The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-11
THEATRICAL CHAT.
Fanny Davenport is As years old.

Fanny Davenport Is 40 years Olu.
William H. Crane is 50 years old.
w. S. Gilbert Is writing a comedy.
1t is rumored that Nat Goodwin will es-
say Hamlet
in aladdin Jr."
Henry Guy Carleton has written a new
comedy for John Drew.
Ward and Vokes will be seen in 1.-THE
Two Governors" next season.
Edwin Arden has been engaged by
Comedian Crane for next season.
Frederick Paulding next season will
play with Gladys Willis in "Fanchon."
Altogether the Kendalls have cleared
something over 100000 from their Ameri-
can tours.
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
failed in New York because 1t was writ
ten by Oscar Wilde.
Actresses who are bicyclists include
Pauline Hall, Dorothy Morton, Louise
Moore and May Irwin.
Albert Chevalier, the well-known Eng
lish impersonator of costermonger char
acter, will probably visit this country next
season.
"Kismet, or Two Tangled Turks" is
the title of a new comic opera, words by
Richard F. Carroll, music by Gustave A.
Kerker.
1.-THE Indiscreet Mrs. Brown" Is the
title Of new comedy by Mrs. Pacheco,
which Charles Dickincon has accepted for
production.
William Gill and Robert Fraser's new
melodrama, Human Nature" will be pro-
duced in New York city during the COM
ing summer.
Otis Skinner says that henceforth he
will not devote much attention to Shakes
peare. He has new romantic drama for
next season.
Robert Downing next season will add
to his repertoire tragedy by Sardou ana
n play called 1.-The Narragansett," deal
Ing with the Puritans and Indians.
Courtney Thorpe is to star next season
in Ghosts" 1.-THE Story of Sin" and
1.-THE Light That Failed" Ida Jeffries-
Goodfriend will be the leading woman.
Alexandra Dumas latest play. LA
Route de Thebes," is finished, and has
been accepted by the Theatre Francais.
1t Is believed to be an attack upon Jour-
nalists.
A dispatch from Munich reports that
Herr Panizza has been sentenced to one
years Imprisonment on the ground of
the profanity of his drama, 1.-THE Coun-
Gil of Love-"
The management of the Castle Square
theatre, In Boston, has formed combine
with the street railway company in that
city, whereby the patrons of that theater
can ride more cheaply than all the rest Of
Boston.
A feature of the Cotton States Expo
sition in Atlanta, Ca. will be the produc-
ton of spectacular play based on the
career of fernando De Soto and his band
of Spanish cavaliers in the early history
of America.
The Paris Charivari makes a novel sug-
gestion for doing away with the theatre
hat nuisance. 1t asks: "Why not sepa-
rate the audience as in a church, placing
the women on one side and the men on the
other side of the house?''
The latest feat of the strong man Of q
vaudeville company in Vienna is the car
rying around the stage of platform upon
which are full-sized upright piano and n
performer. playing upon the same, while
the Samson raises his feet in exact time.
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau pay $1,5OO a
week to Sarah Bernhard and an equal
amount to Lillian Russell. Ada Rehan
receives 5000 week, and on Monday after
noon John Drew put 5000 in his inside
pocket. Fanny Davenport's income from
"Grismonda" Is nearly $4,000 week.
1.-THE Queens Necklace" spectacular
drama in five acts, has been played to
crowded houses in Paris for several
months. Mrs. Potter and Kyrle Bellew
have secured the American rights and will
mount the play In even more elaborate
fashion than the original production. The
play deals with court intrigue, in which
Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI and Car
dinal de Rohan figure prominently. Mrs.
Potter will play Marie Antoinette and
Mr.. Bellew will impersonate Cardinal de
Rohan. The play will be produced here
next season.