The evening world., 1894-07-30
STAGE news AND GOSSIP.
Manager Brady Says the English
Provinces Get Poor Companies.
Sir Augustus Harris al Work on a
New Melodrama.


urday night in a brand.ncw English
suit OF clothes and n perspirins brow.
lie says that his European experiences
were very pleasant and that he intends
to repeat them next year. when Corbett
will appear for one week in each of the
principal European capitals. II have
learned a good deal about the show
business since rye been abroad" said
MIR. Brady. "and | think shall be able
to turn my knowledge to good account.
England's great place for theatres.
and saw everything that was worth
seeing. ! didn't enjoy my trip through
| the provinces very much. In Birmins
ham We met with weather that was
very much like what you have been hay
Ing here. What fearful companies tho
English provinces get, They would not
| BE- endured in London. The statement
that we lost money in London is not
| true. We did not lose; We even made n
eight nights. VIC did splendldly. We
didn't do Gentleman Jack there. Cor
| bett merely appeared at the Folies Ber-
gore and back there re We shall go next ,S.
play entirely altered, and shall do II as
We did II In London when we appear at
the American Theatre. We were treat
cd very nicely. and some OF our notices
were magnificent"
| Sir Augustus Harris. who sails for this
country with Augustln DAILY next Sat
| urday. liz just now said to be engaged
upon the construction OF new meio-
drama to contain the very biggest scene
| that has ever been seen upon the boards
of Drury Lane Theatre-a house that
has seen good many big scenes; Il Is
rrodigal Daughter" Into, dreary insis-
nificance. Sir Gus will be aided by
Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton, and
they are mapping out their play at an
English seaside town
Ancnt The Evening Worlds" para
graph on the subject of initiative play
wrights, in which the similarity Of Titles
Boy" was mentioned. Henry White. the
author OF the latter play. says: II beg to
state that my farce, The Old Boy vas
written and u named t., before , The N So
fore l had heard of the existence OF the
Engllsh play, The Old Boy was tried led
expsrimentslly in spoSslyn during The
the production of The New BOY can
not tried TO Initiate Mr. Frohmans as-
ton does me an injustice"
leading role, in la Petite Mariee' in
, snd i Hsr e own shSUa 40
periences. comic opera-ised- however,
would be quite as Interesting as any
that the most fertile librcttist could de-
| sign
Little Ruby, the American dancer, will
return from England loaded with hSnors.
out their precious little imps and invade
the offices OF managers once more. as
they did not very long ago; when Faunt.
waf 5I at RPey
Windmill street. with Elizabeth. Coun:
tess of Winchclsea and Nottingham, and
Mrs. William F9rmiloe as sodmoth,ers
heart with diamond In the centre and
a surrounding OF twenty brilliants. And
all this boom, II Is claimed. was due to
the untiring energy OF our own joyous
The living pictures have reached San
sinnists have found no single. cynical
word to utter. This is indeed wonder
full. They have Sloited over the tab
and absolutely Endorsed the verdict OF
the played-out, but still popular, East.
The statuesque cx-Casino favorite, lisa =
belle Urauhart, who hasn't had unal-
| loyed happiness since she returned to
this country with Loie Fuller's cele-
brated celebrities, has been engaged to
| play the part OF the Widow in "A Trip
| TO Chinatown" She viii certainly look
! the part admirably Her husband, Guy
| Standing, has been secured for Sowing
| the Wind" Miss Crquhart Is one OF the
| few Casino graduates not starring now.
! That Aronsonian school gave us Lillian
. Russell Pauline Hail. Marion Manoa,
Fanny Rice and others.
Miss Lottie Collins has announced for
next season. as already told a sketch
/ called THE Devil Bird" by Fred Bow
yer and J. s. Baker She has further
more announced II as having been writ
ten expressly for her. This, II now APP
| pears, Is a little bit OF poetic license.
| The piece Is old to the London music
balls, where II was populariZed by Miss
| Mile Howes, and, moreover II was an
ancient AFFAIR when Bowyer adapted 1t
from the French.
The play by Fred Harvey called Shall
We Forgive Her." that Manager A. NJ.
| Palmer Is said to own for this country.
| and which was also said to have been
secured by Manager Brady. was origin
| ally done In this country, Ii appears, I'M
der the title of THE King OF IRON" Its
| American possession seems to be little
I confused, but the indications are that
Mr.. Palmer will do the play.
! Miss Rose CoShlan has secured the
: Oriental-eyed actress Maxine Elliot for
! her company next sea son. Miss Elliot IL
to play the part OF Dora in Diplomacy"