The herald., 1895-04-07
Note. Rrom TheatricaI Tidinss

Little Willie Kibosh is the name of
Frank Daniels new character in which he
Is to be seen i'll comic opera next season.
The land of the sacred cod and OF the
to have given to De koven and Smith
Rob Roy even a warmer reception than
did New York. 81
Joseph Arthur, author of The Still
Alarm and Blue Jeans, declares that in
Linsey Woolsy, his new play TO be pro-
duced next month, none of the situations
depend for their effect upon mechanical
devices.
David Henderson, manager of the
Chicago opera house and the American
Extravaganza company is in New York
City with headquarters at McConnelps
theatrical exchange.
Jessie Bartlett. Davis, the celebrated
contraIto OF the Bostonians, used to sing
th e role of Buttercup in Pinafore. She
was married shortly afterwards to W. j.
Davis, the Chicago manager.
Rejane, the French actress, triumphed
again at Abbey's theater in New York
Oh Monday night. She appeared as Sap
pho, the cocotte, in a dramatization of
Daudet's novel OF that title. She vitalized
the character perfectly. No more realistic
performance has ever been seen in New
York.
Sybil Johnson is engaged by William
A. Brady to play Trilby. 1t will be re-
mem bered she made a sensation few
years ago by appearing undraped as liza,
the model in the Clemenceau Case.
But that was before living pictures or
bronze statues were heard of.
John Hare, Henry Irving, Charles
Wyndham and possibly George Alexander
will come to America next season, but
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall will leave lis alone,
and Beerbohm Tree has not yet made up
his mind.
Ever since the Trilby craze began, Alf
Hayman, general manager of all Charles
Frohman's attractions. has been study
ing French. He recently dropped into a
New York restaurant with the purpose
of making splurge for the benefit OF his
friends at other tables, and ordered his
dinner from the garcon in French. Tie
waiter returned in twenty minutes with
! seven kinds of potatoes.
Marie Wainwright feels that she has ac-
complished something that is rather re-
markable this year. She is the only Amer
ican star that mas appeared throughout
the entire season in one play, Daughters
of Eve, written by American authors.
Here and there she has given occasional
mat nees OF Camille, but to all intents
and purposes Daughters of Eve has been
the MEDIUM for the display of her ability
during 1S94-95.
John Haret, the celebrated English
actor-manager, who has managed the
Garrick theater in London for some years,
and who is to make his initial American
tour the coming season, says that theo-
retically the ideal manager of theater
should be man that does not act, but
that as a matter OF fact the best manager
is the actor, for he can have an artistic
appreciation of the value of play as we
as be able to form an opinion as to its
box Office merits.
The Whitney Opera Company, direct
from New York, opened at the Boston
Castle Square theater last Monday night
with an advance sale that could not he
bought for much less than $1,000. and. as
predicted. the premiere Boston per-
formance was both a musical and society
event. Both cults were better repre-
sented than at any am usement opening
this season, save perhaps. the grand
opera-and even that may be accounted
for by the difference between the 1000
capacity of the Castle Square and the
$500 capacity OF the Mechanics building
barn, where the grand opera played.
Mrs. Langtry will return to England
early in May so as to attend the yacht
races on her schooner. She will also
make short tour OF the English PROV
inces. opening at the Grand theater, Is
lingt.n. and presenting Clyde Fitch and
Leo Dietritchstein's play. Gossip. Mrs.
Langtry may be a professional beauty.
but she is not Jealous OF the success made
by any other woman This is indicated
by the fact that she is delighted by the
performance IN her support OF Effie Shan
non and is attempting to prevail upon
Miss shannon to accompany her on her
English tour. Mrs. Langtry informs the
writer that she will positively return to
America in the early autumn and that
she will then appear in an English YER
sion of Camille, of which she is the
author. She thinks that none of the pre-
vious adaptations of the play are ade-
quate.
LET me thank you for your very kind
published remarks concerning me. Per-
haps draamtic critics seldom realize how
much word of encouragement may
mean to young actress. l for one am
most grateful and shall always value your
commendation very highly" The name
signed to the letter was Caroline Miskel.