San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-21
THEATRICAL NOTES

1t is reported that an opera is
being written about "Trilby."
VIM. Gillett, author of alabama
has finished new war play.
NJ. E. Rice will start out in his
musical comedy, SIN old Madrid"
soon.
Gladys Wallis will begin her
next seasons tour in Chicago on
August '26.
The fiftieth performance of "The
Founding" was given at Hoyt's
theatre, New York, April -.
"The Fatted Calf" a play by
VIM. Gill, was produced for the
first time, last Monday,in Newark,
NJ.
Two new plays were produced at
the Central Opera house, New
York, last Wednesday, called "His
Last PART" and "The Model"
Mollie Fuller, Of Hallen & Harris
"Ideal" company, introduced her
"Trilby" dance, in bare feet, for the
first time in Chicago last week.
Lolita has been at last heard
from. She has been passing a de
lightful winter in Madrid, and
will return to America in May.
Lewis Morrison, will next season
produce Harrison Gray Fiske's
new play 1.-THE Privateer." 1t will
have a run at a metropolitan the
atre.
Robert Downing, will next sea-
son, produce, among other new
pieces, play called "Naragansett,"
in which he will appear as an In
dian,
The fiftieth production OF His
Wife's Father" E. H. Sothern's
play, was given at the Fifth ave.
nue. theatre, New York, last Mon
day night.
New scenery and costumes will
be prepared for Lewis Morrison's
"Faust" companies for next season,
and Mr.. Morrison says that moth
ing will be spared to make this
play surpass its former pro-
auctions.
NJ. B. Leavitt, proprietor of the
Spider and Fly" company and
Leavitt's Denver theatre, has
brought suit against Lille Langtry
in the sum of $1,000, for breach Of
contract, she failing to appear at
Leavitt's Denver theatre.
candida" is the title Of new
play, soon to be produced, with
Richard Mansfield in the leading
role. Miss Achurch, a London
actress, has been engaged to sup
port Mr.. Mansfield, by Mr.. Shaw,
the author Of the above play.
VIM, A. Brady and James j.
Corbett, have secured the rights to
produce "Trilby" throughout the
United States next season. Mr.. J.
w. Morrisy has been engaged to
manage the "Trilby" companies.
Mr.. Brady is in receipt of numer-
Gus applications for places in the
production.
On April 90 Charles w. Couldock,
the veteran actor, who was seen
here with Miss Ef1ie Ellsler when
he appeared as Dunstan Kirke, in
"Hazel Kirke," will celebrate his
eightieth birthday anniversary.
He appeared as Dunstan Kirke 275
successive times and for five years
on the road.
Tomorrow night Mr.. Chas. Froh-
man will produce the latest play
by Oscar Wilde, "The Importance
Of being in Earnest" at the Empire
theatre, New York. This play,
which is a three-act comedy of a
farcial character, was first pro-
duced at the st. James theatre,
London, by Mr.. George Alexander,
on February 90 and is still running
there.
1.-THE Pace That Kills." play in
four acts, was produced for the first
time, at the Fourteenth Street
theatre, New York, on April 2. AS
in a great many other English
dramas, horse racing figures very
prominently in it. There is moth
ing very novel in the play or the
manner in which the plot is
evolved. 1t fell fiat after the first
production.
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