The herald., 1895-09-10
Notes From Theatrical TidInss

Tim Murphy is rehearsing in A Texas
Steer at Hoyt's theater in New York.
Frank Daniels has been photographed
in one hundred attitudes. He guarantees
to strike each one of them when he ap.
pears shortly in the comic opera. The
Wizard of the Nile.
The music of Fleur de Lis. the comic
opera which Della Fox will use as ve-
hicle for her appearance this season, is by
William Furst. composer of the Little
Trooper, The Isle of Champagne. etc.
II isn't every actor purchases the home
of a president of the United States.
Thomas Keene however, has just become
the owner of the house that President
Tyler lived in on Staten island.
Sir Henry Irving is not the only men,
Der of the theatrical profession that has
had honors heaped upon him. Thumas
Keene has been made chairman of the
poultry com ittee of county fair at
Staten island.
Excelsior, Jr.. the latest Barnet bur-
lesque. which is to have the distinction
of opening the Olympia theate1, ia course
back to the stage Fay Templeton as a
man about town with an eyegiass and
four Wallets.
Joseph Jefferson has for several years
advised Thomas Q. Seabrooke to leave
comic opera in favor of comedy. 1t has
been suggested that SeabrooKe would be
well cast as Caleb Plummer, favorite
part of Jefferson's.
A most interesting theatrical curio in
the shape of a suit of mail worn by the
late Gustavus Brooke, the famous English
tragedian, as Richard I'LL, has just ar
rived on the Etruria. 1t ID now the prop
erty of Thomao Keene, and he will wear
| it when he appears a. Richard at the
| Harlem opera house on Septem Der 9th.
j
| the American Theatrical Exchange have
taken lease, to begin in May, of q block
back of the st. Cloud hotel on Forty Sec
ond street, New YORK. The Mirror will
have the first two floors and the Ex-
| change the rest of the building.
Ancient Egypt, the scene of the acti'n
of The Wizard of the Nile. the new comic
opera in which La Shslle and Clarke are
shortly to present Frank Daniels. fur
nishes abundant opportunities for gor-
| geous scenic effect. and they will not be
| sighted. Hundreds of yards of gold lace
and beads are being made into costumes
| for the production.
| 1t is rather difficult to understand just
why Henry irving is hailed as the first
member of tho English theatrical profess
sion to be knighted. There is such man
Royal English opera house, and he was
made Sir Augustus many months ago.
Harris himself complained to the writer
last summer that Irving was getting q
distinction that does not belong to him.
And as for theatrical people that have
Hope and Lady Helen Faucit forgotten SC
| soon?
| John Hare, who is to come to Amer.
| lea this winter from the Garriok theater.
| London, to present A Pair of Spectacles
and The Notorious Mrs. Ebbgmith. will
bring all his own scenery. The interior
| of villa In the last ma m ed piece is de-
scribed as the most substantial and ele.
CANT scenic set of the London season.
The fire commissioners of New Yorl
, who have condemned as unsafe al
| but six theaters have seat wore
to Richard Mansfield that the Gar
rick is the safest of ahy place OF amuse
ment in that city. AS the building reg
ulations governing the construction o
theaters in New York are strIcter thar
they are anywhere else, this means tha
the G-rrick is the safest theater in tn,
world. Charles Frohman visited tn
house the other day and pronounced i
perfect in every detail.
Mrs. Langtry has been compelled by tn
advice of ner physician to abandon he
forthcoming tour in this country. whicl
was booked to commence at Mr.. A. Hay
mans Columbia theater on October 21st'
The sole cause of this decision is tn
state of her EeAlth. her medical adviser
having imperatively forbidden her to ia
cur the fatigues and discomforts attend
ant on prolonged tour during an Am er
lean winter. Edward Michael. Mrs
Langtry's agent, who arrived from Lon
don on Saturday, brings the news that tn
lady was compelled to cancel some date,
in England last summer. as she was un
equal to the strain of even the compare
tive ease of travelling through the Eng lisI
q u of
as a consequence of this breakdown
number of choice dates were thrown up
on the market, and Henry French, VIII
was to be Mrs. Langtry's manager here
of course will have no end of application
to fill them.