The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-07
News of the Green
Room and Foyer.
Some of the More Important
Doings of These; OUR Actors:

I Grand Opera House last night pre-
sented a great melodrama production
in Hands Across the Sea-" Henry Pet
tits latest success. w. 8. Reeves has
taken hold of Hands Across the Sea"
and last night was the first perform
ance of the play under the new man
agement. Although slightly revised
In dialogue and situations. Hands
Across the Sea-" as presented on the
stage of the Grand Opera House last
night, is practically new production.
for 1t haA been given almost complete
ly new scenic outfit Of the most elab-
crate nature"
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES:
"The Wizard Of the Nile" has made
hit at the New York casino.
tSu w the IN ast ns sGneh %s during his
Maggie Cline will star next season In a
new play called ION Broadway"
nIss Beatrice Moreiand , viii succeed Mrs.
( IT Is said that Hamerstein's Olympia in
New New. York g * rel represents an Investment Of
Rejane viii leave the Vaudeville theatre,
Paris. for the Varieties, for an alleged
Anna Robinson has been engaged for the
Pro1a9icti9n Gg,, ct The Governor Of Kentuc-
Signora Duse Is In Venice. She will sail
| Tor America in January and will open an
engagement in New York In February.
Charles Gardner was seriously scorched
by an explosion of the benzine with which
he was cleaning wig at Marshalltown.
G. T. Dazsy and Oscar Weil's romantic
opera, "A Wartime Wedding" will have
g permanent place in the repertoire of the
BOstonians
| A new work by Edmond Audran will be
given this winter In Geneva. The title is
| 'Photis,' and 1t Is not an operetta but
| opera cOmiQue.
| Joseph Jefferson considers Frank Mayo
| Americas Representative actor and
.pudd, nhead Wilson" a really great
". +; sloan has left Joseph Har*'s "a
Gay Oid Boy company; to resume his old
paoaucton pspis I'll es of HiSg and tramp in Rices
| When Modjeska appeared in Ithaca re-
Gently petition asking that she play a
return engagement was presented to her.
| Burr Mcintosh will be released by Mr.
Palmer from his role of !affy in "Trilby''
IN order % that he may take an important
part In The Governor, of Kentucky"
Ellen Terry is to play In a new play
called Journeys End in Lovers Meeting"
by Mrs. Craigie (John Oliver Hobbss). who
Will come oyer from England to see it.
| "The Rise of Dick Halyard," at the Oar,
rick theatre. which he has taken for a
time from John Hare.
Richard Mansfield has received an Of
fer for a tour OF Germany and Russia
next season Mr.. Mansfield will be unable
to 70 at that time, but may make the tour
| THE sparrow" a new spectacular comic
opera by Otto Eich and Howard p. Tay-
| lOr, will be produced at the Grand Opera
house: Philadelphia, January 8; The three
acts are laid IN Germany, Ireland and
| Louisiana.
Mr.. sothern is now his own manager,
after the fashion Of Irving. Jefferson,
In 1.-THE Prisoner Of Zenda' all this sea-
son, and Daniel Frohman, who owns that
drama, Will lease 1t to Sothern on roy
Hoyt's "Trip to Chinatown" enjoyed the
prestige Of a run Of 653 consecutive nights
at Hoyts theatre, New York This Won
derfulrun eclipsed all former records
time, with a run Of sOs nights at ,he Bijou
| theatre.
Robert Downing will take company Of
amer American an aetors n'o, to Athens next year
gress. and produce The WIFE of Miiitus" %
a Greek tragedy, written by T. r. Timay.
anis. professor Of "The Original Mr.. Ja-
Henry Irving uses Incidental music in
the good old-fashtened way along with
the action OF the plays which he produces,
making and n9 exsnse for Its
dramatic effect that he hires Arthur SUI
liyan to compose most OF it.
Carmencita, who at one time was New
| AoIh IeLsuNhs !au, ana VINO was the
| country. has opened school of Spanish
dancing In London, where the young idea
may be taught the Spanish kick at three
and six per lesson. Such is fame.
William A. Brady Is making elaborate
preparations for the tour of James j. Cor
bett IN new play. "A Naval Cadet"
Mckee Rankin has been engaged to super
| intend the production and to play the role
| OF French fencing master at ANNAPOLIS.
In addition to coaching Mr.. Corbett in the
| leading character
Sol Smith Russell depicts the fortunes Of
an impoverished man who IL a homeO
pathic physician with one patient who is
described as MIR: Robinson. The patient,
however, turns out to be o woman to
| whom the doctor is secretly married. and
the. ground that Mr.. Robinson is so iii that
! he Is SO obliged to sit up with Vim.
suzanne Logger was good actress but
extremely stout. She was one night en-
acting part IN melodrama with Tall
ade, the original Pierre of the 1.-Two Or
phans," and this actor had one moment to
carry her fainting Off the stage He tried
with all his might to lift the fiat" heroine
but although she helped her little COM
rade BY standing tiptoe in the usual man.
ner he was unable to move her an inch.
from sni H. sery one St the Ssa Sstiss crsd
and come back for the restH
Mrs. Langtry IL not alone in the lsss of
her jewels and will be able to cOndole
with the famous Parisian actress, Nine.
Rejane, the creatrice of Mime. Sans
Gene" who has just suffered a similar
days ago some thieves broke into her
apartment In the Champs Elysees and
carried on all the jewelry and other arti-
cles OF value they could lay hands on,