San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-08
STAGE TWITTER.

Maggie Cline will shortly go on
the road as star.
"King Arthur" closed its New
York engagement last week.
Julian Magnus has resigned as
Marie Wainright's manager.
P. H. Haverly has a new min
strel company touring the west.
Sarah Bernhardt positively
refuses all offers to tour Germany.
'"Trilby" has only three weeks
longer to run in New York city.
"Chicago" is the title of new
sensational drama in the metropo-
lis.
The Olympia, another fine New
York theatre was opened last Mon
day.
David Belasco has been asked
to write a play for Fanny Daven-
port.
Jessie Bartlett has no .idea Of
starring next season as was
rumored.
w. s. Hart has left Modjeska
because he did not like his role in
"Magda."
"The Gay Parisians" will run at
Hoyts' New York theatre until
January 4.
Sutton Vans new play SIN Sight
of st. PauPs" has won the praise
of all New York.
Daniel Frohman has two
comedies in preparation which
will be produced soon.
Dates are being booked for
"Gentleman Jo," a play,splendidly
western life.
The Moore and Burgess min
strels in London are giving
tableaux Of "Uncle Toms Cabin"
"The Merry World" is a fine
on the boards at the
Fourteenth street theatre, New
York.
Sarah Bernhardt has written
play entitled "La Duchess Cath
erine," which will be presented
in '96.
"The Home Secretary" was pre-
sented last Monday in New York
city for the first time by Daniel
Frohman.
A second company to play
Mime. Sans Gene" will not be or
ganized as was rumored, so says
Manager Pitou.
"For the Crown" by Francois
Coppee, will follow "The Shop Girl"
at Palmer's New York theatre
early In January.
The mother of John Drew, who
s presenting christopher Jr." so
successfully in New York city, was
a good actress herself.
The largest sale of seats ever
made at Abbey's theatre, New
York city, was that during
Thanksgiving week for Irving.
The one hundreth performance
Of "The Wizard of the Nile" took
place at the Casino in New York
last Wednesday. 1t will be con-
tinued indefinitely.
"Charley's Aunt" "The Mikado"
'Trilby," "The Shop Girl" "Liber-
by Hall" and "Romeo and Juliet"
I'll familiar plays are now
running successfully in London.
All available space in the Her.
AID Square theatre, New York
city, is being taken up by chairs
to accommodate the immense
crowds to witness "The Heart of
Mary land"
Modjeska's farewell tour is prov
ng successful. She has received
petitions from the majority of the
eading citizens in several places
where she has played, to |
play return engagement.
Fanny Davenport closed her
New York engagement at the Fifth |
Avenue theatre in "Gismonda"
asst Saturday. A. Herne followed |
her at that place in that familiar |
md popular play ashore Acres"
"The Transit of Leo" an adap-
ion from the German, in three |
acts, by Eugene Daily is promised |
1t the Lyceum theatre in New |
York as soon as he closes his
present engagement in "The
School for Scandal"
"The Cotton King" a characters
tic play showing a cotton mill in
'ull operation as we'll as several
'ther scenes pertaining to the |
and the manufacture
ng of cotton into cloth is on the |
boards at the Grand opera house,
n New York.
In response to the wishes of a
arge audience recently in Ro-
chester, Joseph jefferson made
short speech on American plays
md among other things he said
10 thought Mark Twain's "Pud.
iin-head Wilson" a really great