaking of the great
French trGgediennc as Miss Sarah Bern
hardt.
benjamin I.andeck's "new and original
mclodrama," now running in London,
must be Il weird and awful affair. The
drama Is one in which the hero. who II
a thief and a'murdcrer, excuses his COM
initial of about twelve murders with the
plea that he had never known a mothers
love.