San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-08
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the place to spend it,"
Arrangements are being made
for a benefit in the near future for
the veteran actor c.. w. Couldock.
Manager w. A. Brady has volun-
teered to take charge Of it.
HaddOn Chambers "John O.
Dreams" which was to have been
produced in New York by Beer
bohm Tree, has been secured by
Charles FrOhman for his Empire
Theatre stock company and will
follow "The Masqueraders."
There is a good story out on Sc
rious Augustin Daily. Recently
his agent with "The Gaiety Girl"
wired "Send draft $1,000" Daily
interpreted it to mean that the
agent had forwarded $1,000 and
wired back congratulate you on
good business" The agent fell
dead at this, but finally recovered
sufficiently to again wire, "Send
me draft for 81 800 to pay salaries"
Among the coming attractions
for New York will be a monster
cake walk at the Madison Square
garden, March 20. The colored so.
ciety of Philadelphia, Washington
and Baltimore promise to send con.
testants.
Joseph Haworth's venture as a
Shakespearian star has been ush-
cred in most auspiciously. In Bos-
ton he is pronounced the greatest
Hamlet since Booth, and every
where he is receiving the highest
praise for his work.
Now that farce comedies have
run their day the question arises
what is to become Of the farce COM
edy comedians.
"The New Boy" has proven a |
failure in Australia.
A great deal of interest attaches
to the appearance of Camille D.
Arville at the head Of her company
in STANCE and Edwards comic |
opera Madeleine, or the Magic |
Kiss, at the Bijou Theatre, New
York, next week. Miss D'Arville
has made herself a warm faVorite |
here by her splendid work as pri-
ma donna of the Bostonians and
the Casino company, but has not
been heard in New York for two |:
seasons in anything worthy of her
abilities. There is little doubt she
will have a successful engagement,
if Madeleine is what it is said to
be. f. f. Rice declares that all
differences between himself and
Miss D'Arville arising from his
suit for an injunction to restrain
the prinla donna from appearing
anywhere except with him, are
settled, and that he will be present
on the first night Of her MetropOli- |
tan engagement to stimulate the
audience. Miss D'Arville has a |
clever company. In it are ubrey
BOucicault, George Boniface, J. w.
Murray, H. NJ. Ravenscroft, and
Marie Dressler.
The benefit for Pauline Mark
ham, at the Garden Theatre last
Thursday, netted the former bur-
lesque queen 500.
Charles f. D. Wards new play,
"a Leader of Men," which was pro-
duced by the Kendals, is claimed
to but thinly veil the lives Of
Charles Stuart Parnell and Kitty
O'Shea.
Steve Brodie, who has been the
star Of Davis and Keogh's "On the
Bowery," will not be member Of
that company next season.
Gus Williams and John T. KEEL
ly, who were joint stars Of "U and
l" four years ago, will again join
forces for next season, appearing
in new comedy.
Charles Frohman has promised
to take twelve pupils a year from
the Empire school of acting for
positions in his companies.
Herman Oelrichs has announced
his intention Of building new
theatre in San Francisco, to be
called the Auditorium.
The HeraldSquare Theatres sue
cess "Rob Roy" will soon close its
run and 60 on the road.
1t is not generally known that
Joseph r. Grismer was once SOL
der. He was but fifteen years old
at the time and saw service for a
little less than one year, but in
that time "smelled gunpowder," as
the big saber scar on the right side
Of his face testifies. He is I'M
doubtedly the youngest G. A. r.
man in the United States.
In Walter Sandford's new play
called "a False STAR" there will be