The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-30

study Tor a Whole n1eume. Mr.. keene
is man who believes in study. His H.
tains every edition of Shakespeare he has
ever been able to get, and an immense
number Of commentaries, histories and
chronicles-everything. in fact. that can
help to explain the text of Shakespeare.
Mr.. Keene has often been criticized for
his makeup in Richard III. I."< This was
especially true In the early years of his
starring In the part. when his interpreta-
ton OF the role was looked upon as an in
novation- As a matter of fact, Mr.. Keene
derived his ideas from Bakers "Chroni-
cles of the Kings OF England" a standar I'd
authority on the subject. where Richard
! Is described as having the most hideous
/ personality. being not only deformed and
/ ugly. but a monster of depravity and
cruelty. Mr.. Keene will play Louis XII"
for his opening bill. ''Richelieu" on Tues
day night. Merchant of Venice We'd
nesday afternoon and Richard III"
Wednesday night. -~s5
In La Navarraise. Calve has to portray
the love of a woman who for its sake is
led to commit a murder. She must have
a dot. and the general has set a price up
on his enemy's head. To earn the money
which will enable her to marray her lover
Anita undertakes the crime. Her lover
returns, wounded. from seeking her In
the enemy's camp, while he has jealousy
pursued her, and on learning the truth re-
pulses her with scorn. He dies, and the
girl goes mad. The New York Tribune
says: For twenty minutes last night the
opera audience supped on horrors, and n
visions came In the night to the patrons
Of the opera of a distraught woman pull
ing open the yes OF a dead man with
her thumbs they will the better be able
to realize the pleasures and penalties of
the tendency given to the lyric drama by
the modern school OF Italian 'veritism'
Nine. Calve froze the marrow in the
bones of those who saw and heard her."
Echard Golden has written what Is pro-
nounced a stirring drama upon Benedict
Arnold. The first act shows Arnold, the
military commander. of Philadelphia, liv-
ing In lavish style. far beyond his means,
and courting Miss Peggy Shippen- The
climax Is the quarrel between Arnold and
the civil authorities, and his demand for
a court-martial The second act Is the
court-martial and the cunningly timed
British offer The third act Is laid In Ar
nold's headquarters on the Hudson, oppo- /
site West Point He comes in just from
the interview with Andre and the~con- |
of the treachery. The fourth |
act is a tavern near Bowling Green and |
opposite Sir Henry Clinton's headquar-
ters. The fifth act is Arnold's miserable
death by starvation in London. 9saa
Sol Smith Russell was recently asked II
he had ever known what 1t was to be
hard up. "Oh. yes, 1 have been very
hard up. In the first place 1 went on the
stage when I was a boy of IA to play util-
lty at a salary of SO a week. And 1t was
general utilityi 1t meant doubling small
parts, singing comic song or two be-
tween the acts and then joining the or
chestra to beat the drum. Ny board cost
l. n n. n
theater because / had no money to pay
Tor lodging house. 1t was beautiful"
said he, beautiful and to-day I would
gladly go back to Sc a week and bed in
he theater IL could take with me those
7oung thoughts. little while after
was raised to IS a week. and then 1 was
happy. but when 1 got s12, why, / felt
independent" lE
Miss Annie Buckley, who personates |
he role of Tilly Slocum in "A Fool for
Luck" Joe Cawthorn's latest and great |
st success, is the daughter of Z. J. (Ned) |
one of the best leading men in
America. Miss Buckley is young, bright
md handsome. and a comediene OF more
han average ability. Last season she |
made pronounced hit as June in |
Blue Jeans" and the season before she
'layed the leading role in "A Nutmeg |
datch." She has a magnificent voice |
which is heard to good advantage in sew
raj selections in "A Fool for Luck"
The company will be seen in Butte in the
after part Of January.
When the Coghlan-Stockwell company
vent to pieces in Denver. Hayes, the
eading man, attached Miss Coghlan's |
runks for $3.50 due him. He seized them
ne night when she was playing Rosa
nd and she had to be taken to her hotel
4 her stage dress. A friend released the
runks by giving a bond. Stockwell went
D Chicago to organize a new company I
nd many members of the old company
hreaten to attach him wherever he may
,r this season The gentle hattery he ,
bread over Thomas @. Seabrooke for his
erformance OF Fag at the Couldock ben
II performance of THE Rivals" caused
lat gentleman to forsake comic opera
'r comedy, and now he has come to
lief. The Seabrooke company broke up |
New Haven the other day. While two
eputy sherifr's were beseiging the box
nce on attachments aggregating $500 Z
e actors held down the curtain. refus-
e to go on until they had been paid :
on account. ae ~s-~
When Wilton Lackaye went on the
age thirteen years ago Charley Barton 4
ok him to Barry & Fay for an engage
ent In "Muldoon's Picnic" Billy Barry
,ked over the young aspirant and re-
arked with contemptuous candor: (
Why, that guy can't act; he's too well Il
essed." SO Lackays missed the engage
mt TO become leading man to Carrie
rain In cad. the Tomboy." This was
start on a stage career. stt
,harles Dickson and wife, Lillian Burk-
rt, are on the vaudeville. stage at
,ith's In New York. This is probably
ly temporary and due TO the fact that
:. Dickson was unfortunate IN signing
the early part OF the season His first
lure was "Other Peoples Money" at
which he Joined the Marie Jensen
npany which only lasted a few weeks.
is too clever an actor to be lost to
, legitimate drama