The evening world., 1894-10-11
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Success of Melba's Concert--Collier
Wants TO Leave Farce Comedy
dramatic Pirates Busy.


dience. one OF those aggravatng assem-
blages that encore everything and ev-
erybody Unfortunately. 1t was. in
fact. greedy audience. that wanted as
much for It's money as 1t could possibly
obtain by undue demonstration. 1t used
to be that vociferous applause was
looked upon as graceful and enviable
by the artist. Now 1t is
very different. If the artist still thinks
about it at all, she probably says to
herself: They are after another song.
l suppose, my manager expects me to
give one" Nine. Melba, however, de-
served all the applause she got. She
was in splendid voice, and her liquid,
She sang an aria from Handels ALLIE
gro" most brilliantly, emphasizing every
thread on the labyrinthine lace work of
Cooper, was also interpreted by Nine.
Melba, but her voice Is not so wonderful
when she does not use i in ro S les;
Folks at Home very sweetly, and the
song charmed the audience. Melba Will
probably use this as Patti used Home;
not t the es s sign Of Wear and
tear, and she made quite as much of
hit as did Nine; Meiba Scalchi's pic
her Framed as 1.-The Portrait of Nine
teenth Century Lady" NJ, Plancon was
little OF the Anvil song from Phile-
mon ct Baucis," or of the stirring Two
Grenadiers." NJ Mauguere sang quietly
Holmes, and " tn me derals,'" by Cha
minade. The second part of the pro.
gramme was devoted to the. third act of
epts P Tfs Mm as N MeSSseophees
Maugulere as Faust, and Scalchi as Sic
bel. Altogether this concert was a most
enjoyable affair, and an undoubted sue
cess.
Willie Collier, the jovial young actor.
who used to be call-boy at Days The
the manager himself, has been trying to
forcake farce-comedy. He is presenting
new play called "A Back th Np I'm, S,,t IN
Russell order, and his friends don't like
it. They want Willie to keep to the
style of entertainment that made him
successful. Isn't 1t funny that the pubic
will not allow actors to get away from
themselves? And how anxious the actors
are to make the attempt. Look at Nat
Murphy and John Drew. In the last in
stance only has the actor been able to do
as he liked.
The "Charley's Aunt" mani cement are
having very unpleasant time with the
pirates. There seems to be strong de-
sire to crib this play that has been Sc
much talked about. The pirates rely
upon foreign languages. for secrecy and
"Charleys Aunt" in English. It, was
crbbed and acted by German and Scan
dlnavian actors in Chicago; an attempt
was made to produce 1t In German IN
City. There surely never was a play
that called forth so many deep, dark.
audacious schemers.
An enterprising Rhode Island pub
Usher has offered -, to tors furnish WIth a the
Philip H. sheridan's life for q
Gents APIECE The ss
venirs. He did not know that the aver,
age theatrical souvenier hend would
sooner have a hve-cent plaque or a
literature published. The souvenir fiend
Is a strange, uncanny brand of human
ity.
Boston, was very factfully doomed by
Messrs. Brady and Corbett. While
they were in London they sent out
English metropolis to the residents of
ent when THE Cotton King " was
produced in Boston This gave sort
dontchernow. Before the piece was
produced the name Of Corbett was
pasted ns., over on the posters, because the
performance appears to have been a
gala affair. Miss Bijou Fernandez, who
seems to have made very good i'm
preston. received the following despatch
hit Boston as hard as Corbett hit Sui
Ivan"
That will be a splendid programme at
the Empire Theatre this afternoon for
the Twelfth Night Club. 1t is long
enough to last through the evening up
to the witehing hour. How thoughtless
gramme at SIS with THE Bauble Shop"
James A. Herne, OF Shore Acres" re-
nown, is n proud pepper. He has a new
boy, of the style SO conventionally known
as bouneing; Congratulations are dis
George Walton is the name of a come
dian with long history. who will make
Little Christopher Columbus" Mr..
walton rs not beautiful to gaze upon,
always looking for. known as "a comedy
face Mr.. Walton made his first appear
ance on the stage when he was two
ihohsho Oit' anu bcch dStlIl6 ever
since. He has been in forty different
pantomimes in England. and he is said
to be the man who led George r. Sims
to fame ana fortune by making that
writer's early plays popular. Walton
has appeared under the management of
Edward E. Rice when that Ubiquitous
gentleman was In Australia.
The treasurer OF the Star Theatre has
one joke, and to him 1t Is furiously funny.
There Is quite draught IN the box-ofiice,
and then a man or woman places a bill
| in the opening OF the window, the air
| WATTS 1t inside. "Oh. oh!' exclains the
person, there goes my money" IAN
right" replies the treasurer you've
blown 1t in the right way" and then he
chuckles all over.
Both of the German theatres will be
| very busy tonight. At the Irving Place,
| Luc!e Freisinger will make her first APP
pearance in America as Mlgda, in Suder-
mann's play "Heimath," and at the Ger
mania Theatre, Philips latest skit, en-
| titled The German Brewer and His
| Family" will be produced for the first
| time.
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