The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
News and Gossip of Players.

val in the operatic field next season,
and this country is to enjoy the excite
ment of real operatic war-the first in
seven or eight years. Marcus r. Mayer
has received information that the I'm
perial Opera company Nimited), OF
London, of whicn he Is the general
manager. has been fully organized. and
had made all the necessary arrange
ments for the production of Italian
opera both in London and in America
next year. This company has been In
the process OF formation for the last
two years. Lord Kilmorey, X. G. b.,
the Marquis of Conyngham and Herbert
p. Okenden are trusted and prominent
members of the board Of directors. The
capital is GS40.000. al Of which. rs
Mayer says, is pal. up. Colonel ]. II.
Mapleson, the veteran operate Inn
impresario, who has introduced many
of the greatest singers the world has
known to England and this country, is
the operatical director 1t Is the in
tention of the company to begin at
once the erection OF new opera house
in London on the site Of Her Mejesty's
Theater, the lease of which has been in
the market for some time and has only
been definitely secured within the last
few days. The architect of the new
playhouse, which will rival any struc-
ture of the kind in the world Is Walter
Emden, member Of the London
County council and the builders will be
Percy & Co., who erected the national
gallery and the new court building in
Chancery lane, London. ut Is our
plan at present" says Mr.. Mayer to
open our first season In the new house
on May "a next Our London season
will last through June. July and Aug
ust, and the company will be brought
to New York the latter part of Septem-
ber to open a season in October, later
going to Chicago"
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One thing Is to be said of Eugene
Field; he was loyal to his friends. He
did not believe that Bill Nye was drunk
at Patterson, and he was not at all shy
about saying so. In the Chicago
Record he wrote Just a day or two be-
fore his death: "a somewhat intimate
acquaintance with Nye for the period
OF fifteen years enables me to testify
that If there Is one temperate man on
our platform today, that man is Bill
Nye. From one quarter 1t has been
suggested that sickness may have been
responsible for some apparent indiscre-
tion which served to excite the indigna-
tion of the Paterson audience. Ten
years ago Nye was in shocking bad
health, and at one time there were
the rest of his life. His malady at that
time was meningitis; never since his
two years afiliction with that ipsidious
and destructive disease has Nye been a
robust man. Only the utmost caution
and the most scrupulous observance of
the rules laid down by his physician
have enabled Nye to go ahead with
his work. This work in itself has been
arduous; II there Is anything more
s,vtv, h1 tra ynI-
Ing about the country in all kinds OF
weather. and at the mercy of railway
trains and lecture bureaus and hotel
keepers, l do not know II. am ready
to believe that overwork has induced
a return Of Nye's old trouble and that
Nye Is sick man. But do not believe,
and shall not believe upon the testi-
mony so far presented, that Nye had
been guilty Of any irregularity war
ranting a diminution of pubic conf
dence in him, and, least of all, justify
ing the unseemly outrage committed at
Paterson"
alt
One of the events of the season will
be the appearance here Of Minnie Mad
dern Fiske, whose return to the stage
has been marked by success far great
er than the warmest of her
friends had anticipated. Mrs. Flske
is fortunate In the principal play
Of her repertoire. "The Queen Of Liars"
Hennique. cleverly Englished by Har-
rison Grey Fiske. From criticisms Of
this new drama 1t appears to be re-
markable stage story, at once notable
for Its human and dramatic quality and
Its strength and variety OF characters.
as well as for its psychologist interest
and its most original and novel dealing
with "a woman with a past" Mrs.
Fiske varies this performance with "a
Dolls House" and in some cities with
triple bill, in which are two of her own
strong and artistic One-act plays, and
she is assisted by one of the most eff
Client and symmetrical companies ever
organized to support a star in this
country.
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According to Nat Goodwin, a foot
Iight favorite, man or woman, works
harder than any merchant and almost
as hard as any newspaper man. He
studies constantly new renditions of
parts. continually thinks Of new ideas
and improvements, mechanical or the
orettcal. and as perhaps r'ehearsing an
other play or opera at the same time"
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II 1t hadn't been for Nine. Janaus-
chek 1t would have been necessary to
call In the fire department at the Amer
lean theater. New York, few days
ago. In the sub-caller scene in "The
Great Diamond Robbery" Katherine
Grey appears as the wronged heroine,
with her golden hair-that Is to say,
her ebon hair.hanging down her back.
according to the style traditional with
wronged heroines. On, this particular
night, however, Miss Grey's locks got
In contact with lighted candle in
Mother Rosenbaum's den. She scream
ed even more naturally than was
necessary and Janauschek gently drew
her shawl over the leading woman's
hair. Her hair was just singeing.
jill
1t Ia as spectacular production that
Slaves OF Gold" stands unrivalled
among the creations II its class. Nor,
people are employed in putting 1t upon
the stage than any other show Of the
kind, and months of labor and skill
were consumed in bringing the marvel
GUS triumph Of scenic art to Its present
state of perfection. Only those who
have seen THE Slaves Of Gold" can
have any adequate conception Of its
beauty and realism. Each Of the four
scenes are complete and admirable.
The first act discloses the interior of q
shipping Office at Hull. England, and in
per spective can be seen many ships.
that gives one an idea of the busy arts
Of ocean commerce. The strength Of
the play Is exhibited in the absolute
correspondence between the story and
the stage representation. In the Sec
ond act Is seen the interior of the Bart
ley mines and the superintendent's
office. and the interest Of the spectator
10 Increased by the regard for detail
that characterizes every scene In the
play. At the Academy. of Music We'd
nesday evening.
The 'Crinskeen Lawn" Dan McCar-
thy's new play. will be presented
and Wednesday, November II, IL and 10,
With matinces daily. The role Mfr. Me-