The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-04

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titled Mexico" deals with incidents of
the Mexican war. 1t will be produced
at Cleveland, o., August 26th.
Georgia Cayvan is spending the
summer at Dieppe, France.
Druse's second engagement in Lon
don has been financial failure.
Patti has been on the concert and
operate stage for forty-five years.
The biggest summer bsiness ever
done IN Chicago is that now being &C
complished by "Trilby.'
Ed. Harrigan will hereafter play
only "OId Lavender" although he is
tempted to produce my Son Dam
Peter Daley is about to abandon
the Country Sport for a new love,
The Night Clerk"
Frederic de Belleville has been
engaged as leading man to travel
with Lillian Walrath
Isle Leigh is playing leading bust
ness at Peaks Island, Maine, and the
local press compliment her very
highly.
During the winter we are going to
have another In Old Kentucky" and
may probably have the War of
Wealth.
Thomas Keen is having new scenery
for his coming tour. and is thinking
seriously of adding king Lear" to his
repertoire.
The most popular comic operas of
Gilbert and Sullivan are to be revived
at the London Savoy theater, begin
ming with THE Mikado-"
John W Dunno, once well known :
this city, is manager for Gladys Wal
lis, who goes a-starring in a new play
to be written for her by Augustus
Thomas
In 1888, when Edmund Kean was
acting the part of Othello, he uttered
the words: "Othellos occupations
gone" and fell dead into his sons
arms.
Lewis Morrison is learning to ride
the WHEEL anu SsdlllCl ClAOuSAA III OAoCo
the first day to make him call again
and again upon his patron saint and
ideal AIephistopheles.
The New York Mirror has it that
Harry Carson Clarke has leased the
Lyceum theatre. Denver, for two
years and will open on September 80
with a first-class company.
Although Rejane's brilliant acting
in Ma Cousine' was highly praised
Meilhac's comedy was trifle too
risque for the English critics, and was
censured accordingly.
During the coming season Charles
Frohman intends producing plays by
seven different authors, and all pro-
auctions. with one exception, will be
by American writers.
Victory Bateman, Minnie Dupree,
James f. Wilson, May Hurley and
Max Figman will be in the cast of
Eugene Thompkins big production of
the Boston theatre.
Sir Augustus Harris was recently
decorated with the cross Of the order
of knight Commander of Ernestine by
the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
English managers seem to be working
the nobility 10 some purpose.
Lewis Morrison is negotiating with
the heirs of Lawrence Barrett for the
rights to play "Yoricl1's Love- He
probably realizes that nature fitted
him for other work besides the imper-
sonation of Satan, and this we can
we'll believe when we remember his
beautiful reading of Mercutio on his
first visit to this city.
James Neill has been engaged by
Henry Greenwa1 & Co. as leading
man for Minnie Madden Fiske next
season. Mr.. Neill is one of the most
prominent and able of the young
actors Of the day He has recently
distinguished himself at the head OF
the Denver stock company, with
which. during an engagement in that
city, he played no less than fifty-eight
parts in standard dramas.
Ida Waterman, Frank R Mills
Harry DeVere and Lester Stanford
have been engaged by Henry Green
wall & Co. for the company that will
support Minnie Madden Fiske next
season. Miss Waterman will be
leading lady. Mr.. Mills will be re-
membered for his work as Ned An
nersley, the part first played in this
country by William Favershem in
Sowing the Wind"